Ouch

[andysocial]

I think this would have been very messy. Have you any idea the caliber of machine gun mounted on an A-10?

"About 100 to 200 al Qaeda ran out of the caves, probably thinking we were going to bomb them inside," the official said. "We rolled in on them with A-10s" - attack planes designed for striking tank columns.

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[andysocial]

I know that Warthogs can carry other ordnance, but they tend to be heavily loaded with depleted uranium 30mm slugs, firing at nearly 4000 rounds per minute. That's 65 shells the size of your fist slamming into the target every second!

Of course, the A-10 could have been carrying a ton or so of bombs and missiles instead, but it still seems like overkill for personnel in the open. Use of available resources, I suppose.