As per the 4.3 errata, ground units attacking Aerospace always take the angle-of-attack into account:
Firing Arcs (p. 105)
Replace the first and second paragraphs on the page with the following: “Whether the airborne aerospace unit is operating on a low -altitude map, or whether it is using the Aerospace Units on Ground Mapsheets rules, LOS to the target from the attacker is drawn to the hex on the designated flightpath that is closest to the attacker. If the attacker is on the flightpath, LOS is drawn to the hex the fighter would be in prior to enteringthe hex of the attacker. The attacker must take the angle of attack into account when firing at an airborne aerospace unit (see Angle of Attack, p. 236).
Doesn't this make Heat-Seeking missiles worthless versus Aerospace units? Even if you have rear-firing weapons or the ability to arm flip, you cannot attack the rear of an Aerospace fighter; you must always fire at the hex immediately before it enters your own.
For example, an Aerospace unit flies over my
Longbow, approaching the Mech from its front. It cannot arm flip and fire its LRM-20s at the Aft of the fighter (the hex behind the LGB-7Q); it MUST fire forward. Also, how does this account for units like vehicles with no turret. Would an AC2 Carrier be completely unable to fire at an airborne target that's entering its hex from the rear arc? Since the angle-of-attack is at the rear, it cannot fire in the hex directly in front of it, if the rules are played as-written in the errata.
This sounds erroneous.
