Stratopedeusis
| Stratopedeusis anti-ship missile | |
|---|---|
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| Type | Anti-ship supersonic cruise missile |
| Place of origin |  Republic of Syara |
| Specifications | |
| Weight | 3,500 kilograms |
| Length | 10 meters |
| Diameter | 0.7 meters |
| Effective firing range | 440 kilometers |
| Warhead | High explosive shaped charge |
| Engine | turbojet |
| Speed | Mach 3 |
Guidance system | Semi-active radar homing, terminal active radar homing |
Launch platform | naval ships, aircraft, land based missile batteries |
The Stratopedeusis is a turbojet-powered supersonic anti-ship cruise missile originally created by the Republic of Syara.
The Stratopedeusis was introduced in 1976 intended specifically to deal with the increasingly large capital ships fielded by many navies in Tyran. Weighing 3,500 kilograms and 10 meters long, with a range of 440 kilometers the Stratopedeusis was intended to be launched from strategic bombers, cruisers, and a handful of ground-based coastal missile batteries. The Stratopedeusis was capable of traveling at Mach 3 and utilized semi-active radar homing while in flight, which could receive course corrections from friendly aircraft. When approaching an enemy vessel the missile would enter into active radar for the terminal phase.
Around 350 missiles were produced prior to the Refusal War. As most were positioned in depots and storage along Syara's coast the majority fell into the hands of the Wardens, although Royalist forces reportedly recovered several dozen missiles. Warden air and naval forces employed the Stratopedeusis to target Royalist vessels and the Acrean and Ossorian fleets that supported them during the conflict. An unknown number of missiles remained in service with the Syaran Commonality Navy after the conflict, but according to Syaran reports the last of these were expended in training and exercises in the 1990s.