Comments by "Big Blue" (@bigblue6917) on "Russia's Invincible Jet... The Bulletproof Su-25 Frogfoot" video.

  1. I did read that when the US was looking to build their own ground attack aircraft they had two ideas put forward. One became the A-10 Thunderbolt II and went into service with the USAF. The other one was photographed by a Soviet spy satellite and this was used as the basis for the Su-25. For some reason the Soviets never saw the A-10 but they did see the one the went on to build as the Su-25. It has been suggested that this may have been deliberate on the US side to throw them off the scent of the A-10. Another Soviet aircraft which originated in the US was the Antonov An72. The one with the engines above the wings. Again it looks like the Soviet spy satellites photographed the prototype US aircraft but in this case the USAF did not go ahead with theirs.
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