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| France | May 1 2010, 07:36 PM Post #1 |
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I have a nuclear powered carrier, do you?
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OOC: I ripped these off from someone else at GPRP, though they were French ![]() IC: Following years of disputes over a second aircraft carrier for the French Navy, the Government today offered the contract to a partnership between DCNS and Thales Group to build and design a Nuclear Powered Supercarrier. Displacement: 75,000 tons full load Length: 283 m overall Beam: 73 m overall Draft: 11.5 m Propulsion: 2 × K16 pressurised water reactors (PWR), 160 MW each 4 × diesel-electric 2 × shafts 4 diesel-electric 2 shafts Speed: 30 knots Range: Essentially Unlimited Complement: Ship's Company: 1,000 Air Wing: 650 Sensors and processing systems: Héracles air search and target acquisition radar Armament: Two 8 cell SYLVER launchers carrying the MBDA Aster 15 surface to air missile. Giat 20F2 20 mm cannons. Aircraft carried: 54 aircraft, including: *40 Rafale *3 E-2C Hawkeyes *5 NH-90 helicopters The French Navy has released plans for a new class of 2nd Class Frigates to replace the Floréal Class. Specifications Displacement: 5,000 tonnes Length: 136.0m Beam: 16.44m Draft: 4.7m Propulsion: CODOG Speed: 32 Knots Range: 8,000 km Complement: 220 Crew and up to 15 Airmen Sensors and Processing System: 1× firing control radar for the 100 mm gun 1 x Thales Nederland SMART-L long-range air and surface surveillance radar 1 x Thales Nederland APAR air and surface search, tracking and guidance radar (I band) 1 x Thales Sirius IRST long-range infrared surveillance and tracking system 2× Dagaie Mk2 chaff launcher 1× AN/SLQ-25 Nixie tugged noise maker 1× Prairie-Masker noise reduction system 1× Syracuse II 1× Inmarsat Electronic warfare and decoys: 1 FL 1800 S II ECM suite 6 Sippican Hycor SRBOC launcher Armament: 1× 100 mm TR automatic gun 4 x 20 mm modèle F2 gun 2 x Crotale CN2 launcher (8 missiles on each launcher with 24 reload) 1 x Sylver launcher (24 Missiles) 12 × Exocet MM40 block III missiles 2 x 2 triple torpedo launchers with EuroTorp MU90 Impact torpedoes Aircraft Carried: 2 x NH90 OOC AGAIN: There was some controversy over this at the old GPRP thread here: http://s1.zetaboards.com/Geo_Political_RP/topic/2100684/1/#new |
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THE FIFTH REPUBLIC OF FRANCE PRESIDENT: NICOLAS SARZOKY PRIME MINISTER: FRANCOIS FILLON ![]() Bow down to our | |
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