Aniketos Missile
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| Aniketos | |
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| File:AniketosLaunch.png | |
| Type | Anti-ballistic missile (ABM) |
| Service history | |
| In service | 2006 - Present |
| Used by | Belfras |
| Production history | |
| Manufacturer | Royal Institute of Nuclear Research |
| Specifications | |
| Weight | 22,000 kg (49,000 lb) |
| Length | 17.53 m (57.5 ft) (Total length) |
| Diameter | 1.74 m (5.7 ft) (Total diameter) |
| Blast yield | Kinetic Kill Vehicle (KKV) |
| Engine | First Stage: 1× Majestic BRN-25 Engine |
Operational range | >5,800 km (3,600 mi). Exact range classified. |
Guidance system | Inertial, GPS & SATLINK |
The Aniketos Missile is an anti-ballistic missile (ABM) in service with the Belfrasian Strategic Command. The weapon, sometimes referred to as an Interceptor, is made up of a boost vehicle specifically designed for this role with a payload of an 'kinetic kill vehicle', or KKV. This vehicle is designed to impact with ballistic missiles, primarily nuclear ICBMs or SLBMs, whilst they are both in the mid-course or terminal phases of their flight at high speeds. The speed of which the two items would impact would destroy both whilst the absence of an explosion from a KKV would severely reduce the risk of a detonation of the incoming weapons ordnance. The conception of a nuclear warhead that would detonate in proximity to the incoming weapon if a suitable range to civilian areas is held was accepted as being a possibility during the design of the Aniketos.
The missile initially began utilizing the second stage of a Phobos Missile, but the choice to design a booster intended for rapid acceleration with the KKV's weight in mind was decided as the best choice for both long-term budget and efficiency. Final testing proved that the missile was more than efficient enough with a high degree of mobility for a successful hit that the government gave the green light for a full scale construction and mobilization project to replace older ABM networks around the country.
The Aniketos differs to a wide variety of anti-ballistic missile systems in usage with countries around the world in that whilst a vast majority of ABM systems are mobile as to avoid destruction, the Aniketos is capable of being utilized in a silo as well as a mobile system. The system was initially brought into service in silo packs with the intention of defeating numerous incoming ballistic missiles coming to protect specific areas whilst lower-ranged defensive weapons would be deployed as well to boost the chance of the weapon being eliminated prior to detonation.
In 2009 the first Aniketos was deployed on a mobile launcher similar to Rodarion ICBMs. Whilst the government confirmed that the missile would still be a silo-preferred weapon, the mobilization of the heavy ABM interceptor would drastically reduce the abilities of enemy special forces operations in eliminating the defensive barrier ahead of a first strike or to terminate the country's defences in one go to render the country vulnerable to attack and thereby win by the threat alone. Several weapons were further confirmed in 2013 to be mounted on a rail system similar to the Deimos Missile, with some being permanently stationed at alert stations for the Deimos to specifically defend that location whilst the missile trains deployed away from the potential blast radius.