Kroando
26-12-2006, 19:11
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Valour A9/00 Fired From Land Based Platform
Abstract
In 'modern' naval warfare, massive dreadnoughts, battleships, capital class cruisers and all other forms of beastly monstrosities are permitted to exist for only one reason. And that is their ability to defend again missile strikes. If this power was not so real, they would vanish, as missile spams would once again reign supreme, as they do in modern naval warfare. Kroando had never liked massive ships... they simply diverted too much money to one ship, and in the modern world, one which is so vast no one ship could hope to circle it, that was a pointless feat. A missile was needed that could once again make the destroyer the ship of the seas... the ship that would run naval combat. A missile that could bypass Anti-Missile Systems.
Design - 'Stealth'
The Valour was never supposed to 'bypass' perse enemy defences... it was more like it was to... overwhelm them. A single Valour Class Anti-Shipping Missile looked much like any other such missile, and truth be told, it could be shot down just as any other missile. Four meters in length, four hundred kilo's in weight... it was certainly trackable. Of course it was programmed to travel along the surface of the water, or a foot above it to avoid RADAR detection, but still, the most advanced RADAR looking in the right spot would pick it up. Even more impressive was the nickel-steel coating surrounding the missile itself. The nickel, the innermost layer, was adept at absorbing heat, the steel on the outside therefor appeared relatively cool, making the missile itself a poor target for IR systems. Any IR missile fired at it would be locking onto the massive spew of flame coming out of the missiles back, not the missile, therefor, when the missile came in, it would usually overshoot the body, either missing the Valour altogether, or detonating at such a distance to prove ineffective. To ward against LADAR, a light deflectant material was coated over the top. This reflective material would scatter the lazer beams in all directions, making a large 'box' register on the LADAR targeting screen. When LADAR Guided missiles fired at this 'box', they had only a slight chance of suceeding in hitting their target.
Design - Part II
Regardless of the missiles difficulty to be picked up and destroyed, there was the infamous CIWS gun... the bane of missile strikes. This in addition to the fact that the missile could still be shot down, prompted engineers to create a 'new breed' of missiles. The valour did something no other missile did (to my knowledge) when it closed in on three miles of the target. It broke apart. Well, not in the literal sense, but what occured was simple. Seven smaller, much smaller rocket like missiles broke off. These seven rockets had a range of, at maximum, three and a half miles, however the threat was clear. They would speed at the same target, fueled by both internal fuel and attached fuel cells, and hit, detonating their seven pound high-explosive charges. Where there was once one missile, there were now eight. The main Valour Carrier kept on speeding towards it's target, locked on and ready to hit the ship.
But the main Valour was not yet finished. It was not merely to speed awat and destroy itself... one of every twenty Valours carried a Barrage Style RADAR Jammer, which emmitted scores of RADAR frequencies, capable of jamming enemy RADAR used to track the missiles. Fortunatly the Valour itself tracked using targetted internal schematics, and would not be thrown off with it's own countermeasure. When the valour did crash, the effects of course would linger until all of the frequencies cleared the area... which would give enough time for the smaller 'break-off' missiles to engage their targets. With enemy RADAR cluttered, it's ability to track the super sonic three foot long missiles was severely diminished. Enemy CIWS guns, using RADAR, would simply not be able to track and destroy these small projectiles... and when they hit, it was deadly. While the seven pound explosive, octanitrocarbane, the most explosive, non-nuclear compound known to man may have been relatively small, it most definitely packed a punch. While one rocket may by only enough to tarnish armor, it could definitely wreak havoc on the upper deck, which was much less armored. And of course one must remember, there was never just one rocket... there were eight. From each valour. Ten of the missiles yielded eighty... the possibilities were endless.
Referring back to the abstract, the purpose of the missile is to destroy enemy dreadnoughts. Some may scream that it is too expensive... well, at 2.4 million dollars, you can afford to fire 1,000 Valour Class Anti-Shipping Missiles at a 2.4 Billion Dollar Dread... that would yield 8,000 high-explosive projectiles speeding right at the enemy. And as we all know... most dreadnoughts are far more expensive than 2.4 Billion.
Statistics on Valour Main Carrier Missile
Engine. Solid fuel rocket booster, Helicon Standard TM8-90 turbojet
Launch mass. 410 kg
Length. 3.75 m
Speed. High Subsonic
Range. 175 km
Flying altitude. Sea Skimming
Warhead. 110 kg High Explosive OctaNitroCarbane
Guidance. Inertial, GPS, Terrain-Reference Navigation, LADAR Guidance
Launch Platform. Naval ships, fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, land-based vehicles
Statistics on Valour Break-Off Missile
Body diameter: (5.2 in)
Wingspan: (11 in)
Length: (28 in)
Weight: (39 lb)
Explosive weight: (7 lb)
Fragmentation radius: (33 ft)
Maximum speed: (1,100 ft/s)
Range: (3.4 mi)
Targeting: Fixed Internal Lock On Using LADAR Coordinates
Firing Platform: Valour Carrier Missile
Price. 2.4 Million [Not including RADAR Barrage Jammer for first of every twenty missiles]
Valour A9/00 Fired From Land Based Platform
Abstract
In 'modern' naval warfare, massive dreadnoughts, battleships, capital class cruisers and all other forms of beastly monstrosities are permitted to exist for only one reason. And that is their ability to defend again missile strikes. If this power was not so real, they would vanish, as missile spams would once again reign supreme, as they do in modern naval warfare. Kroando had never liked massive ships... they simply diverted too much money to one ship, and in the modern world, one which is so vast no one ship could hope to circle it, that was a pointless feat. A missile was needed that could once again make the destroyer the ship of the seas... the ship that would run naval combat. A missile that could bypass Anti-Missile Systems.
Design - 'Stealth'
The Valour was never supposed to 'bypass' perse enemy defences... it was more like it was to... overwhelm them. A single Valour Class Anti-Shipping Missile looked much like any other such missile, and truth be told, it could be shot down just as any other missile. Four meters in length, four hundred kilo's in weight... it was certainly trackable. Of course it was programmed to travel along the surface of the water, or a foot above it to avoid RADAR detection, but still, the most advanced RADAR looking in the right spot would pick it up. Even more impressive was the nickel-steel coating surrounding the missile itself. The nickel, the innermost layer, was adept at absorbing heat, the steel on the outside therefor appeared relatively cool, making the missile itself a poor target for IR systems. Any IR missile fired at it would be locking onto the massive spew of flame coming out of the missiles back, not the missile, therefor, when the missile came in, it would usually overshoot the body, either missing the Valour altogether, or detonating at such a distance to prove ineffective. To ward against LADAR, a light deflectant material was coated over the top. This reflective material would scatter the lazer beams in all directions, making a large 'box' register on the LADAR targeting screen. When LADAR Guided missiles fired at this 'box', they had only a slight chance of suceeding in hitting their target.
Design - Part II
Regardless of the missiles difficulty to be picked up and destroyed, there was the infamous CIWS gun... the bane of missile strikes. This in addition to the fact that the missile could still be shot down, prompted engineers to create a 'new breed' of missiles. The valour did something no other missile did (to my knowledge) when it closed in on three miles of the target. It broke apart. Well, not in the literal sense, but what occured was simple. Seven smaller, much smaller rocket like missiles broke off. These seven rockets had a range of, at maximum, three and a half miles, however the threat was clear. They would speed at the same target, fueled by both internal fuel and attached fuel cells, and hit, detonating their seven pound high-explosive charges. Where there was once one missile, there were now eight. The main Valour Carrier kept on speeding towards it's target, locked on and ready to hit the ship.
But the main Valour was not yet finished. It was not merely to speed awat and destroy itself... one of every twenty Valours carried a Barrage Style RADAR Jammer, which emmitted scores of RADAR frequencies, capable of jamming enemy RADAR used to track the missiles. Fortunatly the Valour itself tracked using targetted internal schematics, and would not be thrown off with it's own countermeasure. When the valour did crash, the effects of course would linger until all of the frequencies cleared the area... which would give enough time for the smaller 'break-off' missiles to engage their targets. With enemy RADAR cluttered, it's ability to track the super sonic three foot long missiles was severely diminished. Enemy CIWS guns, using RADAR, would simply not be able to track and destroy these small projectiles... and when they hit, it was deadly. While the seven pound explosive, octanitrocarbane, the most explosive, non-nuclear compound known to man may have been relatively small, it most definitely packed a punch. While one rocket may by only enough to tarnish armor, it could definitely wreak havoc on the upper deck, which was much less armored. And of course one must remember, there was never just one rocket... there were eight. From each valour. Ten of the missiles yielded eighty... the possibilities were endless.
Referring back to the abstract, the purpose of the missile is to destroy enemy dreadnoughts. Some may scream that it is too expensive... well, at 2.4 million dollars, you can afford to fire 1,000 Valour Class Anti-Shipping Missiles at a 2.4 Billion Dollar Dread... that would yield 8,000 high-explosive projectiles speeding right at the enemy. And as we all know... most dreadnoughts are far more expensive than 2.4 Billion.
Statistics on Valour Main Carrier Missile
Engine. Solid fuel rocket booster, Helicon Standard TM8-90 turbojet
Launch mass. 410 kg
Length. 3.75 m
Speed. High Subsonic
Range. 175 km
Flying altitude. Sea Skimming
Warhead. 110 kg High Explosive OctaNitroCarbane
Guidance. Inertial, GPS, Terrain-Reference Navigation, LADAR Guidance
Launch Platform. Naval ships, fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, land-based vehicles
Statistics on Valour Break-Off Missile
Body diameter: (5.2 in)
Wingspan: (11 in)
Length: (28 in)
Weight: (39 lb)
Explosive weight: (7 lb)
Fragmentation radius: (33 ft)
Maximum speed: (1,100 ft/s)
Range: (3.4 mi)
Targeting: Fixed Internal Lock On Using LADAR Coordinates
Firing Platform: Valour Carrier Missile
Price. 2.4 Million [Not including RADAR Barrage Jammer for first of every twenty missiles]