Question About Short and Medium-Range Missile Volleys

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I tend to prefer creating fleets of ships with missiles.  After researching some number of technologies related to missiles, those ships gain the ability to perform an attack from a distance in addition to directly engaging in battle.  The question I have is, how do I know the strength of the missile volleys?

The first screen snapshot below shows a fleet of 10 ships with missile weapons.

The second screen snapshot shows the popup that appears when I hover over the Short-Range Missile Volley icon.

The third screen snapshot shows the popup that appears when I hover over the Medium-Range Missile Volley icon.

None of these tells me what level of damage I can expect to inflict with a missile volley.  I have been able to destroy shipyards and starbases with a single volley, but I do not know my chances of succeeding in advance of firing the missile volley.  Can you modify the popups to show the power of the missile volley?

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Reply #1 from GalCiv4 Forums Top

I found that a missile volley is equal to 1 round of attacks by the whole fleet. It also only destroys 1 ship at a time (its like they only target one ship, and any excess missiles miss).

Its been more than a few patches since I tested it, so maybe I'll test it again to see if its the same.