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From: geoffm@EBay.Sun.COM (Geoff Miller)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: New Ground Attack Aircraft
Message-ID: <1990Jul30.015701.8384@cbnews.att.com>
Date: 30 Jul 90 01:57:01 GMT
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From: geoffm@EBay.Sun.COM (Geoff Miller)

In article <1990Jul25.004555.6637@cbnews.att.com> gh21@prism.gatech.edu (HICKMAN,GLEN R) writes:

>I figured the Army would rather stick with the AH-64 and support 
>themselves????  The A-16 would (I feel) be too fast to be an effective
>ground support aircraft (The A-10 is rather slow, which is deliberate).
>Are there any other options that anyone else has heard of????  I feel
>that there is NO subsitute for a good fixed wing ground attack craft.

However rugged it may be, the A-10's slow speed makes it vulnerable.  The A-16
would need much less time over target, considerably reducing its exposure to 
ground fire.  

>Also (unrelated): I read somewhere that the Navy / Marines are looking
>at using the AH-64 (Naval version SH-64) on Tawarra-class Amphibious
>Assault Ships.  

That's the Tarawa class.
	   ^^^^^^ 

Geoff


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