Japanese Antarctica
25-02-2005, 22:10
OOC: work in progress. comments and help welcome.
Outline- KTK-09
Kanka (meaning Shield and Halberd) was created as an upgrade to the AEGIS system. It is the product of a collaboration between many different corporations in the defense industry, involving Mitsubishi, NEC, Toshiba and Ishikawajima Harima. The purpose is to provide unparalleled defense against saturated anti-shipping missile attacks as well as superior fire control and displays.
KTK-09 combines the ability to defend against threats in the air, surface and subsurface. Due to the increase in the trend of saturated high-speed ASM attacks, the system is designed to render them ineffective. It includes newly developed radar, fire control, computers and programs. The result is a virtually impregnable defense when faced with contemporary anti shipping missiles and torpedos.
The Kanka system also allows for greater attack capabilites and quicker responses, allowing counterattacks to occur with little delay. This is especially important for the new KH Yamato Battleships, giving new depth to their 20" guns.
Probably the greatest aspect of the KTK-09 system is the distributed computing capability. All Kanka enabled ships communicate and share data with each other in real-time. The system harnesses the processing power of each of the ships. Because of this, with every ship added, performance increases exponentially!
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Target Acquisition
The heart of KTK-09 is the ARNS-1 Naval Fleet Radar sytem, developed by Toshiba. ARNS-1 is a multifunction phased array, It is an improvement over the AEGIS SPY-1 Radar. It features an increased radar horizon as well greater accuracy in detecting low flying, high speed targets, such as modern sea skimming missiles. Also included are dedicated ARNS-TA1, ARNS-CA1 and ARNS-NA1 subsysyems, which are short, medium and long-range dedicated radars, respectively. Sonar wise, KTK-09 uses ARSQ-9P/A Sonar to detect subsurface targets. It can be switched between passive and active mode. Also made by Toshiba, KTK-09 uses IRNS-T/C/N4 infrared subsystems to track aerial targets.
Armament
Mk13J MOD II- The original MK13J was a very efficient laser CIWS, however, after multiple saturated attacks, fuses would burn up and waste would build up too quickly, causing it to fail. The latest upgrade now features lighter solid state lasers and active cooling systems.
Missiles- The IJN plans to continue using the SM-2R and new SM-XR missiles for anti air defense, as well as AAM-4.
Computing and displays
Each ship with KTK-09 has a NEC MYP-G7 computer with speeds measuring about 200 Teraflops. The system also includes distributed computing, allowing speeds that range even into several petaflops. What could require this much processing power? Taking information from radar, infrared, sonar, satellites and databases, KTK-09 creates a 3D model of the battelfield and renders it in real time. Everything from enormous carrier ships, to fighter planes, to small obstacles such as mines and floating ice is rendered. Even subsurface entities are rendered, although with less detail.
Outline- KTK-09
Kanka (meaning Shield and Halberd) was created as an upgrade to the AEGIS system. It is the product of a collaboration between many different corporations in the defense industry, involving Mitsubishi, NEC, Toshiba and Ishikawajima Harima. The purpose is to provide unparalleled defense against saturated anti-shipping missile attacks as well as superior fire control and displays.
KTK-09 combines the ability to defend against threats in the air, surface and subsurface. Due to the increase in the trend of saturated high-speed ASM attacks, the system is designed to render them ineffective. It includes newly developed radar, fire control, computers and programs. The result is a virtually impregnable defense when faced with contemporary anti shipping missiles and torpedos.
The Kanka system also allows for greater attack capabilites and quicker responses, allowing counterattacks to occur with little delay. This is especially important for the new KH Yamato Battleships, giving new depth to their 20" guns.
Probably the greatest aspect of the KTK-09 system is the distributed computing capability. All Kanka enabled ships communicate and share data with each other in real-time. The system harnesses the processing power of each of the ships. Because of this, with every ship added, performance increases exponentially!
______________________________
Target Acquisition
The heart of KTK-09 is the ARNS-1 Naval Fleet Radar sytem, developed by Toshiba. ARNS-1 is a multifunction phased array, It is an improvement over the AEGIS SPY-1 Radar. It features an increased radar horizon as well greater accuracy in detecting low flying, high speed targets, such as modern sea skimming missiles. Also included are dedicated ARNS-TA1, ARNS-CA1 and ARNS-NA1 subsysyems, which are short, medium and long-range dedicated radars, respectively. Sonar wise, KTK-09 uses ARSQ-9P/A Sonar to detect subsurface targets. It can be switched between passive and active mode. Also made by Toshiba, KTK-09 uses IRNS-T/C/N4 infrared subsystems to track aerial targets.
Armament
Mk13J MOD II- The original MK13J was a very efficient laser CIWS, however, after multiple saturated attacks, fuses would burn up and waste would build up too quickly, causing it to fail. The latest upgrade now features lighter solid state lasers and active cooling systems.
Missiles- The IJN plans to continue using the SM-2R and new SM-XR missiles for anti air defense, as well as AAM-4.
Computing and displays
Each ship with KTK-09 has a NEC MYP-G7 computer with speeds measuring about 200 Teraflops. The system also includes distributed computing, allowing speeds that range even into several petaflops. What could require this much processing power? Taking information from radar, infrared, sonar, satellites and databases, KTK-09 creates a 3D model of the battelfield and renders it in real time. Everything from enormous carrier ships, to fighter planes, to small obstacles such as mines and floating ice is rendered. Even subsurface entities are rendered, although with less detail.