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Mikoyan MiG-40 "Red Fox"

Development:

The Mikoyan-Gurevich aircraft design bureau was faced with the competition of high-speed western fighters such as the Mach 5+ F/A-37 Talon, which could easily outmaneuver and out fly everything the Czechalrussian Airforce had in it's arsenal. Mikoyan needed something that could kill these new western "Super Fighters", in comes the MiG-40. It was nicked named the "Red Fox" by NATO because of it's quickness and fox like capabilities the MiG-40 was designed to kill any western fighter that could be put up against it. Design began in January 2007 and the first prototype "Annabelle" was flown on November 12th, 2009. It received excellent marks for maneuverability. Development was stalled in September 15th, 2010 when the prototype "Mikitia" crashed, killing the pilot and obliterating the aircraft. The MiG-40 is expected to enter service with the Czechalrussian and Russian Airforce in 2011.

Engines:

The MiG-40 has two Klimov RD400 Turbofan Ramjet Hybrids, each engine provides around 528.2 kN each, this allows the MiG-40 to travel at speeds of Mach 6.0+. This speed is only recommend if the pilot needs to escape a dogfight as when the MiG-40 travels at this speed it eats up fuel extremely fast. When traveling at maximum speed it cannot perform advanced maneuvers without destroying the aircraft. It's extremely high speed can allow it to out run most modern anti-aircraft missiles.

Stealth Capabilities:

While the MiG-40's stealth capabilities are not as good as most stealth fighters, the MiG-40 does have some elements of stealth. The MiG-40's radar signature is somewhat reduced due to the hull shape of the MiG-40. Once the MiG-40 reaches it's maximum speeds the sheer friction-induced heat will cause the MiG-40 to lose almost all of it's stealth abilities, but this is not matter even if the MiG-40 is being tracked because at maximum speed it can out run almost and heat seeker. The NM-18 ECM system on the MiG-40 has active-cancellation capability, which in turn makes the MiG-40 about as stealthy as the Dassault Rafael.

Manuverability:

The MiG-40's aeronautical capabilities are astounding. The MiG-40 is capable of performing all of the existing aerial maneuvers with ease, this is of course as long as the pilot is skilled enough to perform these maneuvers. The MiG-40 can easily turn the tides of a dogfight using just it's maneuverability alone. One drawback is when the MiG-40 reaches high speed it can no longer perform these maneuvers without the piloting blacking out or destroying the aircraft. The Mikoyan MiG-40 "Red Fox' is expected to demonstrate it's abilities at the 2012 Paris air show where it will be flown by the Czechalrussian Flying Wolves, and the Russian Swifts.

General characteristics:

* Operators: Czechalrussian Air Force(2,500 Units), Russian Air Force(1,000 Units), Cazelian Air Force (200 Units), Calizorinstani Air Force (600 Units), Wagdoggian Air Force (2,000 Units), Kampers Air Force (500 Units)
* Crew: 1
* Type: High-Speed Air Superiority Fighter
* Length: 18.27 m
* Wingspan: 13.76 m
* Height: 4.73 m
* Wing area: 82.04 m²
* Empty weight: 13,579 kg
* Loaded weight: 26,287 kg
* Max takeoff weight: 32,288 kg
* Powerplant: 2× Klimov RD400 Turbofan Ramjet Hybrids 528.2 kN each

Performance:

* Maximum speed: Mach 6.0+
* Cruise speed: Mach 2.7
* Ferry range: 8,576 mi
* Combat range: 2.578 mi
* Service ceiling: 85,000 ft
* Rate of climb: 675 m/s
* Wing loading: 872 kg/m²
* Thrust/weight: 1.26
* Maximum g-load: −4/+16 g

Armament:

* Guns: 2x 30 mm GSh-30-1 cannons with 250 rounds each
* Air to air loadout: 8× AA-12 Adder RVV-AEs, 4× Vympel R-73s
* Air to ground loadout: 4× AA-12 Adder RVV-AEs and, 4× Vympel R-73s and one of the following: 2x KAB-1500L-Fs Laser guided bombs (1,180 kg blast warhead) or, 1x Raduga Kh-55 cruise missile, 8× OFAB-100s (474 kg Low-drag blast-fragmentation)

Avionics:

Radar:

* Phazotron N-420E
* Phazotron N-110 Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA)

Countermeasures:

* Nechnev K-80 IFF interrogator
* Nechnev R-78 radar warning suite
* Phazotron KL-5 radar warning receiver
* Phazotron NM-18 internal countermeasures system
* KNE-89 chaff/flare dispensers


Price: $270,000,000 as of 2012

Cazelia would like to purchase 200 MiG-40s
the money will be wired within 2 days

We wish to acquire 100 of these Mig-40's to replace eventually, our F/A-15D fleet, so that we may give them to the Marine Corps. We've sent the 27 billion dollars to you for the 100 Mig-40's.

Thank you,
Col.John Macked
Calizorinstan Air Force

SIC
ENCRYPTED ORDER TRANSMISSION
FROM: USSW Department of Defense
TO: Whom it May Concern, Czechalrussian Defense Ministry or Equivalent

For possible emergency action on any one of several fronts, we would like to order 2,000 MiG-40s for $540 Billion USD. Our defense budget is more than capable of handling the bill, and we would like to request modification to handle R-37 long-range AAMs if possible (maximum of 4). These will enable these fighters to keep similar capabilities to our slower fighters currently in service. Our thanks, and gratitude for releasing this fighter at this crucial time.

To: Czechalrus
From: Kampfers Department of War

We wish to purchase 500 of these planes. We will wire you the neccessary 135 billion. Please deliver 400 of these to Kampfers Stadt, and 100 to the Kampferian base on the Dead Continent. Thank you for your buisness.

Sincerely,
General Klischten

To:Czechalrus
From: Col.John Macked

We have been authorized to obtain 500 more Mig-40's for 135 billion dollars, for the new standard fighter of the Calizorinstan Marine Corps. We've wired the money in advance, for early payment.

Col.John Macked
MOD
Calizorinstan

Comrades your orders have been confirmed, expect delivery of your new aircraft soon and enjoy your purchases.

Cazelia would like to purchase an additional 50 fighters for our Carriers

Comrades your orders have been confirmed, expect delivery of your new aircraft soon and enjoy your purchases.
OOC: Time to arrival for mine, please? They'll be heading to the fronts as soon as I get them and allow some IC time for crew training. Also, how easily can these become carrier-capable? I may just double-dip here. Also, check TGs. Thanks.

Offical Message

We Would like to know how your development teams solved the inherent problems of hypersonic craft design; it has been for sometime now that the dynamics of stealth and hypersonic flight are mutually exclusive. One cannot have both past mach 4 stealth aerodynamics would be torn apart from the stress of hypersonic flight. we would be most intrested in how you solved this issue? Also we would like to Order one (1) MiG-40 for testng against our own F-4 Super Phoenix and F-5 Valkyrie fighters.

The Greal government would like to buy 100 MiG 40s for 27 billion.

The Commonwealth of Rosdivan would like to know how it is that a 45 ton aircraft is capable of taking off with a pair of engines that deliver only 54 pounds of thrust each, much less reach Mach 6.

OOC:
I highly recommend using the NSDraftroom (http://z4.invisionfree.com/NSDraftroom) to have your designs gone over before hand.


The unique signature of each engine renders heat seeking type missiles useless, unless the missiles was programmed to lock on to that specific top-secret heat signature.

Heat seaking missiles don't and never have worked that way. They go after the blob of heat that they're told to go after, not a specific signature per se (once they've been locked on to a blob, that blob's "signature" they do track).

Additionally, Mach 6, any degree of stealth, and maneuverability are mutually contradictory.

check the reply:

here. (http://z13.invisionfree.com/The_NS_Draftroom/index.php?showtopic=3776)

there are major problems with this design I don't feel the need to restate.

OOC: She's been modified to be more MT.