> it's foolish to pretend that a modern multirole fighter can't be shoehorned into that role with reasonable effectiveness. I would say it is foolish to make s

> it's foolish to pretend that a modern multirole fighter can't be shoehorned into that role with reasonable effectiveness. I would say it is foolish to make such a broad generalization like that a plane being new and designated multirole is enough for it to fill all CAS roles (there's more than 1 type of CAS mission) "with reasonable effectiveness". In the case of F-35 replacing A-10, we know that it won't be able to fill some of those roles.