Talk:Howard Strong/@comment-72.192.119.52-20160312192325/@comment-2601:803:8200:2AA0:A891:ECB3:66E7:C2D9-20181220213051

It's the latter. You go to his part of the level after you reroute the missile's path to Area 51 instead of Vandenburg. Since the missile's path can't be altered from the place he's in, the only thing he can do is make sure the missile won't launch. That's why you have to kill/KO him to end the mission.