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Re:The Air Force Initiative to Replace the A-10 Warthog Is V... by Retric on Friday April 15, 2016 @06:52PM (#11508212)
You can put big guns on drones.

A-10 are anti tank, and anti dug in positions. If someone is running in the open ground forces can just shoot them. Further, a person running at 25 mph takes 27 ms to move one foot. So a little latency is not an issue. Remember, these things are spraying billets in a line on the ground. They don't need or really want pin point accuracy.

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Re:The Air Force Initiative to Replace the A-10 Warthog Is V... by dmoy on Friday April 15, 2016 @08:56PM (#11508719)
Yea, the GAU-8's precision is like 70% within some multiple meter radius at 1km anyways. I don't remember the specifics.
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Re:The Air Force Initiative to Replace the A-10 Warthog Is V... by Warhawg01 on Saturday April 16, 2016 @12:10PM (#11511088)
80% within 5 mils. 1 mil = 1 foot at 1000 feet. At 1nm (usual employment range), that's 30 feet.
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