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The United States of Zvarinograd would like to present to the world the AZ-SSB-01 "Lynx" hypersonic bomber. Reviving an old concept, the mystery Aurora bomber and combining scramjet technology with advanced liquid hydrocarbon fuels as well as pulse-detonation and plasma stealth technology, supported by multiple nations and carefully tested and proven by our researchers, we bring to you a stealth bomber that can maintain speeds of five times the speed of sound, faster than an AIM-120 AMRAAM (which has a constant velocity of mach 4).

http://www.fas.org/irp/mystery/aurora-s.jpg

Function: Tactical Bomber
Materiel:
Frame: Va-base alloy (Classified)
Armor: Va-base alloy (Classified)
Dimensions:
Length - meters: 42.7
Span - meters: 13.5
Wing area - meters squared: 95
Weights: tons
Empty: 19.3
Fuel: 12.6
Payload: 1.5
Max T/O: 34.5
Propulsion:
Powerplant: Two Molotov AZ-59 scramjets with pulse detonation
Thrust - kN: 267
Fuel: AZS-F (Liquid Hydrocarbon)
Performance:
Cruise - Mach: 5 (Estimated and proven without structural damage)
Ceiling - km: 33
Range - km: 27,750
Electronics: AESA-NORA suite (Kotterdam Technology)
Jammer: ECM 7446 (with missle lock jammer)
Ordnance:
Nuclear
16 B61
16 B83
16 AGM-129 ACM
16 AGM-131 SRAM 2

Conventional
80 MK82
16 MK84
36 CBU87
36 CBU89
36 CBU97

Precision
8 GBU 27
12 JDAM
8 AGM-154 JSOW
8 AGM-137 TSSAM
Cost: $1 billion

OOC:
Research project link (http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=81781), for proof of my development.

OOC:
*sigh* Bump.

all that and still cheaper than a b2? great, if i had a military budget left i'd buy a dozen :P

OOC:
B-2's worth $900 million in the NS world, you know. Although I know that B-2s cost $2.1 billion in the real world.

i'll take 7.

Confirmed. Total cost of $7 billion.

I'm assuming this isn't CTOL... :roll:

we would like 20 please. money will be transferred as soon as confirmation has been recieved.

Confirmed.

OOC:
It is. VTOL can't hit that speed. It's a development from the mystery Aurora hypersonic bomber in real life. I'm assuming you have difficulty believing my capability of developing such?

Confirmed. Total cost of $7 billion.

*money wired*

We would like to buy 5 please.

Confirmed, cost of $5 billion.

*Money wired* Thankyou very much, but what if we need more in the future?

The United Socialist States of Zvarinograd does support free exchange of technology and is willing to sell the production rights (for domestic military use only) and rights at $52.5 billion. (75% of the cost of the research project itself)

OOC:
If you ask where I got $70 billion, go look at the link above. As would any researcher, through research grants.

I would like to purchase a squadron (12) of these aircraft. Money will be automatically wired upon confirmation of the transaction.

General Gregorio Galantos
Argyres Air Force

Confirmed, cost of $12 billion. Manufacture and shipping will be completed in one year (one RL day) as we are now out of surplus.

Bump.

If i actually thought that it was physically possible to build that aircraft, i would tell you that it is extreemly underpriced.

OOC:
I know. Even I question it's validity, but the world has yet to prove that the Aurora is a myth. So will this remain a fact. About the price, I'm open for suggestions, how much do you think it would be should it prove possible in your eyes?

OOC:
Bump.

In 1985 McDonnell Douglas conducted studies of a Mach 5, 12,000 km range 305 passenger HSCT (hypersonic commercial transport) powered by regenerative ATR (air turboramjet) engines. Initial research led to claims that this type of aircraft was not only feasible, but remarkably efficient. According to these studies, a ramjet was the best option at Mach 5, and that methane was the preferred fuel. Hydrogen was also considered, but it takes up to five times as much space. If the large HSCT was scaled down to the dimensions of an SR-71, the aircraft could have a range of approximately 10,000 miles with a crew of two and a 1 ton sensor suite.

Many aviation enthusiasts have heard about the so-called "plasma stealth": using ionized gas to reduce the radar cross section of an aircraft. Some consider this to be science fiction - a Romulan cloaking shield. However, sarcastic remarks aside, "plasma stealth" is quite real. At least in theory. Interactions between EM radiation and ionized gas have been extensively studied for a variety of purposes ranging from radio communications to astrophysics.

Plasma is a highly complex topic with many unanswered fundamental questions. Nevertheless, a plasma stealth device for combat aircraft has been offered for export by Russia in 1999. While the theoretical possibility of reducing an aircraft's RCS by wrapping the airframe in ionized gas flow is not in question, the technological aspects of such methods represent considerable interest. How is it done? There are many possibilities running from "simple" electrostatic discharges to complex and power-hungry plasma lasers

Fully Integrated Scramjet Missile Engine Tested At Mach 6.5

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) successfully conducted the first-ever ground test of a full-scale, fully integrated hypersonic cruise missile engine using conventional liquid hydrocarbon fuel on May 30, 2002. The test, performed in a wind tunnel at NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va., demonstrated robust operation of the engine at simulated hypersonic cruise conditions (Mach 6.5 at 90,000 feet altitude).

Vanadium is a heat resistant element that can take heat resistance approaching 1000 degrees Celsius if you were to make an alloy out of it with Titanium and Aluminum, much less 1000 degree Fahrenheight which is what this aircraft would generate.

http://www.abovetopsecret.com/images/engine.jpg

Pulse Detonation

One option for a hypersonic vehicle might be four or six Pulse Detonation Wave Engines (PDWEs), fuelled with liquid methane. As air breathers, these PDWEs could theoretically propel a hypersonic aircraft towards Mach 10 at an altitude in excess of 180,000 feet.

Liquid methane or liquid hydrogen is ejected onto the fuselage, where the fuel mist is ignited, possibly by surface heating. The PDWE works by creating a liquid hydrogen detonation inside a specially designed chamber when the aircraft is traveling beyond the speed of sound. When traveling at such speeds, a thrust wall (the aircraft is traveling so fast that molecules in the air are rapidly pushed aside near the nose of the aircraft which in essence becomes a wall) is created in front of the aircraft. When the detonation takes place, the airplane's thrust wall is pushed forward. This process is continually repeated to propel the aircraft.

Remember, I am smarter than the average newbie, I know the rules and regulations of this game. I will defend my claims until proven otherwise.

We will buy 6 for testing puproses.

Confirmed.

What will be the delivery time?

The money is wired.

Probably one and a half years from now. We are not giving guarantees. However we might request help from the Dominion of Kotterdam in terms of production capability so we might be able to fill in your order as quickly as possible.

Can I get a used one?? :?:

OOC:
:shock:

It's a newly developed aircraft, how can you possibly get a used one?

:?

No, you can't.

Bump.
OOC:
In 1985 McDonnell Douglas conducted studies of a Mach 5, 12,000 km range 305 passenger HSCT (hypersonic commercial transport) powered by regenerative ATR (air turboramjet) engines. Initial research led to claims that this type of aircraft was not only feasible, but remarkably efficient. According to these studies, a ramjet was the best option at Mach 5, and that methane was the preferred fuel. Hydrogen was also considered, but it takes up to five times as much space. If the large HSCT was scaled down to the dimensions of an SR-71, the aircraft could have a range of approximately 10,000 miles with a crew of two and a 1 ton sensor suite.

Many aviation enthusiasts have heard about the so-called "plasma stealth": using ionized gas to reduce the radar cross section of an aircraft. Some consider this to be science fiction - a Romulan cloaking shield. However, sarcastic remarks aside, "plasma stealth" is quite real. At least in theory. Interactions between EM radiation and ionized gas have been extensively studied for a variety of purposes ranging from radio communications to astrophysics.

Plasma is a highly complex topic with many unanswered fundamental questions. Nevertheless, a plasma stealth device for combat aircraft has been offered for export by Russia in 1999. While the theoretical possibility of reducing an aircraft's RCS by wrapping the airframe in ionized gas flow is not in question, the technological aspects of such methods represent considerable interest. How is it done? There are many possibilities running from "simple" electrostatic discharges to complex and power-hungry plasma lasers

Fully Integrated Scramjet Missile Engine Tested At Mach 6.5

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) successfully conducted the first-ever ground test of a full-scale, fully integrated hypersonic cruise missile engine using conventional liquid hydrocarbon fuel on May 30, 2002. The test, performed in a wind tunnel at NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va., demonstrated robust operation of the engine at simulated hypersonic cruise conditions (Mach 6.5 at 90,000 feet altitude).

Vanadium is a heat resistant element that can take heat resistance approaching 1000 degrees Celsius if you were to make an alloy out of it with Titanium and Aluminum, much less 1000 degree Fahrenheight which is what this aircraft would generate.

http://www.abovetopsecret.com/images/engine.jpg

Pulse Detonation

One option for a hypersonic vehicle might be four or six Pulse Detonation Wave Engines (PDWEs), fuelled with liquid methane. As air breathers, these PDWEs could theoretically propel a hypersonic aircraft towards Mach 10 at an altitude in excess of 180,000 feet.

Liquid methane or liquid hydrogen is ejected onto the fuselage, where the fuel mist is ignited, possibly by surface heating. The PDWE works by creating a liquid hydrogen detonation inside a specially designed chamber when the aircraft is traveling beyond the speed of sound. When traveling at such speeds, a thrust wall (the aircraft is traveling so fast that molecules in the air are rapidly pushed aside near the nose of the aircraft which in essence becomes a wall) is created in front of the aircraft. When the detonation takes place, the airplane's thrust wall is pushed forward. This process is continually repeated to propel the aircraft.

Remember, I am smarter than the average newbie, I know the rules and regulations of this game. I will defend my claims until proven otherwise.

OOC: no one will buy it because the picture is very ugly and the name sucks. :lol:

OOC:
Bah.

First, the name I can understand, but the picture can't be helped, too few pictures of top secret aircraft from the area-51 research compound you know.

Second, why are you bringing me a worse headache than what I already have trying to bump this over and over?

Bump.

Nice stats, ugly looking thing.

We are looking to build a cheap, subsonic bomber to replace the MA-4

The United Socialist States of Zvarinograd may turn it's attention to developing your request however the same researchers assigned for this bomber are currently busy remodelling the aircraft.

OOC:
It's ugly alright, but it's either that or godmodding. Frame has to be specifically built for the scramjet, you just have to sacrifice beauty for speed if you want a modern/near-future supersonic bomber.

Oh well, i'll go find a better picture anyway.

Bump.

Bump.

Mass bump.