Titan Phase Missile Oddity

I just noticed that the phase missiles on the VL titan and the rear firing ones on the VR titan are classified as energy attacks rather than physical attacks (they are affected by AR corvette attack buffs). I guess they originally weren't phase missiles (https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/429033/page/1/) but it is a bit confusing to me that they are still considered to be energy despite the reclassification; is this intentional?