NationStates Jolt Archive

The Empire of Cotland decided earlier today that they will start development and construction of the MOAB, or Mother Of All Bombs. The development time is expected to last 5 years, and will consume quite a bit of money.

Interesting, please post more information when the time comes right.

The Empire of Layarteb takes particular notice to this and will watch this carefully.

To: The Country of Cotland
From: Vice Dictator Kombayn Nikoladze

I am interested in you weapons program. My natio would like to be involved. We will help with the development and the funding if we get some credit. This will help increase the lethality of you and my nation. Just think about it.

Signed your diplomatic Friend,
V-D Kombayn Nikoladze

To: The Country of Cotland
From: Vice Dictator Kombayn Nikoladze

I am interested in you weapons program. My natio would like to be involved. We will help with the development and the funding if we get some credit. This will help increase the lethality of you and my nation. Just think about it.

Signed your diplomatic Friend,
V-D Kombayn Nikoladze

Cotland will consider the generous offer made by the Roman Republic. The plans are pretty much laid down already, as are most of the funding.

- Emperor Thomas I of Cotland

GBU-43/B MOAB

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/munitions/images/moab_030311-d-9085m-007.jpg
Prototype in 1:1 scale

The GBU-43/B is large, powerful and accurately delivered. The 21,700-pound bomb contains 18,700 pounds of high explosive. It is 30 feet long with a diameter of 40.5 inches. The warhead is a blast-type warhead.

The Imperial Cottish Air Force has developed the 21,000-lb. [9,500 kilogram], satellite-guided MOAB as a successor to the the 15,000-lb. "Daisy Cutters" formerly used by the Imperial Cottish Air Force. The Air Force is said to call MOABs (pronounced MOE-ab) the mother of all bombs. As with the earlier Daisy Cutter, these huge bombs are dropped out of the rear of the C-130 cargo plane.

It is expected to cost around 1,7 million Coins per bomb, with a projected order from the Imperial Cottish Air Force of 500 bombs.

Excellent, I will fund $2 billion for both our nations can have them

Progress (estimated)

Prototype
11 % Completed

Production line
0 % Completed

Excellent, I will fund $2 billion for both our nations can have them

Please note that I said I'd consider it.. I'm willing to sell production and sales rights to you for $1,5 billion.

Progress (estimated)

Prototype
91 % Completed

Production line
7 % Completed

Please note that I said I'd consider it.. I'm willing to sell production and sales rights to you for $1,5 billion.

The production rights are fair.

The production rights are fair.

Very well then. Once the bomb is finished (approx. 24 RL hours), it'll be open for you to sell.

Good. I posted it in my storefront, and I gave you credit for the creation

Good. I posted it in my storefront, and I gave you credit for the creation

Danke sehr.

GBU-43/B MOAB

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/munitions/images/moab_030311-d-9085m-007.jpg
Prototype in 1:1 scale

The GBU-43/B is large, powerful and accurately delivered. The 21,700-pound bomb contains 18,700 pounds of high explosive. It is 30 feet long with a diameter of 40.5 inches. The warhead is a blast-type warhead.

The Imperial Cottish Air Force has developed the 21,000-lb. [9,500 kilogram], satellite-guided MOAB as a successor to the the 15,000-lb. "Daisy Cutters" formerly used by the Imperial Cottish Air Force. The Air Force is said to call MOABs (pronounced MOE-ab) the mother of all bombs. As with the earlier Daisy Cutter, these huge bombs are dropped out of the rear of the C-130 cargo plane.

It is expected to cost around 1,7 million Coins per bomb, with a projected order from the Imperial Cottish Air Force of 500 bombs.

OOC: Our MOAB was 65,000 lbs in first incarnation. Due to increases in explosives, the current version has the explosive capacity of 169,000 lbs.

Our mother trumps yours. Neener neener neener! :p

And what do you use to delivery such a behemoth Vastiva? That'd probably be too big for anything short of a C-5B Galaxy, depending on your dimensions.

Progress (estimated)

Prototype
100 % Completed

Production line
67 % Completed

And what do you use to delivery such a behemoth Vastiva? That'd probably be too big for anything short of a C-5B Galaxy, depending on your dimensions.

OOC: we use the C-71 Progeny to deliver it, which is more then adequate.

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/munitions/images/moab-test-030311-12.jpg

New footage of the MOAB being tested.

OOC: Just my personal thoughts here... Isn't guiding a MOAB kind of pointless, I mean its an aerodynamic super-bomb that you drop out of a C-130. Its meant to drop straight down, so isn't guidance a bit pointless, a near-total miss with one will still destroy whatever you target. Unless you're making a MOAB-JDAM hybrid, in which case it would make sense to guide it, but it would need more than 2 stabilizers in that case. Just my personal thoughts, disregard them if you want.

OOC: Just my personal thoughts here... Isn't guiding a MOAB kind of pointless, I mean its an aerodynamic super-bomb that you drop out of a C-130. Its meant to drop straight down, so isn't guidance a bit pointless, a near-total miss with one will still destroy whatever you target. Unless you're making a MOAB-JDAM hybrid, in which case it would make sense to guide it, but it would need more than 2 stabilizers in that case. Just my personal thoughts, disregard them if you want.

ooc: Well, I'm just using what the USAF is using. You'd better ask them. But I think that it's for max destruction...

OOC: Just my personal thoughts here... Isn't guiding a MOAB kind of pointless, I mean its an aerodynamic super-bomb that you drop out of a C-130. Its meant to drop straight down, so isn't guidance a bit pointless, a near-total miss with one will still destroy whatever you target. Unless you're making a MOAB-JDAM hybrid, in which case it would make sense to guide it, but it would need more than 2 stabilizers in that case. Just my personal thoughts, disregard them if you want.

OOC: Hardly pointless - particularly at the altitudes we drop MOABs from. A turn can mean a miss by far too much.