F-35 Joint Strike Fighter

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The A10 was designed to deal with battles that were going to occur within
close range of the bases it would be deployed in. So it's lack of speed
comes out as a net advantage as long as it's armour holds out.

No, it was designed for the mid-european front taking out war-pac
tankformations . . .

Nowadays it isn't so simple (unless you are the aggressor), the battle
field might be far from your main bases which means that the ability to
transition to the combat area quickly could outweigh the advantages of
being slow enough to aim at the targets manually.

Stil an excellent anti-terrorist weapon as well as many other things . .

And don't forget battle damage; no aircraft flying can absorb the amount
of
damage an A-10 can survive.

I don't doubt it (1) but out of interest.

Don't doubt it!

How many battles have A10's been in?

Bosnia, Kosovo, GW1, Afghanistan, GW2, probably more . . .

How many A10's have been sold outside the US?

None - the US wisely kept them all for them selves

(1) Actually those big fan engines have always worried me, I
have always thought that stuff designed/targeted to explode just above and
in front of the A10 so that the engines run through all the
debris/shrapnel would be extremely effective, as a bonus for such
targeting the top of an A10 is (AIUI) barely any tougher than any other
combat plane.

Bull**** all of it!