RG9000 "Firestorm" Cluster Munition

The RG9000 "Firestorm" Cluster Munition was the latest development in UOAF multiple independent self-targeting munitions during the First Bacterian War.

The RG9000 is a two-stage solid-fuel inertially-guided missile launched from a vehicle-mounted guide rail system. The missile is 2.5 meters in length, massing 135kg, with a speed of 250 m/s, and can be launched from the ground as well as from orbit. At the target, RG9000 releases four sub-munitions, each massing 17kg and carrying a directed-energy warhead. Each sub-munition's "brain" has the "profile" and energy signature of up to five types of enemy armored vehicle; these are programmed before launch. Each sub-munition searches the area for a vehicle profile, and then homes in on that target.

The four sub-munitions from a single RG9000 communicate among themselves, ensuring that each munition targets a different vehicle. If no vehicle profile is detected, the sub-munitions fall free. They detonate only if disturbed, acting like land mines. The computer system accompanying each RG9000 launching unit contains the profiles of over 500 different armored vehicles, with a capability of assimilating new target profiles from the tactical database of a vehicle.