Rayan-225 Interplanetary Missile

= Rayan-225 Interplanetary Missile =
The Rayan-225 Interplanetary Missile is a long range missile most commonly used during the Second Solar War, with some use during the First Solar War. The Rayan-225 can travel at an average speed of 225 kilometers a second, and a range of almost 5 astronomical unit. The Rayan-225 Interplanetary Missile was a largely successful program, and was the first developed weapon under Rayan Technologies.
The Rayan-225 Interplanetary Missile can deliver a variety of payloads, from the conventional 40 GJ warhead, the Rayan-225C cluster bombs of 50 individual Bombs of a total of 45 GJ, the Rayan-225B “bunker busting” of a 35 GJ warhead, and the Rayan-225D nuclear warhead, with a 50 GJ warhead.
== Design and Development ==
.In 2113, the Blue Star Federation Navy began a contract for a long range missile with the requirements of reaching speeds of over 15 kilometers a second, and deliver a payload of over 35 GJ. Rayan Technologies claimed this contract, and began to draw up initial designs and testing for the contract. The final and finished development in design was created and designed by Samuel Ebony, who coined the missile as the 225, a reference to the speed capability of the missile. After testing at Queen's Dunes Center for National Defense in the Teegarden System, the Rayan-225 Interplanetary Missile was pressed into service, and production began of the missiles at Rayan factories.
Weapon Dynamics
Missile Variant	Top Speed 	Turning Radius	Range	Payload 	Cost
Rayan-225A 	225 km/s 	240,558 km 	5 AU 	40 GJ conventional high explosive warhead	51,000 Federation Credits
Rayan-225B 	230 km/s 	240,170 km 	5 AU 	35 GJ armor piercing warhead 	50,000 Federation Credits
Rayan-225C 	200 km/s 	238,895 km 	5 AU 	50 cluster ~0.9 GJ high explosives 	54,000 Federation Credits
Rayan-225D 	212.5 km/s	240,454 km 	5 AU 	50 GJ thermal nuclear warhead 	60,000 Federation Credits
== Operational Use in the Blue Star Federation Navy ==
The Rayan-225 Interplanetary Missile was used primarily as an offensive bombardment weapon, as despite its high speed, the missile was prone to stability issues when turning at high speeds. So the Rayan-225 Interplanetary Missile rarely saw service as a defensive weapon. During the First Solar War, after the Battle of Sol, on the Sol System, the use of the Rayan-225 Interplanetary Missile became more frequently as a precision bombing weapon. Notable battles that feature the use of the Rayan-225 Interplanetary Missile are:
* The Battle of Farah, Soola System.
The use of the Rayan-225 Interplanetary Missile became more common as a precision strike against ships and planetary objects in the Second Solar War, which its speed made it almost impossible to intercept. The only known way to prevent a successful anti ship attack is too boost all shields near the point of impact, which can easily overload the shields and cause some damage to the hull of the vessel.
The Rayan-225 Interplanetary Missile is launched from reloadable missile launch tubes, most commonly found on larger ships.