Manta flares

[SpliceMainbrace 1]

How exactly do manta flares work?

I have equipped mantas with flares but do not know how to deploy them. Are they automatic? I have not discovered how to map a keyboard command to them. When I receive the missile warning nothing ever seems to happen and then WHAM, I'm hit. Clearly I'm missing something even if the missiles aren't!

Thanks in advance!

[moondrift47 1]

they are automatic, but you need to also manouver away from the missile. You also only have 5. It sometimes works if you are diving down onto the missile battery at high speed with flares.