Zvarinograd
22-04-2004, 16:23
After long debate in the Parliament regarding military research within the new pacifist policy, the United Communist States of Zvarinograd has finally decided to continue it's developments, having lost much of it's political drive in science and technology. Though it still remains that the country will remain pacifist and have no military whatsoever.
Thusly, after a brief declaration, the RAMICS project was initiated.
RAMICS, the Rapid Airborne Mine Clearance System, offers a unique, helicopter-based Mine Countermeasures (MCM) system adaptable to dedicated, as well as organic, mine warfare forces. RAMICS is a cost-effective system for amphibious forces and battle groups against one of the world’s most difficult weapons, the sea mine.
The Threat
The shallow water mine is best described in three words: cheap, effective, and abundant. Inventoried in virtually every nation with a coastline, mines are among the most affordable and effective threats to any amphibious operation. They come in various shapes, sizes, and concentrations and may be moored, bottom or floating mines.
The Innovation
The RAMICS super cavitating projectile is fired from a standard 20mm rapid-fire gun mounted on the helicopter. Spin stabilized in air, the projectile is designed to enter the water at oblique angles to the surface. Upon water entry, its shape and speed produce a cavitation envelope in which the projectile rides at very low drag.
Detect/Target/Fire
RAMICS targeting is performed by a blue-green laser that penetrates the water column to locate and accurately target a shallow water mine. This laser, aboard the hovering, or circling, helicopter, "looks" at the mine from more than one direction, virtually eliminating false alarms. The laser derived mine coordinates are provided to the RAMICS controller. The controller automatically directs and holds the stabilized rapid-fire gun on target, firing a burst of 20-50 rounds at the mine.
http://engin.swarthmore.edu/~jbeaure1/RAMICS.gif
Lethal Accuracy
Traveling straight and true in its self-generated cavitation envelope, the RAMICS projectile strikes the targeted mine at high velocity. The projectile penetrates the mine case and begins to break up as it enters the explosive. As the projectile breaks up, a reactive material within it is released into the explosive.
Visual Evidence
Energetic destruction of the mine results from the combined effects of the projectile's reactive material and its kinetic energy. Positive evidence of the reaction is visible at the surface, providing assurance that the mine has been destroyed.
Thusly, after a brief declaration, the RAMICS project was initiated.
RAMICS, the Rapid Airborne Mine Clearance System, offers a unique, helicopter-based Mine Countermeasures (MCM) system adaptable to dedicated, as well as organic, mine warfare forces. RAMICS is a cost-effective system for amphibious forces and battle groups against one of the world’s most difficult weapons, the sea mine.
The Threat
The shallow water mine is best described in three words: cheap, effective, and abundant. Inventoried in virtually every nation with a coastline, mines are among the most affordable and effective threats to any amphibious operation. They come in various shapes, sizes, and concentrations and may be moored, bottom or floating mines.
The Innovation
The RAMICS super cavitating projectile is fired from a standard 20mm rapid-fire gun mounted on the helicopter. Spin stabilized in air, the projectile is designed to enter the water at oblique angles to the surface. Upon water entry, its shape and speed produce a cavitation envelope in which the projectile rides at very low drag.
Detect/Target/Fire
RAMICS targeting is performed by a blue-green laser that penetrates the water column to locate and accurately target a shallow water mine. This laser, aboard the hovering, or circling, helicopter, "looks" at the mine from more than one direction, virtually eliminating false alarms. The laser derived mine coordinates are provided to the RAMICS controller. The controller automatically directs and holds the stabilized rapid-fire gun on target, firing a burst of 20-50 rounds at the mine.
http://engin.swarthmore.edu/~jbeaure1/RAMICS.gif
Lethal Accuracy
Traveling straight and true in its self-generated cavitation envelope, the RAMICS projectile strikes the targeted mine at high velocity. The projectile penetrates the mine case and begins to break up as it enters the explosive. As the projectile breaks up, a reactive material within it is released into the explosive.
Visual Evidence
Energetic destruction of the mine results from the combined effects of the projectile's reactive material and its kinetic energy. Positive evidence of the reaction is visible at the surface, providing assurance that the mine has been destroyed.