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Reply #35: While nobody else has AC-130 and A-10 other jets can be used for close air support. [View All]

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Statistical Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-29-11 12:31 AM
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35. While nobody else has AC-130 and A-10 other jets can be used for close air support.
Other nations (with smaller budgets) just use multi-role fighters. They lack the sheer firepower of A-10 and AC-130 so it takes multiple aircraft and multiple missions to cause the same amount of damage but they get the job done.

For example the French Mirage fighters carry the AS-30L air to surface missile. 330lb shaped charge, decent range, high speed. Not the most powerful air to surface missile but more than a match for anything the Lybian forces will muster.

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