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Imperial Cottish Armed Forces - informational thread

Cotland
01-02-2005, 18:15
Status of the Imperial Cottish Armed Forces

This thread is here for informational purposes. Feel free to post your comments though.

Defensive Conditions

DefCon Red : Total readyness, war in progress
DefCon Yellow : Near complete readyness, war is imminent
DefCon Purple : All units on high alert, war is likely
DefCon Black : Increased readyness, all leave is cancelled, highest peacetime alert
DefCon Green : Peacetime readyness, all is normal
Cotland
01-02-2005, 18:15
IMPERIAL ARMY

1 830 000 personell

Airborne Brigade
Airborne Brigades: 8 (1st Brigade - 8th Brigade)

4600 Infantry – 12 600 support
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70 CV-9030 IFV
50 M2A3 Bradley IFV
90 Fuchs 2 APC
200 M998 HMMWV
30 105mm Field Cannon


Infantry Brigade
Infantry Brigades: 70 (9th Brigade - 79th Brigade)

5000 Infantry – 8000 support
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30 CV-9030 IFV
250 M2A3 Bradley IFV
500 M113A3 APC
50 Avenger SAM
120 M998 HMMWV
120 5-ton Trucks

Armoured Brigade
Armoured Brigades: 50 (80th Brigade - 130th Brigade)

3000 Infantry

14 000 Support


150 M1A2 Abrams MBT

100 Predator AT Vehicle

404 M2A3 Bradley IFV

60 M998 HMMWV



Combined Brigade
Combined Brigades: 10 (131st Brigade - 141st Brigade)

5000 Infantry – 19 000 support
Cotland
01-02-2005, 18:16
IMPERIAL NAVY

640 000 personell


Nimitz Battlegroup
Nimitz Battlegroups: 10

1 Nimitz class aircraft carrier (each: 48 F/A-18 Hornets, 4 E-2C AEW, 4 E-A6B SEAD/EW, 8 S-3B, 2 Es-3A, 6 HM Merlin Mk1)
2 Ticonderoga class guided missile cruisers
1 Arleigh Burke class guided missile destroyer
1 Insidious Class Electronics Warfare Destroyer
3 Oliver Hazard Perry class frigates
2 Los Angeles class attack submarines
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1 Supply class Fast Combat Support Ship
2 Kiluea class Ammunition Ship
2 Sirius class Combat Stores Ship

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Ynoga Battlegroup
Ynoga Battlegroups: 30

1 Ynoga class Light Aircraft Carrier (each: 8 F-35C, 6 HM Merlin Mk1)
2 Stinger class Assault Ship (each: 14 F-35C JSF,18 AH-1W Cobra, 20 Merlin HM Mk1, 6 UH-1Y Iriquos ) + 6 LCAC
2 Black Sea class Guided Missile Cruiser
4 Abyss class Destroyers
1 Greyeye class Arsenal Ship
1 Nansen class ASW Frigate
5 Seeker class AA Frigates
4 Seminole-class Multi-role Corvette
1 Osprey class Minehunter
3 Seawolf class Submarines

2 Kaiser class Oiler Ship
2 Kiluea class Ammunition Ship
2 Sirius class Combat Stores Ship
1 Sea Shadow II class Fast Cargo Ship

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Destroyer Battlegroup
Destroyer Battlegroups: 30

1 Griffin Class Trimeran Light Cruiser
6 Cassius Class (http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/2352/CassiusClassDestroyer.jpg) Trimeran Destroyers
1 Insidious Class Electronics Warfare Destroyer
6 Velociraptor class Destroyers

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Wolfpack
Wolfpacks: 10

12 Virginia class Submarines
1 Emory S. Land Submarine Tender
1 Kaiser class Oiler Ship
2 Perry class Frigates (Escorts)

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Ballistic Pack
Ballistic Packs: 4

12 Ohio class Submarines
1 Emory S. Land Submarine Tender
1 Kaiser class Oiler Ship
2 Perry class Frigates (Escorts)


MARINE DIVISION

Marine Brigade (embarked on assault ships)
Marine Brigades: 20

3700 soldiers, 8000 support

80 CV-9030 Light tank
400 AAV7A1 APC
20 Predator AT vehicle
20 HUMRAAM
600 M998/1114 HMMWV
100 various support vehicles

14 F-35C JSF
18 AH-1W Cobra
20 Merlin HM Mk1
6 UH-1Y Iriquos
Cotland
01-02-2005, 18:17
IMPERIAL AIR FORCE

149 000 personell

Fighter:

2000 F-22A
400 EuroFighter Typhoon
600 F-16C/D Fighting Falcon

Attack:

1000 A-10A Thunderbolt II
200 AV-8B Harrier II
30 AC-130H Spectre

Bomber:

100 B-1b Lancer
100 B-2 Spirit
100 B-52H Stratofortress
400 FB-111 Advaark

Transport:

300 C-141B Starlifter
300 C-130J Hercules
150 C-5B Galaxy
200 C-17A Globemaster II
5 An-225 Cossack

Surveilance:

20 E-767 AWACS
10 EC-37 AWACS
40 P-3C Orion
14 RQ-1A Predator UAV
10 RQ-4A Global Hawk UAV

Tanker:

250 KC-135 Stratotanker
450 KC-10B Extender
Cotland
01-02-2005, 18:17
IMPERIAL SPACE ARM

Air Defense: 132 700 personell
Satellite operators: 1 000 personell
Shuttle crew/maintenance: 3 000 personell

Air Defenses:
Projectile:
120x 'FC-1C Layarteb 88' sites
750x M2004A1 Predator
Missile:
700x MIM-104F PAC-3 sites
1400x MIM-104 PAC-2 sites
320x MIM-72G Chapparal sites
1100x MIM-23 HAWK sites
7000x MIM-958 Javelin sites

Satellites:
3 KH-1X surveilance satellites
8 KH-11 surveilance satellites
6 KH-12 surveilance satellites
5 Dommar Spysat surveilance satellites
2 Kehmnar surveilance satellites

Manned Space Vehicles
SpaceWing-1 :
1-CSTSA-01 - Enterprise
1-CSTSA-02 - Sicily
1-CSTSA-03 - Aurora
1-CSTSA-04 – Faroe

SpaceWing-2:
1-CSTSA-05 - Egypt
1-CSTSA-06 - Discovery
1-CSTSA-07 - Atlantis
1-CSTSA-08 – Endeavour
Cotland
01-02-2005, 18:30
Weapon systems used by the Imperial Cottish Armed Forces (ICAF)

Produced with permission from Imperial Praetonian Shipyards (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=332455)

‘Lance’ Standard anti-Ship Missile

Length: 5.8m
Diameter: 32cm
Weight: 1,286kg
Speed: Mach 2.4 Supercruise, Mach 3.7 Terminal
Range: 268km
Warhead: 428kg High-Explosive Delayed/Contact Fuse
Guidance and Countermeasures: Missile remotely guided by ship radar; ‘Simplex’ Guidance radar for course adjustments, redundancy and ordinance avoidance; 'Biplex' IR Guidance System; 'Juniper' GPS Guidance System; ECCM (Electronic Counter Counter Measure) system.

The Lance missile carriers an explosive warhead larger than that of a Harpoon missile, a greater distance in a shorter time, but more importantly it carriers advanced electronics systems making the missile more accurate and less likely to be shot down by CIWS fire. This, of course, means a bigger price tag, but money will be saved in the long run as a ship that would previously required four Harpoon missiles to sink can be destroyed with only one or two Lance missiles. The upgraded Lance is equipped with a RAMjet engine, making the missile capable of much faster speeds, andtherefore making it much harder to shoot down.

‘Javelin’ Standard anti-Aircraft Missile

Length: 3.16m
Diameter: 21cm
Weight: 625kg
Speed: Mach 3.2 Supercruise, Mach 4.4 Terminal
Range: 128km
Warhead: 128kg High-Explosive Fragmentation
Guidance and Countermeasures: Missile remotely guided by ship radar; ‘Simplex’ Guidance radar for course adjustments and redundancy; 'Biplex' IR Guidance System

The Javelin anti-aircraft missile is designed to be able to destroy enemy aircraft before they can threaten the ship itself, or, if acting as an anti-air picket, the fleet it is with. Although the missile carries the same advanced guidance systems as the Lance anti-ship missile, today’s aircraft can move at speeds up to mach 2 and can carry advanced countermeasure systems and so a hit cannot be guaranteed. Therefore, the missile carries a large HE fragmentation warhead that can assure a kill on any aircraft within 100m. The new and upgraded Javelin missile features RAMjet technology, propelling the missile to immence speeds, increasing the likelyhood of a hit.

‘Pole-axe’ Standard Land Attack Missile

Length: 6.76m
Diameter: 55cm
Weight: 2,025kg
Speed: Mach 1.8 Supercruise, Mach 2.6 Terminal
Range: 1,800km
Warhead: 720kg High-Explosive
Guidance and Countermeasures: GPS Guided

The Pole-axe Land Attack Missile is based on the Tomahawk cruise missile, but carries a larger warhead at a faster speed. The missile is long ranged and powerful, but unsuited to ship combat dues to it’s relative slowness and lack of high accuracy and countermeasure avoidance systems needed to hit modern warships. Don’t get us wrong, the Pole-axe is great at what it does, just do try and make it do anything else.

‘Spear’ Standard anti-Ship / anti-Submarine Torpedo

Length: 7.54m
Diameter: 53.5cm
Weight: 2081kg
Speed: Mach 0.38
Range: 52km
Warhead: 624kg High-Explosive Shaped Charge
Guidance and Countermeasures: Missile remotely guided by ship sonar; DETAR Guidance sonar for course adjustments, redundancy and countermeasure detection; Acaustic Guidance advanced computer for countermeasure avoidance

The Spear torpedo is propelled by a gas turbine engine which gives it top-notch endurance at a high speed. This, coupled with advanced electronics and guidance hardware, makes this a hard torpedo to fool with countermeasures. Even if the torpedo does fail to hit it’s target, it’s large warhead will seriously damage any vessel within 150m. The upgraded Spear is supercavicating, leading to a high speed with no decrease in range.

‘Halberd’ anti-Battleship Missile

Length: 14.28m
Diameter: 98cm
Weight: 5,281kg
Speed: Mach 1.8 Supercruise, Mach 2.6 Terminal
Range: 386km
Warhead: 2,872kg High-Explosive Fragmentation
Guidance and Countermeasures: Missile remotely guided by ship radar; ‘Simplex’ Guidance radar for course adjustments, redundancy and countermeasure avoidance; advanced computer for countermeasure avoidance; ECCM systems

The huge Halberd anti-Battleship missile is our answer to the BBGs that shrug off Harpoons like small arms fire. The Halberd is big and expensive, but it gets the job done. It is equipped with the most powerful solid fuel engine we can fit into a missile and the most advanced countermeasure avoidance technology we have. However, the main difference between this and any other missile is its massive 2,872kg Penetrative Explosive warhead which forms a shaped charge on impact, channeling the full force of the explosion directly into the armoured plate. The Halberd is also the most expensive missile we have, but if you see it take down a multi-billion dollar battleship, I’m sure you’ll agree that it’s worth every penny. Even more so, the upgraded Halberd features RAMjet technology, making even this 5 ton behemoth faster than a Harpoon missile.

‘Discus’ anti-Missile Defense System

Length: 1.56m
Diameter: 16cm
Weight: 365kg
Speed: Mach 6.6 Hypercruise, Mach 7.5 Terminal
Range: 36km
Warhead: 86kg High-Explosive Fragmentation
Guidance and Countermeasures: Missile Internally Guided by 'Simplex MkIII' Internal Radar; Advance Computer Systems and Course Adjustment Hardware for Pinpoint Targetting

The small, incredibly fast Discus Missile was developed to provide a fleet-wide anti-missile defense system. With a powerful SCRAMjet assisted solid fuel rocket, advanced course adjustment and targetting systems and a small, powerful fragmentation warhead the Discus has an excellent chance of destroying even the most advanced of missiles.
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Domesticly produced

AIM-120 AMRAAM Air-to-air missile

Length : 5.56 m (12 ft)
Wingspan : 44.7 cm (17.6 in)
Finspan : 44.7 cm (17.6 in)
Diameter : 17.8 cm (7 in)
Weight : 157 kg (345 lb)
Speed : Mach 4
Range : 50-70 km (30-45 miles)
Propulsion : Hercules/Aerojet solid-fueled rocket
Warhead : 23 kg (50 lb) WDU-41/B blast-fragmentation

The AIM-120 AMRAAM is the mainstay of the Cottish AAMs. It is carried by all Cottish fighter aircraft, and is produced in Cotland.


AIM-9X Sidewinder Air-to-air missile

Length : 3.02 m (118.8 in)
Finspan : 0.28 m (11 in)
Diameter : 12.7 cm (5 in)
Weight : 85 kg (188 lb)
Speed : Mach 2.5+
Range : 40+ km (22+ nm)
Propulsion : Hercules/Bermite MK 36
Warhead : 9.4 kg (20.8 lb) WDU-17/B annular blast-fragmentation

The AIM-9X Sidewinder is the missile of choice when it comes to close-range dogfights. The missiles used by the Cottish military are produced in Cotland.
Tsaraine
21-02-2005, 06:20
Locked at owner's request.

~ Tsar the Mod.