Ares missile

Ares missile
Production overview
Type:	Ship-launched Missile Delivery System
Specifications
Ammunition type:	High explosive
Operation:	Tube/silo fired; Computer guided
Service history
In service:	Insurrection

The Ares Missile Delivery System is an anti-ship Missile Delivery System carried predominantly by Colonial Military Authority warships, intended for engaging enemy ships in space combat. The transfer of CMA military assets into the control of the United Nations Space Command would see it used by the UNSC, though seemingly eventually retired.

Overview

Unlike its successors, whose pods carry thirty or more missiles, an Ares silo carried only a single missile. Warships historically carried far fewer Ares missiles than Archer missiles. Ares missiles were typically mounted on the ships of the CMA Navy while the UNSC Navy preferred Archers.

The UNSC's unnamed light destroyer classification carried seven Ares silos, each stocking a single missile.

Models

M35 Ares

The M35 Ares Missile Delivery System is employed as a weapon system aboard the Dilligence-class destroyer. The Dilligence carries forty M35 launchers.

M44 Ares

M44 Ares Missile Delivery Systems were employed during the Insurrection conflict during the 25th century. The Scholte-class missile corvette was designed by the CMA to carry two such missile pods, alongside a complement of M58 Archer missiles.

M48 Ares

The M48 Ares Missile Delivery System is employed as a weapon system aboard the Hillsborough-class heavy destroyer. The Hillsborough carries fifty-six M48 missiles.

Trivia

The missile was named after the Greek god of war.

List of appearances

• Halo: Evolutions
  • The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole (First appearance)