Laser-Guided Missile

The Laser-Guided Missile is a precision, laser guided air strike featured in Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction.

Overview
The Laser-Guided Missile is an air strike that was removed from the game and can only be used in a test map accessible with game hacks.

The air strike is very similar to the Surgical Strike in terms of guidance and explosion, but it is a bit faster in comparison. Being available only on an empty test map, it isn't known for certain how much useful this air strike could be.

Specifications

 * Unlocked by: N/A
 * Cost: $20,000
 * Guidance: Laser
 * Delivery: A-10 Thunderbolt II

Real life
The Laser-Guided Missile is based on the AGM-65 Maverick, an air-to-ground missile designed for use with the A-10 Thunderbolt II. It was used during the Vietnam, Yom Kippur, Iran–Iraq, and Persian Gulf Wars.

Trivia

 * On a gameplay video from E3 2004 an air strike with the same icon as the Laser-Guided Missile is seen, although it isn't known if it's the same air strike.
 * Despite being delivered by an A-10, it plays the same audio file of the F-15E Strike Eagle when called in.
 * The engines of the A-10 that delivers this air strike don't make any sounds.