FACT FILE: RL-54 Long Lance
One of the oldest missiles in the SFMC inventory, the Long Lance
lives up to it's name with an unprecedented range. It is effective on armored
vehicles on the ground, in the air, or in space. It is also effective against
hardened ground installations and other strategic ground targets. It is
radar guided (which includes gravimetric and subspace sensors), and has
two warhead types (see below).
Primary Function: AGM (Air to Ground Missile)
Secondary Function: SSM (Ship to Ship Missile)
Guidance: Radar (EM, gravimetric, subspace scanners)
Propulsion: Microfusion Impulse Engine
Warhead: HE (High Explosive), AP (Armor Piercing)
Missile Nomenclature
The first letter indicates whether the missile is rail-launched
(R) or surface launched (S). The next indicates the missile's general range
category: S for short, M for medium, and L for long. The number is a designator
assigned by STARFLEET Materiel Control Command. Variants of a certain missile
(i.e. warhead or sensor combinations) may add an additional two or three
letters. For example: RL-70MSD indicates a rail-launched, long-range missile
with multiple submunition dispenser.
Some material on this page ruthlessly plagerized from the SFMC's Aerospace Branch Manual by Matt Kelley and available from SFMC Academy.
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