Cluster missile

A cluster missile was one of a group of low-powered, unguided concussion missiles that would rapidly fire in the direction that the starship which carried them was pointing. If a ship changed course while firing the missiles, the missiles that had not been fired yet would change their direction also, instead of seeking out the previous target.

Cluster missiles were used by the Rebellion against the Empire in starfighter combat, and later equipped on New Republic V-wing airspeeders at the Battle of Dac during the Galactic Civil War.

Additionally, an upgraded, target-seeking variation of cluster missile was available. Rather than firing in a standard formation, each of the six missiles could seek an individual target, or strike as a unified assault against a single ship.

But with Darth Vader's TIE Advanced x1, it shoots a cylindrical cluster of five missiles.

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