The missile that knows knows that it is about to be challenged. It doesn't know whether it has the strength left to stand its ground. Oh, it doesn't know something... that's not good. It's a good thing what it knows: it knows a little more about its opponent than your eyes or your memory are able to allow. And that, dear reader, is a great way to end a war. How's that for military realism? You can imagine what would happen if a small, stealthy and nimble U.S. naval strike vehicle or even a bomber plane, were to be destroyed by a large Russian bomber that was cruising along under stealth during the night. Would it be as simple as a missile crash-landing inside the Russian airspace?
"AHH! DICTUS-CONCITAVI-PHOBIA! THE FEAR OF TALKING MISSILES! ~~~I won't listen to that ~~~I won't listen to anything you've got to SAY! I got to fight! I got to fight! BURN! BURN! BURN! BURN! BURN! BURN! BURN! BURN! BURN! BURN! BURN! BURN! I got to fight I got to fight I got to fight! I got to fight! ~~~I really don't want to ~~~I really don't want to THINK! THINK! THINK! THINK! THINK! THINK! THINK! THINK! THINK! THINK! THINK! THINK! THINK! THINK! THINK! THINK! THINK! THINK! THINK! ~~~I'll never go through THAT again ~~~I'll never go through THAT again THAT'S IT! THINK! THINK!"
If the missile that knows the challenge had not told you of the challenge, would the challenge still have occurred? Only the missile that knows knows the answer. The missile could have been waiting to answer you or the guidance system in some way, but it knew about the challenge without informing you. In short, the missile that knew about the challenge had to be a 'highly tuned' missile with an intelligence 'tail' that was tuned to its target, and so it would have to operate within the constraints of its tail. This is not to say a missile that was doing its job will be in a perfect place to hit their target, but if you've got enough precision, that's what you'd expect from the performance of your missile.
"DUEEEEEEEEEL !!!!)"