Air Force can't quit the A-10 Warthog, extends service into 2030(taskandpurpose.com)
15 pointsby ilamont7 hours ago3 comments
  • Neywiny5 hours ago
    The xilinx 7 series got extended out to what? 2045? That'll be a 35 ish year run. Still nothing from them can compete on price, functionality, and availability. At some point maybe we've just solved it. Bow and arrows were fairly relevant for almost 100k years. In 1002026 maybe the A-10 can retire.
    • dlcarrier3 hours ago
      The UltraScale FPGAs are way better in functionality and performance per watt, and I'm sure they produce far more of them, but demand outstrips supply, so they are expensive and hard to get. Being easier to get for cheaper from sketchy brokers doesn't make the 7 series better.
  • credit_guy3 hours ago
    The A-10s can absolutely play a role in the Pacific. They can roam the skies above Taiwan and shoot whatever long range drones happen to come from China. It's not very glamorous, but war is not always glamorous.
  • m4636 hours ago
    not modern, yet functional. I'll bet the A-10 and the ak-47 might parallel MS-DOS or the 8051.