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The titanium armored cockpit is also great to have when you’re frequent called in to do close air support.
tbf even at the time the A-10 was made that wasn't predicted to increase the survivability that much in its intended role. The entire fleet of some 700 A-10s was expected to last two weeks if war broke out with the Warsaw Pact.
Not two weeks on average. Two weeks to deplete the entire 700-strong fleet.
What happens when someone attempts to answer the question "why don't they just make the whole plane out of the black box"?