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[[Image:HyperiosLauncher.jpg|thumb|right|An automated Hyperios Missile launcher{{Fn|2}}]]
The '''Hyperios Missile Launcher''' is a specialized, anti-aircraft missile launcher mounted on [[Space Marine]] [[Whirlwind#Whirlwind Hyperios|Whirlwind Hyperios]].  It is capable of firing up to twenty Hyperios missiles at fast, low-flying targets, making it ideal for defense against ground-attack craft making strafing runs.{{Fn|1a}}

==Overview==
Due to a lack of manpower for dedicated air defense units in Space Marine [[Chapter]]s, It is common for Hyperios Missile Launchers equipped with automated remotely-activated defense systems to be utilized by Space Marine forces for local air defense. These [[Tarantula#Space Marines|automated platforms]] are dropped in by [[Thunderhawk]]s, activated by the chapters [[Techmarine]]s, and can be monitored via command vehicles.{{Fn|2}}

==Hyperios Missile==
The Hyperios Anti-Aircraft Missile functions in a similar fashion to a [[Hunter-Killer Missile]].  Tracking equipment within the missile locks onto a target, which feeds information to a logis-engine.  Once fired, the logis-engine manipulates the missile's fins in order match the target's movements, avoid obstacles, and destroy it.  Most of the missile's mass is taken up by fuel needed to intercept fast-moving targets, allowing it to fly short distances at high velocity.  The Hyperios missile does not contain enough fuel to reach high-altitude targets, which are better suited to [[Manticore (Missile)#Sky Eagle Rocket|Manticore AA missiles]].{{Fn|1b}}

Due to the versatility of its tracking equipment the missile can also be used against ground targets, although this is often a case of last resort for a [[Space Marine Commander]].{{Fn|1a}}

==Images==
[[Image:THyperios.jpg|thumb|center|220px|[[Tarantula]] with Hyperios Missile Launchef for the [[Horus Heresy: Age of Darkness]]{{Fn|3}}]]

==See also==
*[[Missile Weapons]]
*[[Space Marine Armoury]]

==Sources==
*1: [[Imperial Armour Volume Two - Space Marines and Forces of the Inquisition]]
**{{Endn|1a}}: Pg. 58
**{{Endn|1b}}: Pg. 251
*{{Endn|2}}:[[Imperial Armour - Apocalypse Second Edition]], pg.33
*{{Endn|3}}: [https://web.archive.org/web/20250403224935/https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/2qjxlers/heresy-thursday-the-tarantula-missile-battery-is-firing-on-all-cylinders/ Warhammer Community:  Heresy Thursday – The Tarantula missile battery is firing on all cylinders (posted 3/4/2025)] saved page, original link: https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/2qjxlers/heresy-thursday-the-tarantula-missile-battery-is-firing-on-all-cylinders/ (last accessed 4/3/2025)

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