If you are within a certain distance you can stay outside of the weapons engagement zone for missiles. Retreating at that point presents a target for a short ra

If you are within a certain distance you can stay outside of the weapons engagement zone for missiles. Retreating at that point presents a target for a short range missile. Missiles are great in themselves because they force your enemy to stay out of your WEZ while you are slotting in for a guns kill. If they try to extend out for a better turn rate you hit them with the missile. If they turn too hard they lose energy and you can gun them. The fights tend to end earlier because it's so much easier to make a mistake. Also with missiles, countermeasures can be employed which are pretty effective. Can't fit much brain in a 40G missile that is mostly solid rocket and explosives. Missile warning systems and automatic countermeasures are remarkably effective. Not so much against 30mm