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Official Statement of the Free Republic of Kahanistan

Due to massive invasions, general destruction, and outright genocide, in the wake of our economic rebuilding the Government of Kahanistan sees fit to offer a series of lucrative defence contracts for the purpose of enhancing our national security.

The first, largest, and most important defence contract revolves around the construction of a state-of-the-art air defence grid. This defence grid must be multilayered, capable of responding to threats from high-altitude stealth bombers, resilient against most forms of air defence suppression, and encompass interceptors able to take off from carriers near the coastline and engage enemy forces before they become threats to land targets. The carriers that would be employed are of a future domestic design and of significantly smaller capacity than most modern carriers.

The second contract is for the development of a nuclear defence that offers protection against missiles coming in from satellites. This must allow for engagement of missiles in their terminal stage, and provide protection for the missile defence until time to fire. A success rate of over 90% for this defence grid is essential.

The third contract is for protection of civilian and military satellites from enemy ASAT and ball bearing attack. While we already attach point defence guns to our satellites, which can engage and fire on some types of missile, protection from smaller projectiles or debris is far beyond our current technological level.

Signed,
Khalid bin Abdullah al-Omari,
President of Kahanistan

*bumpicus threadicus*

We in Allanea hereby transfer to you the production blueprints of our Universal Standard Anti-Ballistic Missile. It carries four one-megaton semi-guided, indepdendently targeted warheads to engage MIRV's and missiles both in orbit and in terminal stage. We hope that helps.

Official Statement of the Free Republic of Kahanistan

We are most grateful for this technology; it will serve us well in wars to come. Allanean contractors are welcome to help us set up the infrastructure to fire these missiles on various types of attacking satellites.

Are these effective against godrods?

Signed,
Khalid bin Abdullah al-Omari,
President of Kahanistan

Hub Limited Exports, co.

We believe there is a product you'll be interested in. It's the Dachnik space shotgun system (http://z4.invisionfree.com/NSDraftroom/index.php?showtopic=1086), manufactured by one of our suppliers.

The system is comprised of Yanodachi or Jager launcher, Dachnik orbiter module, optional GSO retransmitter module, and several kill vehicles fired from the orbiter.
System's key feature is rapid response: it can be launched in just 20 minutes to enter the orbit above the protected target in proper time; kill vehicles accelerate very fast, and don't have to hit-to-kill, but instead can maneuver to fire a large canister of tungsten shot in the set direction with set spread. Optionally, a load of large flechettes can be fired in order to destroy ballistic missile warheads. Space is not contaminated, as the usual firing direction is slightly downwards.
The kill vehicles can enter the upper atmosphere and engage high-altitude atmospheric targets as well.

This system can efficiently engage:
* Spaceplanes of all kinds, space-launched missiles
* High-altitude bombers; particularly bypassing stealth as it views them from the top
* Ballistic and high-altitude cruise missiles
* Hostile satellites
The orbiter can be either launched immediately at command, or stay in the orbit for up to 10 years. The general use involves both methods, firing of the first vehicles immediately and other when required.


The specifications and cost are listed in the description. Low system cost is possible due to relative mechanical simplicity.

We believe it can fill a very significant part of the roles required.

OOC:

protection from smaller projectiles or debris is far beyond our current technological level. It really is. What would it do, vaporise each pellet?

TO: Office of President Khalid bin Abdullah al-Omari of Kahanistan
FROM: Lyran Governmental Trade Department

RE: National Aerospace Defence

Sir

We would like to draw your attention to the LY471 "Skyguard" Anti-aircraft/Anti-ballistic missile system.

We feel that it should meet most, if not all, of your needs quite adequately, in one package.

Please let us know either way.

Regards

Lieutenant-General Aleksandr
Director
Lyran Governmental Trade Department
Bredubar
Protectorate of Lyras

OOC: Link in sig.

Official Statement of the Free Republic of Kahanistan

To: Hub Limited Exports Co.

Unfortunately, an integral part of the Lyran strategic missile defence system is available only to those nations with an "established relationship" with Lyras, which we do not consider ourselves to have at this point. We may, however, consider its air defence system as a possible replacement.

We will therefore accept the strategic missile defence design of Vault 10; we find its schematics most amusing, especially the blacks among the officers reviewing the files (though they are more likely to encounter prejudice from the Arab Man than the White Man.)

Regarding tighter defences for satellites, some of our engineers have suggested magnetic armour, which can repel pieces of metal, but unfortunately is helpless against ceramic ball bearings, asteroids with low metal content, or non-metallic space debris. This has been deployed on several experimental satellites.

At this point, we merely need a suitable interceptor for engaging bombers before they reach our airspace; as we are on an island, we would therefore have to launch them from carriers.

Signed,
Khalid bin Abdullah al-Omari,
President of Kahanistan

OOC:

As for air defense, if not going with the Lyran system, I'm planning to make a missile design soon. Basically it will be a similar platform, with multiple attack vehicles fired from the carrier missile, but atmospheric.


Regarding tighter defences for satellites, some of our engineers have suggested magnetic armour, which can repel pieces of metal,
This really doesn't work - the energy density required to create a field to just levitate metal is so huge that it's only achieved with small foil pieces. Now imagine repelling space-velocity projectiles... Just doesn't work, at all. It has to be faced, satellites can't be protected.