Recluse unless you uncage doing a buddy lase, the seeker will not lock on and the x in the seeker circle will not turn to a square white dot which means it is tracking a laser beam. If I'm lasing my own tgt I will leave the mav e caged, If the lase is coming from a FAC or another plane I always uncage in order to get a locked/in range shooting solution. Are you saying it is not necessary to cage/uncage...leave it caged all the time regardless of who is doing the lase?