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So the first few have been delivered. What do we think?
The SM-6 is an amazing piece of hardware and is getting used across the forces. Even the Army likes them. I mean, if the SM-6 is good enough to shoot down Hootie surface to surface anti-ship missiles, they should be good for satellites (like SM-3) and maybe a hypersonic or two...The Navy is experimenting with air-launching an SM-6 missile w/o booster stage to yield a very long range air to air missile, essentially. Pretty cool. Be interesting if they can refit other fighters to as well.
https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2024/06/air-launched-sm-6-spotted-again-on-f-a-18-super-hornet/
Yet, the A-10 does one thing better than the rest: ground support and anti-tank warfare. The F-35 and the rest do not do a good job performing that mission.Not at all. The A10 is obsolete. The F15EX has a clearly important role to fill.
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