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Smart Missile System
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A Smart Missile System is a Tau missile launcher that fires self-propelled auto-tracking missiles.
The tracking system is provided by a Drone-level artificial intelligence which makes the projectile completely independent of the firing unit. This allows for the firer to engage targets that are outside their line-of-sight,[1][2] hide behind the terrain[3] and the missiles are not affected by fighting in low-light or nighttime conditions.[1][2] Smart missiles can also be used to intercept incoming missiles in mid-flight.[4]
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Sources
- 1: Codex: Tau Empire (4th Edition), pg. 27
- 2: Codex: Tau Empire (6th Edition), pg. 42
- 3: Codex: Tau Empire (7th Edition), pg. 118 - Seeker Missile
- 4: Farsight: Crisis of Faith (Novel), Chapter 9