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A Vulture firing a Phoenix missile.
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The '''Phoenix Missile''' is a tactical<ref name="PL">'''[[Halo Wars 2]]''' - ''[[Phoenix Logs]]'', ''Vulture''</ref> air-to-surface missile employed by the [[United Nations Space Command]].{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22|Enc22|Page=155}} The Phoenix missile is employed by [[AC-220 Vulture|Vulture]] gunships to eliminate heavily entrenched targets.

==Design details==
The Phoenix missile is carried on the underbelly of the Vulture. When being fired, the Vulture has several bright yellow warning lights that flare up and a laser sight is emitted to paint the missile's target, before the Vulture appears to recoil from the force of firing the missile.{{Ref/Game|HW2|Gameplay}} The Phoenix ASM can also be fired from the Vulture's [[A-74 Sylver Vertical Missile Launcher]]s, in place of the usual load of [[Anvil-IV air-to-surface missile]]s.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}

==Operational history==
Phoenix missiles were employed by Vultures assigned to the {{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}} during the [[Second Ark Conflict]] in [[2559]]. During the conflict, Phoenix missiles were used against the [[Banished]].

==Gameplay==
The Phoenix missile appears in ''[[Halo Wars 2]]'' as the Y-ability for the Vulture. It replaces the Missile Barrage ability from the first game.

==Production notes==
Concept art for the missile labels it as a [[nuclear weapon]], though its effects in-game are considerably less destructive.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:HW2 Vulture - Nuke.png|Phoenix missile concept art.
File:HW2_PhoenixMissile_Chargeup.png|The Vulture "charging" up to fire the missile, painting the target with a laser.
File:HW2 PhoenixMissile Explosion.jpg|A Phoenix Missile destroying a [[Marauder]].
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==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo Wars 2]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: Divine Wind]]''

==Sources==
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[[Category:UNSC air weapons]]
[[Category:Missiles]]