It's really amazing that they put that much faith in early guided missiles -- so much so that they took the guns out of the aircraft. Imagine the feeling of helplessness when you lockup a MiG on Radar & your AIM-7 won't even ignite, or you manage to get a Sidewinder tone only to have the missle defeated by a background heatsource or a modest High-Gee turn? On top of that the other guy is shooting guns at you!