Artitsa
20-03-2005, 20:44
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Design:
The Boxer-Class SSN was designed to fight toe to toe with any ASW or ASuW vessel, and walk away victorious. The Boxer features a heavy amount of armouring, in the form of four hulls. The outer hull is a carbon-ceramic composite, with the second being a fiberglass-plastic composite, third a amorpheous steel hull and finally a titanium alloy (titanium, vadium and aluminum). The gap between each hull is filled with a sound absorbant foam, which also serves to prevent the water from leaking to other locations in the vessel. The hulls are spaced enough to prevent a 533mm from breaking through. A 660mm Torpedo can be stopped, but the hull damage would be horrendous, and the ship would have to retreat. However, the fact remains, it would BE ABLE to retreat, keeping the crew and the vessel intact to fight again...
The Boxer is seperated into 18 seperate bulkheads, and four hemispheres. This creates a total of 72 compartments that can be sealed off in the case of structural damage. Two bow planes are mounted to the fore of the vessel, on either side. The skin of the Boxer is made out of fiber composites and polymers for sound dampening. Aneroic Tiles, and Anerobic Coating (Rubber!) lay above this, with a layer of "shark skin" the top most. Aerogel can be released to cover the entire hull of the vessel in order to disrupt Active Sonar waves.
Internal support comes in the form of steel crossbeams, with small tungsten bars that line the interior hull, and run through the crossbeams. They increase the weight considerably, but also increase structural stability. The frame is of course reinforced, as is the keel. The vessel has an array of modern damage control systems (NBC, pressure control, etc), and additional armor to important systems or facilities throughout the vessel. It's submerged displacement is around 22,500 tons.
Typically, SONARs have remained the same power wise, due to the effects upon the crew. The Artitsan Naval division of Hyland-Nikolaas has attempted to alieivate this problem. The crew is mounted in an acoustic shielded section, to prevent the incredibly powerful SONAR waves from killing them. This is done with Rubber insulation, fiber composites, and other such items.
Every computer system, and others that are subject to shock damage from an impact are encased in rubber, and other materials that will alieviate such damage. They are designed to absorb the shock and stress from a torpedo impact, and to continue operating. Core systems are mainly mounted along the centre, to prevent any lucky shots.
Propulsion:
The Boxer-Class features a pair of Guenther PB8CS Nuclear Pebblebed Reactors. The reactors drive a single 7 bladed propeller, surrounded by a dampening cover. Four MHD assisted pumpjets are also featured on the rear of the vessel. The propeller can link to the sonar, and match approximate the background flow to a degree, compensating for the 'black hole'* created by MHD. The maximum speed for this vessel is about 38 knots, but this is rarely used outside of sea trials. Two 'azipod' miniwaterjets are mounted near the bowplanes for manuvering in ports or making quick evasion manuvers. The general cruise speed of the vessel is 14kts.
The Reactors are cooled by the Freon System, first mastered in the SSN-994. This freon system removes the original sounds from nuclear reactors. These sounds revolved around the flowing of cold water to cool the reactors. Now the gasseous freon does this job, but no sound.
*NOTE: The Blackhole concept is a myth. There is no blackhole created by an MHD drive, because SONAR will not pick up background ocean noise. Otherwise the submarine would be blinded by the water as it moves over the hull.
Armament:
655mm Torpedo Tube - This vessel mounts 6 660mm torpedo tubes at the nose of the submarine. The launch mechanism is EM assisted, and can be configured for 21" torpedoes as well. There are six 655mm tubes mounted in the Boxer-Class SSN.
1000mm Super Torpedo Tubes (SSN-226-331) -
Two 1000mm Internal tubes are mounted under the 4M1A's, with 44 superheavy torpedoes. There is the option of mounting upto four external 1000mm pods as well.
ASHUM - 14 MkX Adaptable High-Speed Undersea Munitions retractable turret are mounted on the hull with a streamlined cover. When torpedoes have been fired, this gun fires 30mm supercavitating kinetic kill rounds. The Boxer Class is completely protected from every angle.
203mm Countertorpedo Tubes - There are 14 203mm Countertorpedo tubes on the sub, covering the baffles and most of the other areas. These fire small torpedoes for intercepting incoming munitions. Usually the torpedoes are supercavitating. 128 of these weapons are carried.
VLS Tubes - twelve cells are mounted aft of the Sail, and four within the superstructure itself. The VLS uses a cold fire launch system, using gasses and EM assistance to accelerate the missiles out with a minimum of hull damage and a bit more silence. SAMs like the RIM-95D or RIM-112 Super Spearhawk can be launched from the Sail, and ASM's and ASROC's such as the AM-98 and the Mk 22 MAASROC can/should be fired from the aft tubes.
Systems:
The SBOG-12 Hull Mounted Sonar system has an 105nm range, and provides extended coverage of the area due to it's huge sonar panel systems. A STBX-20 Towed Array provides a 210nm range of detection. The system is reinforced, so it can be dropped into the thermocline to detect submarines on the otherside of the thermocline. L/SQS-15 Naval LIDAR provides silent active search capability. All sonar systems have their own supercomputers designed for pattern recognition and enhancement. The Submarine is also outfitted with ADI (Acoustic Daylight Imaging; A virtually impossible to fool system of detecting vessels visually. Can only work when the host vessel is moving at slow speeds or not at all).
SAN/BPS-8 Surface Search Active/Passive Radar with a 125 mile range is used for the detection of enemy aircraft, and has Taiwanese NPI programming. A SAN/BPS-19 Fire Control and navigation radar is also mounted, which can provide uplinks to AWACs, and UAV's that act as AWACs for OVH missile launches.
The submarine utilizes the new SCM-1 "SeAthena", as the crews have dubbed it, for defense against torpedo. Powered by a supercomputer, "SeAthena" works like it's aerial counterpart by analyzing incoming signals, and sending out signals to make the user appear to be somewhere else. SCM-1 listens in on a torpedo's ping cycle, and activates several transmitters. The computer calculates what the signal would sound like coming from a different location (usually closer to the torpedo so the thing detonates prematurely), and factors in distortion. It sends the signal at the proper time, based on the torpedo range and bearing.
SCM-2 "SeAthena" will also be mounted, which uses active out of phase emissions. A way to weaken the echo which an enemy sonar receives from a submarine’s hull, by actively emitting sound waves of the same frequency as the ping but exactly out of phase. The out-of-phase sound waves mix with and cancel those of the echoing ping.
For navigation of shallower areas, and sometimes mine detection, a gravimeter is mounted. It measures the gravity field gradients around a submarine. Using special mathematics, a detailed, three-dimensional map of local sea floor terrain is then displayed in real time on a computer display screen. Gravimeters make no emissions, and their operation cannot be detected by an enemy. Gravimeters cannot detect moving objects, but they are immune to bad sonar conditions.
A series of coils are mounted in the hulls for 'active degaussing' of the subs hull to avoid MAD detection.
The boat mounts two Photonic masts instead of periscopes, SAN/BVS-2 model.
20 "Loudmoth" noisemakers are mounted for sonar jamming. 8 "Mimic" Advanced decoys can be mounted, 20 knot capable noisemakers that are designed to provide more in depth decoy work. Four 'Minnow' USVs can be used for reconissance, and are controlled via fiberoptic line, and have a rechargeable battery or power cable back to the sub.
Design:
The Boxer-Class SSN was designed to fight toe to toe with any ASW or ASuW vessel, and walk away victorious. The Boxer features a heavy amount of armouring, in the form of four hulls. The outer hull is a carbon-ceramic composite, with the second being a fiberglass-plastic composite, third a amorpheous steel hull and finally a titanium alloy (titanium, vadium and aluminum). The gap between each hull is filled with a sound absorbant foam, which also serves to prevent the water from leaking to other locations in the vessel. The hulls are spaced enough to prevent a 533mm from breaking through. A 660mm Torpedo can be stopped, but the hull damage would be horrendous, and the ship would have to retreat. However, the fact remains, it would BE ABLE to retreat, keeping the crew and the vessel intact to fight again...
The Boxer is seperated into 18 seperate bulkheads, and four hemispheres. This creates a total of 72 compartments that can be sealed off in the case of structural damage. Two bow planes are mounted to the fore of the vessel, on either side. The skin of the Boxer is made out of fiber composites and polymers for sound dampening. Aneroic Tiles, and Anerobic Coating (Rubber!) lay above this, with a layer of "shark skin" the top most. Aerogel can be released to cover the entire hull of the vessel in order to disrupt Active Sonar waves.
Internal support comes in the form of steel crossbeams, with small tungsten bars that line the interior hull, and run through the crossbeams. They increase the weight considerably, but also increase structural stability. The frame is of course reinforced, as is the keel. The vessel has an array of modern damage control systems (NBC, pressure control, etc), and additional armor to important systems or facilities throughout the vessel. It's submerged displacement is around 22,500 tons.
Typically, SONARs have remained the same power wise, due to the effects upon the crew. The Artitsan Naval division of Hyland-Nikolaas has attempted to alieivate this problem. The crew is mounted in an acoustic shielded section, to prevent the incredibly powerful SONAR waves from killing them. This is done with Rubber insulation, fiber composites, and other such items.
Every computer system, and others that are subject to shock damage from an impact are encased in rubber, and other materials that will alieviate such damage. They are designed to absorb the shock and stress from a torpedo impact, and to continue operating. Core systems are mainly mounted along the centre, to prevent any lucky shots.
Propulsion:
The Boxer-Class features a pair of Guenther PB8CS Nuclear Pebblebed Reactors. The reactors drive a single 7 bladed propeller, surrounded by a dampening cover. Four MHD assisted pumpjets are also featured on the rear of the vessel. The propeller can link to the sonar, and match approximate the background flow to a degree, compensating for the 'black hole'* created by MHD. The maximum speed for this vessel is about 38 knots, but this is rarely used outside of sea trials. Two 'azipod' miniwaterjets are mounted near the bowplanes for manuvering in ports or making quick evasion manuvers. The general cruise speed of the vessel is 14kts.
The Reactors are cooled by the Freon System, first mastered in the SSN-994. This freon system removes the original sounds from nuclear reactors. These sounds revolved around the flowing of cold water to cool the reactors. Now the gasseous freon does this job, but no sound.
*NOTE: The Blackhole concept is a myth. There is no blackhole created by an MHD drive, because SONAR will not pick up background ocean noise. Otherwise the submarine would be blinded by the water as it moves over the hull.
Armament:
655mm Torpedo Tube - This vessel mounts 6 660mm torpedo tubes at the nose of the submarine. The launch mechanism is EM assisted, and can be configured for 21" torpedoes as well. There are six 655mm tubes mounted in the Boxer-Class SSN.
1000mm Super Torpedo Tubes (SSN-226-331) -
Two 1000mm Internal tubes are mounted under the 4M1A's, with 44 superheavy torpedoes. There is the option of mounting upto four external 1000mm pods as well.
ASHUM - 14 MkX Adaptable High-Speed Undersea Munitions retractable turret are mounted on the hull with a streamlined cover. When torpedoes have been fired, this gun fires 30mm supercavitating kinetic kill rounds. The Boxer Class is completely protected from every angle.
203mm Countertorpedo Tubes - There are 14 203mm Countertorpedo tubes on the sub, covering the baffles and most of the other areas. These fire small torpedoes for intercepting incoming munitions. Usually the torpedoes are supercavitating. 128 of these weapons are carried.
VLS Tubes - twelve cells are mounted aft of the Sail, and four within the superstructure itself. The VLS uses a cold fire launch system, using gasses and EM assistance to accelerate the missiles out with a minimum of hull damage and a bit more silence. SAMs like the RIM-95D or RIM-112 Super Spearhawk can be launched from the Sail, and ASM's and ASROC's such as the AM-98 and the Mk 22 MAASROC can/should be fired from the aft tubes.
Systems:
The SBOG-12 Hull Mounted Sonar system has an 105nm range, and provides extended coverage of the area due to it's huge sonar panel systems. A STBX-20 Towed Array provides a 210nm range of detection. The system is reinforced, so it can be dropped into the thermocline to detect submarines on the otherside of the thermocline. L/SQS-15 Naval LIDAR provides silent active search capability. All sonar systems have their own supercomputers designed for pattern recognition and enhancement. The Submarine is also outfitted with ADI (Acoustic Daylight Imaging; A virtually impossible to fool system of detecting vessels visually. Can only work when the host vessel is moving at slow speeds or not at all).
SAN/BPS-8 Surface Search Active/Passive Radar with a 125 mile range is used for the detection of enemy aircraft, and has Taiwanese NPI programming. A SAN/BPS-19 Fire Control and navigation radar is also mounted, which can provide uplinks to AWACs, and UAV's that act as AWACs for OVH missile launches.
The submarine utilizes the new SCM-1 "SeAthena", as the crews have dubbed it, for defense against torpedo. Powered by a supercomputer, "SeAthena" works like it's aerial counterpart by analyzing incoming signals, and sending out signals to make the user appear to be somewhere else. SCM-1 listens in on a torpedo's ping cycle, and activates several transmitters. The computer calculates what the signal would sound like coming from a different location (usually closer to the torpedo so the thing detonates prematurely), and factors in distortion. It sends the signal at the proper time, based on the torpedo range and bearing.
SCM-2 "SeAthena" will also be mounted, which uses active out of phase emissions. A way to weaken the echo which an enemy sonar receives from a submarine’s hull, by actively emitting sound waves of the same frequency as the ping but exactly out of phase. The out-of-phase sound waves mix with and cancel those of the echoing ping.
For navigation of shallower areas, and sometimes mine detection, a gravimeter is mounted. It measures the gravity field gradients around a submarine. Using special mathematics, a detailed, three-dimensional map of local sea floor terrain is then displayed in real time on a computer display screen. Gravimeters make no emissions, and their operation cannot be detected by an enemy. Gravimeters cannot detect moving objects, but they are immune to bad sonar conditions.
A series of coils are mounted in the hulls for 'active degaussing' of the subs hull to avoid MAD detection.
The boat mounts two Photonic masts instead of periscopes, SAN/BVS-2 model.
20 "Loudmoth" noisemakers are mounted for sonar jamming. 8 "Mimic" Advanced decoys can be mounted, 20 knot capable noisemakers that are designed to provide more in depth decoy work. Four 'Minnow' USVs can be used for reconissance, and are controlled via fiberoptic line, and have a rechargeable battery or power cable back to the sub.