Ares missile
Production information
Manufacturer	United Nations Space Command
Model	Unknown
Type	Missile
Technical specifications
Damage Per Hit	Very high
Fire Mode	Tube/Silo fired
Ammunition Type	High explosive
Operation	Ship-to-ship missile
Accuracy	Computer guided
Usage
Era(s)	Insurrection
Counterweapon(s)	AAA Helix Gun
Affiliation	United Nations Space Command
[Source]

Ares missiles were ship-to-ship missiles carried by UNSC capital ships for engaging enemy warships in space combat.^[1]

DescriptionEdit

They were utilized in the 25th century, early in the Insurrection before they were replaced by the Archer missile, which remained the standard missile on UNSC warships through the Human-Covenant war.

Unlike its successors, whose pods carry thirty or more missiles, an Ares silo carried only a single missile. Warships historically carried far fewer Ares missiles than Archer missiles. For example, UNSC destroyers in 2494 carried seven Ares missiles total, whereas by 2552, destroyers carried 26 Archer pods of 30 missiles each, for a total of 780 missiles, and oversized missle pods allowing ships to carry even more.

TriviaEdit

• It was named after the Greek god of war.

SourcesEdit

List of UNSC Vehicle-mounted Weapons and Explosives
Artillery	102mm SC-HE rocket turret • 440 mm Heavy Artillery • KG Mk 34 Antipersonnel Flame Mortar Launcher • XM511 Heavy Grenade Launcher • MG460 Automatic Grenade Launcher
Autocannons	AAA Helix Gun • Point-defense gun • 110mm Rotary Cannon • 120mm Ventral Gun • GUA-23/A Heavy Autocannon • GUA-23/AW/Linkless Feed Autocannon • M1024 ASW/AC 30mm ALA Cannon • M370 Autocannon
Chemical weapons	Narcozine Gas • VX 7 Nerve Gas
EMP Weapons	X23 NNEMP Cannon
Magnetic Acceleration weapons	LRG Rail Gun • M68 ALIM • Magnetic Accelerator Cannon • M2488 Onager MAC
Machine guns	AIE-486H HMG • M247 GPMG • M247H HMG • M41 LAAG • M46 LAAG
Land mines and conventional bombs	Antlion Anti-Personnel Mine • Asteroidea Anti-Personnel Mine • Lotus Anti-Tank Mine • GBU-1105 Cryo Bomb • Mark 208 Bomb • TR/9 Antipersonnel Mine • Type 14 Magnetic/Anti-Tank Mine • Unidentified UNSC bomb • XGBU-302 Disruption Bomb
Missiles	Anaconda surface-to-air missile • ANVIL-II ASM • ANVIL-IV ASM • A-74 Sylver Vertical Missile Launcher • Archer Missile • Ares Missile • Argent V missile • ASGM-10 Missile • Class-2 Guided Munition Launch System • M75 Rapier Missile • M79 MLRS • M96 Howler Missile • Medusa Missile • Scorpion missile
Nuclear weapons	FENRIS Nuclear Warhead • Fury Tactical Nuclear Weapon • Medium Fusion Destructive Device • HAVOK Tactical Nuclear Weapon • NOVA Bomb • Shiva-class Nuclear Missile
Space mines	HORNET Mine • Moray space mine
Tank guns	M512 90mm SBHV Cannon • M310 120mm SBHV Cannon

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