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@SanRT1 @NXT4EU Europe is to scared to commit to the SoH and you think it will fight for GL? LOL

@AmericaExpanded @NXT4EU First finish out Iran and take control of the strait of Hormuz before running your mouth - coming up on 3 weeks now and now hoping EU sends flotilla to get the job done is frankly shameful.

Europe was reportedly preparing for a full-scale war against the United States if they were to invade Greenland. France had offered to send all things necessary to prevent a takeover, Denmark had prepared blood infusions, and explosives to destroy runways. It was code red.

@AnalyticaCamil1 Yes, I’m aware of the convoy that will be blown up the second it enters Iran, if not Afghanistan.

@AmericaExpanded Blud, it’s already happening

That’s not a fucking thing, we need to put these FDD morons out to pasture. Before this war, the Strait of Hormuz was “fine”, and Iran was almost entirely avoiding launching attacks ‘from Iran’ (the three excellent being when we or Israel hit them first). The longer this war goes on, the more the Iranian defense industry (which was chronically underfunded and resourced before this war) starts spinning into high gear, and the more they start taking imports of ‘better weapons.’

@ErkaniHarbiyye @AGDugin Well this is a retard cope post. Here I thought all the dumb and uneducated arguments. Nope someone always dig deeper.

💢Iran is the largest steel producer in the Middle East, manufacturing around 32 million tons annually nearly matching Germany’s output. Over the past decade, it has doubled its total steel production from 16 to 32 million tons 💢Did you know? Iran produces about as much steel as France and Italy combined. Yet after accounting for construction, industrial use, and exports, a question remains: where do the unexplained 3 million tons each year go? 💢The answer, quite clearly, lies in underground tunnels and hidden facilities. 💢I believe that roughly ten percent of Iran’s annual steel production is allocated to these underground structures and factories. 💢Stopping Iran with two atomic bombs, as was done to Japan, is not a realistic scenario. Japan lacked the natural resources to sustain prolonged war, whereas Iran possesses vast reserves of coal and iron enough to continue production as long as manpower remains. 💢Dropping an atomic bomb would, at most, strengthen Iran’s resolve; it would never bring them to a halt. Moreover, such an act would escalate the issue beyond borders turning it into a cause embraced by the entire Islamic world and, ultimately, humanity. 💢Just as Iranian leaders could elevate the narrative of resistance through self-sacrifice, even in the worst-case scenario, Iran could transform itself into the ultimate symbol of martyrdom embedding its struggle into history as a force opposing what it sees as a Judeo-pagan imperialist globalist pedophile global cabal. 💢This, of course, is only conceivable in the most extreme circumstances. In such a case, the total destruction of any power daring to deploy nuclear weapons against Iran reduced to the point of having no presence left on Earth would become a lasting mark on human history. 💢If Iran prevails, humanity prevails. If Iran falls, the next war will no longer be the struggle of a single nation, but of all free and sovereign peoples. 💢Only then might the end come for a global cabal that has declared war on humanity’s millennia-old achievements, traditions, values, human nature, sacred things, and everything true and good.

@Robot_Bastard @heatloss1986 @MeNMyRC1 Ow no I didn’t proofread my tweet. Did you get my point? Yes

@AmericaExpanded @heatloss1986 @MeNMyRC1 *bald-faced, not "bold face"

this is what the house armed services committee actually believes

@PrickRoyal @RadekWoniak3 @NXT4EU That doesn’t refute what I said

@AmericaExpanded @RadekWoniak3 @NXT4EU You sound like a blithering moron.

@heatloss1986 @MeNMyRC1 “F-16 block 40s with SABR would be better at the job than the A-10” This is just a bold face lie.

Because the A-10 is a spare Airframe that isn't high enough priority to be used for something else. F-16 block 40s with SABR would be better at the job than the A-10. But they have things to do like sit around and wait for a Tu-95 or H-6 to fly around our national borders in Alaska. That's something the A-10 *can't* do.

GAO has continuously found the USAF routinely faking these numbers. I trust nothing the USAF says when it comes to either the F35 or most importantly A10z Every single time the GAO was tasked by Congress to review the A10 it found the USAF had lied or destroyed information related to the A10 to prevent an accurate account of the information.

@AmericaExpanded As of 2020 that number was 5/8ths the cost per flying hour. As F-35 Operation and Sustainment cost per flight hour has dropped and A-10 O&S cpfh has risen over the last half decade I would suggest that it's probably closer to 3/4.

"They died to make the desert bloom" The Hoover Dam memorial honors the 112 workers who died during the construction of the dam. American, remember who you are descended from.

@planefag @johnkonrad Absolute cinema

What's really fun about the A-10's long-standing and under-remarked maritime strike role is that it highlights a big benefit of fixed-wing CAS; namely transit speed and loiter time. I've always found it telling that the whole CAS debate never, ever touched attack helicopters; nobody at any time has seriously questioned if the Apache has a future even as they proclaimed the death of fixed-wing CAS. There's reasons for that innate to rotary platform advantages - the ability to use FARPs, which obviates many of the loiter time/transit time disadvantages, the ability to hide behind (and even attack from behind) terrain for survivability, etc. But the marintime role doesn't allow use of FARPs as much; even in the tight confines of the Gulf a FARP also has to contend with a drone/SRBM threat. They're usable in this situation but against a better-equipped peer opponent with modern fires and better ISR the inability to operate from further remove becomes an issue.

New to MilX? You missed the A-10 funding war, think tank establishment vs. “stubborn” warplane supporters. It was epic. I stayed mostly out, just suggested giving them to the Merchant Marine to protect ships. My take got laughed at THE hardest by the “experts” with PhDs.

@carlito_bln @WarMonitor3 There is almost no defections from Ukraine to Russia. lol

@WarMonitor3 There are a lot of defections in Ukraine too from both sides.

BREAKING: The US says it is seeing defections from all levels of the Iranian military-Reuters

@MalcolmNance There is no off ramp and this war is going to go on for a while. The Islamic regime alone has no reason to end it for themselves. They get to bomb Israel when ever they want right now.

It’s official. They’re fucking winging this. Yes this MEU was scheduled for an April deployment to INDOPACOM but it will take: - 22 days to get to the PG at max speed sustained (which means no port visits or stops) - 30 days to get there at average cruising speed. So clean up or backup for an unplanned amphibious campaign? No one knows. They’re winging it. At this point prepare for mobilization of the 82nd airborne, 75th Rangers, 10th Mountain and all the SOF in the world. Trump needs and offramp or this war will go on for the next year after he declares victory.

@planefag “The A-10 is ready to rest,” B-52 “Weak”

I knew the War Zone would be on top of this story; they've been covering the A-10s deployments/training/exercises for a maritime patrol/strike role for years - including training for this exact job (engaging Iranian boghammers) back in 2017. It highlights an interesting aspect of fixed-wing CAS aircraft; namely the loiter time/transit time advantage they have over helicopters. It's notable that every time the A-10 debate comes up few if any people mention that they're just attack helicopters with fixed wings; nobody seems to doubt the Apache, or its role, have a future. Rather the suspicion revolves around *fixed* wing CAS specifically. Helicopters can operate from FARPs (improv bases) close to the front which helps obviate the disadvantages of less loiter time and transit speed, and can utilize terrain for cover (and even attack from behind it, e.g. Apache + Hellfire-L.) Conventional wisdom is that with the low-altitude threat environment only getting nastier by the year these advantages are definitive. On the other hand, even in the tight confines of the gulf the A-10 has real advantages; its higher speed means it can more easily/quickly intercept new contacts discovered by off-board sensors (and/or scan more area itself,) and the loiter duration pairs with the heavier payload nicely; more time on-station, more time suppressing the enemy, more engagements before it's Winchester. Most interestingly, the Iranian SRBM/drone threat represents a danger to any FARPs set up in the UAE or Oman; we have the assets to protect them (Patriot etc.) but against a peer opponent with better ISR, modern long-range fires proliferation (TBMs/SRBMs etc.) make FARPs more risky to operate and the value of being able to operate from a distance more pronounced. The A-10 is ready to rest, but I don't think the book is closed on the role this airframe fills just yet.

@SereneV_c @planefag This is a more reasonable argument. For the USMC the AH-1s picked up the dedicated CAS mission much better freeing up the F35 is excel in areas it’s better equipped to do.

@planefag @AmericaExpanded Just to be clear, I don’t think the F-35 is a perfect replacement to the Harrier for CAS in many situations. The bigger question is whether a perfect replacement is necessary and worth the cost when weighed against alternatives.

There will always be a job for the A-10 as long as it continues to be fielded. That is not an argument in and of itself for not retiring the A-10 any more than the Harrier’s recent use in the Caribbean is argument against its imminent retirement.

You were so close to getting me to agree with you 🤏 A10 is purpose built and optimized for the CAS mission. No other aircraft remotely comes close. The idea that the any other aircraft can just as easily replace is absurd on its face. Just as the F22 is optimized for air superiority expecting the A10 to just pick up the mission set with some AIM-9 is absurd on its face. The USAF has continuous tried to create a one size fits all aircraft for decades and failed every time. Some aircraft need to be purpose built for a specific mission to maximize that mission. You csn build generalist aircraft like F16 and F35 but you need specialist aircraft also. I swear the USAF forgets what combined arms is at times.

@planefag @AmericaExpanded I don’t disagree but the notion that CAS requires a dedicated airframe is patently ridiculous and the A-10’s undeniable capability at the CAS mission is only a small piece of the argument as to whether it is worth keeping in service.

@ArmyRecognition Literally said this was how they should be doing it.

U.S. A-10 Warthogs Hunt Iranian Fast Attack Craft in Strait of Hormuz During Operation Epic Fury

@Ziko1539 @JLindbergDK @NXT4EU Thank you for admitting you have no clue what you’re talking about and you’re heavily propagandized

@AmericaExpanded @JLindbergDK @NXT4EU You surrendered to a a bunch of farmers in flip-flops with AK-47s. Were humiliated in Vietnam and in Somalia the uS lost to 4 cocaine warlords. You can't fight Arctic war in the NATO exercise Joint Viking 2025 the Americans were completely wiped out after few hours 🖕🤣

That’s great, I was the radio operator calling in fires missions working with the JTAC/CCT. When given an option we always went A-10 > AC-130 > AH-64 then if we have to get stuck with a fast mover it what it is. But it did limit what overwatch they could provide and how long they could stay on station above.

@AmericaExpanded @planefag I’ve conducted some CAS at 500 feet, 30000 feet, and quite in bit more in between. If you want to simply redefine the mission however suits you, there’s not much more to say than “you have no idea what you are talking about.”

@SereneV_c @planefag That’s an admission I’m right, thank you

@AmericaExpanded @planefag You have no idea what you are talking about. The definition of CAS is clearly defined by all US service branches and adopted by most US allies. This isn’t about muddying waters. You can redefine CAS to make a Sopwith Camel the required platform if that’s your desire.