NationStates Jolt Archive

Shyra has begun construction of it's very first ICBM base, this base will be controlled by the newly-formed Shyran Rocket Corps, when finished the base will contain 24 Minuteman III ICBMs, all of them in seperate, armored launch silos, the name of the base is undecided thus far, we are asking other nations what they think of the decision to make this base and these weapons, and what they think the name of the base should be.

The statistics of the Minuteman III ICBM:

General Characteristics.
Primary Function: Intercontinental Ballistic Missile.
Contractor: Hessle Co.
Power Plant: Three solid-propellant rocket motors; first stage - Thiokol; second stage - Aerojet-General; third stage - United Technologies Chemical Systems Division.
Length: 59.9 feet (18 meters).
Weight: 79,432 pounds (32,158 kilograms).
[/b]Diameter:[/b] 5.5 feet (1.67 meters).
Range: 6,000-plus miles (5,218 nautical miles).
Speed: Approximately 15,000 mph (Mach 23 or 24,000 kph) at burnout.
Ceiling: 700 miles (1,120 kilometers).
Thrust: First stage, 202,600 pounds.
Load: Re-entry vehicle: Lockheed Martin Missiles and Space MK 12 or MK 12A.
Guidance systems: Inertial system: Boeing North American; ground electronic/security system: Sylvania Electronics Systems and Hessle Co.
Unit cost: $7 million.
Date deployed: N/A.
Inventory: 0.

It has been found that the 24 Minuteman III ICBMs will likely cost us $168 million.

More information, the base will be put under the command of Major General Nesta Carys, a woman who is a career-soldier in the Shyran Army, and has been in Intelligence until she recently transfered to the Rocket Corps.

We tend to find that it is much, much cheaper just to build a big fence in the middle of a desert, label signposts "Extreme Danger", and leave out some great big concrete circles for the satellites to see. Your neighbours will be greeting you with extreme courtesy inside a month.

General Tipperman

Well, General Tipperman. What if they call our bluff?
~Major General Nesta Carys.

We have finally completed the new base. It shall be called the Crocifissa Kristin Missile Base. The missiles are being made now.