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==Description==
 
==Description==
Until the [[Federated Suns]] started researching them, the '''Cruise Missile''' had been resigned to history. Basically a large version of the unguided [[Arrow IV Artillery|Arrow IV]] missile, the [[Armed Forces of the Federated Suns]] began testing the Cruise Missile in 3065. Unlike the Arrow IV missile system, there is no "guided" or "homing" cruise missile. This relative inaccuracy offsets the tremendous damage they cause.<ref name=to284>''Tactical Operations'', pp. 284-285 - Cruise Missile (Basic info) - Basic information.</ref>
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Until the [[Federated Suns]] started researching them, the '''Cruise Missile''' had been resigned to history. Basically a large version of the unguided [[Arrow IV Artillery|Arrow IV]] missile, the [[Armed Forces of the Federated Suns]] began testing the Cruise Missile in 3065. Unlike the Arrow IV missile system, there is no "guided" or "homing" cruise missile. This relative inaccuracy offsets the tremendous damage they cause.<ref name=to284>''Tactical Operations'', pp. 284-285 - Cruise Missile (Basic info) - Basic information.</ref> What cruise missiles lack in precision however, they make up for in sheer terror. Even at the tactical level the effect of massive warheads impacting without warning on the battlefield can make even the most experienced and capable units break and flee. <ref name=to211>''Tactical Operations'', pp. 211-212 - Morale Checks (vs cruise missiles).</ref>
  
 
The '''Cruise Missile 70''' weighs as much as a ''[[Zeus]]'' and fires missiles that are heavy as a ''[[Panther]]''. They haven't been seen in action yet, and no information about their deployment is known.
 
The '''Cruise Missile 70''' weighs as much as a ''[[Zeus]]'' and fires missiles that are heavy as a ''[[Panther]]''. They haven't been seen in action yet, and no information about their deployment is known.

Revision as of 00:41, 20 February 2015

Cruise Missile 70
Production information
Type Artillery (Missile)
Tech Base Inner Sphere Experimental
Year Availability 3065[1]
Technical specifications
Heat 70
Damage 70 (Artillery)
Minimum Range -
Short Range -
Medium Range -
Long Range 90 mapsheets
Tons 80
Ammo Per Ton 1/35 (each missile weighs 35 tons)
Cost (unloaded) 1,250,000
Ammo Cost (per ton) 50,000/missile
BV (2.0) 1031 (launcher)/129 (missile)[2]

Description

Until the Federated Suns started researching them, the Cruise Missile had been resigned to history. Basically a large version of the unguided Arrow IV missile, the Armed Forces of the Federated Suns began testing the Cruise Missile in 3065. Unlike the Arrow IV missile system, there is no "guided" or "homing" cruise missile. This relative inaccuracy offsets the tremendous damage they cause.[3] What cruise missiles lack in precision however, they make up for in sheer terror. Even at the tactical level the effect of massive warheads impacting without warning on the battlefield can make even the most experienced and capable units break and flee. [4]

The Cruise Missile 70 weighs as much as a Zeus and fires missiles that are heavy as a Panther. They haven't been seen in action yet, and no information about their deployment is known.

Models

There is no information about manufacturers or models.

References

  1. Tactical Operations, p. 410-411
  2. Tactical Operations, p. 383
  3. Tactical Operations, pp. 284-285 - Cruise Missile (Basic info) - Basic information.
  4. Tactical Operations, pp. 211-212 - Morale Checks (vs cruise missiles).

Bibliography