You are either forced to fly defensively for 10 minutes and hope to sneak up an AAM-3, or pray that one of billion fox-3 missiles won’t hit you.
No matter how great its radar is, it means shit when all you get is AIM-7M, which easily lose lock (for like 0.1seconds) and go to waste due to lack of data link. Meanwhile, even in a rare 12.7-13.0 lobby, enemies are usually fitted with 27ers or AIM-7P.
Sure, AAM-3s are great, IF YOU GET CLOSE ENOUGH TO USE THEM, which is almost impossible in these constant uptier matches.
I would not even give a darn about all of it, but it is the only option to grind top-tier jets for japs. What is with the curse of japs getting dogshit ADTWs?