Missile turrets are inexpensive structures that fire Longbolt missiles. The system may be computer controlled to automatically engage aerial targets. A secondary manual control mode allows the system to fire at ground targets as well (by the Second Great War, manual control was apparently the de facto method of operation). Turrets are also equipped with a tracking scanner that allows powerful sensors capable of detecting cloaked vessels to center in on an identified target. Running on a set of power cells, a missile turret is able to operate independently for at least forty years, though frontline infantry have reported that turrets break down as rapidly as once every two months. Due to the lack of ground defense, marine rifle companies are often tasked with defending missile turrets. Some models are outfitted with hi-sec auto-tracking to improve missile range.

Longbolt missiles

The characteristic diffusion of information between the terran factions, frequently through clandestine or illicit methods, made the missile turret a standard defense system in the Koprulu sector. Refinements to the system continued to be disseminated in a similar fashion.

By the Second Great War, Enlightened Dynamics had developed a new titanium housing for missile turrets, allowing turrets to absorb more damage before failing. By this stage, Hellstorm batteries could also be fitted to turrets, each battery firing waves of short-range missiles for a saturation effect.

The Dominion Special Forces utilize a sleek-low profile missile turret design that often remains undetected until enemy ships directly enter their line of fire.