Light Air Defense Missile

Generic Light Air Defense Missile
Generic Light Air Defense Missile
Group:	Ranged Weapon
Tech Level	TL–8
Size	925.0 mm
Weight	25,000.0 grams
Cost	Cr20,000 to Cr1,000,000
Ammo	x1 missile (single shot)
Manufacturer	Various
Generic Light Air Defense Missile

The Light Air Defense Missile (25,000.0 grams loaded; Cr10,000 to Cr1,000,000; TL-8) is a progressive development of earlier missiles, miniaturized for use by a single sophont user against flyers.

• It is a GUW weapon and is available in a variety of models, forms, and mountings.

Description (Specifications)

"Light Air Defense Missiles:" Disposable one shot surface to air missiles (SAM) are available at tech level 8 and above. Each weighs between 10.0 and 25.0 kilograms. The base price for the tech level 8 missile is Cr20,000 and can range up to Cr1,000,000 at higher tech levels. Even the best of the missiles has only a moderate lethality against aircraft of its own tech level, but is generally very lethal against more primitive aircraft. (Generally, but not always. A tech 8 heat seeking missile is virtually worthless against a tech 6 piston powered aircraft).

Weapon Characteristics

Length: 925.0 mm. Weight: 25,000.0 grams. Base price: Cr20,000 to Cr20,000.

History & Background (Dossier)

As the arms race for combat aircraft heats up from the TL:4-6 epoch forward, an entire variety of antiaircraft defenses are invented from early fast-firing AA guns to later GUW (guided weapons) including the Light Air Defense Missile. The earliest models are very limited with simpler guidance sensors and a limited ability to engage aircraft, generally only at low altitudes and from the rear. Within a few generations of development, the MANPAD (Man Portable Air Defense weapon) has considerably more capability and has all-aspect target acquisition up to several kilometers. Even the advanced point defense energy weapons of the TL:13-15 epoch can be overwhelmed by significant numbers of Light Air Defense Missiles.

Selected Weapon Models

1. TL-7 Antiaircraft Rocket
2. TL-8 Light Air Defense Missile
3. TL-9 Light Air Defense Missile
4. TL-10 Light Air Defense Missile
5. TL-11 Light Air Defense Missile
6. TL-12 Light Air Defense Missile
7. TL-13 Light Air Defense Missile
8. TL-14 Light Air Defense Missile
9. TL-15 Light Air Defense Missile

References & Contributors (Sources)

This list of sources was used by the Traveller Wiki Editorial Team and individual contributors to compose this article. Copyrighted material is used under license from Far Future Enterprises or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.

• Frank Chadwick. Mercenary (Game Designers Workshop, 1978), 41.
• Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science