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Free Bonstock's new sea weapons...

Maropian Coast
04-11-2003, 21:26
Free Bonstocknian Forces are proud to present to the world the new Great Bonstocknia class arsenal ship:

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/images/arsenalship.jpg

Developed secretly for years, recent events have thrust it into full scale production.

Specifications:

Armament: 600-cell Vertical Launch System (VLS)
Tomahawk Land-Attack Missiles (TLAMs)
RBS 15 Mk. 4 400km range supersonic missile

Crew: 50; designed to be highly automated
Design: Low radar signature ("stealthy")
double hull
length 800 feet
Estimated Number: Forty vessels will be build by Bonstock
Cost $500-800 Million each
missiles will cost ~~$500 million for complete set

Because these ships are being used for the war effort against communist controlled Bonstock proper, they are currently not for sale.

Now, every good ship needs some good escort. Visby class corvettes are simply not providing long enough range, and are considered to small to carry some of the weapons we need. So, Bonstock is introducing the Evremonde class destroyer. This is a direct challange to recent destroyers.

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/images/dd-21-view2.jpg

Specifications:

Displacement 16,000
Power Plant: Integrated Power System (IPS)
Draft no more than 28 feet
Armament 2 - 155mm Advanced Gun System
117-128 VLS cells
[256 VLS cells without AGS]
Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile
Tactical Tomahawk Block IV
Advanced Land Attack Missile
RBS 15 Mk. 4 400 km range advanced cruise missile
Systems Multi-Function Radar (MFR)
Volume Search Radar (VSR)
Naval Surface Fire Support Weapon Control System (NWCS)
Speed: 38 knots (mph)
Crew: 95
Aircraft 2 SH-60 LAMPS helicopters
Costs $750 million procurement cost objective (for the fifth ship in each shipyard in FY 1996 dollars)
$2,700 (FY 1996) per hour underway operation and support (O&S) cost objective, excluding fleet modernization activities and sustaining engineering elements [about one-third the O&S cost of a conventional surface combatant].

This also is not for sale. Upon the ceaseing of hostilities with Bonstock proper, we will sell them to the world.

Also, Bonstock is advancing in the field of missiles. We are now fielding a hypersonic cruise missile that will be launched from both of the precending vessels, and also from land based trucks. They are land and sea attack optimized.

http://www.jhu.edu/~jhumag/0601web/images/p19a.jpg

This weapon is designed to go at a top speed of Mach 7, and can be fired from ships and from heavy bombers, or even from land based vehicles. It has a size optimized to fit perfectly into a vertical launche system cell. It has a maximum range of 800 kilometers. It is priced at 2 million USD.

All these weapons will go on sale after the current civil war is over. You may pre order if you wish, and we will telegram you when we start giving them to you. If you pre order ships, we may see it fit to give you surplus ships that have been already used. They will be made in good condition.
Zecro
05-11-2003, 03:07
Zecro is interested in buying these items. As soon as the conflict in Bonstock is over, I will be the first to order. Might I also suggest that Zecro produce these for the conflict? This would mean that we would need tha blueprints, but they will not be sold, but be used in the current conflict. We will even donate 1/3 of all the used ones to Bonstock at the end of the conflict.