Hyperios missile launcher

The Hyperios Missile Launcher is a specialized, anti-aircraft missile launcher mounted on Space Marine Whirlwind Hyperios. It is capable of firing up to twenty Hyperios missiles at fast, low-flying targets, making it ideal for defense against ground-attack craft making strafing runs.^{1 p.58}

Hyperios Missile

The Hyperios Anti-Aircraft Missile functions in a similar fashion to a Hunter-killer missile.^{1 p.251} Tracking equipment within the missile locks onto a target, which feeds information to a logis-engine. Once fired, the logis-engine manipulates the missile's fins in order match the target's movements, avoid obstacles, and destroy it.^{1 p.251} Most of the missile's mass is taken up by fuel needed to intercept fast-moving targets, allowing it to fly short distances at high velocity. The Hyperios missile does not contain enough fuel to reach high-altitude targets, which are better suited to Manticore AA missiles.^{1 p.251}

Like the Hunter-Killer missile, the Hyperios can be used against ground targets.^{1 p.251}

Sources

• ¹:Imperial Armour Volume Two - Space Marines and Forces of the Inquisition

See Also

• Missile Weapons