Avalanche Missiles are armaments for Interceptors in XCOM: Enemy Unknown.
In-Game Description[]
| “ | A crash program and a couple of lucky experiments led to the Avalanche Missiles, an air-to-air weapon of an unprecedented precision. It represents the pinnacle of terrestrial guided-missile technology. | ” |
– Loadout description, XCOM: Enemy Unknown | ||
Production Specifications[]
Prerequisites: None
Avalanche Missiles come as the default armament on all Interceptors and do not require manufacture in Engineering.
Tactical Info[]
| Hit Chance: | 70% |
| Range: | Long |
| Fire Rate: | Slow |
| Damage: | Low |
| Armor Penetration: | Low |
- Conventional air-to-air missiles upgraded with Earth's best targeting software
- Warhead's effectiveness against alien armor material is unknown
Notes[]
- Despite being described as having "unprecedented precision," the missiles' accuracy is a fairly unreliable 70%.
- In reality, long range missiles have an accuracy of 18% against a low technology enemy and 13% accuracy against an enemy aircraft with some kind of defence. Thus, with a 70% hit chance it is actually unprecedented in real world analogies.
Trivia[]
- It is unknown what guidance system the Avalanche missiles use to home in on their target. The UFOs do appear to lack clear radar-reflecting angles, and it is unknown if they produce sufficient heat for an infrared targeting system. XCOM satellites, as it has been stated, utilize gravitic detection - a novel technology.
- Along with the Raven fighters, defunct Avalanche Missiles are present in the Tactical Legacy Pack of XCOM 2. The is suggests that the original XCOM was able to fight the aliens in the skies in some capacity, although what degree of success was attained is unknown.