Kelanis
28-12-2003, 02:47
AS-104 Vortex
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Missile being prepped for loading
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Missile schematics: above, portside (from rear)
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Diagrams: below, front-on, portside (from rear)
Total length: 8.59 m
Diameter: 1.01 m
Wingspan: 4.36 m
Weight: 5200 kg
Warhead: Variable; default is 3kT plasma implosion warhead (not for sale). All sale versions will come standard equipped with a 2000 kg SAP warhead; fragmentation warheads are also available. Will also accept standard nuclear weapons up to 1mT in yield.
Propulsion: Turbojet engine with terminal ramjet engine.
Speed: Mach .78 cruising speed; Mach 1.2 full thrust; Mach 2.9 w/terminal ramjet
Maximum effective range: 7000 km lo-lo-hi; 7500 km hi-hi-hi; 5000 km lo-lo-lo (sea skimming/extremely low alt)
Flight Altitude: 5-200 meters
Guidance modes: Inertial and preprogrammed digital terrain mapping w/waypoints; argon-cyanide laser for topographic mapping for adaptive low-level flight; terminal, active/passive radar, anti-radiation, thermal, and/or remote TV via digital uplink.
The AS-104 'Vortex' long-range cruise missile was designed several years ago to fill the Kelanis Naval Services' need for a flexible, very long range weapon that could be fired from the air, from the sea, or from land batteries, while penetrating sophisticated enemy air defenses and sensor networks in order to obliterate installations, ships, and other targets from a safe distance.
The -104 is the result of this need. Fully equipped for strategic and tactical warfare in an environment bristling with SAM's and CIW systems. With an outer fiberglass RAM shell and an internal structure partially comprised of an aluminum/copper mesh, protective jammers, the ability to fly at excruciatingly low altitudes, and the ability to home in on radar sources, we can safely say the AS-104 stands a good chance of penetrating most any air defense system, with its low radar cross-section.
While the Vortex is somewhat reliant on its GPS/inertial guidance systems in order to map its flight, the missile is equipped with an 'adaptive' flight system, which allows it to react with preprogrammed maneuvers and navigational changes when the need arises. The missile will automatically activate its jammers and decrease altitude when being targeted, and it will jink and make hard turns in order to confuse incoming missiles, all the while mapping the oncoming terrain in order to prevent crashing.
Since the missile is equipped for supersonic flights during the cruising phase, the missile is equipped with an infra-red suppressive system, which bleeds exhaust through wide cooling ducts to produce a flat exhaust trail. This in turn cools quicker and reduces the IR signature of the missile.
Once the missile is within range of its own independent seeking systems, it jettisons its engine section via explosive bolts. Seconds later, the missile ignites a ramjet engine and accelerates to around Mach 3 for its terminal run. This high-speed final dash ensures the enemy will have little time to react once the missile gives itself away by activating its radar, and that the warhead will have excellent penetrating power.
The weapon can also use its passive systems to home in on enemy radar emissions and IR imprints to remain covert. The ramjet is not used in this mode, and the fuel is fuzed to ignite itself when the warhead goes off, adding to the destructive force.
In its haste to produce superior weapons, Kelanis has overproduced about 5,000 of the AS-104 weapons, and we now offer them for general market sale at a negotiable (and hopefully affordable) price of $2.1 million/missile. Larger batch orders may recieve a discount, depending on our current financial situation.
--Kelanis Bureau of Trade
http://homepage.tinet.ie/~steven/images/as15kent.jpg
Missile being prepped for loading
http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/russia/bomber/as-15.gif
Missile schematics: above, portside (from rear)
http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/russia/bomber/9501.gif
Diagrams: below, front-on, portside (from rear)
Total length: 8.59 m
Diameter: 1.01 m
Wingspan: 4.36 m
Weight: 5200 kg
Warhead: Variable; default is 3kT plasma implosion warhead (not for sale). All sale versions will come standard equipped with a 2000 kg SAP warhead; fragmentation warheads are also available. Will also accept standard nuclear weapons up to 1mT in yield.
Propulsion: Turbojet engine with terminal ramjet engine.
Speed: Mach .78 cruising speed; Mach 1.2 full thrust; Mach 2.9 w/terminal ramjet
Maximum effective range: 7000 km lo-lo-hi; 7500 km hi-hi-hi; 5000 km lo-lo-lo (sea skimming/extremely low alt)
Flight Altitude: 5-200 meters
Guidance modes: Inertial and preprogrammed digital terrain mapping w/waypoints; argon-cyanide laser for topographic mapping for adaptive low-level flight; terminal, active/passive radar, anti-radiation, thermal, and/or remote TV via digital uplink.
The AS-104 'Vortex' long-range cruise missile was designed several years ago to fill the Kelanis Naval Services' need for a flexible, very long range weapon that could be fired from the air, from the sea, or from land batteries, while penetrating sophisticated enemy air defenses and sensor networks in order to obliterate installations, ships, and other targets from a safe distance.
The -104 is the result of this need. Fully equipped for strategic and tactical warfare in an environment bristling with SAM's and CIW systems. With an outer fiberglass RAM shell and an internal structure partially comprised of an aluminum/copper mesh, protective jammers, the ability to fly at excruciatingly low altitudes, and the ability to home in on radar sources, we can safely say the AS-104 stands a good chance of penetrating most any air defense system, with its low radar cross-section.
While the Vortex is somewhat reliant on its GPS/inertial guidance systems in order to map its flight, the missile is equipped with an 'adaptive' flight system, which allows it to react with preprogrammed maneuvers and navigational changes when the need arises. The missile will automatically activate its jammers and decrease altitude when being targeted, and it will jink and make hard turns in order to confuse incoming missiles, all the while mapping the oncoming terrain in order to prevent crashing.
Since the missile is equipped for supersonic flights during the cruising phase, the missile is equipped with an infra-red suppressive system, which bleeds exhaust through wide cooling ducts to produce a flat exhaust trail. This in turn cools quicker and reduces the IR signature of the missile.
Once the missile is within range of its own independent seeking systems, it jettisons its engine section via explosive bolts. Seconds later, the missile ignites a ramjet engine and accelerates to around Mach 3 for its terminal run. This high-speed final dash ensures the enemy will have little time to react once the missile gives itself away by activating its radar, and that the warhead will have excellent penetrating power.
The weapon can also use its passive systems to home in on enemy radar emissions and IR imprints to remain covert. The ramjet is not used in this mode, and the fuel is fuzed to ignite itself when the warhead goes off, adding to the destructive force.
In its haste to produce superior weapons, Kelanis has overproduced about 5,000 of the AS-104 weapons, and we now offer them for general market sale at a negotiable (and hopefully affordable) price of $2.1 million/missile. Larger batch orders may recieve a discount, depending on our current financial situation.
--Kelanis Bureau of Trade