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Description: The successor to the SS-N-22 Sunburn anti-shipping missile. The wings fold up to save space on the ship.

A/STSAN-5 "Helios" Anti-Shipping Missile.

Total length: 13.0m
Diameter: 1 meter.
Wingspan: 2.5 meters when the fins fold out.
Weight: 5250kg
Warhead Weight: 1100kg ONC lying behind a synthetic diamond penetrator tip.
Propulsion: Rocket assisted Ramjet/Scramjet hybrid.
Maximum Speed: Mach 5
Crusing: Mach 3
Terminal: Up to Mach 3.8 at sea level.
Maximum effective range:325km
Flight Altitude: Depends.
Guidance mode: LADAR, MAD, Active radar, Ship radar. Wire guiding optional.
Single-shot hit probability: Given the CIWS systems on NS? Very Low.
Unit Cost: $2.7 mil.
Production Rights: $6 bil.

ooc: not really, these fit into my VLS tubes though. If you lengthen the Sunburn tube just a bit, it should fit though, because this isn't too much wider than a sunburn.

I think that if you want to fit a warhead over 1,000 kilograms of OctaNitroCubane the length of the warhead is going to have to be fairly large because that's a huge amount. Moreover, I wouldn't bet on going over Mach 5 if you plan on using this as a sea-skimmer, and I would doubt it if it could hit Mach 5 as a high altitude missile as well. Turning would be impossible, as far as I know it would disintigrate, and for an anti-shipping missile turning is required. I told you over MSN but I don't know about a RAMjet/SCRAMjet hybrid. Both of them work relatively the same in any case. And I've heard rumors that RAMjet does indeed work for lower elevations but my AP Physics teacher keeps on telling me it doesn't... can anybody clear this up for me?

bump!

BUMP! *again* someone buy a few.