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

The aircrafts’ radars guide the missiles until they are close enough to ‘see’ the target and guide themselves.

This generally means the firing aircraft has to maintain the radar lock for a time after firing.