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From: cperlebe@encad.Wichita.NCR.COM (Chris Perleberg)
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Subject: Re: A-10 Thunderbolt
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Date: 1 Nov 89 04:50:36 GMT
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From: cperlebe@encad.Wichita.NCR.COM (Chris Perleberg)

In article <10738@cbnews.ATT.COM> henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) writes:

>First, what jamming?  I don't recall any jamming gear on the A-10s, and
>the deep-strike boys are certainly going to get first call on the limited
>supply of jamming pods and specialized jamming aircraft.

The A-10 is usually equipped with a ALQ-119 ECM pod.  Since this pod has
been replaced with the ALQ-131, the A-10 has a better than even chance
of retaining use of the older pod.  At least for the first couple of days.
(I'm throwing numbers around here.  I couldn't tell an ALQ-119 from a
CRN-114 8-).  I read this stuff in a book.)

>Second, what chaff?  Do the A-10s have chaff dispensers now?  They didn't
>originally.  (I may have missed an upgrade, though.)

The A-10 has been upgraded to contain an ALE-40 decoy dispenser system.
The dispenser occupies the formerly empty spaces in the landing gear
pods and wing tips.  It contains 16 batteries, each of 30 tubes, for a
total of 480 decoys (flares and chaff).

The effectiveness of this stuff is another matter, of course, and the
points made in your original posting still apply.

Chris Perleberg
cperlebe@encad.wichita.ncr.com