NationStates Jolt Archive

There are a few problems with the current CIWS guns availible to ships these days. The Phalanix though effective can only target a limited amount of incomings at a time and can therefore be overwhelmed.
Systems like metal storm and steel wall lessened the problem of brute force attacks by dramatically increashing the amount of bullets in the air and allowing a sweeping motion to eliminate multiple threats at once. But that only worked at short range before the bullets had spread. It is that precise reason the Imperial Navy has begun research on a long range CIWS laser.

The Laser will be a wide beam weapon(45-75 degrees) mounted on the front and back of the ship. When inbounds are detected the lasers will align themselves and fire if possible the front and rear mounts will have a "crossing of the beams" to allow for far more significant power to be brought to bear on the target. This will be combined with traditonal CIWS at shorter range to ensure that no Belem ship will be damaged at sea by enemy missiles.

Expected Research time: 5 years

more to come soon

Interesting research venture, although the Aequatian Republic has long used airborne point defence lasers to destroy warheads inbound to urban areas, we never thought about using the technology on ships to replace Phalanx CIWS defence systems.

We would be willing to aid in research, finance and physical resources if your nation is interested in creating a joint research and development program to make this project possible in a shorter amount of time.

http://home.graffiti.net/bomfy:graffiti.net/kate.jpg
President Kate Juno
Federal Republic of Aequatio

A joint research project would be possible as long as it is agreed not sell this technology to any other nations and that construction be restricted only to our two nations.

A joint research project would be possible as long as it is agreed not sell this technology to any other nations and that construction be restricted only to our two nations.

Agreed.

Excellent.



OOC: Ill post the prelim stats for the laser later tonight once I get them all worked out.

Stats for CIWS:

Name: Hotshot Laser Defense System
Reflecting laser size: 3 feet long 1 foot high. Laser can be mounted to either cast at a 45 degree or 75 degree angle
Housing: The Housing for the laser is approximately the size of the housing for ammunition in a Phalinx gun. The lens is protected by a computer controlled guard to prevent it from being hit by debris when not in use.
Power supply/ammunition: The Hot Shot is a chemical based laser system. The Chemical containers are stored within the ship(so they are not explosed to enemy fire.) The storage tanks for each Laser is good for 2000 seconds or approx. 666 3 second bursts. 3 seconds is the average time it takes for the incoming to be destroyed this time can be significantly less if multiple systems are firing on it. It is of course people to have larger containers installed in the ship
Upcoming Upgrade for Nuclear Ships: Instead of being chemically ignited lasers an eventual upgrade will be a nuclear powered laser. Allowing them to be directly uplinked to the ships nuclear reactor for power eliminating the need for chemicals and allowing them to fire without concern for ammunition.