If modern missiles can track targets from beyond visual range, how do their operators verify that they’ve acquired the targets they’re looking for?

Question

If modern missiles can track targets from beyond visual range, how do their operators verify that they’ve acquired the targets they’re looking for?

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Answer 1

I’m realising in hindsight I worded the title poorly. To reiterate my question:

How does the operator of a missile fired from beyond visual range know, without being able to confirm it visually, that the target the missile is tracking is what the operator intended to fire at? How do you know what you’re shooting at if you can’t see it?