Arved Sandstrom wrote in news:b_9qn.2$T6.1@edtnps83:

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The "close" in CAS is defined by how close the ordnance is blowing up to
friendlies, not how far away the ordnance came from.

I am aware of that. IDS is generally not a mission that occurs in the
presence of friendlies. CAS is, in fact thats sort of the point of
CAS.

IBM