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Ministry of Defence
Official Request for Production Quote

The National Assembly of the Reformed Democratic State of Naasha has voted unanimously to retire its current nuclear arsenal which consists entirely of silo-launched ICBMS due to the extensive costs of maintaining the safety, security and effectiveness of weapons that are unlikely to ever be fired.

As an alternative the Naashan State is looking into the procurement of a submarine based nuclear arsenal which we hope will prove to be more cost effective and safer than a silo based system.

Unfortunately no domestic Naashan corporation has sufficient facilities or technology to fulfill such an order and a committee of the National Assembly has found that it would be impractical for the production of the vessels to be nationalised.

As such, we will be seeking quotes from foreign entities on the production time and cost of fulfilling an order of a total of six SSBNs and three hundred submarine launched nuclear warheads (including the provision of spare parts and replacements for a period of five years).

Entrants should reply with technical specifications of the system they propose as well as estimated production time and total cost. Seperate entries for SSBNs and SLBMs will also be considered.

We wish to enter the CSB-1, which is the first sub we have made, but rest assured we did our homework on it, and we have constructed a prototype, and we have presented the specs:

Powerplant:Ryan Naval Hydrogen-Nuclear hybrid engine
Length:600 ft.
Beam 50 ft
Speed:37-45 knots
Crew:25 officers 150 enlisted
Diving Depth greater then 1000ft
Armament
30 Tubes for the SRBM CSLBM-1
2.05 billion/7 year warrenty

And hear's the specs for the CSRBM-1:
Propulsion:3 stage solid hydrogen propellant
Length:47ft
Weight:170,000lb
Diameter 90 in
Range:8000km
400 million per 2 sold
8/year warrenty
Max Speed:25,000 mph

OOC:
Just for reference, most NBC weapons launched from submarines are SRBM's.

IQ 1 Class Submarine

Displacement: Surfaced: approx. 16,765 tons
Submerged: approx. 18,750 tons
Length: 575 feet
Beam: 45 feet
Draught: 11.5 meters (38 feet)
Propulsion: 1 × S8G reactor
Speed: 25+ knots
Complement: 15 officers, 148 men
Armament: MK-48 Torpedoes, 36 × Trident II D-5 Ballistic Missiles
Range: 24000 miles nonstop with out refueling

Total cost: 2.25 billion each/ sub replacements ( 5 year warranty)
6 subs cost 11 billion with discount and warranty.
Tottal time: 2NS years or 2 RL days

OOC: Cool! Naasha's back! Didn't realize you had nukes, though..

OOC: *Cracks knuckles* Yep, probably won't use them though. Thanks for pointing that out Shazbotdom, but what does SRBM stand for?

Bids from Calizorinstan and Mathism have been received and will be considered, thank you for your interest. The Naashan defence ministry is still accepting new bids at this stage and will announce a shortlist once all entrants have been reviewed.

OOC: *Sneezes and inadvertedly bumps the thread.*

Tower-class submarine (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10447103&postcount=8).

Thank you Praetonia, your bid has been accepted and will be considered with those of other applicants. We calculate the total cost of six submarines of this class to be $15,000,000,000.

We will be accepting further bids up until midnight tonight.

Bidding is now closed. We will review each offer in turn and announce the successful bidder tomorrow.

Official MOD statement

We have reviewed the three candidates and are pleased to announce that, pending confirmation from Mathism, the successful design will be the IQ-1 Class Submarine in a two year deal worth $11,000,000,000.

Official MOD statement

We have reviewed the three candidates and are pleased to announce that, pending confirmation from Mathism, the successful design will be the IQ-1 Class Submarine in a two year deal worth $11,000,000,000.

OOC you got the subs what about weapons

There has been no response from Mathism, the contract will still be available for two days.

To:Nashaa


Since Mathism hasn't responded, we will offer our entry that we entered again, for the new RFP. We enter the CSB-1, and the CSRBM-1 too.

Bob Darkwood
Ryan Naval Yards
Calizorinstan

The submarines will be arriving between today and tomorrow. I am extremely sorry for the delay because of studying. Thanks for your order! If you still want the subs please confirm. If you don't then I will enter the competition again with the IQ-1.

The Naashan MOD has decided to continue with the designs by Mathism. The two year deal will be worth $11,000,000,000 which will be paid in installments as the construction continues.