Type-IX phaser

A type-IX phaser was a type of weapon usually installed on Federation Starfleet starships and space sations.

By the 2360s, Federation starship classes such as the were equipped with a number of phaser turrets of this type. When Starfleet began upgrading Deep Space 9's defenses in preparation of a Dominion assault in the early 2370s, turrets of this type were installed in the station's defense sails, along with type-XI phaser arrays.