Generals:Scud Storm

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A Scud Storm was a building armed with nine anthrax-filled Scud missiles, mixed with both explosives and some sort of corrosive agent. Due to the range, destructive power, and expense of construction, this weapon was considered a 'Superweapon'.

Like all GLA buildings, it would leave a GLA Hole behind when destroyed. If the GLA hole wasn't destroyed quickly a Worker would emerge and begin to rebuild the Scud Storm, at no cost to the GLA.

[edit] Counters

The building itself had no defence against an attack and was a large target. It took some time to fuel the missiles and thus could not be fired immediately after construction. As with all weapons of mass destruction; however, once the Scuds were launched, there was no way to defend against them, meaning the only effective counters involved destroying the Scud Storm prior to fueling. Once missiles were launched, replacement missiles were delivered via tunnel network.

[edit] Usage

The first known use of this weapon was against attacking US forces in Baghdad, but the GLA commander missed his target and instead killed a considerable number of civilians in a crowded market square. As the only drawback of the weapon was its expense, and the length of time that it took to construct the weapon (one reason these were called 'superweapons' is that the weapon itself had no real drawback), these weapons were deployed by GLA commanders as much as possible.