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From: Eric_S_Klien@cup.portal.com
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: Future of SAM
Message-ID: <1991May14.051700.7076@amd.com>
Date: 12 May 91 03:14:53 GMT
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From: Eric_S_Klien@cup.portal.com


>Given that most ground attack aircraft don't carry a whole lot of
>armour -- even the A-10, as I understand it, has armour only for
>pilot protection
 
Wrong, the A-10 has armor all over, the cockpit does get the most
armor though.  Think of the A-10 as a flying tank, it is invulnerable
to AAA, but vulnerable to SAMs.  (SAMs are very similar to anti-tank
missiles.)
 
Eric Klien