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Originally Posted by hello
The Harrier is the perfect target for IR missiles. Although, the A-10with its huge, plainly sticking out engines is too, it can take the hits and go on unaffected, while the harrier would go down. AH-64s and AH-1Zs have a better chance, but still cant take as much fire as the A-10, and are helicopters, which are more vulnerable. Now with the PE upgrade, the A-10C can now use the JDAM, WCMD, etc. as well.
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And Paveway. Their favorite is still by far the LASTE upgraded 30mm gun.
Here's some pix of an A-10 that had a run-in with SAMs(as in more than one) and still made it back to base:
Port Stb. engine pod:
Fuselage damage:
Stab Damage:
Some other battledamaged A10s:
(there are literally dozens of such pix on the photos section of my website,
www.a-10.org )
(There should be about a dozen BD'd A10s in this post, if they're not showing up now try back later or go right to the link i provided, for whatever reason they're not all displaying properly for me)