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Missiles can be split into three groups: Short range, long range and rapid.

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Many hostile [[NPC]]s also use missiles as secondary weapons, and wield a single slow-firing launcher. These missiles will usually have the same range and damage application attributes of an ordinary missile of that ship's size.

Short range T2 missiles (compared to T1):

* Rage - ~55% more damage, 17% lower missile velocity, 70-72% larger explosion radius, ~14% slower explosion velocity (worse application).

Long range T2 missiles (compared to T1):

* Fury - 20-40% more damage, ~70% larger explosion radius, ~15% slower explosion velocity, 25% shorter flight time.

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Rapid launchers are unique among weapon systems. These missile launchers have very high fire rates, but fire missiles of one size class below of what the ships of this size would normally fire. For example. a cruiser (medium) would use rapid light missile launchers to fire light missiles (small). This reduces the skill training required to use the weapons (as missile skill requirements are based on ammo type, not launcher size), and also gives ships fitted with rapid launchers unnaturally good damage application. The drawback is that they have relatively small clip sizes (19-30 shots) and very long reload times (35-40 seconds) that cannot be reduced (the rare [[Alliance Tournament]] ship {{Sh|Laelaps}} being the only exception). This makes them very effective at quickly removing smaller enemies, but inefficient in larger fights if the target doesn't die before the reload hits, as between the high fire rate and small clip a rapid launcher can easily spend as much time reloading as it does firing.  

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In other words, missile weapons are best at doing damage to larger, slower targets at longer range. This is not to say that a pilot cannot kill small, fast targets with the right missiles, or that there are no short range missile boats. Rather, the most common applications of launcher fitted ships tend to be as longer ranged, heavy damage weapons.

==== Fleet roles ====

There do exist doctrines for entire fleets of missile ships. Fleets of [[Stealth Bombers]], for example, are common.

These skills apply to all missile launchers. They increase firing rate and damage, and they improve the accuracy of missiles against smaller, faster targets.

*{{sk|Missile Launcher Operation}} 2% Bonus to missile launcher rate of fire per skill level. This gives a bonus to DPS — and it is<span style="color:#bfbb7d"> a prerequisite for many other missile skills.</span>

*{{sk|Warhead Upgrades}} 2% bonus to all missile damage per skill level. Another DPS increase, smaller than Rapid Launch, but still worth training.

*{{sk|Missile Bombardment}} 10% more flight time for all missiles per level. If you are planning to use a long range or "kiting" strategy, train this higher.

*{{sk|Missile Projection}} 10% bonus to all missiles' maximum velocity per level. Another range increase that is especially useful for "kiting".

In addition to the general missile skills there is a specific [[Skills:Missiles|primary missile skill]] for each class of missiles, and each will let you load and fire that one class. In addition, each level of the skill will improve your damage by 5% when using that particular missile class.