NationStates Jolt Archive

OOC: The only IC bit is the overview. The rest is secret IC.

Alinghi – Trimaran Air Defence Battleship

Overview
The Alinghi class battleship is designed to provide theatre air and ABM defence for allied fleets. Acting as an escort, the Alinghi is designed to survive multiple hits from threats such as anti-ship cruise missiles (ASCMs) and scramjet shells and still function effectively. In theory, the Alinghi can intercept up to 2,520 aircraft or missiles simultaneously.

Special Design Features

*Stealth
The Alinghi features a outward-facing hull covered with DuRAMs to reduce radar cross section significantly. Radar guided munitions will be unable to pinpoint specific locations onboard and decoys will become more effective.

*Hardened VLS Cells
While the VLS payload of the Alinghi appears small compared to its contemporary, the advantages of the Alinghi's 45 x 14 VLS layout are great. Most foreign VLS cells are packed tight – examples of this can be seen on the USN's conceptual arsenal ship. The main disadvantage of this is that a small explosion will start a chain reaction, destroying the vessel and damaging nearby vessels. The Alinghi's VLS cells have 1.8m of space between each of them, reducing the possiblity of a chain reaction. The VLS are also armoured with 3 inches of LiquidSteel and located in the secure main hull which is protected by the heavily armoured side hulls from ASCMs and are slightly depressed within the hull, allowing the fitting of eight slide-on armoured plates 8 inches thick. The cells are also filled with argon which serves to stifle combustion and fitted with fire extinguishment systems.

*EMP Protection
The superstructure and armour scheme includes a layer of copper which acts as a Faraday cage. It should also be noted that the LiquidSteel used in the armour is non-magnetic and provides partial shielding. Important electronic equipment is linked by optics, protected by insulating materials and Faraday cages, cut-off fuses and reserve arrays are built into the circuitary.

*Pebble Bed reactors
The Alinghi's Pebble Bed reactors are located closer to the centre of the hull than on traditional warships, increasing survivability from shells and anti-ship cruise missiles.

Dimensions
Length of main hull: 356m
Length of side hulls: 240m
Width at maximum beam: 88m
Draft: 12m
Height: 29m
Displacement: 84,000 tonnes

Powerplant and Propulsion
Four J-2 Pebble Bed Nuclear reactors for propulsion
One J-2 Pebble Bed reactors for power requirements
Fourteen waterjets
Cruise speed of 32 knots
Maximum speed of 38 knots

Armament
630 Vertical Launch System Cells
Eight METALS (Maritime Evolved Theatre Advanced Laser System)
Forty Dynasty CIWS (Sixteen RAMs + 16 Barrel 40mm cannon)

Armor
Side Hull belt (12 degrees inclined): 20 inches (500mm)
Main Hull belt (12 degrees inclined): 12 inches (300mm)
Superstructure : 6 inches (150mm)
Main deck : 8 inches (200mm)
Bulkheads : 18 inches (450mm)

Systems
Four linked MFR-2 NPI Air Search Radars (2000km)
One LD-1400G Air Search LIDAR (1200km)
MD-140 Surface Search Radar
ASH Hyperspectral/IRST/LIDAR Sentry systems
IAEM-3 ECM/ECCM suite
Chaff launchers

Crew
75 enlisted
15 officers

While we congratulate the nation of _Taiwan for the design and construction of such a worthy and advanced vessel, we must remind them that a warship can only be considered a battleship if it does indeed have guns on it. Since your ship does not have any guns suitable for combat against other ships, or land targets it cannot go under such nomenclature.
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Luigi Almagretta
Chief Engineer, Maritime Division
Bordo Principale Technologies

OOC: Speaking of nomenclature, there was a lot of debate in the OMP forums about whether this was a battleship. The results were...inconclusive.

IC:

"The Chinese language lacks the words to describe this vessel, so we went with battleship."

Richard Branson, CEO of Formosa Shipyards, clearly speaking without cue cards.

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Indeed a great technological achievement by the Chinese race. *Salutes*

Won't survive our NF-7As and Han-II class attack subs though.

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OOC: Why doesn't anyone pay any attention to _Taiwan's threads anymore?

OOC: If Chen was in charge this thing would shoot down hundreds of those NF-7s.

OOC: If Chen was in charge this thing would shoot down hundreds of those NF-7s.

OOC: Chen's a wanker, I'll fill an NF-7A with propaganda leaflets and spare the crew. Then they'll mutiny to shoot down Chen's private jet. LOL!