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==Overview==
The Deathstrike launcher represents the largest threat offered by any mobile Imperial Guard missile system. Mounted on the Chimera chassis is a single Deathstrike Missile, an inter-continental solid fuel rocket with a range measured in thousands of kilometers. This missile can carry a variety of payloads, though by far the most common is a plasma warhead: upon detonation these missiles can annihilate entire armies in a raging fireball that vaporises flesh in an instant. Others can carry deadly biological pathogens or specialized [[Titan]]-killer warheads, while the rarest of all are the deadly [[Vortex Missile]]s. These doomsday weapons of apocalyptic capabilities use [[Dark Age of Technology]] knowledge to tear holes within the fabric of reality upon their explosion, creating a [[warp rift]] which destroys everything it touches.<sup>1</sup> Use of these weapons is strictly controlled, with sanction for their use controlled by [[Segmentum Command ]] and the launch codes held by loyal and iron-willed [[Lord Commissar]]s.<sup>5</sup>
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