4.3.3 Aggressive Attack
Attack the UFO as fast as possible, as close as possible, and
fire as fast as possible. Cause most damage per shot, but
exposes the craft to enemy return fire.

4.3.4 Applications of each attack mode
To determine which attack mode to use, you need to look at the
UFO first. Click on the VIEW UFO icon and take a look at what
type of UFO it is. See section A.3 for list of UFOs and
recognition chart.

Of all the UFOs, only battleship is a major threat to your
crafts. Battleship have a weapon range of ~65 kilometers, which
outranges all XCOM craft weapons. NO OTHER UFO has this kind of
firepower. The only way to ensure destruction of a battleship is
to use Firestorm or Avenger with dual plasma beams or groups of
Firestorm/Avenger with mix of plasma beam and fusion ball
launchers. One shot from a battleship is enough to destroy an
Interceptor, so do NOT attack battleships with Interceptors.

When attacking battleships with Avengers and Firestorm, use
Aggressive Attack. After several battleship interceptions with
an Avenger, I've found that using Aggressive Attack with an
Avenger I get approximately 40% damage (once as low as 30%) where
as I usually get 60% damage in Normal attack. Firestorm got hit
pretty hard against battleships, usually 50-80% damaged.

All other UFOs can be safely tackled with Avalanche missiles and
plasma beams, since you can stay at maximum range and avoid their
fire. Supply Ship and Terror Ship have range of ~50 km, which is
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