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Texas Star Wars Missile Defence System, Ordinance; Lets arm this baby!
Topic Started: Jun 24 2004, 12:24 PM (461 Views)
Pablicosta
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Now, since none of us know exactly what the Texas Star Wars Missile Defence System will look like, we can't do that much else with it; except decide exactly how we will obliterate anything that even thinks of messing with Texas! :rocket

This is just a suggestion thread, I won't poll it unless anyone really wants one-but obviously we can't overload the thing so myself and Greenspoint will decide on the final armament. Might let Big Tex and the Sec. Of Defence join in too. :crazy

So, we have several ideas, which are:

Harpoon Fast Lock Missiles---Fast target aquisition missiles, fired in a swarm of 4/8. Perfect for targeting missiles targetted at Texas. Unfortunatley, the Harpoon only has a relativley short range, so we could only hit something once it dares to enter our airspace :badpc

Aries Direct Missile---This anti ICBM, OLBM and SLBM missile is a tracker, which will follow the target for up to 13 minutes, or untill the command is given to kill the missile. When the kill command is made, the ADM ignites a booster and propells itself at the target, exploding on impact. The ADM works at very long range, so it could be a good candidate for use on missiles which look like entering Texas airspace.

Radiofone ElectroMagnetic Immobilising Device---A tracking device, which uses its initial booster rockets to get in the general direction of the offending missile, before using air power to propell itself toward the target. The device clamps to the target and begins emiting electrmagnetic pulses to disable the electronics inside, and thus rendering the missile useless.

Electro-Magnetic Rail Gun---Pending talks with Grendels.
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I understand Wolfpack Munitions in the Grendels has developed a fairly decent electro-magnetic rail gun. We could mount one or two on each fan blade, that'd be 20 total, with two acting in tandem at any one shot. Power draw is very slight, with almost NO recoil at all, for a fairly significant muzzle velocity. Even something as small as a BB impacting an ICBM at .8C would wipe it out in a single hit.
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Yeah, I had this conversation about 'Why spend millions on SAM sites when you can just fire BBs at it' on NationStates a while ago-my only reply was I like to be more exotic! Anyway, since I know you wern't suggesting we use BBs to bring down ICBMs I think this electromagnetic rail-gun thingy sounds pretty fun. I think we should request some samples for testing :lol:
If you could try and negotiate to get a few free samples from Grendel, maybe 4, we can test them out.
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I'll contact The Grendels this evening regarding that. I only mentioned BB's cause they're so small and inocuous looking. I'd definitely want to arm the station with something more substantial. We ARE talking about the security of Texas, here...
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Oh Goodie, Weapons! :clapping :clapping2 :clapping

We are very partial to EMP weapons. Nothing like disabling one machine with another machine. Just our two cents worth!
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Heh, we like the idea of attacking with giant blue laser beams of EMP-I think we could mount an EMP device in the center of each, if we get the Fan design?

:gun2 Don't Mess With Texas :gun2
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Laser guided Maverick scatter pack missiles (its what the real Star Wars prog is using) Theyre cheap effecient and extremely accurate against ICBM attacks.
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Hmmm, very nice. I think we are waiting on some samples from Greenspoint before we continue our 'research'.
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An idea to offer at the very least..

..for tactical purposes, through authorization at the Command level upon needs upon the battlefield.

The implementation of the C4-Zero Tactical Computer Interface.

Upon limited usage, and 'only' when the strategic situation does 'not' override the tactical situation. (Hard to imagine a tactical situation where a nuclear attack wouldn't affect a strategic situation, but it's a wild world.

The basic nature is the ability to allow battle field commanders to use the on the battlefield where a panicked enemy throws nucs as a last resort.

The idea is to take away last resort capability during a situation where allied forces are removing an antagonistic threat. (In basic further, a space-patriot response system.) The hoped final result is the forced retreat of an enemy from conqured territory slated for liberation.

Morale is a factor in battle as much as armament.

The system would be a modified version of the C4 system being deployed to Gaian Battlemechs for battlefield coordination. The system would need to be field tested before actual deployment, but also a reasonable aggrement among the defence council of this region before introduction as a battlefield option. Obviously the system would need strict guidlines and codesets, also to be discussed.

However, first off, this is subject to approval for consideration.
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This is a suggestion for the defense of the actaul station itself, as well as New Alamo.

The Cylone-S is Last Line Arms first railgun prototype. It's early tests have been encouraging. The system pretty much sends the projectile around a circular track gaining speed until it's ready for firing. This results in an extremly fast projectile that punches a hole through the target. The projectile would then explode, causing catostophic damage to the enemy vehicle.

The system is about the 50ft in length. It needs about a 2 man crew. Chainbreaker would be happy to provide all the manpower needed to run the systems.
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We currently have a shuttle mission underway that is in the process (albeit a slow process) of putting into orbit the command module for the NewAlamo, and the first prototype of the Missile Defense system which will be installed on the station. This is an electro-magnectic railgun which was purchased from Wolfpack Munitions, the foremost manufacturers of weapons in the entire NS world. The weapon is slated to undergo a life fire test sometime in the very near future, once the command module goes online and operational.

(note to everyone: yes, I will be actively working on finishing the shuttle mission RP within the next two weeks)
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