08-10-2003, 17:52
Challenger Class SSN
Builder: Aureal Naval Yards
Power Plant: Two S9W Nuclear Reactors
Length: 395 feet
Draft: 45 ft
Beam: 40 ft
Displacement: 7,960 tons surfaced, 9,637 submerged
Speed: +50 knots
Cost: 5 billion Nus, approximately $20 billion
Crew: 121 (12 officers) + 100 marines
Armament: 10 forward torpedo tubes, 10 VLS tubes, 17 AA Missile Tubes
Weapons Carried: 50 Swordfish Torpedoes or 50 Seaskimmer Anti-ship Missiles, 20 Tomahawk or Bushwacker Missiles, and 34 Igla V Missiles
Sonars Spherical active/passive arrays, Light Weight Wide Aperture Arrays, TB-16, TB-29, and future towed arrays, High-frequency chin and sail arrays
Countermeasures: 1 internal launcher (reloadable 2-barrel)
14 external launchers
Virginia IV Class SSN
Builder: PEACE NAVAL YARDS
Power Plant: One S9B nuclear reactor (single shaft)
Length: 377 feet
Draft: 32 ft
Beam: 34 ft
Displacement: 7,934 submerged
Speed: +30 knots
Cost: $2.11 billion
Crew: 100 (13 officers)
Armament: 5 forward torpedo tubes, 15 VLS tubes, 5 AA Missile Tubes
Weapons Carried: 30 Swordfish Torpedoes or 30 Seaskimmer Anti-ship Missiles, 30 Tomahawk or Bushwacker Missiles, and 10 Igla V Missiles
Sonars: Spherical active/passive arrays, Light Weight Wide Aperture Arrays, TB-17, TB-29, and towed arrays, High-frequency chin and sail arrays
Countermeasures: 1 internal launcher (reloadable 2-barrel)
15 external launchers
An extensive loan program will be planned out, as soon as you order...
Builder: Aureal Naval Yards
Power Plant: Two S9W Nuclear Reactors
Length: 395 feet
Draft: 45 ft
Beam: 40 ft
Displacement: 7,960 tons surfaced, 9,637 submerged
Speed: +50 knots
Cost: 5 billion Nus, approximately $20 billion
Crew: 121 (12 officers) + 100 marines
Armament: 10 forward torpedo tubes, 10 VLS tubes, 17 AA Missile Tubes
Weapons Carried: 50 Swordfish Torpedoes or 50 Seaskimmer Anti-ship Missiles, 20 Tomahawk or Bushwacker Missiles, and 34 Igla V Missiles
Sonars Spherical active/passive arrays, Light Weight Wide Aperture Arrays, TB-16, TB-29, and future towed arrays, High-frequency chin and sail arrays
Countermeasures: 1 internal launcher (reloadable 2-barrel)
14 external launchers
Virginia IV Class SSN
Builder: PEACE NAVAL YARDS
Power Plant: One S9B nuclear reactor (single shaft)
Length: 377 feet
Draft: 32 ft
Beam: 34 ft
Displacement: 7,934 submerged
Speed: +30 knots
Cost: $2.11 billion
Crew: 100 (13 officers)
Armament: 5 forward torpedo tubes, 15 VLS tubes, 5 AA Missile Tubes
Weapons Carried: 30 Swordfish Torpedoes or 30 Seaskimmer Anti-ship Missiles, 30 Tomahawk or Bushwacker Missiles, and 10 Igla V Missiles
Sonars: Spherical active/passive arrays, Light Weight Wide Aperture Arrays, TB-17, TB-29, and towed arrays, High-frequency chin and sail arrays
Countermeasures: 1 internal launcher (reloadable 2-barrel)
15 external launchers
An extensive loan program will be planned out, as soon as you order...