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Clones test fire road-mobile ICBM/CSM

The Clone Army has successfully test fired a version of its Gale-III ICBM from a trailer at a location in the Southern Desert on Cloneworld. This was the first test of a new road-mobile missile system that will supplement the Gale silos around the central military district in Ailier. A sea-launched version is also due to enter service at the end of this decade.

The missiles are capable of launching the CSM weapon system, the mobility of the system meaning the Clones could launch a counterattack on an enemy even if Cloneworld was heavily attacked. Targeting however is thought to rely on pre-programmed settings which can't be easily changed in the field. However it has been reported the Clones may be adding mid-course target correction to CSM in its next update allowing launched missiles to be retargeted by Clone space craft once they are en route. Its not known how many road-mobile missiles the Clones plan to deploy.