Missile

A trio of missiles An explosive projectile, sometimes referred to as a rocket, known as a missile, was launched from a missile launcher. These projectiles saw action in both planetary and space conflicts. Various vehicles and starships were armed with missile launchers, including the droid gunship and the Republic Attack Gunship. Furthermore, battle droids, clone troopers, and Mandalorian warriors also employed them. Examples of these projectiles include proton torpedoes, concussion missiles, and discord missiles.

Because of their distinct qualities, missile weaponry was viewed as a supplement to blasters and other forms of energy-based arms. Missiles possessed the ability to autonomously navigate toward a target, even maneuvering around any obstacles in their path to ensure impact. Through the incorporation of acceleration compensators and tensor fields, missiles could endure turning accelerations reaching 10,000 Gs, such as executing a 90-degree turn within a one-meter radius. When launched from a planet's surface, they were capable of striking targets obscured by the horizon. Additionally, missiles could adhere to a pre-set flight path or obtain updated targeting data via encrypted guidance signals transmitted by either forward observers or orbiting vessels.

However, compared to blasters, missiles were significantly more susceptible to evasion and interception. Certain missiles employed intentionally erratic flight patterns or leveraged their maneuverability to evade being shot down. In addition, various electronic countermeasures posed a threat to missiles, including sensor jammers, seeker warheads, chaff, and sensor inverters.

Missiles could be equipped with a diverse array of warheads tailored to the specific mission requirements, such as proton, EMP, antimatter, or intense radiation. The explosive yield of missile warheads could be adjusted, and the resulting detonation could be either omnidirectional or concentrated in a specific direction. For example, the missiles employed by Republic attack gunships focused their explosive force within a narrow two-degree cone.

A missile being fired from a missile launcher Missiles exhibited a spectrum of dimensions, each corresponding to variations in their capacity for destruction. A single B-wing could deploy missiles of such magnitude that their resulting shockwaves would obliterate entire squadrons of starfighters within an atmospheric setting. Missiles designed for use by Capital ship-class vessels, exemplified by those carried aboard Imperial-class Star Destroyers, were capable of generating explosions potent enough to vaporize entire lakes or collapse mountain-sized industrial complexes. Conversely, proton torpedoes, such as those deployed from Acclamator-class assault ships, were utilized in Base Delta Zero bombardments, which possessed the capability to melt the uppermost layer of a planet's crust. During the Battle of Umbara, the Umbaran Militia employed long-range missiles equipped with 100-megaton warheads (provided by the Separatists) to defend their capital city against the forces of the Grand Army of the Republic.