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Old 07-08-2020, 02:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Matt Wiser View Post
To use Harpoon, you need a radar, and the A-10 has none. Not to mention the anti-ship mission is not the A-10's bread and butter. CAS and RESCAP are.
They did build an A-10 with radar (the ill-fated A-10B/NAW), but the radar and the WSO positions ate up a lot space for the cannon ammunition and fuel. A-10 drivers did not like this, and basically vetoed the radar and the second seat.
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