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by tormeh 4378 days ago
Nope. Missiles are usually fire-and-forget. They are autonomous. Can you ram their radar? Maybe, but many have visual and heat sensors as well. If you want to see something scary today: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fcx8Xke9It4
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Fire-and-forget does not mean that you can just launch a missile and it will do its own thing. The missile still needs to be guided to the general vicinity of the target before it can do its job.
It is in the general vicinity in air-to-air combat. I'm not talking about cruise missiles here.
Since most engagements are going to be at beyond visual range, they might as well be cruise missiles.