Agreed that existential threats are the most critical. Could argue that terrorism combined with bio/nuclear is an existential threat, but then the real threat

Agreed that existential threats are the most critical. Could argue that terrorism combined with bio/nuclear is an existential threat, but then the real threat is bio/nuclear more than terrorism. But regarding CAS, I feel we should focus on low threat primarily and shouldn’t be using expensive jets to fill the roll. In fact, I would fund low intensity conflicts through SOCOM and let them choose the assets they want, not what big military wants to provide (i.e. the super tacano vs fighter jets). In the event that we find ourselves in an existential threat war (really only two countries I can think of), other factors such as Nuclear, Space, Cyber, and Air Supremacy are so much more important than high threat CAS. In my mind, high threat CAS and manned Strike aren’t the best use of resources to fight this war