00:00The A-10 Thunderbolt was designed to fly very low over the battlefield while attacking tanks and armored vehicles.
00:05At those altitudes, it's exposed to anti-aircraft guns and surface-to-air missiles.
00:09So rather than trying to avoid every hit, the aircraft was built to survive being hit.
00:14Engineers built a 1,200-pound cockpit enclosure from thick titanium plates that wraps around the pilot like a bathtub
00:20designed to withstand hits from armor-piercing rounds and shrapnel.
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