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CB-1 Miaja Close Air Support Fighter available for export

Third Spanish States
13-09-2008, 08:23
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CB-1 Miaja (Cazabombardero)

Quick Overview

The CB-1 Miaja is an unique, twin-seater subsonic fighter-bomber with short take-off and landing capabilities. Its primary role is close air support, but it is also capable of air-to-air combat, naval bombing and interdiction (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_interdiction), engineered for being highly maneuverable, fuel-efficient and resistant. It uses a forward-swept wing with winglets, where it can continue flying even after the loss of the winglets, and packs a V-tail to reduce its drag. It's driven by two EP-91 engines mounted above the wings, which are tractor propfans optimized for biofuels, combining efficiency with jet aircraft speed, and also explaining its heavily sound-proofed cockpit. Its armament consists in a heavy 40mm twin-barreled revolver autocannon able to wreak havoc against the top armor of most armored vehicles, in 8 under-wing hardpoints with pylons and in an internal bay capable of 3,500kg of payload in bombs which has actuators for otherwise loading 6 additional missiles. Like the CL-32 Buitre Air Superiority and Interceptor Fighter (http://forums3.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=554394), it offers a reliable build focused on ease and low cost of maintenance and re-supplying, which can be performed in less than optimal infrastructure conditions, and its capability of short take-off and landing on rough terrains, including even larger public roads, not restricting it to conventional airbases for operation, basic maintenance and re-supplying. It shares some avionics components with the CL-32, but instead uses a 3D radar as its main targeting system, which can also illuminate targets for the CL-32, and can in parallel lock on another target with its optical/infrared targeting system.

Specifications

Type: Short Take-off and Landing Fighter-Bomber
Length: 15.80m
Wingspan: 15.70m
Height: 5m
Airframe: Forward-swept wing w/ winglets, V-tail
Stealth: Not designed for, although V-tail reduces RCS
Propulsion:
- 2 EP-91 contra-rotating propfans, 11,200 kg each
Empty Weight: 12,000 kg
Normal Weight: 22,000 kg
CAS Weight: 25,000 kg
Bombing Weight: 28,500 kg
Maximum Take-Off Weight: 29,000 kg
Fuel Weight: 9,000 kg
Thrust/Weight Ratio: 1.01(Only AA missiles), 0.90(CAS), 0.79(Bombing)
Armament(Standard):
Revolutio 40mm twin-barreled revolver autocannon(RoF: 1000-1800 rpm, Ammunition: 200 rounds).
8 under-wing hardpoints with
- 2 MBDA Meteor BVRAAM (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MBDA_Meteor)
- 2 Python 5 Electro-optical missiles (http://www.israeli-weapons.com/weapons/missile_systems/air_missiles/python/Python5.html)
- 2 SMI-14 PARS 3 LR (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trigat) anti-tank missile pods with 4 missiles each
- 2 BLA-19 APKWS (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Precision_Kill_Weapon_System) rocket pods w/ 11 rockets each
Internal bay with:
- 12 small diameter bombs (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_Diameter_Bomb)
Combat Radius: 600km
Ferry Range: 4,500km
Radar range(AWACS/Fighter/Ground target): 400km/250km/180km
Service Ceiling: 12,000m
Maximum Altitude: 18,000m
Airstrip take-off run: 410m
Airstrip landing: 360m
Cruising Speed: 920 km/h (MACH 0.75)
Maximum Speed: 1150 km/h (MACH 0.94)
Stall Speed: 170 km/h
Rate of Climb: 55 m/s
Crew:
- Pilot
- Bombardier
Avionics:
- ECO-2A3 3D radar.
- 3 FSoft Quantix Integrated Processors(QIP) units w/ 7 processors each.
- IEEE 1394c Integrated Data Bus
- AirLinux 3.0cb Integrated Operating System
- FSoft Intelliview Air computerized displays.
- 6 infrared complementary visual targeting cameras
- FSoft Águila7 Electronic Control Unit(ECU)
- MTI/FSoft Airforce Standard Low Probability of Intercept Datalink
- Digital triplexed fly-by-wire flight control system
- Redundant mechanical manual override flight control

Price: US$ 35,000,000

Operational Principle

Air-Ground Coordination is essential in modern warfare, specially for modern mobility warfare tactics, where speed makes the difference between a standstill where thousands die for the sake of a few miles and a successful campaign. The focus on multi-roles of the first decade of the 21st century was simply a result of an international geopolitic which made the investments of specialized aircrafts no longer necessary, and a multi-role is in no way as able as a specialized aircraft of similar technological capability, specially when it involves some as specific and technically exclusive as close air support. However, technological advances make the distinction between the roles of tactical bombing and close air support blurred, and thus, a fighter-bomber optimized for low altitude flight appears as the logical choice for supporting such operations. The capability of self-defense in air-to-air combat and the equivalent thrust:weight of interceptors on the other hand would give to such specialist fighter increased survivability and agility, with the latter being a small great boost to the velocity of an offensive in the bigger strategic picture.

Another change from the first decade, other than a much more turbulent political scenario where small and subcontinental scale conventional wars have already erupted and insurgents are no longer the greatest threat, is the slow reduction of global petroleum supply, which many military forces are still heavily dependent of, and predictions of a future energetic crisis becoming more true than ever. For such specialized role, thus, a biokerosene turbofan seems too inefficient to be adequate with the strategic implications of such fact, which would thus require an alternative able to reach speeds close to the speed of sound, with higher efficiency than a comparable turbofan.

History

If there is something the MilNet in Third Spanish States is known for is their disposition to embrace entirely new concepts, and as a plan to create their air force with entirely local technology which began in 2027, multiple projects, sharing information between each other, were ran in parallel with varying dynamically changeable degrees of priority. The crown of the jewel was the successful CLEX project for an air superiority fighter, which led to the CL-32 Buitre air superiority fighter with multi-role capabilities, which has overshadowed any procurement proposals, both due to its cost-efficiency and to ideological reasons.

As the second most prioritized project, relegated to such position for one singular reason, which was that the CL-32 was the most important development for ensuring a chance of aerial superiority in the Confederacy, but during mid of the process of development, both actually ended being considered to be equally important, for in certain ways, the proposed CBEX-1 (CazaBombardero EXperimental, Model 1) was a complementary aircraft to the capabilities of the first CLEX-31, and was a sharp contrast of engineering compared to it, where the CLEX-31 had a complex, aerodynamically unstable flying wing airframe fitted with weather-sensitive and expensive radar absorbing materials, and with major sacrifices done for stealth on its capabilities, the CBEX-1 was instead a rugged, simple airframe of conventional alloys focused on maneuverability and survivability, with no care about stealth, allowing it to have no aerodynamic sacrifices, using an innovative combination of low angle forward-sweep, winglets and a V-tail, which has shown to be much more interesting in wind tunnel tests for the desired features of the same compared to more traditional setups. Its role was to be a strike fighter complementary to the CL-32, providing the needed illumination of targets to the active radar lacking earlier versions of the CL-32, and capable, if necessary, of engaging in air-to-air combat against transport aircrafts, close air support aircrafts, helicopters, tactical and strategic bombers while the CL-32 was occupied with hostile air superiority and multirole fighters, and at last and as the most important feature, packing excellent capabilities of precision strike to be an exceptional close air support aircraft.

One of its most remarkable, and most arguable features is the choice to use a little explored alternative to a conventional turbofan, which combines the efficiency of a propeller with the capability of allowing a properly designed aircraft to have transonic cruise speeds like a jet engine, for the CBEX-1 was designed from grounds on as a highly maneuverable and agile propfan-driven aircraft, with an elevated thrust:weight ratio compared to dedicated tactical bombers and close air support aircrafts, or even matching that of air superiority fighters with a light payload, which would put it at an advantage against the aerial targets it was designed to strike for the role of protecting ground troops from air strike, while not being completely defenseless against supersonic threats, for it packs a full-fledged avionics suite developed in coordination with the CL-32 avionics development and also supports the Vympel R-37 missile, although for most missions it will probably not be fitted with one. Trainings made it clear how the bombardier and the pilot would focus on different tasks, with the first dealing with the ground strike while the latter dedicated in flight and air-to-air combat.

Its effective version, the CB-1 Miaja, named in honor of a general of the Second Spanish Republic during the first civil war, took its maiden flight in 2037, in a combined simulation with a twin-seated CL-32 where 40 decoys built of fiberglass and other dielectric composites were dropped in mid-air with parachutes and also laid on ground. By the combination of the 3D active radar of the CB-1 with the passive radar of the CL-32, and of their optical and infrared targeting systems, soon it was demonstrated how both effectively ended as complementary aircrafts. Where the topmost decoys were downed by CL-32, locking on two target simultaneously with the support of the illuminators provided by the CB-1, the CB-1 pilot downed all low altitude decoys and successfully destroyed the ground targets simultaneously, with the aid of the bombardier, in the alloted engagement time of 3 minutes, including a final demonstration with their revolver autocannons as all missiles were depleted.

Following the summer of 2038, it was finally formally considered as a fully approved fighter-bomber into the Air Force ranks, almost simultaneously with the CL-32. The CB-1 had also, as another major focus, a very high importance given on its avionics systems to have the least chance possible of collateral damage during tactical bombing or close air support missions, due to ideological reasons, for should in an unlikely event the Confederacy enter in an international war, a focus on trying to gain local support through the defense of freedom and sovereignty in face of imperialist interests would contradict any "acceptable margin of error" leading to bombs falling in hospitals, schools or residential areas.

Somehow, whenever one is seen flying, despite its slightly forward-swept wings, it draws memories of the prop-driven fighters of the Spanish Civil War and of the Second World War, and in certain ways is indeed an effective modern take on a propulsion system which was believed to be over for fighter aircrafts in the modern age, and it has acquired a sort of retro elegance and prestige among the population for what it represents, although people usually tend to be too busy running for their ear mufflers to pay much attention to them when they are flying at too low altitudes, to the point that they were even suggested as psychological weapons due to their very loud noise which could, for example, make difficult for an untrained operator of a MANPADS to keep aim on them. The CB-1 Miaja has already entered history as one of the few successful implementations of propellers in modern aircraft, now all that is hoped is that it shall not break the record of deafness problems among the unwary of its morale-breaking battle cry.
The Phoenix Milita
13-09-2008, 09:17
The Phoenix Milita would be interested in procuring a pair of CB-1 Miaja Close Air Support Fighters for testing. If everything is found to be satisfactory, expect a followup order for 12 additional aircraft shortly. Total possible future procurement could exceed 38 airframes.
We believe this aircraft would be ideal for our newly formed Universal Defense Forces, and there may be other applications in our armed forces.
$70,000,000 will be wired upon confirmation.
Third Spanish States
13-09-2008, 09:43
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TO: The Phoenix Militia
CC: milnet.public@commerce.tss, diplonet.public@exports.tss
FROM: Ruiz Sanchez, MilNet manager and representative (rsanchez@milnet.tss)
SUBJECT: Test lot request confirmed



The Phoenix Milita wrote:

The Phoenix Milita would be interested in procuring a pair of CB-1 Miaja Close Air Support Fighters for testing. If everything is found to be satisfactory, expect a followup order for 12 additional aircraft shortly. Total possible future procurement could exceed 38 airframes.
We believe this aircraft would be ideal for our newly formed Universal Defense Forces, and there may be other applications in our armed forces.
$70,000,000 will be wired upon confirmation.


Mil NΣTJoint-venture
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AEROCON ©?

Greetings. The MilNet Joint-venture exports is currently readying the logistical procedures, and both aircrafts shall arrive in less than two weeks at any location you wish following the confirmation of the payment of 70 mi. USD. As we operate through the Freight on Board shipping procedure, no additional transportation costs will arise. We are certain that the CB-1 shall satisfy your operational, tactical and strategic needs with an excellent cost-effectiveness, and are ready to support the infrastructure for producing larger scale requests in a small frame of time, as a positive side-effect of wartime. Thank you for choosing a product of AEROCON: for even Guderian would approve of this.
The Phoenix Milita
13-09-2008, 16:52
TO: Ruiz Sanchez, MilNet manager and representative (rsanchez@milnet.tss)
FROM: Sky Marshall William Seville, Supreme Commander, The Phoenix Air Force (SMS@tpaf.mil)
SUBJECT: Re: Test lot request confirmed

Excellent. Funds have been transferred. Please send the shipment to our port in New Sparta. Testing will begin as soon as we receive delivery.
Roef
13-09-2008, 16:54
The Fat People Republic of Roef is willing to buy 1 for training. Maybe we woud buy some more...
Third Spanish States
13-09-2008, 17:47
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TO: Fat People Republic of Roef
CC: milnet.public@commerce.tss, diplonet.public@exports.tss
FROM: Ruiz Sanchez, MilNet manager and representative (rsanchez@milnet.tss)
SUBJECT: Economical Inviability



Mil NΣTJoint-venture
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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/An-2_on_skis.jpg/180px-An-2_on_skis.jpg
An-2 Aerotechnical: No matter if your economy is imploded or frightening, you can have an Air Force

I am saddened to realize that, checking national factbooks and economic variables, we have disapproved your original purchase request, for your defense budget is inferior to the price of a single CB-1 Miaja Fighter-Bomber. However, we can supply your nation with a more economical and still effective solution: The Antonov An-2 Aerotechnical is a modified An-2 armed with a KPV Heavy machinegun and with a RPG-7, triggered by strings tied to the pilot's cabin and with their other end tied tightly on their triggers in the most economical firing mechanism ever developed. Its windows are large enough for the crew to aim against the ground with their own RPGs, and this aircraft basically functions as an attack transport aircraft able of close air support, like the aerial equivalent of an infantry fighting vehicle. All of that at a cost that allows you to afford many of them, of only US$ 35,000 per aircraft, and an equally cheap maintenance cost.

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TO: Sky Marshall William Seville, Supreme Commander, The Phoenix Air Force (SMS@tpaf.mil)
CC: milnet.public@commerce.tss, diplonet.public@exports.tss
FROM: Ruiz Sanchez, MilNet manager and representative (rsanchez@milnet.tss)
SUBJECT: CB-1 request shipping on the way



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This message was sent to inform that your request of two CB-1 Miaja fighter-bombers is already being shipped, and will arrive in less than two weeks. As a standard freebie for all purchases of AEROCON technologies, both aircrafts will be entirely fueled and ready for flight as they arrive. Thank you again for your choice.
Falkasia
13-09-2008, 18:00
OOC: Excellent design. Looks amazing.

IC:
The People's Republic of Falkasia would be interested in acquiring 5 of these aircraft for testing purposes. Should everything go well during testing, we may be interested in purchasing an unlimited DPR for this aircraft.
Third Spanish States
13-09-2008, 18:11
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TO: The People's Republic of Falkasia
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FROM: Ruiz Sanchez, MilNet manager and representative (rsanchez@milnet.tss)
SUBJECT: Testing purchase request confirmed



The People's Republic of Falkasia wrote:

The People's Republic of Falkasia would be interested in acquiring 5 of these aircraft for testing purposes. Should everything go well during testing, we may be interested in purchasing an unlimited DPR for this aircraft.


Mil NΣTJoint-venture
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Hello. The MilNet Joint-venture exports has prepared the logistical procedures, and the five aircrafts shall arrive in less than two weeks at any location you wish following the confirmation of the payment of 175 mi. USD. As we operate through the FOB shipping procedure, no additional transportation costs will arise. However, we would like to make a recommendation: although we are certain that the CB-1 shall satisfy your operational, tactical and strategic needs with an excellent cost-effectiveness, we would like to also recommend to your nation, for purely economical benefits, the An-2 Aerotechnical as a reserve force, specially as our available data indicates that your economy and military funding makes the purchase of this small lot a major relative investment. Anyway, we can also reach an agreement on providing credit for monthly payment based domestic production right to allow your nation to procure a significant number of CB-1s without putting a large strain into your reserves. Thank you for choosing a product of AEROCON: for even Richthofen would approve of this.
Falkasia
13-09-2008, 18:14
The People's Republic of Falkasia will pay it all up front. We prefer to stay away from long-term bonds or debt in every and any way. As for the money, it will be wired shortly.

OOC: My defense budget should be in the billions. What tracker are you using?
Third Spanish States
13-09-2008, 18:23
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TO: The People's Republic of Falkasia
CC: milnet.public@commerce.tss, diplonet.public@exports.tss
FROM: Ruiz Sanchez, MilNet manager and representative (rsanchez@milnet.tss)
SUBJECT: Testing purchased already shipped and on way



Mil NΣTJoint-venture
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AEROCON ©?

This message was sent to inform that your request of five CB-1 Miaja fighter-bombers is already being shipped, and will arrive in less than two weeks thanks to the excelling support and technological parity of the merchant marine. As a standard freebie for all purchases of AEROCON technologies, all aircrafts will be entirely fueled and ready for flight as they arrive, allowing you to prepare for the immediate test of the same at the moment they arrive, should it be desired. Thank you again for your choice. As for possible domestic production rights, like mentioned, they shall be open to negotiation according to your needs, capabilities and convenience.

(OOC: http://nsdossier.texasregion.net/main.aspx , although I usually use NSEconomy, but it doesn't support large regions. However, considering how questionable the gameplay mechanics which control economy are, you are entitled to establish your own economic variables, should they be realistic and well-written, explaining what moves the economy and so on. I don't take trackers data by the book, if a secondary and convincing information, like that of a factbook, is provided.)
Falkasia
13-09-2008, 18:23
OOC: Ok, that's the one I use too.
The Phoenix Milita
16-09-2008, 18:43
TO: Ruiz Sanchez, MilNet manager and representative (rsanchez@milnet.tss)
FROM: Sky Marshall William Seville, Supreme Commander, The Phoenix Air Force (SMS@tpaf.mil)
SUBJECT: Test results.
In our tests of the CB-1 Miaja Close Air Support Fighters almost everything was found to be satisfactory to our needs, except for two aspects.

The first shortcoming, for our purposes, is the engine. Our military does not use biofuels and there is very little if any civil biofuel infrastructure in The suggests that it would be uneconomical to do so at this time) The engine has been found to be inefficient and under performing when used with our regular fuel. A corporation within our nation has devised a modification of an existing engine better suited to our requirements, and we have installed these on one of the CB-1 examples that we have obtained to pleasing results.
The second issue is the with 40mm weaponry. With a capacity of only 200 rounds we find this cannon to be ineffective when used according to TPM CAS tactics. We would rather have a smaller cannon with more rounds carried than a more powerful one that can not sustain its fire. We have a variety of 30mm gatling cannons that we have been testing with the airframe and feel they are all better suited to our needs.

If you agree to provide us airframes without engines or internal gun, at a discounted rate, we will purchase 6 additional aircraft immediately and 4 more once modification of first batch is completed by us. If this works out we will continue orders every 6 months until we have acquired a total of 42 aircraft.





OOC: If you disagree we will use the test airframes for dissimilar aerial combat training, and reverse engineer the design, creating a comparable aircraft. This would only be suspected as a slight possibility ICly due to our history, however.
Third Spanish States
16-09-2008, 19:33
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FROM: Ruiz Sanchez, MilNet manager and representative (rsanchez@milnet.tss)
SUBJECT: Re: Test results



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Aware of your issues. The MilNet basically would like to inform that regarding the fuel, the differences between jet biofuel and conventional biofuel are not sufficiently significant to require any modification to the engine physical structure. Instead, the simple reprogramming of the Águila7 Electronic Control Unit to optimize for conventional jet fuel will solve such issue with no performance downgrade. As for the limited stowage, the fire control system of the Revolutio autocannon is designed for maximizing efficiency and increased RHAe penetration power to be more capable against armor, and can ensure precise bursts thanks to aiming estimation targeting systems present into the avionics. a 30mm gatling gun will be significantly more wasteful, although we can remove the standard armament if you wish and discount its FCS and armament price from the total, and we are sending a technician to replace the ECU with a pre-programmed conventional fuel version just-in-time.

Still, with the growing prices of petroleum, I believe that perhaps now it is a good time to prepare the road for making your military forces less dependent over fossil fuels. Nonetheless, we can sell further models with their ECU optimized for conventional fuels.
The Phoenix Milita
16-09-2008, 19:39
TO: Ruiz Sanchez, MilNet manager and representative (rsanchez@milnet.tss)
FROM: Sky Marshall William Seville, Supreme Commander, The Phoenix Air Force (SMS@tpaf.mil)
SUBJECT: RE:Re:Test results.
This will be acceptable.
The Phoenix Milita
06-04-2009, 14:31
The CB-1 Miaja CAS fighter, or as we have designated it, the A-38 Bulldog has performed exceptionally well with our Universal Defense Forces and we have decided to expand the program.
At this time we would like to acquire 63 Additional airframes built to previously agreed upon specifications.
Thank you.
-Sky Marshall William Seville


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A pair of A-38 Bulldogs of the 210th Indiaho UDF wing in flight: