this is gonna be my last reply, because you clearly dont understand the situation
given that you somehow assume that the pilot in a plane with terrible visibility would know when the F18 launched a low smoke missile and flare it
in case you didnt know pilots IRL dont have 3rd person view
and this whole part of your response doesnt make any sense at all, because during the time frame of 9x being developed the US had access to soviet and russian flares