I disagree. I think that, after release of the A/G radar, people will come to the conclusion that the T-pod is a waste of time in deep strike and maybe interdiction strike missions. Depending on the resolution of the radar (which I clearly don't fully understand at the moment), I think these missions will be dominated by the radar.
With the radar you can more easily refine your target designation and approach in spite of trees obstructing your view. This is especially true at low level.
Depending on resolution and filtering, I figure the same will be true about interdiction strike missions. But, again that depends on the operator's ability to recognize columns of vehicles. In fact, the radar may make finding the columns faster than panning around with the T-pod.
Having said all of that, the T-pod will always be the undisputed King of CAS due to the necessity of target discrimination via visual identification. But that doesn't degrade the usefulness of the radar in other aspects of ground attack.
All of that to say that the T-pod is useful and the A/G radar should be useful. But each in its place.
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