Shipbucket

Zephyr wrote:Oh my dear and fluffy lord. Again, I have to wonder just what folk are thinking sometimes when they come up with this twaddle.

[quote="Awesomeland";p="9321838"]We use nuclear-powered submarine aircraft carriers (SSVN), which can launch both manned and unmanned naval aircraft using vertical launch tubes, and then recovering them from the ocean, so that the carrier does not need to remain surfaced to recover aircraft. This allows us to strike anywhere without warning and not present an obvious surface target for missiles.

Thiel wrote:I can see you're beginning to understand why we hold NS in less than stellar regard.

Thiel wrote:Though I do have to wonder, how do you build an aircraft than can withstand the pressure of sub-surface launch?

Thiel wrote:

Zephyr wrote:Oh my dear and fluffy lord. Again, I have to wonder just what folk are thinking sometimes when they come up with this twaddle.

[quote="Awesomeland";p="9321838"]We use nuclear-powered submarine aircraft carriers (SSVN), which can launch both manned and unmanned naval aircraft using vertical launch tubes, and then recovering them from the ocean, so that the carrier does not need to remain surfaced to recover aircraft. This allows us to strike anywhere without warning and not present an obvious surface target for missiles.

I guess seeing aircraft landing in the open ocean then going underwater wouldn't be at all obvious, or that MAD and Sonar don't exist, or that ASW weapons are completely useless.

Thiel wrote:how do you build an aircraft than can withstand the pressure of sub-surface launch?

acelanceloet wrote:not something with wings and air intakes

"Yuengleng Class Battleship"
characteristics
Displacement: 70,000 tons
Length: 950ft.
Beam: 120ft.
Draft: 35ft.
Propulsion: 8 × Armstrong-Northern Gas Turbines.
Speed: 35 knots
Range: 16,000 nmi at 15 kn
Complement: 1800 men
Armament:
12 × 16-inch/50 cal Mark VIII Guns.
10 x VLS Missle Tubes. (Equipped with Cruise, AA, and ASW Missles.
20 (10x2) 6 inch Dual Purpose Automatic Guns.
4 x AA (Sea Sparrow) Missle Launchers.
Sensors:
Classified Surface and Air Radar Systems
Classified Sonar System.
"Midshipman" Digital Combat Management System.

Armor: Side belt: 16 inches (409 mm) tapering to 10.2 inches on 1-inch STS plate inclined 19°
Bulkheads: 16 inches
Barbettes: 22 inches
Turrets: up to 22 inches
Decks: 10 inches
Aircraft carried: 3 ASW/AWACS Helicopters
Aviation facilities: Helipad and lower hanger

"Thunder Class Destroyer"
Propulsion:
shafts Integrated Electric Propulsion;
2× Rolls-Royce WR-21 gas turbines, 20.1 MW (28,800 shp) each
3× RB235 diesel generators, 3 MW (2,700 shp) each
2× CoT209 electric motors, 19 MW (27,000 shp) each
Dimensions:
Length: 139m
Beam: 18.1m
Draught: 6m
Movement:
max speed: 39.6knots
range: 17,035 km at 17 knots
Complement:
190 (up to 220)
Armament:
1x1 155mm TMF [14 rounds per minute] (anti surface/land)
8x4 VLS fired RIM-162 Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (anti missile/air/surface)
2x2 Harpoon launchers (anti surface)
2x1 CIWS (anti missle)
2x1 .50 cal M2 machine guns (close range support)
2X1 40mm auto-fire cannons (close-medium range support)
Craft carried:
1x Merlin helicopter
2x 6m RIBS