Heat-seeking missile

The Heat-Seeking Missile was a projectile weapon used by the Terran Confederation and Kilrathi fleets. The missile locked on heat sources, usually those generated at the tail end of a fighter. If a heat-seeking missile lost its target lock it could aqquire another, including that of the ship which fired it. The Javelin HS was a Terran Confederation version of the missile. Heat-Seeking missiles were found on the Hornet, Scimitar, Raptor, Venture, Dralthi, Krant, Gratha and Jalthi.