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Re:Props: Small Planes for Small Wars by sitkack on Monday October 02, 2017 @11:49PM (#15389983)
I think war is dumb on lots of dimensions. But the Rutan Mudfighter looks like a great, economical aircraft https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zG9LlHcX8lg for killing lots of small armed people.

Basically a Bayliner glued to a minigun.

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Re:Props: Small Planes for Small Wars by unwind on Tuesday October 03, 2017 @04:39AM (#15391031)
Not to pick nits, but there's nothing "mini" about the GAU-12 Equalizer cannon (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GAU-12_Equalizer). Scary stuff.

I didn't make it through the 1980s video long enough to learn if the aircraft has any protection for the pilot, like the A-10 is famous for ("titanium bathtub" and all that).

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