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I need an aircraft launchable weapon, based on real-life weaponry, that meets or exceeds the following (apparently saying "military engineers designed it" isn't enough for some RPers):
*note: this is ment to be an anti-ship/SD weapon.

-Based on the AGM SLAMMER
-The Slammer is a sea-skimmer, this is critical
-Modified to hold a Mk. 48 ADCAP torpedo, which is a real life keel breaker
-Must act like an ASROC (i.e. the missile drops a Mk. 48 ADCAP at engagement range)
-Warhead on the torpedo that is dropped must be able to hold up to a megaton yield nuclear torpedo (like the W59), kiloton yield option is preferred.
-Must be able to be launched from an F/A 18 superhornet
-Must have a smaller version able to be launched from a F35 JSF
-Idea is to have a mass of conventional weapon torpedos (up to 1,200 at a time) overwhelm any anti-torpedo countermeasuers while the one lone deep-diving nuclear torpedo destroys the SD. Since it would be a deep diver, the fallout should not rise until well after the battle, unless there is a small enough high-yield conventional explosive warhead i am not aware of.
-If possible, i'd like this to be helicopter launchable from SH-60 LAMPAS Seahawks or Superlynxs.

This should be fairly easy, I hope someone is willing to take it up.

Phoenix Dynamix has accepted the challenge and will begin working on it at once.

Allright TPM, sounds cool. Pretty much I need an upgraded harpoon (better fuel mixture, better gudaince systems, etc. etc.) that can drop a slightly-improved Mk. 48. Split production rights, I send you 100 billion?

That will be more than enough money :)

Bump, anyone else interested?

Uh.... hes looking for an anti ship missile not an MBT

Uh.... hes looking for an anti ship missile not an MBT

Shit, I posted this in the wrong thread! That's what I get for having more than two windows open at once...

I need an aircraft launchable weapon, based on real-life weaponry, that meets or exceeds the following (apparently saying "military engineers designed it" isn't enough for some RPers):
*note: this is ment to be an anti-ship/SD weapon.

-Based on the AGM SLAMMER
-The Slammer is a sea-skimmer, this is critical
-Modified to hold a Mk. 48 ADCAP torpedo, which is a real life keel breaker
-Must act like an ASROC (i.e. the missile drops a Mk. 48 ADCAP at engagement range)
-Warhead on the torpedo that is dropped must be able to hold up to a megaton yield nuclear torpedo (like the W59), kiloton yield option is preferred.
-Must be able to be launched from an F/A 18 superhornet
-Must have a smaller version able to be launched from a F35 JSF
-Idea is to have a mass of conventional weapon torpedos (up to 1,200 at a time) overwhelm any anti-torpedo countermeasuers while the one lone deep-diving nuclear torpedo destroys the SD. Since it would be a deep diver, the fallout should not rise until well after the battle, unless there is a small enough high-yield conventional explosive warhead i am not aware of.
-If possible, i'd like this to be helicopter launchable from SH-60 LAMPAS Seahawks or Superlynxs.

This should be fairly easy, I hope someone is willing to take it up.

I'll look in to it- I let you know by tomorrow what I came up with.

Just to let you guys know, you can't match all of his requirements with MT. It's basically impossible.

Have fun.

Allright, i'll clarify: The torpedo warhead does not necessarily have to be as powerful or as large as an Mk 48, just something capable of doing that, or, more importantly, distracting an SD's anti-torpedo countermeasures. Ill take something that is similar to a SLAM-ER if the SLAM-ER itself is not capable of doing this. I'll send 50 billion and split DPR (you can host the missile on your storefront if you want) with anyone who has a viable design/actually tries.

So far I have devised a torpedo with a tactical nuclear warhead and as an alternative, a [b]Cesium Enhanced Tritonal Warhead[b] which I think should be enough.

The Mk. 48 ADCAP torpedo has beeb modified to hold the larger warheads but it retains many properties of the RL torpedo.

As for the missile itself, I am still looking into the bestway to go for delivery.

Knowing Pheonix Milita, the recoil on that missile will be enough to capsize the ship :D

Stop harrasing me, missiles are recoiless.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v293/grunt74/wipmissile.jpg
Peliminary rendering of the 4 stages

TPM, you cannot launch a Mk48 on a weapon that meets these requirements

"-Based on the AGM SLAMMER
-Must act like an ASROC (i.e. the missile drops a Mk. 48 ADCAP at engagement range)
-Must be able to be launched from an F/A 18 superhornet
-Must have a smaller version able to be launched from a F35 JSF
-If possible, i'd like this to be helicopter launchable from SH-60 LAMPAS Seahawks or Superlynxs."

If you don't realize why, then do some actual research for once...

it doesn't have to actually be a SLAMMER, just able to be launched from a plane with relaitvley good range. Even after i pay for the design, i still might use another missile.

TPM, you cannot launch a Mk48 on a weapon that meets these requirements

"-Based on the AGM SLAMMER
-Must act like an ASROC (i.e. the missile drops a Mk. 48 ADCAP at engagement range)
-Must be able to be launched from an F/A 18 superhornet
-Must have a smaller version able to be launched from a F35 JSF
-If possible, i'd like this to be helicopter launchable from SH-60 LAMPAS Seahawks or Superlynxs."

If you don't realize why, then do some actual research for once...
I already extrapolated he just wants it to be BASED on it it does not have to BE a SLAM-ER and Mk48 which is why its going to end up more like an ASROC-ER than a SLAM-ER but it will meet the destructive abitly and range requirement which is the most important.

besides, if it ends up being too heavy, i can always load it unto my guided missile cruisers.