The power of long-range strategic missiles might have been limited against Level 5 Zerg, but it was devastating against Level 3 Elite Grade Explosive Jet Bugs.
Long-range strategic missiles had originally been designed for ultra-long-range interstellar strikes. As long as they had fixed star map coordinates, they could strike targets at incredible speed.
Because previous wars between the Interstellar Federation and the Zerg had mostly been fought on War Stars, such ultra-long-range weapons had never been deployed.
Their first use had achieved tremendous results. Of course, it would be difficult for future uses of long-range strategic missiles to produce such results again.
Although long-range strategic missiles could carry out interstellar strikes and could suddenly accelerate at the end to evade possible interception, that depended on there being few powerful Zerg unable to mount a comprehensive interception.
If two or three Level 5 Zerg had been positioned among the Elite Grade Explosive Jet Bugs this time, the long-range strategic missiles' results would have been far more limited.
The chain explosions caused by the destruction of fifty thousand Elite Grade Explosive Jet Bugs swept away at least several million Zerg near the Space Gate, leaving behind only a small number of injured Level 4 Zerg and one enraged Level 5 Zerg.
The final data from the long-range strategic missiles reported the results to Federal Command, and cheers erupted throughout the command center.
The launch requirements for long-range strategic missiles were extremely strict. They were generally fired only from Space Fortresses or Aircraft Carriers, and their production costs were equally staggering.
However, trading twenty long-range strategic missiles for the destruction of fifty thousand Elite Grade Explosive Jet Bugs and a vast number of nearby Zerg was more than worth the cost.
"Report, General. The Bug Tide is fifty kilometers from the defensive line!"