NationStates Jolt Archive

Mayanmar Congratulates you on your choice of storefronts.
now, to buisness. All of the technology featured below is either real, or close to becoming real--as stated by the science magazine Popular Science.


Metal Storm
This weapon can be mounted on either a Blackhawk Helicopter or a Hummvee.
This is a electronically controlled machine gun that is capable of firing up to 1 million rounds per minute. This weapon is best used for "Area denial"
On Blackhawk $2.6 Million per helicopter&Metal Storm
On Hummvee $160,000 per Hummvee&Metal Storm

X(10) Battleship
This battleship is unique in both its weaponry and powerplant. it runs entirely on electricity. it also, as its main gun, carries a double barreled rail gun, which is a artillery device that uses a electromagnetically propelled metal rod as its ammunition. this weapon has a large area of effect (100 yds diameter) and can be fired up to twice per minute. the actual damage done within the area of effect (this is against land targets, area is halved against water) Is comparable to a nuclear bunkerbuster missile. useful for both anti-ground and water attacks, this battle ship is a force to be reckoned with in the modern world.
Name:X(10)
Class:Battleship
Range:1980 mi. (the weapon replaces the long-range missile launchers on a normal vessel.
Powerplant:Nuclear Reactor, providing electric power that can be shifted to different systems, as Star Trek
Length: 248 ft
Mass:51,420 tons max displacement
Armaments:2xRailgun, 2xRear mounted 15in. cannons.
Defense:
Cost $890 million dollars over two years, plus a non-aggression pact. (this means that you will not attack Mayanmar or it's allies)

BC-990 Recon Jet

This vehicle is capable of reaching Mach 10, and, while most radar systems can pick it up, it does not matter, because the -990 can out run any SAM missile in production today. the altitude ceiling is 1,000 feet below the stratosphere. No weapons can be loaded on this jet, due to the already high stresses on the wings.
Cost:$24 million per airplane.

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OOC: Okay... I thought the 1 million rounds per minute was a bit much.... But I let that slide under my 'Godmodish Tech Radar'... But the double barreled railgun? Do you know what that would do to any modern tech ship, which appears to be what your nation is based on? It would probably rip a gaping hole in it, and bring the ship down. Also, give more detail if you want anyone to take your tech seriously. You know like:

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Ya get the picture?

Actually, I can verify the 1-million rounds per minute bit.

Saw the article in Popular Science or Popular Mechanics... one of the two, I keep an eye on them things fer ideas.

Supposedly, Firestorm works a bit like a rocket launcher in that it looks like a set of long tubes. Each tube has some large number of bullets designed just so that as one bullet leaves the tube, the next one down expands slightly and plugs the hole until it itself is activated.

The million bullets per minute was the upper figure, though. Mainly its in the hundreds of thousands per minute, and only for a short time.

The Firestorm is kind of a bitch to reload, considering its structure.

Supposedly, though, a central computer controls how fast each tube dispenses its ammunition, and can quite easily reach the intended volume... if the unit is large enough. (I.E. the humvee version can only fire at a max rate of maybe 100k per minute, but it doesn't even have that much ammo in the gun)

OOC: Okay... I thought the 1 million rounds per minute was a bit much.... But I let that slide under my 'Godmodish Tech Radar'... But the double barreled railgun? Do you know what that would do to any modern tech ship, which appears to be what your nation is based on? It would probably rip a gaping hole in it, and bring the ship down. Also, give more detail if you want anyone to take your tech seriously. You know like:

Name:
Class:
Type:
Range:
Powerplant:
Legnth:
Height:
Mass:
Armaments:
Defense:

Ya get the picture?

Metalstorm is a pre-existing technology...

First, the railgun is one of the most advanced weapons on my page, second, the railgun is designed only for the X(10), so it is understandable that other ships would be torn apart. Another thing that keeps this from being godmoding is that in order to fire the railgun, most of the power must be diverted to the guns. This means no movement, limited radar, and little in the way of anti-missile defenses. I hope, armed with these new facts, that you can all evaluate my page sensibly.

OOC: Mayanmar, your only a few days old, and with only a good economy. That means that you really shouldn't be able to develop and export some of the worlds most advanced weapon systems. Especially considering the battleship only costs 890 million, which is a bit low considering rail guns are high technology that most nations don't get until their bigger. You might want to hold off on this stuff until you reach, say a hundred million, and for the time being stick to more conventional weapons.

Actually, I can verify the 1-million rounds per minute bit.

Saw the article in Popular Science or Popular Mechanics... one of the two, I keep an eye on them things fer ideas.

Supposedly, Firestorm works a bit like a rocket launcher in that it looks like a set of long tubes. Each tube has some large number of bullets designed just so that as one bullet leaves the tube, the next one down expands slightly and plugs the hole until it itself is activated.

The million bullets per minute was the upper figure, though. Mainly its in the hundreds of thousands per minute, and only for a short time.

The Firestorm is kind of a bitch to reload, considering its structure.

Supposedly, though, a central computer controls how fast each tube dispenses its ammunition, and can quite easily reach the intended volume... if the unit is large enough. (I.E. the humvee version can only fire at a max rate of maybe 100k per minute, but it doesn't even have that much ammo in the gun)

OOC: *brrrap!*click* Ok, where do you put all that ammunition? Sure, you could fire a million rounds in a minute... then you're unloaded. And do you have any idea how much a million rounds would weigh?

OOC: I read about metal storm, you don't actually have a million bullets, it can simply fire a million rounds a minute, but it doesnt carry that much. For example, a C-7 rifle can fire 700 rounds a minute, but it only carries 30 in a standard magazine. I think the test weapon for metal storm had 540 rounds.

Ok, first of all, the only military application being considered for Metalstorm right now is a CIWS gun... The million rounds a minute is possible, but only useful with a very fast object you need to kill quickly such as a missile. I don't know why you think you can only put them on Blackhawks or Hummers. The Metalstorm website talks of use on aircraft, tanks, ships, and all sorts of vehicles. You also fail to specifiy the caliber of the Metalstorm...

Your battleship is plain laughable. No CIWS, no missiles of any kind, no mention of radar, sonar... I could take this out with an old Soviet Diesel if I felt like it. And the railgun caliber is still unspecified. Also, that price is way too low. A modernized Iowa would cost several billion.

And the recon jet price is extremely low. A F/A-18 Hornet costs about twice as much as that. I'd expect the price of this thing to be around the same of the B-2 (For engine issues, not stealth ones)

EDIT: And furthermore, I don't think you can afford this stuff.