F-35

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(10-02-2018, 04:34 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Yeah, I think the titanium armoring around the cockpit on an A-10 is rated for something like armor piercing 20+mm fire. Also designed to be able to fly missing an engine and half of a wing. It's pretty absurd.

Meanwhile the F-35 is vulnerable to being downed by 7.62 fire from an AK if it flies low, so it will literally never be doing that because nobody will risk losing their $120m fighter to small arms fire.

I suppose this fall under decision makers "wanting" something without understanding the consequences?