The latest heat-seeking designs can lock onto a target from various angles, not just from behind, where the heat signature from the engines is strongest.
Although things don't start well, the two heat-seeking bazookoid bolts are released and finally find their original target, and the polymorph is destroyed.
Officers on the ground used a satellite-linked computer to monitor heat-seeking footage streamed from police helicopter cameras to check suspects fleeing from back doors.
Since the late 20th century all-aspect heat-seeking designs can lock-on to a target from various angles, not just from behind, where the heat signature from the engines is strongest.