17.7.07

DDS unveil new missile

The DDS have unveiled the latest weapon in their arsenal, a mid-ranged missile for anti-spaceship and land attack. The MRM-1 can be considered the big brother of the TPM, it is also a transphasic missile though also can be equipped with a nuclear warhead. The MRM is capable of 150c and has a range of 1 lightyear which means it can be fired well away from the target.

The MRM is equipped with ECM and a cloaking device though this is only a level 1 cloak and top-of-the-line scanners would be able to detect it. The MRM does not yet have the phasic spoofing abilities of the TPM-2 though these will be added on a later revision. The missile uses passive sensors for navigation and can be updated via datalinks from any DDS warship up to 0.5 seconds before impact.

The MRM is a fairly large weapon and will only be carried by the Pulsar to start with though will also be added to the Quasar later on. It will of course also be operated by the Missileer. The DDS said the missile will be deployed to ships sometime next year.