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F/B-1C – From Ground Destruction To Air Dominace

Type: Long-Range, multi-role, heavy fighter/bomber
Builder: Norseville Aircraft Industries, FEF
Power Plant: Four Zephyer Industries E-128 turbofan engines with afterburner
Thrust: 38,000-plus pounds with afterburner, per engine
Length: 146 feet
Wingspan: 137 feet extended forward, 79 feet swept aft
Height: 34 feet
Weight: Empty, approximately 195,000 pounds
Maximum Takeoff Weight: 482,000 pounds
Speed: Mach 1.6 at altitude (Mach 1.4 at Sea Level)
Range: Intercontinental, unrefueled
Ceiling: 30,000 + Feet
Crew: 4 (aircraft commander, pilot, offensive systems officer and defensive systems officer)
Armament: (These load outs can be tailored to your individual needs)
Standard mission load out:
12 AGM-131B SRAM II (Forward Bay)
12 AIM-155 AAAM (Mid Bay)
16 AIM-120 AMRAAM (Aft Bay)

Air Defense load out:
12 AIM-155 AAAM
16 AIM-120 AMRAAM
20 AIM-132 ASRAAM

Interdiction mission:
24 AGM-131B SRAM II
12 AIM-155 AAAM

Capable of carrying same as B-1B

Date Deployed: January 2003
Unit Cost: $380 Million, $350 Million Regional

The F/B-1C is an FEF foray into the world of Air-Dominance. With the very capable B-1B airframe in hand, we have designed a fighter with capabilities combining speed, massive payload, and stealth. With the added thrust of four ZI engines, redesigned parallelogram intake, extended 180-degree troughs to cut down thermal emissions, and a redesigned curved V tail section the F/B-1C gains in not only speed but also low observability/stealth. With the B-1Bs considerable carrying ability being used to carry A2A ordinance with a secondary function of carrying A2G the F/B-1C truly is a force to be reckoned with.

With it’s role now as a Fighter/Bomber the addition of larger fully movable canards improves maneuverability and allows the F/B-1C to operate at extremely low altitude while still maintaining a smooth flight. Using a modified AN/APG-77 Radar, in combination with the APQ-164 Offensive Radar System, off of the F/A-22A with extended range the F/B-1C can stealthily engage enemy aircraft from BVR range before they know what hit them. To further enhance the low obersvability, specifically at night the F/B-1C has been painted with black anti-searchlight paint designed to absorb or scatter any light directed towards the aircraft making it impossible to see at night.

Using GPS and terrain mapping common on cruise missiles the F/B-1C, if necessary, can fly low level without the use of radar. With the B-1Bs already superb defensive systems in place the F/B-1C is truly a masterpiece of an aircraft.


This aircraft is available for purchase at the FEF Store Front: http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=1704025#1704025

Comments? Suggestions? Flames?

Seems kinda... useless?

How is an aircraft that does the job of the B-1B better and does more jobs useless?

So going by your logic the F-18E/F, the F-15E, and so on are useless?

Come on now. Anything posted is welcome

Well, for interdiction, I wouldn't say it's useless. It's actually more or less just what I've been looking for...but for air defense, at the size of a B-1B, we would question the utility of AIM-132s...

As The Zoogie People is interested and has had a requirement for such an aircraft, we shall take 236. It fulfills long-range air defense and interdictory strike...

Gah. I hit reply and the Topic Review part is blank...how much does it cost? Well, (insert amount here) wired.

Zoogie:
236 - F/B-1Cs at $380,000,000

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89,680,000,000

Delivery in 4 batches of 75, 75, 75, and 11 over 4 NS years.

The AIM-132 is a last ditch munition for the F/B-1C

Wow, sorry for that triple post.

Thank you. The money has been wired.

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It would be better to just have one big bomb bay rather than three smaller bays, because then you would be able to carry larger munitions.

The Aretheian Solstice will order a fleet of 100. No rush neccisary as our air force is just curently being forged and our region is empty.

It would be better to just have one big bomb bay rather than three smaller bays, because then you would be able to carry larger munitions.

That would require the complete redesign of the plane. A B-1B Lancer has 3 bomb bays; two toward the front of the plane with a removable wall in between them, and an aft bomb bay near the tail.

Aretheian Solstice - 100 F/B-1Cs would come to $38,000,000,000, however this is a bit steep for such a young nation. We will sell you a maxmum of 10 though.

10 F/B-1Cs at $380,000,000
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$3,800,000,000

2 months NS

I could afford it, but it's somewhat academic because I don't want to buy the damn things.

I put the wrong name, I realize you don't want any. Relax.

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Aretheian Solstice sends first payment of $1,900,000,000. Other half will be sent upon delivery of adjusted order.

Transnapastain is intersted in the purcahse of 1 of these aircraft for our Museum of Foreign Militaries

money wired on confromation

Transnapastain - $380,000,000, Delivery in 2 months

Aretheian Solstice - Money recieved.

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How is an aircraft that does the job of the B-1B better and does more jobs useless?

So going by your logic the F-18E/F, the F-15E, and so on are useless?

It would make more sense to simply upgrade it's bombing capabilities. The fact of the matter is as a fighter it's not going to last very long, one missile gets through and it's toast.

You could field many more normal fighters for the same cost, without the same risk of one missile wiping out a huge portion of your capabilities.

money wired and thanks given

Against fighters yes it probably would get messed up unless it got the jump on them. However against other bombers it's going to tear them apart. Also with the upgrades given it can perform a role as a solo-penetration-mission-aircraft much more effectively and still possibly protect itself if need be.

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