Development of the Long Range Missile (LRM) has begun with the 20 light year range missile expected to enter service before the middle of the next decade. The LRM will be launchable from space ships, orbital bases and also from planet based silos. In fact 4 sites on Proxima 5, Solaris, Rathun's World and Remedia Prime have been earmarked for the silos. The DDS have also considered submarine launched missiles but the cost of maintaining SSBNs has deterred the DDS for now but it has been kept as an option for the future.
The LRM is a strategic weapon, the DDS intending it to mainly a deterrence weapon but also suitable for first-strikes. The DDS intend to have around 100 missiles on readiness standby with a reserve of 150.
A 100 light year range version the Ultra Long Range Missile (ULRM) is also being looked at. With such a weapon missiles launched from Proxima 5 could reach most places in the Dino and Clone Empires for example. Missiles sited on Remedia Prime could reach deep into Utrek space.
