Space Union
23-01-2006, 21:35
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Overview:
The SuB-1C Block 10 Hurricane Heavy Supersonic Strategic Bomber is the next-generation SuB-1B bomber in the Space Union Air Force. It is an upgrade of the formidable SuB-1B (also called the B-300) Hurricane, which has met widespread use in various nation’s across the world. In an effort to continue this legacy, the makers of the SuB-1 are now offering a new upgrade for it to a new status: SuB-1C Block 10 Hurricane. The Block 10 Hurricane, although sharing a similar general appearance, is far different on the inside and even outside than the SuB-1B to the point that it could be considered any entirely new aircraft. It is expected to be a replacement for the SuB-1B (B-300As and Bs for foreign nations) and the new mainstay backbone bomber for the Space Union Air Force’s Strategic Air Command. The Block 10 combines lethal, up-to-date avionics with new weapons and a new airframe to create a bomber that will continue the legacy of the Hurricane and truly tear apart a nation who might have thought they got hit by a Hurricane.
Airframe/Construction:
The SuB-1C Block 10, although not seeming much different from the outside, is quite a different aircraft even in external looks and construction. The airframe of this beast is 35% larger than the SuB-1B Block 5 and is significantly different in composition. The SuB-1C features an airframe made mostly from composite material, super alloys, and high-grade industrial metals. It has a composition of mostly Carbon-Fiber Reinforced Plastic (CFRP), or exactly 65%. The other major component of this is the Thymonel super alloy, similar to the one employed on the SuF/A-6 Wraith. It makes up 32% of the composition. The rest of the airframe is made up of aluminum-lithium alloy. This combination of durable and strong materials wielded an airframe that is expected to give the aircraft a long-life span, effectively allowing it to serve for decades upon decades more for the Union as its main bomber.
Another feature different from the original bomber airframe is the removal of the Self-Defense Bay. Engineers have concluded that the Self-Defense Bay is an unnecessary feature that has little help for the overall airframe and takes up space that could be devoted for more bomb racks and electronic weapons. Instead, the Bay has been replaced by another bomb bay that can carry around 20,000 kg, further increasing the payload of this giant. To replace the defense, the SuB-1C Block 10 is equipped with self-defense turrets across its body. These self-defense turrets, totaling five across the body, are armed with 2x 20mm Auto cannons along with a 4-cell missile launcher. These turrets are positioned in the front, back, top, bottom, and center of the aircraft to ensure that any threat can be dealt with swiftly and with minimal damage to the aircraft and crew.
Internally, the cockpit has been redesigned for maximum use of the aircraft’s new avionics (which will be detailed in the next section). One major goal when redesigning was to expand the cockpit. The old SuB-1B Block 5 housed only two crewmen, one the pilot, and one the copilot who also was a weapons officer, and filled other roles. But after an extensive study by SUAF officials, it was decided that the copilot was too strained from his other jobs to fully do his actual job, resulting in possible fatal results for the crew in war-time situations. The result was that SUAF ordered PIW engineers to expand the cockpit and living areas so that it could hold four crewmen; the pilot, copilot, weapons officer, and electronics officer. Each of them performed their specific job with the weapons officer taking care of the weapons while the electronics officer kept an eye over the entire aircraft’s health along with controlling the ECM and electronics warfare capabilities of the aircraft. The problem was that the old layout could not be redesigned insignificantly to accommodate the new crewmen, so it was decided to just redesign a whole new cockpit. The whole new redesigning resulted in the cockpit looking like it got a facial. Most of all the chronometers were removed (ones that were still left from the original SuB-1A) and anti-glare FOLED screens replaced them provided high-definition picture quality on the 3DODS along with a easy to read measurement system that provided all the information of the aircraft including its speed, height, etc. Not only that but the screens are touch-capable meaning that the crewmen don’t need to have anything other than touch the screen to access something or gain more details. Each crewmember’s position receives two screens or more depending on the position.
Avionics/Fire-Control/Electronic Countermeasures:
Although the aircraft has undergone external changes, most of its changes come from the inside. Engineers at PIW’s SUNACS division tried to replace some of the outdated avionics and controls with more advanced and new controls, many developed from the SuF/A-6 Wraith program. The engineers mostly concentrated on adding a new radar, fire-control system, computer, tracking and navigation systems, sensors, and ECM equipment. The most important change in the SuB-1C is the replacement of the old radar with the new SU/RD-150 Active Electronically Scanned Array w/ Multi-Frequency Jamming Module. The SU/RD-150 takes lessons learned in previous radars and refines them to the point of perfection. The SU/RD-150 has a large range of 420 km in scanning power, derived from its large amount of space devoted to the radar. This gives the bomber unprecedented awareness of its environment along with allowing it to act as a semi-AWACS in desperate situations by relaying any important targets to tactical aircrafts. Not only that, but it can also serve as a jammer aircraft and jam the enemy’s radar. It does this with its advanced Multi-Frequency Hop Jamming Module, SU/JM-2. The SU/JM-2 works by having the bomber send out a jamming signals but then switching to a different signal to avoid from jamming itself. This idea coupled with advanced computer controls allows the SU/JM-2 to constantly jump to different wavelengths and frequencies. This ensures that the SuB-1C Block 10 is capable of attacking the enemies eye sight while not blinding itself, giving it maximum danger level and capability against the enemy.
Another change to the avionics was the change from the old fly-by-wire system of the SuB-1B Block 5 to fly-by-optics. The result is that the fly-by-optics system is known to be much faster than old copper wired fly-by-wire controls. This translates into faster reaction times for the aircraft than previously achieved. That includes the increase of throttling for engines, the turning of the aircraft and other performance enhancements that would never been thought possible for a large aircraft like this. To power this system, the SuB-1C is upgraded with a new supercomputer that offers twice the capability of the old supercomputer. It can now conduct over 10 billion floating point operations per second compared to the 4 billion floating point operations per second. The large room in the aircraft allows for the installation of such a supercomputer as this. The enhancement in processing speed allows for the aircraft to give better performance, most of the electronics will work faster and more efficiently, the aircraft can handle more, and most importantly the aircraft can process far more data and provide it for the crew in a better fashion than ever achieved before.
One of the more noticeable differences for the crew at least is the addition of the 3DODS or Three Dimensional Optical Display System. The 3DODS is a revolutionary component for bombers that allows the bomber to display its environment in a 3D display and simulation that allows the crew and pilots to have unprecedented awareness of situations and tracking and detection capability. An obvious benefit from this is that the pilot can hook up with other aircrafts and gain a simulation of an entire theater and detect any incoming threats that might not have been picked up by its own radar. It can also zoom in or out on areas, while also switching from visual to infra-red vision to even ultra-violet vision. This allows the bombers to gain a new level in precision bombing. The crew would know be able to zoom into enclosed and narrow areas and target those with their smart bombs to hit terrorist camps or hiding places for rogue leaders or even just a strategical/tactical object/place.
As the other avionics components become more advanced, it is natural to also advance the LIDAR/LADAR systems of the aircraft. The SU/LI-55 has a range of over 30 km while the SU/LA-24 has a range exceeding 120 km. The aircraft’s infra-red passive detection system (IRPDS) has a range of 50 km of detecting thanks to sensors lining the entire body of the aircraft. These changes ensure that the aircraft has not only the best radar available to it but also the best sensor suites.
Although the 3DODS has many sub-systems, its most important and useful one is the Active Weapons Warning Interface (AWWI). The AWWI is basically an improvement on decades of systems that have provided all aircrafts an early warning system on incoming missiles or threats before they fall victim to it. The AWWI is the most recent and advanced of this type of system. Using the powerful radar on the SuB-1C, it can scan in every direction and can make sure that any incoming threat will be brought forth to the pilot and copilot so they can react to the situation. The AWWI uses radar, its sensors, active radar receiver, and other tools to accomplish this task and further the survivability of the crew and the aircraft, alike.
Propulsion/Powerplant:
One of the biggest differences is the upgrading of the powerplants. The old powerplants were the old Union-46-2005s Turbofan jet engines. Although these babies were huge and provided a mammoth amount of thrust rated at 97,000 lbf each, it was decided that the powerplants had aged to the point that there performance was too little and the advancement in engine technology, notably the introduction of the ramfan jet engine by United Engines Corporation, ended the possibility of the use of the Union-46s. Instead, it was decided that the SuB-1C would use a new powerplant model designed by UEC that incorporates the latest jet engine capabilities along with sheer power, unmatched to the day, to create an outstanding engine.
To replace the Union-46s, PIW went to United Engines Corporations for their engine needs and decided on picking an engine design that had already been created, but it ended up not being for political reasons. UEC had always been asked to produce fighter powerplants and smaller powerplants so huge engines were never designed past the drawing stage. When PIW came to UEC for a new jet engine, they provided an upgraded Union-46B-2005s for use. But PIW rejected that proposal citing that it was not a ramfan jet engine. To offset this problem, UEC went to work to design the first High-Bypass Ramfan Jet engine. The result was the Union-302-2006s. This gigantic powerplant combines the best of the ramfan jet engines along with a high-bypass system for more power to offer a capable powerplant. The Union-302-2006s rated at 130,000 lbf each, weigh around 20,000 lbs, this monster is fully capable of providing the SuB-1C with its power.
The Union-302-2006s differ from other ramfan jet engine designs by being the first of the high-bypass class. The 300-series is expected to be improvements of this baseline product. Unlike older engines, the engine no longer uses most of its incoming air for burning, instead it makes most of the air bypass the core (around 75% of it) increasing not only its power but fuel efficiency along with the side-effect of muffling engine noise to tolerable levels. This combined with the ramfan’s high compression rate allows for a large amount of fuel efficiency for an engine of this class. It is expected to be 20% less fuel hungry as the Union-46s because of the use of the ramfan and advanced methods.
Payload/Weaponry:
One of the main reasons for the SuB-1A/B’s tremendous popularity is its high payload and flexibility with that payload are matched by only a handful of bombers. This giant of the sky has the capability to deliver tons of weaponry to the enemy, where it hurts, at an outstanding range to the point that if any nation is equipped with these, it can literally turn the tides of war in their favor. The original SuB-1A/B carried a maximum payload of 90,000 kg and at a range of 8,500 km while the SuB-1C Block 10 triples that by being able to carry up to 270,000 kg of weaponry to anywhere with a range of at least 12,000 km. Not only does this now make the bomber more capable but it gives it more punch and a wider area to punch at. With its capability, the enemy isn’t leaving the battlefield without internal bleeding, broken bones, and two black eyes.
This monumental amount of weaponry is derived from its three separate weapons bays. Each weapons bay can carry a gigantic 57,000 kg each (a tad less actually). This gives it the capability to house tons of any type of weapons from JDAM, to laser-guided smart bombs, to just dumb bombs, to even cruise missiles. The bays have been designed to hold munitions from OMASC and PIW, though, with little modifications it can hold about any weapon on the planet if you know what to do (Waver: Contact PIW before doing so. Proper instructions will be given on how to do so. Doing alone could be fatal or problematic to the aircraft.). On the outside, the aircraft has five hard points on each wing. Each hard point is capable of holding up to 10,000 kg. That comes to a grand total of 100,000 kg that can be carried externally, bringing the maximum payload capability to 270,000 kg. But the hard points are also capable of carrying other stuff like fuel tanks to increase the range further if ever needed and even electronic pods for that particular mission.
One of the main features on the SuB-1A/B Block 3/5 was its Self-Defense Bay, but like said earlier, it was removed in the early designs. To replace the capability to defend itself, the engineers at PIW looked at other bomber designs, like the OMASC B-110 Archmaster, and decided on the installation of Self-Defense Turrets over the body of the aircraft. There are a total of five of these Self-Defense turrets on the entire body. Each houses 2x 20mm Autocannons while also housing a four-cell missile launcher to increase the chance of intercepting any incoming SAMs or AAMs. Not only that but each Self-Defense turret also carries a LASER Scrambler that scrambles incoming lasers to avoid LIDAR/LADAR sensors from effectively tracking the bomber. Every turret also features 100 flares and 70 chaffs to try and shake-off any incoming IR-seeking or radar-using missiles or even tracking systems.
Specifications:
Type: Heavy High-Speed Strategic Bomber
Height: 29.7 m
Length: 129.6 m
Wingspan: 100 m
Propulsion: 8x Union-302-2006s rated at 130,000 lbf each
Empty (Weight): 472,500 kg
Maximum Take-Off Weight: 1,180,000 kg
Normal Fuel Weight: 537,500
Maximum Fuel Weight: 652,050 kg
Minimum Fuel Weight*: 437,500 kg
Normal Payload: 170,000 kg
Maximum Payload: 270,000 kg
Payload w/ Maximum Fuel: 55,450 kg
Cruising Speed: Mach 1.6
Maximum Speed: Mach 2.2
Range (Normal Fuel): 15,000 km
Range (Maximum Fuel): 18,500 km
Range (Maximum Payload): 12,000 km
Crew: 4
Cost: $1 billion
Sales Price: $1.4 billion
Upgrades:
If you wish to your originial B-300A/L/EL upgraded to the B-300C Block 10, I won't be doing so since this is an entire rehaul. Instead I'm allowing you to trade in your B-300A/L/El Block 5s for B-300C Block 10s at the cost of the difference between the two and a 10% discount. Here's the prices:
B-300A Block 5 -> B-300C Block 10 = $441 million
B-300L Block 5 -> B-300C Block 10 = $461 million
B-300EL Block 5 -> B-300C Block 10 = $421 million
*Minimum Fuel Weight is the minimum amount of fuel you want in the aircraft if you want a decent range.
Overview:
The SuB-1C Block 10 Hurricane Heavy Supersonic Strategic Bomber is the next-generation SuB-1B bomber in the Space Union Air Force. It is an upgrade of the formidable SuB-1B (also called the B-300) Hurricane, which has met widespread use in various nation’s across the world. In an effort to continue this legacy, the makers of the SuB-1 are now offering a new upgrade for it to a new status: SuB-1C Block 10 Hurricane. The Block 10 Hurricane, although sharing a similar general appearance, is far different on the inside and even outside than the SuB-1B to the point that it could be considered any entirely new aircraft. It is expected to be a replacement for the SuB-1B (B-300As and Bs for foreign nations) and the new mainstay backbone bomber for the Space Union Air Force’s Strategic Air Command. The Block 10 combines lethal, up-to-date avionics with new weapons and a new airframe to create a bomber that will continue the legacy of the Hurricane and truly tear apart a nation who might have thought they got hit by a Hurricane.
Airframe/Construction:
The SuB-1C Block 10, although not seeming much different from the outside, is quite a different aircraft even in external looks and construction. The airframe of this beast is 35% larger than the SuB-1B Block 5 and is significantly different in composition. The SuB-1C features an airframe made mostly from composite material, super alloys, and high-grade industrial metals. It has a composition of mostly Carbon-Fiber Reinforced Plastic (CFRP), or exactly 65%. The other major component of this is the Thymonel super alloy, similar to the one employed on the SuF/A-6 Wraith. It makes up 32% of the composition. The rest of the airframe is made up of aluminum-lithium alloy. This combination of durable and strong materials wielded an airframe that is expected to give the aircraft a long-life span, effectively allowing it to serve for decades upon decades more for the Union as its main bomber.
Another feature different from the original bomber airframe is the removal of the Self-Defense Bay. Engineers have concluded that the Self-Defense Bay is an unnecessary feature that has little help for the overall airframe and takes up space that could be devoted for more bomb racks and electronic weapons. Instead, the Bay has been replaced by another bomb bay that can carry around 20,000 kg, further increasing the payload of this giant. To replace the defense, the SuB-1C Block 10 is equipped with self-defense turrets across its body. These self-defense turrets, totaling five across the body, are armed with 2x 20mm Auto cannons along with a 4-cell missile launcher. These turrets are positioned in the front, back, top, bottom, and center of the aircraft to ensure that any threat can be dealt with swiftly and with minimal damage to the aircraft and crew.
Internally, the cockpit has been redesigned for maximum use of the aircraft’s new avionics (which will be detailed in the next section). One major goal when redesigning was to expand the cockpit. The old SuB-1B Block 5 housed only two crewmen, one the pilot, and one the copilot who also was a weapons officer, and filled other roles. But after an extensive study by SUAF officials, it was decided that the copilot was too strained from his other jobs to fully do his actual job, resulting in possible fatal results for the crew in war-time situations. The result was that SUAF ordered PIW engineers to expand the cockpit and living areas so that it could hold four crewmen; the pilot, copilot, weapons officer, and electronics officer. Each of them performed their specific job with the weapons officer taking care of the weapons while the electronics officer kept an eye over the entire aircraft’s health along with controlling the ECM and electronics warfare capabilities of the aircraft. The problem was that the old layout could not be redesigned insignificantly to accommodate the new crewmen, so it was decided to just redesign a whole new cockpit. The whole new redesigning resulted in the cockpit looking like it got a facial. Most of all the chronometers were removed (ones that were still left from the original SuB-1A) and anti-glare FOLED screens replaced them provided high-definition picture quality on the 3DODS along with a easy to read measurement system that provided all the information of the aircraft including its speed, height, etc. Not only that but the screens are touch-capable meaning that the crewmen don’t need to have anything other than touch the screen to access something or gain more details. Each crewmember’s position receives two screens or more depending on the position.
Avionics/Fire-Control/Electronic Countermeasures:
Although the aircraft has undergone external changes, most of its changes come from the inside. Engineers at PIW’s SUNACS division tried to replace some of the outdated avionics and controls with more advanced and new controls, many developed from the SuF/A-6 Wraith program. The engineers mostly concentrated on adding a new radar, fire-control system, computer, tracking and navigation systems, sensors, and ECM equipment. The most important change in the SuB-1C is the replacement of the old radar with the new SU/RD-150 Active Electronically Scanned Array w/ Multi-Frequency Jamming Module. The SU/RD-150 takes lessons learned in previous radars and refines them to the point of perfection. The SU/RD-150 has a large range of 420 km in scanning power, derived from its large amount of space devoted to the radar. This gives the bomber unprecedented awareness of its environment along with allowing it to act as a semi-AWACS in desperate situations by relaying any important targets to tactical aircrafts. Not only that, but it can also serve as a jammer aircraft and jam the enemy’s radar. It does this with its advanced Multi-Frequency Hop Jamming Module, SU/JM-2. The SU/JM-2 works by having the bomber send out a jamming signals but then switching to a different signal to avoid from jamming itself. This idea coupled with advanced computer controls allows the SU/JM-2 to constantly jump to different wavelengths and frequencies. This ensures that the SuB-1C Block 10 is capable of attacking the enemies eye sight while not blinding itself, giving it maximum danger level and capability against the enemy.
Another change to the avionics was the change from the old fly-by-wire system of the SuB-1B Block 5 to fly-by-optics. The result is that the fly-by-optics system is known to be much faster than old copper wired fly-by-wire controls. This translates into faster reaction times for the aircraft than previously achieved. That includes the increase of throttling for engines, the turning of the aircraft and other performance enhancements that would never been thought possible for a large aircraft like this. To power this system, the SuB-1C is upgraded with a new supercomputer that offers twice the capability of the old supercomputer. It can now conduct over 10 billion floating point operations per second compared to the 4 billion floating point operations per second. The large room in the aircraft allows for the installation of such a supercomputer as this. The enhancement in processing speed allows for the aircraft to give better performance, most of the electronics will work faster and more efficiently, the aircraft can handle more, and most importantly the aircraft can process far more data and provide it for the crew in a better fashion than ever achieved before.
One of the more noticeable differences for the crew at least is the addition of the 3DODS or Three Dimensional Optical Display System. The 3DODS is a revolutionary component for bombers that allows the bomber to display its environment in a 3D display and simulation that allows the crew and pilots to have unprecedented awareness of situations and tracking and detection capability. An obvious benefit from this is that the pilot can hook up with other aircrafts and gain a simulation of an entire theater and detect any incoming threats that might not have been picked up by its own radar. It can also zoom in or out on areas, while also switching from visual to infra-red vision to even ultra-violet vision. This allows the bombers to gain a new level in precision bombing. The crew would know be able to zoom into enclosed and narrow areas and target those with their smart bombs to hit terrorist camps or hiding places for rogue leaders or even just a strategical/tactical object/place.
As the other avionics components become more advanced, it is natural to also advance the LIDAR/LADAR systems of the aircraft. The SU/LI-55 has a range of over 30 km while the SU/LA-24 has a range exceeding 120 km. The aircraft’s infra-red passive detection system (IRPDS) has a range of 50 km of detecting thanks to sensors lining the entire body of the aircraft. These changes ensure that the aircraft has not only the best radar available to it but also the best sensor suites.
Although the 3DODS has many sub-systems, its most important and useful one is the Active Weapons Warning Interface (AWWI). The AWWI is basically an improvement on decades of systems that have provided all aircrafts an early warning system on incoming missiles or threats before they fall victim to it. The AWWI is the most recent and advanced of this type of system. Using the powerful radar on the SuB-1C, it can scan in every direction and can make sure that any incoming threat will be brought forth to the pilot and copilot so they can react to the situation. The AWWI uses radar, its sensors, active radar receiver, and other tools to accomplish this task and further the survivability of the crew and the aircraft, alike.
Propulsion/Powerplant:
One of the biggest differences is the upgrading of the powerplants. The old powerplants were the old Union-46-2005s Turbofan jet engines. Although these babies were huge and provided a mammoth amount of thrust rated at 97,000 lbf each, it was decided that the powerplants had aged to the point that there performance was too little and the advancement in engine technology, notably the introduction of the ramfan jet engine by United Engines Corporation, ended the possibility of the use of the Union-46s. Instead, it was decided that the SuB-1C would use a new powerplant model designed by UEC that incorporates the latest jet engine capabilities along with sheer power, unmatched to the day, to create an outstanding engine.
To replace the Union-46s, PIW went to United Engines Corporations for their engine needs and decided on picking an engine design that had already been created, but it ended up not being for political reasons. UEC had always been asked to produce fighter powerplants and smaller powerplants so huge engines were never designed past the drawing stage. When PIW came to UEC for a new jet engine, they provided an upgraded Union-46B-2005s for use. But PIW rejected that proposal citing that it was not a ramfan jet engine. To offset this problem, UEC went to work to design the first High-Bypass Ramfan Jet engine. The result was the Union-302-2006s. This gigantic powerplant combines the best of the ramfan jet engines along with a high-bypass system for more power to offer a capable powerplant. The Union-302-2006s rated at 130,000 lbf each, weigh around 20,000 lbs, this monster is fully capable of providing the SuB-1C with its power.
The Union-302-2006s differ from other ramfan jet engine designs by being the first of the high-bypass class. The 300-series is expected to be improvements of this baseline product. Unlike older engines, the engine no longer uses most of its incoming air for burning, instead it makes most of the air bypass the core (around 75% of it) increasing not only its power but fuel efficiency along with the side-effect of muffling engine noise to tolerable levels. This combined with the ramfan’s high compression rate allows for a large amount of fuel efficiency for an engine of this class. It is expected to be 20% less fuel hungry as the Union-46s because of the use of the ramfan and advanced methods.
Payload/Weaponry:
One of the main reasons for the SuB-1A/B’s tremendous popularity is its high payload and flexibility with that payload are matched by only a handful of bombers. This giant of the sky has the capability to deliver tons of weaponry to the enemy, where it hurts, at an outstanding range to the point that if any nation is equipped with these, it can literally turn the tides of war in their favor. The original SuB-1A/B carried a maximum payload of 90,000 kg and at a range of 8,500 km while the SuB-1C Block 10 triples that by being able to carry up to 270,000 kg of weaponry to anywhere with a range of at least 12,000 km. Not only does this now make the bomber more capable but it gives it more punch and a wider area to punch at. With its capability, the enemy isn’t leaving the battlefield without internal bleeding, broken bones, and two black eyes.
This monumental amount of weaponry is derived from its three separate weapons bays. Each weapons bay can carry a gigantic 57,000 kg each (a tad less actually). This gives it the capability to house tons of any type of weapons from JDAM, to laser-guided smart bombs, to just dumb bombs, to even cruise missiles. The bays have been designed to hold munitions from OMASC and PIW, though, with little modifications it can hold about any weapon on the planet if you know what to do (Waver: Contact PIW before doing so. Proper instructions will be given on how to do so. Doing alone could be fatal or problematic to the aircraft.). On the outside, the aircraft has five hard points on each wing. Each hard point is capable of holding up to 10,000 kg. That comes to a grand total of 100,000 kg that can be carried externally, bringing the maximum payload capability to 270,000 kg. But the hard points are also capable of carrying other stuff like fuel tanks to increase the range further if ever needed and even electronic pods for that particular mission.
One of the main features on the SuB-1A/B Block 3/5 was its Self-Defense Bay, but like said earlier, it was removed in the early designs. To replace the capability to defend itself, the engineers at PIW looked at other bomber designs, like the OMASC B-110 Archmaster, and decided on the installation of Self-Defense Turrets over the body of the aircraft. There are a total of five of these Self-Defense turrets on the entire body. Each houses 2x 20mm Autocannons while also housing a four-cell missile launcher to increase the chance of intercepting any incoming SAMs or AAMs. Not only that but each Self-Defense turret also carries a LASER Scrambler that scrambles incoming lasers to avoid LIDAR/LADAR sensors from effectively tracking the bomber. Every turret also features 100 flares and 70 chaffs to try and shake-off any incoming IR-seeking or radar-using missiles or even tracking systems.
Specifications:
Type: Heavy High-Speed Strategic Bomber
Height: 29.7 m
Length: 129.6 m
Wingspan: 100 m
Propulsion: 8x Union-302-2006s rated at 130,000 lbf each
Empty (Weight): 472,500 kg
Maximum Take-Off Weight: 1,180,000 kg
Normal Fuel Weight: 537,500
Maximum Fuel Weight: 652,050 kg
Minimum Fuel Weight*: 437,500 kg
Normal Payload: 170,000 kg
Maximum Payload: 270,000 kg
Payload w/ Maximum Fuel: 55,450 kg
Cruising Speed: Mach 1.6
Maximum Speed: Mach 2.2
Range (Normal Fuel): 15,000 km
Range (Maximum Fuel): 18,500 km
Range (Maximum Payload): 12,000 km
Crew: 4
Cost: $1 billion
Sales Price: $1.4 billion
Upgrades:
If you wish to your originial B-300A/L/EL upgraded to the B-300C Block 10, I won't be doing so since this is an entire rehaul. Instead I'm allowing you to trade in your B-300A/L/El Block 5s for B-300C Block 10s at the cost of the difference between the two and a 10% discount. Here's the prices:
B-300A Block 5 -> B-300C Block 10 = $441 million
B-300L Block 5 -> B-300C Block 10 = $461 million
B-300EL Block 5 -> B-300C Block 10 = $421 million
*Minimum Fuel Weight is the minimum amount of fuel you want in the aircraft if you want a decent range.