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National Interest: Meet the Su-25: Russia's Sort-of A-10 Warthog
She is old, but this plane is making a comeback of sorts.
Like the A-10 Warthog, the Su-25 makes extensive use of titanium, using the metal’s lightweight and high strength to protect the pilot. The pilot sits in a bathtub-like armored cockpit, surrounded by welded titanium plates. This armor protection is absolutely essential. Close air support airframes need to fly relatively slow and low to target ground-based troops and tanks and are therefore much more exposed and at a greater risk from small-arms fire and surface-to-air missiles than their fighter jet or bomber compatriots.
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