Scellia
03-10-2005, 22:47
Planetary Defence Center/Shore Defence Center Concept
This is a rough idea, so before I go into detail like exact weapons and cost etc. I wanted to know what people think. The PDC concept is easy, create incredibly large concentration of firepower which the only way to easily take out is the use of nuclear munitions. Of course if nuclear munitions are used then it becomes pointless because both side suddenly cease to exist, so simply arguing that they are impratical because of nuclear munitions is pointless.
Essentially a PDC is a massive firebase/airbase/vehicle yard/SAM silo. It has exterior landing runways that connect to ground level interior runways that it turn connect to underground hangers. It would feature 20cm-40cm Breach Loading Mortars and 30cm-80cm howitzers along with several thousand VLS(featuring a tiered system) cells. It would feature an alternating layer steel reinforced concrete then ceramics and DU armor (20m concrete, 1m ceramics/DU) with up to 105m total armor. It would have the ability to house hundreds of Bolos or thousands of conventional tanks, and would be placed near an underground water source.
The essential or delicate structures will be placed on shock absorbing springs, with the computer control center being proof from even shockwaves produced be nuclear weapons. A PDC would feature some of the most powerful PD, more then most super dreadnought battlegroups. It wold feature over 300 individual PD weapons inplacements, including a heavy THEL component. All PD, BL Mortar and howitzers would be retractable and when extended would have armored walls around the emplacement high enough to prevent splash damage from destroying too many emplacements. A PDC would be powered from a deeply buried high wattage nuclear powerplant and include fuel for several decades, it will also include consumables for several months including food, fuel, ammunition and water. The command and living portions of a PDC would be completely sealed from biological and chemical attack.
The PDC would feature the most powerful LADAR and radar arrays of the planet, each of four combined emplacements easily able to see the moon when not below the horizon and has resolution high enough to pick out and target satellites with easy. Each array is centered with a cluster of twenty PD systems with which are specifically tasked to protect the arrays above all else. The PDC can and does accept information from other PDCs and airborne radar etc. so even destroying all four arrays does not blind a PDC.The estimated cost for a PDC is in the hundreds of billions of dollars, even as high as 800 Billion.
An SDC is a PDC without the aircraft and tanks. It features 80cm-120cm ETC guns on the seaward side, also several thousand VLS tubes on top with the assorted PD found on a PDC. Instead of 20cm-40cm BL Mortars the SDC features 40cm-60cm BL mortars, longer ranged and excellent for slaughtering landing infantry. It has removed the howitzer in favor of more PD and an additional two LADAR/radar arrays for increased ability to intercept heavy shells from ships batteries. The SDC has less armament then a PDC, but features better dectection abilites and only 2/3s the cost of a PDC.
OOC: I didn't get any feedback on the NS Draftboard, so I guess that I have graduated to here. Too expensive for smaller nations, but is it a useable idea for the nations with 20+ trillion dollar military budgets?
This is a rough idea, so before I go into detail like exact weapons and cost etc. I wanted to know what people think. The PDC concept is easy, create incredibly large concentration of firepower which the only way to easily take out is the use of nuclear munitions. Of course if nuclear munitions are used then it becomes pointless because both side suddenly cease to exist, so simply arguing that they are impratical because of nuclear munitions is pointless.
Essentially a PDC is a massive firebase/airbase/vehicle yard/SAM silo. It has exterior landing runways that connect to ground level interior runways that it turn connect to underground hangers. It would feature 20cm-40cm Breach Loading Mortars and 30cm-80cm howitzers along with several thousand VLS(featuring a tiered system) cells. It would feature an alternating layer steel reinforced concrete then ceramics and DU armor (20m concrete, 1m ceramics/DU) with up to 105m total armor. It would have the ability to house hundreds of Bolos or thousands of conventional tanks, and would be placed near an underground water source.
The essential or delicate structures will be placed on shock absorbing springs, with the computer control center being proof from even shockwaves produced be nuclear weapons. A PDC would feature some of the most powerful PD, more then most super dreadnought battlegroups. It wold feature over 300 individual PD weapons inplacements, including a heavy THEL component. All PD, BL Mortar and howitzers would be retractable and when extended would have armored walls around the emplacement high enough to prevent splash damage from destroying too many emplacements. A PDC would be powered from a deeply buried high wattage nuclear powerplant and include fuel for several decades, it will also include consumables for several months including food, fuel, ammunition and water. The command and living portions of a PDC would be completely sealed from biological and chemical attack.
The PDC would feature the most powerful LADAR and radar arrays of the planet, each of four combined emplacements easily able to see the moon when not below the horizon and has resolution high enough to pick out and target satellites with easy. Each array is centered with a cluster of twenty PD systems with which are specifically tasked to protect the arrays above all else. The PDC can and does accept information from other PDCs and airborne radar etc. so even destroying all four arrays does not blind a PDC.The estimated cost for a PDC is in the hundreds of billions of dollars, even as high as 800 Billion.
An SDC is a PDC without the aircraft and tanks. It features 80cm-120cm ETC guns on the seaward side, also several thousand VLS tubes on top with the assorted PD found on a PDC. Instead of 20cm-40cm BL Mortars the SDC features 40cm-60cm BL mortars, longer ranged and excellent for slaughtering landing infantry. It has removed the howitzer in favor of more PD and an additional two LADAR/radar arrays for increased ability to intercept heavy shells from ships batteries. The SDC has less armament then a PDC, but features better dectection abilites and only 2/3s the cost of a PDC.
OOC: I didn't get any feedback on the NS Draftboard, so I guess that I have graduated to here. Too expensive for smaller nations, but is it a useable idea for the nations with 20+ trillion dollar military budgets?