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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.^1p.58

The Hyperios Anti-Aircraft Missile functions in a similar fashion to a [[Hunter-killer missile]].^{21 p.251} 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.^{21 p.251} 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]] AA missiles.^{21 p.251}

Like the Hunter-Killer missile, the Hyperios can be used against ground targets.^{21 p.251}

*¹:[[Imperial Armour Volume Two - Space Marines and Forces of the Inquisition]], p. 58*²: Ibid, p. 251