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Colonial Army

Table of Organization

Combat Personel: 614,000
Colonial Infantry Divisions: 38 (10 reserve divisions activated)
Armored Divisions: 10
Airborne Divisions: 12 (5 reserve divisions activated)
Cavalry Divisions: 6
Colonial Dragoon Divisions: 2 brigades
Independant Artillery Battalions: 5
Independant Engineering Brigades: 3

Divisional Breakdown

Division: 9,000 troops, 3 brigades
Brigade: 3,000 troops, 3 regiments
Regiment: 1,000 troops, 2 battalions
Battalion: 500 troops, 5 companies
Company: 100 troops, 10 squads
Squad: 10 troops

Each brigade is capable of independant operations and typically fields 100 MBTs (Armored and cavalry vary), 200 IFVs and several helicopter platoons.
Of its 18 total battalions, there are 3 headquarters battalions, 1 heavy artillery battalion and 1 hospital battalion.
Of the 30 companies in each brigade, there are 3 light artillery, 3 heavy artillery, 3 engineering and 1 hospital unit.


Army Equipment

Tanks
M5 Blub Tank: (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=13343055&postcount=34) 9,500
M20 Mackhall MBT: (http://www.forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=501027) 11,000
M7A2 "Striker" TDV: (http://www.forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=501027) 7,000
MCA-7E "Timber Wolf": (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=545305) 9,000

IFV/APC
BDV "Blub Deployment Vehicle": (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=13343053&postcount=33) 45,000

Artillery
Assorted towed and self propelled
Assorted MRLS

Air Defense
M5 Chassis M5AD1 40mm: 900
M5 Chassis M5BSAM RAMJET: 730

Rotary
UH-96A: (http://www.forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=12805180&postcount=32) 6,000
AH-96C: (http://www.forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=12805180&postcount=32) 850
SH-96F: (http://www.forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=12805180&postcount=32) 950
HH-96B: (http://www.forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=12805180&postcount=32) 1,100
HH-96D: (http://www.forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=12805180&postcount=32) 700

Colonial Air Force

Table of Organization & Equipment
Total Personel: 635,000

Fighter
F-99 Victory: (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?p=14218646#post14218646) 480 <Blubland>
F-28D Green Eagle (http://www.forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=12269628&postcount=784): 950 <Aequatio>
Supermarine Scimitar Interceptor FAW.1: (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=13163651&postcount=3) 550 <Questers>
Supermarine Stalwart F.2: (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=13171385&postcount=42) 800 <Questers>
F-22 Raptor: 24
F-15C: 48


Attack/Strike
F-77 Zulu (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=568310): 850 <Blubland>
A-16A Invader (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=12855709&postcount=68): 700 <Aequatio>
Blackburn Boxer GR.2 Mk 2 (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=13188144&postcount=64): 600 <Questers>
Supermarine Storke FGR.1: (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=13163722&postcount=6) 600 <Questers>
F-16E: 72

Gunship
AC-180F Doppleganger (http://www.forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10835317&postcount=264): 20 <Aequatio>
AC-100 Roc (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=13195195&postcount=9): 255 <Blubland>

Heavy Bomber
S/A Sariel: 20

AWAC/EWC
E-10 Guardian: 59
E-14A (Command and Control): (http://www.forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=12804963&postcount=31) 20 <Aequatio>
E-14B (ESA): (http://www.forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=12804963&postcount=31) 20 <Aequatio>
E-14C (AWAC): (http://www.forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=12804963&postcount=31)40 <Aequatio>

Tanker
KC-180 "Supertanker": (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=12806151&postcount=35) 330 <Aequatio>

Prop
Sparrow X-2 (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=13349344&postcount=36): 590
Sparrow X-1: 200 (Due for upgrade)
G4M Betty: 100 (Reserve)

Transport
C-181A "Starlifter II": (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=12806151&postcount=35) 350 <Aequatio>
C-40: 180
C-141K: 740
C-130 Hercules: 1,480
Raven Glider: 1,690

Colonial Navy

Table of Organization & Equipment
Total Personel: 1,475,000

Battleships
Victory Class Super Dreadnought (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=12717463&postcount=1): 30
Prince of Aralonia Class (http://z4.invisionfree.com/NSDraftroom/index.php?showtopic=123&hl=): 25 <Aralonia>
Mk.XI Montana Class Battleship: 1 (1 due for decomission, 6 decomissioned and scrapped)
Valiant Class Battleship: 15
Hyperion Class Dreadnought: 3

Aircraft Carriers
Hauptstadt Class CVN: (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=13917685&postcount=28) 20 <Leistung>
Super Nimitz Class CV: 31
Wasp Class Assault Ship: 40
Spider Class Helicopter CV: 25
Kitty Hawk Class CV: 0 (4 in mothballs, 5 decomissioned and scrapped)

Cruisers
Verteidiger Class Guided Missile Cruiser: (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=13916191&postcount=17) 200 <Leistung>
Nemesis Class Air Defense Cruiser: (http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/4720/nemesisddcf5.png) 445 <Aralonia>
Donaldson Class Cruiser: (http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/541/ransdonaldsonwu6.png) 395 <Aralonia>
Mk. III Ticonderoga Class Cruiser: 35 (35 due for decomission, 5 decomissioned and scrapped)

Destroyers
Taifun Class DDG: (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=13915998&postcount=15) 100 <Leistung>
Hayasake Class Destroyer: 50
Mk.III Arleigh Burke Class Destroyer: 40
Mk. IV KDX-III Class Destroyer: 50

Frigates
Guardian Class: 0 (24 decomissioned and scrapped)

Corvette
Miniatur Fast Attack Craft: (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=13915222&postcount=3) 300 <Leistung>
Type 07 Aviso: (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=542256) 40 <Akimonad>


Auxillary
Sanders Class AOE (http://www.forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10991830&postcount=330): 90 <Aequatio>
Thalberg Class LSD: (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=13937231&postcount=70) <Leistung>
Knight Class LHD: (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=13885385&postcount=255) 50 <North Point>

Air Assets
Hawker Cossack S.2: (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=13163642&postcount=2) 1,350 <Quesers>
Hawker Calcutta GR.3: (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=13185587&postcount=56) 1,500 <Questers>
Blackburn Battle FA.1: (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=13163696&postcount=5) 1,400 <Questers>
Sparrow X-2 (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=13349344&postcount=36): 350
F/A-35: 180
F-18 Hornet: 130

AWAC
E-3 Otter: 44

ASW
SH-20B Seacat: (http://www.forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10828450&postcount=260) 900 <Aequatio>
SH-62 Super Strikehawk: 300



Coast Guard

Destroyers
KDX-II: 20

Frigates
Guardian Class: 0 (0 Due for decomission, 35 decomissioned and scrapped)

Corvettes
Corvette
Type 07 Aviso: (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=542256) 30 <Akimonad>
Marlin GMC Flight III (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=13518861&postcount=40): 280
Swordfish GMC Flight II: 275
Razorfin GMC Flight I: 70

Air Assets
SH-20B Seacat: (http://www.forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10828450&postcount=260) 500 <Aequatio>
E-3 Otter: 90
SH-62 Super Strikehawk: 1,200


Colonial Marine Corp

Total Personel: 78,000
Colonial Marine Divisions: 5
Colonial Marine Expeditionary Divisions: 2
Colonial Marine HQ Brigade: 3

Formidable.

Updated with equipment from Questers, Aequatio and Aralonia.

Nicely done, although I would personally sub-divide the Squad in to Fire Team units of 4-5 each for versatility.

I would also not maintain such a heavy airborne component, and would instead use most of the troops in those units among standard ground units, maintaining perhaps one or two airborne divisions as elite specialized forces.

I have nothing else to say apart from that, except that it seems well thought out.

~ Romandeos.

Oh, well the squads are divided into fireteams of 5 each. But it's not a numbered breakdown. The divisions, brigades, regiments, battalions, companies and squads are numbered. For example, 2nd squad, 3rd company, 2nd battalion.

The fireteams are just Alpha and Bravo. It's more of a tactical formation to the Blubs, like combining divisions into a Corp.

Oh, well the squads are divided into fireteams of 5 each. But it's not a numbered breakdown. The divisions, brigades, regiments, battalions, companies and squads are numbered. For example, 2nd squad, 3rd company, 2nd battalion.

The fireteams are just Alpha and Bravo. It's more of a tactical formation to the Blubs, like combining divisions into a Corp.

I see. Thatmakes a kind of sense, and I suppose if it works for you, you should roll with it. My forces make the Fire Team official. A leg infantry squad in the RRA would look like this.

1) Squad Leader (Usually a Staff Sergeant)
2) Two Fire Team Leaders (Each usually a Sergeant)
3) Two Fire Teams

Each individual Fire Team is organized thusly.

1) Team Chief (Usually a Corporal) armed with an assault rifle
2) Team Gunner (Usually a Lance-Corporal) armed with a SAW
3) Team Grenadier (Usually a PFC) armed with an assault rifle/grenade launcher combo
4) Team Marskman (Usually a Private) armed with a scoped assault rifle

In all, that's eleven soldiers.

AC-100 "Roc" Airborne Gunship

http://www.ac-119gunships.com/images/misc/AC-119K%20Stinger%20Gunship72dpi.jpg

Footage of the AC-100 in action
Clip 1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUWx95dgUug)
Clip 2 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhmtEmWnEAE)
Clip 3 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXGYYz8asw8)

Historically in every battle the Blubs have been involved with, they have been outnumbered. Thus, the Colonial Defense Force has adapted to being at a constant disadvantage in several ways. One of these ways is brute firepower.

The CDF has scoured the markets searching for a suitable gunship platform and encountered several. However, they tend to be extremely expensive. And so to help fill in, the CDF will begin domestic production of an indigenious gunship platform, the AC-100.



Crew: 13
Officers: 5 (pilot, copilot, navigator, fire control officer, electronic warfare officer)
Enlisted: 8 (flight engineer, TV operator, infrared detection set operator, loadmaster, four aerial gunners)
(Pilot, Navigator/Co-pilot, weapon master, 8 gunner/operators)
Length: 32m
Wingspan: 45m
Height: 13.25m
Empty Weight: 54,000 kg
Maximum Gross Takeoff Weight: 70,000 kg
Maximum Speed: 650 km/h
Range: Unlimited with in-flight refueling
Service Ceiling: 10,500m


Armament
1x 125mm howitzer (20 rpm), 500 rounds
1x bofors 40mm (100 rpm), 1,500 rounds
2x 25mm rotary cannons (2,000 rpm), 12,000 rounds each

Defenses
x2 Chaff dispenser
x3 Flare dispenser
Black Hole IR Jamming pod
Black Hole RADAR Jamming pod
Armored hull and cockpit

AC-100 now has video footage of combat.

The Glorious Republic of Leafanistan

Due to hostilities with CA and former CA allied nations we feel it isn't in the best interest of one or our allies to use Akimonadi equipment.

We will take every single one of your Type 07 Corvettes, and replace them with Audacious class Hovercorvette (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=12996211&postcount=591)s, while smaller, are far more capable craft. We'll even throw in 10 free ones, turning your corvette fleet from 50 to 60.

We'll include an upgrade to Bofors 76mm Naval Gun to replace the dual 30mm Recoilless Rifles.

[END]

We find this highly irregular. Do you speak on behalf of Akimonad? Or against them? We are not involved in any wars currently, and this request is extremely .. strange. We require clarification. Thank you.

We find this highly irregular. Do you speak on behalf of Akimonad? Or against them? We are not involved in any wars currently, and this request is extremely .. strange. We require clarification. Thank you.

I'm sure you remember our emergency assistance, financial and military to your nation during the conflict with Hataria. We merely wish that one of our esteemed allies does not use equipment stained with the blood of CA slave labor. We make similar offers to other nations.

OOC: Akimonad quit the CA. He's in UFAN now, which is against slavery...

I'm sure you remember our emergency assistance, financial and military to your nation during the conflict with Hataria. We merely wish that one of our esteemed allies does not use equipment stained with the blood of CA slave labor. We make similar offers to other nations.

We do remember the assistance, but we were unaware of Akimonad's pro-slavery stance. Do you ask that we give the ships back to Akimonad or hand them over to you? Per the Blubland Military Aquisition Treaty, we try to avoid giving away one nation's technology to another foreign power without permission.

We do remember the assistance, but we were unaware of Akimonad's pro-slavery stance. Do you ask that we give the ships back to Akimonad or hand them over to you? Per the Blubland Military Aquisition Treaty, we try to avoid giving away one nation's technology to another foreign power without permission.

The ships will be given to Mei Lin Scrapyards in Saharistan and destroyed. We still have bad blood with Akimonad. Akimonad does not have a pro-slavery stance, but bad histories die hard, like blood debts never expire.

We hope that you fully understand the terrible position you are putting us in. It is an insult to Akimonad. We are in effect losing an arms supplier - of which there seem to be fewer and fewer - while putting a large hole in our coastal defenses while you bring in the replacements.

We will submit the ships for scrap, as requested.

We hope that you fully understand the terrible position you are putting us in. It is an insult to Akimonad. We are in effect losing an arms supplier - of which there seem to be fewer and fewer - while putting a large hole in our coastal defenses while you bring in the replacements.

We will submit the ships for scrap, as requested.

The delivery will take a week for the first 30 ships to arrive and another week for the next 20. We will give you a 10% discount at the New Leafanistani Integrated Storefront to make up for it. When one of our ships arrives at your ports you send the crew back on the Type 07s.

Hrmm.

We've changed our minds. We're keeping the corvettes.

We've changed our minds. We're keeping the corvettes.

Regardless we are donating 10 Audacious class Cruisers and you will keep the 10% discount to the New Leafanistani Integrated Storefront.

We hope you evaluate the Audacious class and find it to be a better ship.

We have decided your fight is with Akimonad. We should not be dragged into the middle of it. As it is not a shooting war, we will not take sides currently.

We have decided your fight is with Akimonad. We should not be dragged into the middle of it. As it is not a shooting war, we will not take sides currently.

OOC: Alright. Things have cooled off with Akimonad anyway. I'm actually trying to pick a fight now, its hard when so many people back our or go away forever.

Updated.

OOC: Blub, you are my hero. Glad to see you're still active :)

ooc: Tough to stay active. Folks love to start fights with me because I have a relatively small military, but then they get pissed and "ignore" me when I start to win because I don't do the ZOMG MISSILE SPAM crap. >.>

OOC: well at least you don't have to worry about Hataria eh?

There's this thread - http://www.forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=546657 - limited particpation and the OP seems to have an idea of what he's doing. Should be no LOL UBARTECHMISSILE ATTAX there hopefully

ooc: I'll check it out. I've been spending some of my time recently developing a Blub Adventures webcomic. :D

OOC: :eek: Blub, as if you could get any more awesome. Is it online yet or work in progress?

OOC: We have the first episode up. We're working on episode 2 today, and should have it up by Friday at the latest.

http://www.candydragon.net/blub

We've been having problems getting it to show in firefox, so let me know if it just shows code.

OOC:

I came

I saw

I loved it :D

Updated to show decomissioned ships. Dozens of ships have been decomissioned and scrapped. Several Kitty Hawk Class have been mothballed.

Added a bit of information about the Army divisional structure. Each division tends to be individual, however.

Beginning development of the Prototype Guided Missile Corvette Flight III, successor to the Razorfin/Swordfish line.

GMC III will be a very fast, stealthy patrol ship equipped to deal with a variety of threats. Its missile payload will allow for intercepting surface ships, aircraft and submarines. The GMC III will also be fitted with an experimental torpedo defense system and the latest Linebacker 25mm ACIWS.

BDV (Blub Deployment Vehicle)

http://img236.imageshack.us/img236/1725/blubdeploymentvehiclehm6.png

The BDV has been in use with the Colonial Defense Force for years. The design is simple. A low-slung, powerful all-terrain APC with air catapults built into the armored crew compartment. It can fling a 100lb object (Such as a Blub) about 20 meters into the air and 150 meters horiziontally.

This dangerous method of infantry dismounting gave rise to the 13D MOS. Jump Infantry (13 Delta). Jump Infantry are trained to use lightweight, but powerful jetpacks to slow their descent to a safe level. The jetpacks are very inefficient for lifting a trooper's weight, but are extremely useful for enhancing a jump. Typically the packs are jettisoned once a trooper is in the fight.

Recently the BDV has been redesigned. Instead of 9 air catapults, there are now 5 with a capacity for launching up to 200lbs 40 meters vertically and 250 horizontally. This reduction in weight allowed the BDV to be effectively 'up-armored' with better defenses.


Weight 6 tonnes
Length: 4.5 m
Width: 2.8 m
Height: 1.7 m
Crew: 12 (commander, driver + 10 passengers)

Armor: Soft- and hard-kill anti-missile defense systems, NERA, modular & classified composite armor
Primary armament: x2 ATGM launcher
Engine: 4-cycle, 12-cylinder water-cooled diesel 1,000 hp
Drive: Tracked
Power/weight: 27.2 hp/tonne
Suspension: In-arm Suspension Unit
Operational range: 750 miles
Speed: 180 km/h (acceleration of 0-63 km/h with in 8 seconds)


Export price: $7 million dollars

M5 Blub Tank

http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/8493/blubtank2eu3.png

M5 has been unveiled as the new mainstay of the Colonial Defense Force of Blubland. Unique to Blubland, the M5 is a light tank equipped with heavy armor and a 135mm main gun. The top-mounted 25mm chaingun has its own sensor package for automated ATGM defense. Lightweight and packing a strong punch, the M5's long range and high speed make it perfect for the highly mobile Blub Colonial Defense Force.

The engine, being smaller than many other types of engine that generate similar amounts of power, allowed the designers to fit a small gas-turbine engine capable of outputting 100 horsepower, into the space that was left over, which will act as an auxiliary power unit for the tank to power its onboard systems even when its main engines are turned off. It will allow the tank to conserve fuel when idling and reduce the vehicle's overall thermal and acoustic signatures.

The new autoloader enables the tank to fire up to 20 rounds per minute, or one round every three seconds, without being affected by the gun's angle. The autoloader's design is original and designed much like a revolver. 5 rounds at a time are held in an armored cylinder, with four cylinders total. Once 10 rounds have been exhausted, the system recycles the two empty cylinders, refilling them automaticly.

The vehicle can fire a variety of munitions using its main gun including, but not limited to, an indigenously developed and improved tungsten APFSDS kinetic energy penetrators, which offer significantly better penetration than the previous generation tungsten rounds, and multi-purpose HEAT chemical energy rounds similar to the M830A1 HEAT MP-T that can be used against personnel, unarmored and lightly armored vehicles on the ground as well as low-flying helicopters.

Another munition for the tank's main gun is the BSTAM (Blub Smart Top-Attack Munition) rounds designed specifically for use with the M5. It is basically a top-attack anti-tank munition that is launched from the tank's main gun, launched in similar fashion that one expects from a mortar or long-range artillery with curved trajectory. It should not to be confused with an anti-tank missile—it does not contain any rocket propellants or motors, and travels through the air solely with the energy applied to it during the firing from the main gun. The munition has its own guidance and obstacle-avoidance systems, small millimeter band RADAR, IR, radiometer sensors and EFP. After being fired, the munition will follow its firing trajectory, aided by four fins to stabilize its flight, and travel over to its designated target area, whereupon a parachute will deploy to slow its fall, giving the onboard RADAR system and sensors enough time to seek and acquire stationary or moving targets and fire away its EFP at the top of the target. During the whole time, the launch vehicle does not need to reveal itself at all and can attack its targets while hiding behind cover while firing off multiple munitions, as they are fire-and-forget and attack targets completely independent of input, providing an effective indirect-fire support or countermeasures against targets hidden behind obstacles and structures. The munition can also be manually controlled in a limited fashion by live data link connection with the launch vehicle. The minimum range of the munition is 2 km, while the maximum range is 8 km.

The turret is driven by electrical motors.

The tank will also be equipped with a millimeter band RADAR system, along with the traditional LASER range-finder and crosswind sensor, combined with next-generation FCS, that will allow it to track and engage low-flying aircraft with the main gun quickly and accurately as well as detect incoming projectiles fired at the tank. A "lock-on" mode will be available for the tank's FCS to keep its target locked on to the targeting system, with the system calculating, adjusting and updating the target's information constantly, allowing the tank to fire while moving without any loss of accuracy. The lock-on mode can acquire and track its target using thermal optics wired to the FCS up to 9.8 km away

An onboard GPS uplink allows the crew to be highly aware of its surroundings. Also included in the package is an environmental sensor that can detect if the tank has entered a hazardous environment.

The tank also has the ability to link up with C4I.

Weight 45 tonnes
Length: 6.5 m (5.5m chassis)
Width: 2.8 m
Height: 1.9 m
Crew: 3 (commander, gunner, driver)

Armor: Layers consisting of soft- and hard-kill anti-missile defense systems, ERA, NERA, modular & classified composite armor
Primary armament: 135 mm, 55 caliber smoothbore gun (60 rounds)
Secondary armament: 1× 25 mm chaingun (2,200 rounds)
1x .50cal coaxial machine gun (9,000 rounds)
Engine: 4-cycle, 12-cylinder water-cooled diesel 1,500 hp
Drive: DUR-IT HALVTRAKS
Power/weight: 37.2 hp/tonne
Suspension: In-arm Suspension Unit
Operational range: 650 miles
Speed: 110 km/h (acceleration of 0-52 km/h with in 7 seconds)


Export price: $10 million dollars

And.. obviously, added the "Blub" line of armor.

"Sparrow X2" Experimental Upgrade - Building A Better Turboprop

http://img125.imageshack.us/img125/4600/sparrowyi8.jpg

The X2 Program is designed to modernize the X1, making it the world's only turboprop fighter able to compete with supersonic jets by equipping it with a new avionics package, upgraded engines and weaponry.

X2 Program Goals

Part 1 * Produce a stealthier aircraft less likely to be seen by RADAR or HUD programming.

Part 2 * Increase power, speed and manuverability. Increase range and allow for mid-flight refueling.

Part 3 * Modern weaponry and avionics giving the X2 long range striking power and formidible dog fighting capabilities.

Part 4 * Cut operation costs and increase longevity through several means.

Overall
The airframe will be extended infront of the cockpit by replacing the nose of the aircraft with a fuselage extension which will house the inflight refueling gear as well as an upgraded sensor/RADAR package. To maintain balance to the aircraft, the rear of the fuselage will also be extended and the tail height reduced slightly, and the cockpit pushed back. The overall fuselage modifications will extend the length of the aircraft by aproximately 3.4 meters (Or about 10.6 feet)

Part 1
Stealth isn't just about being invisible to RADAR. Infact, almost no aircraft on the planet is capable of fully avoiding RADAR. However, there are other ways of effectively hiding an aircraft based on these basic facts:

* It is possible to have varying degrees of stealth. The exact level and nature of stealth embodied in a particular design is determined by the prediction of likely threat capabilties and the balance of other considerations, including the raw unit cost of the system.

* A mission system employing stealth may well become detected at some point within a given mission, such as when the target is destroyed, however correct use of stealth systems should seek to minimise the possibility of detection.

* Attacking with surprise gives the attacker more time to perform its mission and exit before the defending force can counter-attack.

Mitigating factors include that propellers are notorious for providing a good RADAR return, and that the body of the X1 was not designed for stealth. Certain steps will be taken to minimize the detection. These are all very easy, and cheap ways of increasing the aircraft's ability to avoid detection, and survivability.

Heat: Due to the turboprop engines, The Pucara is one of the coolest-running aircraft in the world. By applying additional insulation around the engines and using heat-absorbing materials around the exhaust ports, the heat signature will be reduced massively. The X1 Sparrow should be very difficult to pick up on infrared, especially at lower altitudes where the air is warmer. (Usually 23,000 feet and lower)

One means of reducing the IR signature is to have a non-circular tail pipe (a slit shape) in order to minimize the exhaust cross-sectional volume and maximise the mixing of the hot exhaust with cool ambient air. Cool air is deliberately injected into the exhaust flow by forward vents to boost this process. To achieve infrared stealth, the exhaust gas is cooled to the temperatures where the brightest wavelengths it radiates on are absorbed by atmospheric carbon dioxide and water vapor, dramatically reducing the infrared visibility of the exhaust plume. Another way to reduce the exhaust temperature is to circulate coolant fluids inside the exhaust pipe, where the fuel tanks serve as additional heat sinks cooled by the flow of air along the wings. The degree of cooling is controlled by an onboard computer.

Shape: To minimize RADAR returns, the most-solid pieces of the airframe (The engine cowling) will employ radar absorbing paint such as iron ferrite and have serrations along the exhaust port to break up RADAR returns. The propeller blades will be made from a composite, the same type used on helicopter blades which rather than scattering RADAR waves, absorb them. The whole system has been nicknamed 'Humming Bird II' for the fact that in testing, the X2 has the same RADAR cross-signature as a humming bird.

Sound: The X2 Sparrow will feature somewhat larger propeller blades than the original design. This allows them to turn at a slower rate than smaller types and still maintain the same speed, but for greatly reduced sound emissions. Additionally, the turbofans have been retrofitted with noise-dampening technology.

Part 2
As noted earlier, extention of the airframe and moving the cockpit back maintains aircraft balance while allowing for inflight refueling to be installed. The former steel and aluminium skin and frame will be replaced by lightweight titanium. This will save several tons in weight on the X2 allowing for the larger engines and increase the support strength. This translates into more payload.

Speed: Thrust on the aircraft has been increased by approximately 30% on the lighter airframe translating into approximately 48% more power. A unique engine cycle system will be installed, which is essentially a 'glide' mode. Due to the larger prop blades and lighter weight, the X2 will be able to maintain altitude at a slower turn ratio on the propellers. This allows the X2 to loiter above sites using minimal fuel and producing basicly no heat or sound.

Power: By altering the gearboxes and using larger engines, greater torque can be achieved for the X2 allowing for the fastest acelleration of a turboprop on the planet. This is unecessary for the naval version due to aircraft catapults, will be very useful on short runways. The dogfighting aspect is obvious.

Manuverability: Size of wing and tail flaps will be increased slightly, as well as manuvering flaps. The independant engines allow for power to be increased on either side, providing a wingtip turn within a very tight radius.

Part 3

Avionics Package The X2 is fitted with upgraded warfare avionics. These include:

ULISS 52 inertial navigation system (INS), TRT radio altimeter.
Sextant TMV-980 data display system (VE-130 head-up and VMC-180 head-down) (two head-down for the X2 Sparrow). The combined head-up/head-level display is collimated at infinity, and presents data relating to flight control, navigation, target engagement and weapon firing. Sensor and system management data is presented on two colored lateral displays.
Dassault Electronique Type 2084 central digital computer, Digibus digital databus (2084 XR) and Sextant Avionique Type 90 air data computer.
LMT NRAI-7A IFF transponder, IO-300-A marker beacon receiver, TRT ERA 7000 V/UHF com transceiver, TRT ERA 7200 UHF or EAS secure voice communications.

Radar
CSF RDM multi-mode radar or Dassault Electronique/Thomson-CSF RDI pulse-Doppler radar each with operating range of 54 nm (100 km / 62 miles).
Dassault/Thales Antilope 5 Radar with terrain avoidance capability for low level strikes.

Countermeasures
Radar warning receiver (RWR) with antennas on the wingtips and on the rear of the top of the tailfin.
RF jammer in a pod below the bottom of the tailfin, with an antenna in a fairing on the front of the tailfin.
Flare dispensers, one fitted on an extension behind the rear of each wingroot, giving a total capacity of 224 cartridges.

Part 4

The X2 been modified to carry a modified engine operating on soy-derived bio-jet fuel. The project, financed and directed by the Blubland Government made Blubland the largest nation in the world to propel an aircaft with biojet fuel. The project intends to make the X2 less reliant on costly fossil fuels. The larger versions of the same engines will be used, and with Blubland farming as well as imports, the X2 will be able to operate at 90% less fuel costs.

By using technologies already developed, the Blubland project has a minimum of development and research to do. The primary work is the fuselage extention and the redesign, which is mostly done on computers. In using lightweight titanium instead of Composite Armor or Layered Titanium and a turboprop design, the X2 Sparrow comes out well under the price of any other modern day jet fighters.

Specifications

X1 Sparrow Counter-Insurgency / Interceptor Modernization Program
Class: turboprop
Crew: 2
Length: 16.75 m (54 ft 10 in)
Wingspan: 14.5 m (47 ft 7 in)
Height: 5.36 m (47 ft 1 in)
Wing area: 30.3m² (326.1ft²)
Powerplant: 2 XVIII turboprops
Max Speed: 1,370 km/h (850 mph)
Cruising Speed: 690 km/h (428 mph)
Loiter Speed: 390 km/h (242 mph)
Range: 4,210 km (2,615 mi) Unlimited with refueling
Armament: 14,800 lb
4 wing hardpoints
3 fuselage hardpoints

6× 25 mm autocannons with 1,250 rounds each (fuselage)
Wing hardpoints: x2 wingtip for missiles, x2 underwing for missiles, bombs or pods.
Fuselage hardpoints: Additional gun pods, bombs, rockets, large missiles, mines, or torpedoes.

Just as a note, Episde 2 of the comic is up.

http://www.candydragon.net/blub

Blub comic episode 3 is finished and up.

Updated. 10 divisions added, GMC Flight III complete and in production.

Marlin Class Guided Missile Corvette Flight III

http://images.military.com/EQGpics/EQG_VSComLCS_1.jpg
(Concept and image for Marlin taken from LCS class)

The Marlin Class is Flight III of the Blub Naval Division's ongoing fast attack/patrol ship designed to be a fast, maneuverable and networked surface combatant for missions such as mine warfare, anti-submarine warfare as well as surface warfare.

Purpose
The GMC was originally comissioned for use by the Blubland Navy and Coast Guard. However, due to the limited versility of Flights I and II, the GMC was either decomissioned or put on duty with the Coast Guard.

Hull
The Flight III has completely redesigned the entire ship from the hull up. The design for Flight III is based on a proven high-speed trimaran hull. The 127-meter surface combatant design calls for a crew of fewer than 40 sailors, while the trimaran hull should enable the ship to reach sustainable speeds of nearly 50 knots (90 km/h) and range as far as 10,000 nautical miles (20,000 km).

Space
The large interior volume and payload is greater than larger destroyers and is sufficient to serve as a high-speed transport and maneuver platform. The mission bay is 11,800 square feet (1,100 m²), and takes up most of the deck below the hangar and flight deck.

In addition to cargo or container-sized mission modules, the bay can carry four lanes of multiple IFVs, armored vehicles and their associated troops. An elevator allows air transport of TEU-sized packages that can be moved into the mission bay while at sea. A side access ramp allows for vehicle roll-on/roll-off loading to a dock. The habitability area is under the bridge with bunks for many personnel.

Aircraft

The ship has an integrated LOS Mast, Sea Giraffe Radar and SeaFLIR. Side and forward surfaces are angled for reduced radar profile. In addition, sea helicopters provide airlift, rescue, anti-submarine, radar picket and anti-ship capabilities with torpedoes and missiles. The ship is not designed as a base for VTOL jets, but the flight deck is large enough to hold them.

Further Defenses
The bow contains retractable mine detection sonar. A BAE Mk. 110 57 mm/70 gun (Bofors 57 mm) is mounted on the bow. Three SRBOC chaff and IR countermeasure launchers and 2 Nulka decoy launchers are mounted port and starboard. The Nulka is a hovering rocket decoy which attracts anti-ship missiles.

Two torpedo decoy launchers are mounted P/S aft, supplemented by the British-designed Surface Ship Torpedo Defence (SSTD) system. A 21-cell Rolling Airframe Missile launcher is mounted above the hangar for short-range defense against missiles, aircraft and small boats or ships.

Displacement: 2500 tons
Length: 379 ft (115.5 m)
Beam: 43 ft (13.1 m)
Draft: 12.1 ft (3.7 m)
Propulsion:
2 Gas Turbines, 2 Diesel,
4 waterjets retractable Azimuth thruster
4 diesel generators
Speed: 33 knots, 45 sprinting
Range: 1,500 nmi (2,800 km) at 45 knots, 4,300 nmi (8,000 km) at 20 knots (40 km/h)
Endurance: 21 days (336 hours)
Complement: 25 to 50 core crew, 75 mission crew
Armament:

Retractable mine detection sonar
57 mm Bofors gun turret
2 Type 50 Torpedo launchers
4 50 cal gun (2 aft, 2 forward
3 rapid bloom chaff launchers
2 missile decoy launchers
2 torpedo decoy launchers
Rolling Airframe Missile 21 missile launcher
Towed Array Sonar
Mission modules *

Aircraft: four sea helicopters, UAVs
Watercraft: 11 m RHIB, 40 ft (12 m) high-speed boats

Updated.

Updated. Coast Guard Guardians scrapped, replaced by GMC Flight IIIs. Blub Tanks increased by 570 due to production.

Updated with F-77 Zulu (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=568310) strike fighters.

Updated for further production of the Zulu.

We would like to purchase 1000 BDV for $7 Billion and
100 M5 Blub tanks for $1 Billion

Finally we would like to offer some of our material. Please message me if you are interested.

Official Reply
We can confirm your purchase and will ship them out immedietly.

And what sort of materials might you have?

ooc: I am having trouble (read time constraints) on finishing my store. however, I have a few main products:

the AL52 Dragon (here) (http://z13.invisionfree.com/The_Mercenary_Camp/index.php?showtopic=1&st=0)

the B2-C Vampire which is an automated version of the B2, with capabilities to launch UAVs, and advanced ordanance. It has the 'Liquid skin' capability, that allow it to change its profile for diffenent settings (fuel efficiency, speed, radar profile ect)

Also, I have some submarines, UAV and survival pod designs. I am also working on a tank killer design!

ooc: Ahhh. That thing seems way too PMT for me. I do MT.

OOC: It's from Dale Brown's novels, and is basically a real life concept (one aspect of Reagan's Star Wars program was airborne lasers mounted on large planes such as a B-52 or a converted jetliner and used to intercept missiles early in the launch phase), had the funding necessary for its development been provided.

OOC: It's from Dale Brown's novels, and is basically a real life concept (one aspect of Reagan's Star Wars program was airborne lasers mounted on large planes such as a B-52 or a converted jetliner and used to intercept missiles early in the launch phase), had the funding necessary for its development been provided.

OOC: He's powering it with a nuclear reactor. On an aircraft.

OOC: He's powering it with a nuclear reactor. On an aircraft.

well I can't copy directly from his books (cough anemos major cough) and it is a good idea!

well I can't copy directly from his books (cough anemos major cough) and it is a good idea!

ooc: That's fine if it's what you want. I just think it's PMT and won't use it. ;)

OOC: He's powering it with a nuclear reactor. On an aircraft.

Missed that part... just saw 'AL-52 Dragon,' figured it'd be using the chemical laser from the books, and called it a day. Whoops

F-99 (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?p=14218646#post14218646) added to inventory.

http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?p=14218646#post14218646

actually it is not PMT, Boeing recently blew up a HumVee with a airborne laser (about a month ago?) so it is entirely feasible!

Nuclear powered aircraft is MT?

sure, why not, if you don't care about the environment, it is entirely plausible! and chemical lasers, with a nuclear power supply are very possible!

sure, why not, if you don't care about the environment, it is entirely plausible! and chemical lasers, with a nuclear power supply are very possible!

<sigh> :rolleyes:

Nuclear powered aircraft is MT?

The US and USSR both tested aircraft with nuclear reactors in them during the Cold War.

Granted, the reactors didn't power the planes, due to monetary and political and strategical concerns.

But feasible designs have existed for 40+ years.

But feasible designs have existed for 40+ years.

exactly, and my scientists are even better!

I doubt that.

well there is no way of telling, but I do have 4x the population, and a military based culture, with huge amounts of research.....

Updated personel to reflect the growing navy. Overall number of active duty still under 0.004% of population.

Updated with recent purchases for the navy.

Updated. Some F-15s and F-22s scrapped, the remainder serving as OpFor. Coast Guard has recieved new equipment. Production runs for the Air Force extended.