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Today, Construction began on the new UKNN Corsair Aircraft Carrier. whe completed it will be quiet, Clean, and Capable of carrying up to 18 aircraft includeing 4 Helicopters. the Corsair was designed as a Small, Advanced Carrier for the defense of United Korea. the ship just about 200 meters, aand has a speed of a bit under 30 knots. weapondry consits of 2 Iron Storms, 5 Launchers for 4 Sea-Sparrow Missiles each, and 1 6 Inch Gun.

Final Goverment Stats;

Complement: 800
Length: About 200m
Beam: 28m
Displacement: 11.500 tons
Flight deck: full flight deck with 1 Elevator and 1 Catapult
Propulsion: 4 "Polaris" Liquid Hydrogen Turbines
Speed: 29.8 Knots
Radar: Hughes SPS-52C 3-D air search, ISC Cardion SPS-55 surface radar, Selenia AN-12L fire control system
electronic warfare: SLQ-25 Nixie
Armament: 2 Iron Storm Systems, 5 Launchers carrying 4 Sea Sparrow Missiles each (20 missiles toatal), 1 6 Inch Smoothbore gun
Aviation: 2 YaK-44E, 8 S-3E, 15 MiG-29K, 10 MiG-27K, 5 Ka-28 Helix

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The Corsair 3-d model in a wireframe enviroment,

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Corsair speeds through Gloomy waters off the shore of China.

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Early Version of the Corsair in sunny Waters.

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Only 18 Aircraft?

Only 18 Aircraft?

yeah. it's not like we needor want a whole freakin' Nimitz Battlegroup.

Yeah I understand but man your going need more then 18 aircraft on a Carrier.

18 aircraft....you realize assault ships can carry more than that many planes?

18 aircraft....you realize assault ships can carry more than that many planes?

ugh. if you don't make any meaningfull coments, stop posting here or let the thread die.

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Sorry if you dont want to hear this, but you need at least 25 aircraft. 30 - 40 would be better (and that's less than half a Nimitz's complement). With 18 you really cant fly any effective missions. It just isnt useful. Apart from that it's a cool design.

Sorry if you dont want to hear this, but you need at least 25 aircraft. 30 - 40 would be better (and that's less than half a Nimitz's complement). With 18 you really cant fly any effective missions. It just isnt useful. Apart from that it's a cool design.

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