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🇺🇸 The U.S. military is deploying 18 additional A-10 Thunderbolt II planes to the Middle East, doubling their fleet. The A-10 is essentially a flying gun. The frame is built around a 19-foot-long, 4,000 pound GAU-8 30 mm auto cannon that fires at 65 rounds per second. Oh, and...

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It was built to destroy Soviet tank columns in 72 hours. Now it's being sent to Iran. And it changes EVERYTHING about this war. 🚨🚨🚨 THE A-10 WARTHOG HAS BEEN DEPLOYED AGAINST IRAN — THE MOST TERRIFYING GROUND-ATTACK AIRCRAFT EVER BUILT IS NOW IN COMBAT 🚨🚨🚨 The US just confirmed the A-10 Thunderbolt II was used in the FIRST 24 HOURS of Operation Epic Fury. This isn't a reconnaissance plane. This isn't a stealth bomber flying at 40,000 feet. This is a flying gun designed to obliterate EVERYTHING on the ground at close range. Read that again. THE WEAPON: → The GAU-8/A Avenger — a 30mm rotary cannon that fires 3,900 rounds PER MINUTE → Each round is the size of a beer bottle — made of depleted uranium → Depleted uranium penetrates ANY armored vehicle on Earth — tanks, APCs, bunkers — SHREDDED → The gun is so massive the ENTIRE aircraft was built AROUND it — the cannon weighs 4,000 lbs alone → Firing sound arrives AFTER the bullets — targets are DEAD before they hear the BRRRT THE AIRCRAFT: → Titanium bathtub cockpit — survives direct hits from 23mm anti-aircraft rounds → Can fly with ONE engine, HALF a tail, and HUNDREDS of bullet holes → Designed to operate from damaged runways, highways, even dirt strips → Cruises at 300 mph LOW — under radar, under missile engagement envelopes → Carries 16,000 lbs of ordnance — Mavericks, cluster bombs, JDAMs — ON TOP of the gun 💀 A single A-10 strafing run destroys an ENTIRE armored column — 30 vehicles GONE in seconds 💀 In Desert Storm, A-10s destroyed 900+ tanks, 2,000+ military vehicles, and 1,200+ artillery pieces 💀 In Iraq, one A-10 took 300+ hits from ground fire — flew back to base and was REPAIRED OVERNIGHT 💀 Iran's ground forces — Revolutionary Guard armored divisions, mobile missile launchers, naval fast boats — ALL within the A-10's kill zone ⚠️ CENTCOM confirmed A-10s in the FIRST wave alongside B-2s, F-22s, and F-35s — this isn't support, this is a PRIMARY assault platform ⚠️ Over 5,000 targets struck and 50+ Iranian vessels destroyed in 10 days — the A-10 was built EXACTLY for this ⚠️ The US deployed 30 different weapon systems simultaneously — the largest coordinated military operation since the invasion of Iraq They're showing you stealth bombers and missile strikes from 30,000 feet. They're NOT showing you that the US just sent the most BRUTAL close-air-support aircraft in human history to shred Iranian ground forces at 500 feet. You don't deploy A-10 Warthogs for precision strikes. → You deploy them when you want to ANNIHILATE everything on the ground. → And you only send them in when you've already decided the ground war is INEVITABLE. This is the most devastating close-air-support deployment since Desert Storm in 1991. Prepare accordingly. 🚨🚨🚨 X is hiding this. Follow + RT before it disappears. 🔥

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