"Douglas Eagleson" wrote:

:No the enhanced airframe is just a missile/rader launching system.
:
:A gun battle would result in the loossing of the A-10. It would not
:beat the aircraft you mention as the traditional dog fight. A radar
:game is is the actual game, though.
:
:The game is duration of fighter aloft time.

Then you should be using an S-3. It's already carrier rated and has
loiter time to burn.

By the time you beef up an A-10 to take cats and traps you've lost all
that loiter time to structural weight.

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