Northern Nation States
26-11-2004, 05:26
Press Release;
The Protectorate of Northern Nation States Ministry of Aerial Affairs anounced today that it had begun funding a new defence fighter for deployment in the near future, the POS COM-8 uses a distributed AI network to allow four planes to fumction pilotless in most ATA and ATS engagements. The Ministry Refuses to coment on possible offensive roles for the new fighter maintaining it is a "New Tool To Uphold Our Primary Concern; The Defense of our Nation."
SPECIFICATIONS (POS COM-8/Raptor)
Span: 20 ft. 5 in.
Length: 40 ft. 3 in.
Height: 12 ft. 5 in.
Weight: 25,705 lbs. max. Takeoff weight
Armament: two 20-mm cannon
in the fuselage nose. Two guided ATA missiles the wingtips
five pylons carry up to 6,700 pounds of ordinance or fuel tanks
loads can include four air-to-air missiles, Bullpup air-to-surface missiles, bombs, up to 20 unguided rockets, or external fuel tanks.
Engines: Two Shrak J87s with 5,500 lbs. thrust each with afterburner
Cost: $767,000
Crew: 1 service mechanic, 1 overseer
Maintenance: $500 per peaceful month, $1,000 post flight (war time)
PERFORMANCE
Maximum speed: 2 mach at 36,000 ft.
Cruising Speed: 700 mph.
Range: 2,400 miles (maximum with external fuel tanks)
Service Ceiling: 70,600 ft.
Deployment: The Raptor can take of and land on very short runways making it ideal for naval deployment, its relatively small wing span makes them easy to store in large quantities and increases a carrier’s capacity
Notes: The POS COM-8 represents the forefront of The PNNS’s Aerial defense force. It is deployed in four fighter flight groups that function as efficient tactical units. Each unit is equipped with a portion of a distributed tactical AI system that allows the fighter to fight independent of human intervention. The AI functions over tight beam, secure, radio transmissions among the fighters, the system is incredibly hard to jam or scramble, but in the event of a malfunction or other problem, each fighter is equipped with a simple ‘search and destroy’ protocol that gives it the limited ability to prevent missile locks, dodge incoming fire and engage single enemy fighters. The ‘Raptor’ was developed for low cost, and fast deployment, it is a first line of defense fighter. Each fighter can easily be maintained by a single dedicated mechanic. It is recommended that each four fighter group have one remote overseer to liase with other fighter groups in an engagement.
OOC:
what do you think? reasonable? useful? I pretty much stole the stats of the Northrop F-8 and modified it, just floatin it to catch a response so i can start some sort of defense force, i did a lot of research and believe that in RL, fighters with close to these stats could be in full productin in the next ten years Send me a TG with ideas on improvments for the idea
The Protectorate of Northern Nation States Ministry of Aerial Affairs anounced today that it had begun funding a new defence fighter for deployment in the near future, the POS COM-8 uses a distributed AI network to allow four planes to fumction pilotless in most ATA and ATS engagements. The Ministry Refuses to coment on possible offensive roles for the new fighter maintaining it is a "New Tool To Uphold Our Primary Concern; The Defense of our Nation."
SPECIFICATIONS (POS COM-8/Raptor)
Span: 20 ft. 5 in.
Length: 40 ft. 3 in.
Height: 12 ft. 5 in.
Weight: 25,705 lbs. max. Takeoff weight
Armament: two 20-mm cannon
in the fuselage nose. Two guided ATA missiles the wingtips
five pylons carry up to 6,700 pounds of ordinance or fuel tanks
loads can include four air-to-air missiles, Bullpup air-to-surface missiles, bombs, up to 20 unguided rockets, or external fuel tanks.
Engines: Two Shrak J87s with 5,500 lbs. thrust each with afterburner
Cost: $767,000
Crew: 1 service mechanic, 1 overseer
Maintenance: $500 per peaceful month, $1,000 post flight (war time)
PERFORMANCE
Maximum speed: 2 mach at 36,000 ft.
Cruising Speed: 700 mph.
Range: 2,400 miles (maximum with external fuel tanks)
Service Ceiling: 70,600 ft.
Deployment: The Raptor can take of and land on very short runways making it ideal for naval deployment, its relatively small wing span makes them easy to store in large quantities and increases a carrier’s capacity
Notes: The POS COM-8 represents the forefront of The PNNS’s Aerial defense force. It is deployed in four fighter flight groups that function as efficient tactical units. Each unit is equipped with a portion of a distributed tactical AI system that allows the fighter to fight independent of human intervention. The AI functions over tight beam, secure, radio transmissions among the fighters, the system is incredibly hard to jam or scramble, but in the event of a malfunction or other problem, each fighter is equipped with a simple ‘search and destroy’ protocol that gives it the limited ability to prevent missile locks, dodge incoming fire and engage single enemy fighters. The ‘Raptor’ was developed for low cost, and fast deployment, it is a first line of defense fighter. Each fighter can easily be maintained by a single dedicated mechanic. It is recommended that each four fighter group have one remote overseer to liase with other fighter groups in an engagement.
OOC:
what do you think? reasonable? useful? I pretty much stole the stats of the Northrop F-8 and modified it, just floatin it to catch a response so i can start some sort of defense force, i did a lot of research and believe that in RL, fighters with close to these stats could be in full productin in the next ten years Send me a TG with ideas on improvments for the idea