V2

The V2 Mass Retaliation Weapon is first seen in Ace Combat 05: The Unsung War, but officially developed by Project Pendragon and deployed in Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War by A World With No Boundaries. The V2 is a modified delivery system which is capable of deploying multiple Nuclear Warheads, which are more powerful than V1 Tactical Nuclear Weapon.

Weapon Information
Purpose: Mass Retaliation Weapon

Manufacturer(s): Belkan Federation/Principality of Belka

Started: Unknown date in 1981

Completed: 1995 (?)

Destroyed: December 31st, 1995 (unit one) / December 31st, 2010 (unknown number)

Information
The V2 itself is a MIRV (Multiple Independently targetable Reentry Vehicle) missile. MIRV is a cluster of several nuclear warheads on a single ICBM. V2 has 7 warheads, which could wipe out half of all metropolitan areas in Osea, Yuktobania or a multitude of other countries. The V2's warheads separate in mid-flight, moving to their independent targets. It's predecessor, the V1 was a smaller tactical nuclear warhead, used by Belka in the Belkan War. When it was launched, it destroyed the entire area of 35 kilometers. V2 was named after the real life V2 Vengance missile from World War II Germany.

History
The V2 was a part of a Belkan Strategic Defense program, codenamed Project Pendragon. This project would produce the 'Excalibur' Chemical Laser Weapon, but was unsustainable during economic strife in the 1980s. Many of the weapon designs in Project Pendragon were scrapped, but some of these weapons were forced into deployment during the Belkan War. The Project was headed by Anton Kupchenko, leader of the Belkan Weapon and Research Technology along with being the leader of the 18th Air Division, 5th Tactical Fighter Squadron "Gault", who created a blueprint about the Avalon Dam Facility in Mund.

The Belkan War
V2 and it's facility Avalon Dam was confiscated from the Belkan by the organization A World With No Boundaries. The weapon itself wasn't finished yet, due to the enraging war between Belka & Ustio. A World With No Boundaries, though lacking Belka's industrial might, completed it in 1995. Before it was deployed, the Ustio military commenced an operation to invade Avalon Dam & destory the V2. During the heat of battle, a pilot from the Ustian Air Force 6th Air Division, 66th AFU Galm - that is to say, the mysterious ace Galm 1, Cipher, a.k.a. "The Demon of the Round Table" - destroyed the V2.



After that, the V2 threat arised again, this time under control of his old wingman, Larry Foulke (now rogue) in a mysterious, experimental prototype fighter, the ADFX-02 Morgan. After a heated battle, Galm 1, despite his rival's prototype battle technology, single handedly destroyed his old wingman's plane, culminating in the destruction of the V2 itself.

Circum-Pacific War of 2010
15 years later, during the Circum-Pacifc War, another V2 (like the SOLG) was secretly completed by the Belkan "Grey Men", and placed in the SOLG (an orbital weapons platform).The control for the SOLG was in a massive experimental facility in the former capital of South Belka, Sudentor. This facility was owned by North Osea Grunder Industries, whose president, even though he swore allegiance to Osea, was a member of the "Grey Men". The goal of the "Grey Men" was to both destroy Osea and Yuktobania, and unite the two Belkas. On December 30th, 2010, combined units from Osea and Yuktobania (who had united after Osean President Vincent Harling's speech ending the war) with support from the Ghosts of Razgriz, destroyed the control system for the SOLG, preventing a launch of the V2.



But, after the system was destroyed, the SOLG began to automatically descending, heading straight for the Osean capital Oured. With the V2 on board, the lives of millions were in the line. After having a final confrontation with the Grabacr/Ofnir joint squadron, Razgriz destroyed the SOLG before it had a chance to impact Oured, and the V2 exploded harmlessly over Oured on December 31st, 2010. The destruction of this V2 supposedly marked the disappearance of the V2 from history.

On a sidenote...
In the last mission of Ace Combat 04, "Megalith", the missile Mobius 1 must destroy to complete the mission not only resembles a V2, but has the South Belkan Munitions Factory logo on it (it's very small and therefore easy to miss). This leads one to believe that it was in fact a V2. How Erusia could have obtained such a weapon is unknown, but considering Belka's economic state after the Belkan War, it is probable that Belka sold the weapon of mass destruction to Erusia.