F-16 low speed SAM avoidance tactics? After having watched the rather horrible yet fascinating F-16 avoiding multiple SAM launches:


                
            

I'm left wondering why he doesn't increase his speed? There are, however, some moments when he's pulling rather high G's where he must have given it some more throttle to sustain any speed at all. Does he need to preserve fuel to get back? Or is it better to maintain somewhat lower speed to have a better turning radius when avoiding SAMs in an F-16?

I understand this is basically asking for an entire lecture in how to avoid SAMs, and I'm trying my best to refrain from doing so. I will keep it to a few specific questions:


Assuming he has the fuel to do so, should he have increased his speed, full afterburner?
Is it possible to see in the video, if chaff/flares are deployed?
Was it wise of him to reduce his altitude by as much as he did, or would he have been safer higher up?
The missile works by predicting where the airplane will be. If you maneuver, it has to re-adjust, wasting energy. 

When the missile has lost enough energy, it'll eventually fail to re-adjust. 

Now you can try to beat the missile by being far away and fast 
or
you can try to make the missile lose a lot of his energy by doing turns, at low speed. (You can even nodge the missile into the ground by making some close-range, low altitude dives)

In this instance, the pilot was probably already low. Or needed more energy for maneuvering and traded his altitude for energy by descending.