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FWS Unveils MiG-52 Monsoon Advanced Multirole Fighter.

04-06-2004, 01:23
MiG-52 Monsoon

Unit Price: USD 30,000,000

Armament. All Versions have standard load of 6 Advanced AA-14 Battle Axe Missiles. Each version has other weapons.

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AA-14 Battle Axe Missile.
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MiG-52 Monsoon Specifications

MiG-52L (Land Based Version) Standard Load + 2: 500 LGB (Or any 2: 500 lb bombs)... Possibly GB (Sarin), GA (Tabun), or GD (Soman).
MiG-52C (Carrier Based Version) Standard Load + 4: Exocet AM.39 anti-ship missiles.
MiG-52V (Vertical Take Off Version) Standard Load + 2: AS-20 Kayak Air-surface missiles.


Prime contractor FWS Defense Corporation.
Nation of origin FWS
Function Multi-role fighter
Crew 1
First Flight 2001
In-service year ?
Engine Two FWS-A-12-BM vectored-thrust afterburning turbofans, 39,340 lb thrust each
Wing span 15 m / 49 ft 3 in
Length 19 m / 62 ft 4 in
Height 6 m / 19 ft 8 in
Canard span 5 m / 16 ft 5 in
Weight (approx.) 34,069 lb empty /
44,092 lb max. take off
Ceiling N/A
Speed @ altitude: In excess of 1,721 mph
@ supercruise: In excess of 960 mph
Range N/A
Armament: Varies with each version, but each has the basic 6 AA-14 Battle Axe missiles.


AA-14 Battle Axe Specifications


Unit Price: USD 1,000,000
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AA-14 Battle Axe

The most recent Fascian long-range missiles (AA-14 Battle Axe) is similar to and in some respects equal to the American AIM-120 AMRAAM missiles. The AA-14 missile has an active radar finder and a maximim range of 150-170 kilometers (considerably more than AMRAAM) and flies at four times the speed of sound.
The AA-14 has rectangular narrow span wings and a distinctive set of four rectangular control surfaces at the rear. similar to the configuration used on the terminal control fins of the SS-21 'Scarab' and SS-23 'Spider' ballistic missiles. These unique control surfaces feature reduced flow separation at high angles of attack, producing greater aerodynamic moment force than conventional control surfaces. The missile's guidance is inertial with mid-course updates from the launch aircraft, followed by a terminal active radar phase from an acquisition range of about 40 kilometers. Development of the missile is believed to have begun around in 2001.
Specifications
Length 3.60 m
Body diameter 200 mm
Wingspan 0.35 m
Launch weight 175 kg
Warhead 30 kg HE fragmentation
Fuze Active radar
Guidance Inertial, command and active radar
Propulsion Solid propellant
Range 50 km
Platforms Primarily the MiG-52. Also, the Su-39, MiG-31, MiG-29, and Su-25.
Mestionian
04-06-2004, 01:30
50 mil for a single plane? Pissin' money away if ya was ta ask me mate.

-Captain George Wallace
04-06-2004, 01:31
50 mil for a single plane? Pissin' money away if ya was ta ask me mate.

-Captain George Wallace

The price includes the plane being fully loaded with all combat weapons.
Mestionian
04-06-2004, 01:33
A fully loaded plane that can be shot down with a shoulder-fired rocket. Do something about the prices, or only morons will buy them.