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The [[Light Air Defense Missile]] (25,000.0 grams loaded; [[Cr]]10,000 to [[Cr]]1,000,000; [[TL-8]]) is a progressive development of earlier [[missile]]s, miniaturized for use by a single [[sophont]] user against flyers. | The [[Light Air Defense Missile]] (25,000.0 grams loaded; [[Cr]]10,000 to [[Cr]]1,000,000; [[TL-8]]) is a progressive development of earlier [[missile]]s, miniaturized for use by a single [[sophont]] user against flyers. | ||
| − | * It is a [[GUW]] [[weapon]] and is | + | * It is a [[GUW]] [[weapon]] and is available in a variety of models, forms, and mountings. {{Unpublished cite|author=Maksim-Smelchak}} |
== Description (Specifications) == | == Description (Specifications) == | ||
Latest revision as of 14:51, 15 June 2018
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| 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 |
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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.
Description (Specifications)[edit]
"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). [2]
Weapon Characteristics[edit]
Length: 925.0 mm. Weight: 25,000.0 grams. Base price: Cr20,000 to Cr20,000. [3]
History & Background (Dossier)[edit]
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. [4]
Selected Weapon Models[edit]
- TL-7 Antiaircraft Rocket
- TL-8 Light Air Defense Missile
- TL-9 Light Air Defense Missile
- TL-10 Light Air Defense Missile
- TL-11 Light Air Defense Missile
- TL-12 Light Air Defense Missile
- TL-13 Light Air Defense Missile
- TL-14 Light Air Defense Missile
- TL-15 Light Air Defense Missile
References & Contributors (Sources)[edit]
- 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
- ↑ Information provided to the library by Maksim-Smelchak
- ↑ Frank Chadwick. Mercenary (Game Designers Workshop, 1978), 41.
- ↑ Information provided to the library by Maksim-Smelchak
- ↑ Information provided to the library by Maksim-Smelchak