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'''Vortex Missiles''' are a type of [[Vortex Weapon]] which can be launched either by a [[Deathstrike Missile Launcher]] or an [[Imperial Titan]]. They are a product of the [[Dark Age of Technology]].<sup>1</sup>
These weapons are as rare as they are powerful, tearing apart the very fabric of reality to create a gaping hole that sucks everything its touches into the [[Warp]]. Vortex missiles mounted on Deathstrike platforms are so valuable that they are guarded at a minimum by an entire infantry platoon, charged with concealing the weapon from enemy saboteurs and kill-teams. Nominally only Segmentum Command can sanction their use, and the launch codes are entrusted solely to the [[Lord Commissar]] in charge of the missile, as only these individuals combine loyalty to the [[Imperium]] with the resolution to fire this doomsday weapon at any cost.<sup>12</sup>
==References==
*<sup>1</sup>: [[Codex: Imperial Guard (5th Edition)]], p. 55*<sup>2</sup>: [http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/content/article.jsp?aId=3400020 Apocalypse Datasheets]
[[Category:Weapons (Imperium)]]