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Still not understanding how over-the-horizon engagement makes it a fighter. Ignoring the war-crime baggage(distraction?), you're targetting requires the technological-equivalent of a Forward Observer Calling-For-Fire ... you're a flying missile platform, effectively an artillery piece, or a Bomber.
Artillery beats Knife most of the time though
It's a fighter because it's still got a forward gun albeit one that would run dry with like 2 seconds of firing.
Only one variant has a forward gun. Its so much of a token weapon that the aircraft was flying missions for years before they fixed its accuracy problems.
True enough but that is why it's called a multi roll fighter.