NEWTOWN, Conn. - In this article, Dave Majumdar explains how the U.S. Army doesn't particularly have an interest in the A-10 in preference to any other aircraft that will detroy enemy objectives. The article continues to explain that the A-10's survivability is limited in the heavily defended environments currently expected by Army strategists. Moscow's modern mobile integrated air defenses, spearheaded by missiles such as the Buk-M3 could create expansive no fly zones for the A-10, thus limiting their ability to adaequately support ground forces.
Such lack of confidence in the A-10's capabilities and the Army's lack of interest significantly decreases the likelyhood of future retrofits for the platform. It must be understood though, that even if the U.S. Army denies a transfer of the aircraft from the U.S. Air Force, a multitude of nations worldwide are in need of ground attack aircraft to help in their fights against insurgents with less capable air defenses.
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