Talk:Assault Missile/@comment-66.27.102.86-20140114022658/@comment-149.101.37.2-20140114231315

basically, it is added damage. The D53-R does 150 damage of the particular type (penetrative), but adds an additional 37 damage of the explosive type. If you have a ship that is armored against penetrative damage, that is where this additional damage will help out. For example, you launch one missle at a ship that has a 50% penetrative damage and no explosive damage reduction. When your missle hits, it would only do 75 penetrative damage instead of 150, but with the added 37 explosive damage, would bring the damage up to 112. This additional damage also transfers to damage dealt to buildings.