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'''Guidance Locks''', also known as '''guidance packages''', are [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] missile components designed to guide missiles to their intended targets. The lock is projected through the launcher, be it a shoulder-mounted missile launcher, or a capital ship. | '''Guidance Locks''', also known as '''guidance packages''', are [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] missile components designed to guide missiles to their intended targets. The lock is projected through the launcher, be it a shoulder-mounted missile launcher, or a capital ship. | ||
Most UNSC missile systems possess guidance locks, including [[ | Most UNSC missile systems possess guidance locks, including the [[M19 surface-to-surface missile|M19 missile]]<ref>'''[[Halo 2]]'''</ref>, [[Anaconda surface-to-air missile|Anaconda Surface-to-Air Missiles]]<ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike]]''', ''page 20''</ref>, the [[Lancet micro-missile|Lancet Micro-missile]], [[Argent V missile|Argent V Missiles]]<ref>'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''page 70''</ref>, the ordnance of the [[LAU-65D/SGM-151]], and ordnance launched from starships such as [[Shiva-class nuclear missile|Shiva-class Nuclear Warheads]]<ref>'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''page 139''</ref> and [[Archer missile|Archer Missiles]]<ref>'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''page 106''</ref>. Some mine-type explosives such as [[Moray space mine|Moray Space Mines]] also possess guidance locks.<ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike]]''', ''page 54''</ref> | ||
Some [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] weapons also possess a sort of built-in automatic guidance lock, such as the [[Type-33 Light Anti-Armor Weapon]] and the [[Type-33 Guided Munitions Launcher]].<ref>'''[[Halo 2]]'''</ref> | Some [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] weapons also possess a sort of built-in automatic guidance lock, such as the [[Type-33 Light Anti-Armor Weapon]] and the [[Type-33 Guided Munitions Launcher]].<ref>'''[[Halo 2]]'''</ref> | ||
Revision as of 12:16, September 11, 2011
- "Missile guidance locks jammed. Their ECM spoofed the guidance packages, sir."
- — Lieutenant Aki Hikowa
Guidance Locks, also known as guidance packages, are UNSC missile components designed to guide missiles to their intended targets. The lock is projected through the launcher, be it a shoulder-mounted missile launcher, or a capital ship.
Most UNSC missile systems possess guidance locks, including the M19 missile[1], Anaconda Surface-to-Air Missiles[2], the Lancet Micro-missile, Argent V Missiles[3], the ordnance of the LAU-65D/SGM-151, and ordnance launched from starships such as Shiva-class Nuclear Warheads[4] and Archer Missiles[5]. Some mine-type explosives such as Moray Space Mines also possess guidance locks.[6]
Some Covenant weapons also possess a sort of built-in automatic guidance lock, such as the Type-33 Light Anti-Armor Weapon and the Type-33 Guided Munitions Launcher.[7]
Smaller Covenant ships, such as the Stealth Corvette, sometimes use Electronic Countermeasures to counter guidance locks, as was the case in the Battle of Sigma Octanus IV. However, larger Covenant warships usually use Point Defense Lasers instead.
Sources
- ^ Halo 2
- ^ Halo: First Strike, page 20
- ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, page 70
- ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, page 139
- ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, page 106
- ^ Halo: First Strike, page 54
- ^ Halo 2
