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Robert Beckhusen, National Interest: How America's A-10 Warthogs Will Destroy Iran's Navy in a War
Small attack boats are no match.
Key Point: A-10s are anti-tank planes but they also have a great anti-ship role.
It doesn’t necessarily take the resources of a major nation-state to challenge U.S. Navy warships. China for instance is building up a large navy and invests in long-range, ship-killing missiles. Iran can’t build a large navy but it does invest in swarms of small missile boats.
Like a swarm of insects, a swarm of boats can pose a threat as a larger, far more expensive warship might not be able to swat them all — and a single missile with enough punch can be devastating.
So the U.S. military is practising with ways to defeat such a potential threat with tank-killing A-10 Warthogs.
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WNU Editor: I find it more interesting that the U.S. military decided to use an A-10 in an exercise to show how effective it can be used against a swarm of boats.
