The Nightfall is a short-range ballistic missile under development by the United Kingdom. In August 2025 the UK Ministry of Defence published a request for information (RFI) for the missile. While initial requirements specified a 300 kg (660 lb) payload and 600 km (370 mi) range, with some basic manoeuvrability, they were later reduced to 200 kg (440 lb) and 500 km (310 mi). A ground vehicle must have the ability to deliver multiple missiles.

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The Nightfall is a short-range ballistic missile under development by the United Kingdom. In August 2025 the UK Ministry of Defence published a request for information (RFI) for the missile. While initial requirements specified a 300 kg (660 lb) payload and 600 km (370 mi) range, with some basic manoeuvrability, they were later reduced to 200 kg (440 lb) and 500 km (310 mi). A ground vehicle must have the ability to deliver multiple missiles.

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Notable quotes

“Day, like a weary pilgrim, had reached the western gate of heaven, and Evening stooped down to unloose the latchets of his sandal shoon.”
— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Hyperion (1839), Book IV, Chapter V.
“Just then return'd at shut of evening flowers.”
— John Milton, Paradise Lost (1667; 1674), Book IX, line 278.
“Day's lustrous eyes grow heavy in sweet death.”
— Friedrich Schiller, The Assignation, Stanza 4. Lord Lytton's translation.
“The pale child, Eve, leading her mother, Night.”
— Alexander Smith, A Life Drama, scene 8.

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Nightfall across IJR

In the Arcade

Landgrab: Knightfall EditionPaint the map. Hold the line. Take the world. Now starring the Knightfall parody.

Studio characters

KnightfallOff script, off duty, unreasonably available.

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