either AI planes are good or SM-2 isn't

[Kazuaki Shimazaki II]

Originally Posted by XabbaRus

Was playing a carrier escort mission where a fair few Chinese fighters came in at high speed. Even at almost point blank range the fighters could out maneuver the sm-2 from the perry.

Are you sure you just hadn't tried to fire at a range very close or below the RMIN of the SM-2?

But I suspect the problem is because of the auto-TMA. IMO, it was probably a mistake to try and handle all targets with the TMA system. TMA is mostly meant for a bearing-only systems - with ranging systems you are better off just reading the ranges direct.