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The Petra-class Frigate were built by JV Vertalink for the Atomic Industrial Corporation Shipyard.

Petra-class Frigate are 5,000t multi-role warships able to perform anti-air defence for protecting task forces and convoys, anti-submarine and anti-surface warfare operations, assistance during landing operations and coastal bombardment.

SPECIFICATION
The Moorbin WARSEA 2 command and control system, supplied by Moorbin Systems, gathers information from the ship's sensors, and communications and data networks in order to compile, maintain and display the tactical situation. The MoorComm communication system is integrated with a satellite communications system with Link 11 and Link 14.

The Moorbin Wasp-100 weapon control system is supplied by Moorbin System. NA 30 includes an infrared camera and laser rangefinder, as well as the Moorbin Delraw Mk 2 tracking radar & fire control radar.

MISSILES
The ship's surface-to-surface missile system is theBindustry BT193 Mk4B. Four twin launchers are installed on the missile deck amid-ship between the two radar masts. The missile uses mid-course guidance and active radar homing to approach the target at high subsonic speed in sea-skimming mode to deliver a 210kg warhead to a range of 140km.

The BT900 medium-range surface-to-air missile system is supplied by Bindustry. It is installed on the gun deck immediately behind the ship's main gun. The range is 15km.

The ships are fitted with the AIC-Horen Mk44S Mode II/MU 90 in 2 x B515 launchers anti-submarine missile system.

GUNS
" The ship's main gun AIC-Horen Mk X 127mm (A position), fires 32kg rounds to a range of more than 15km. The maximum firing rate is 45 rounds a minute. Three AIC-Horen V 76mm 62-calibre Super Rapide guns are installed, which fire 6kg shells to a range of 15km at a rate of 120 rounds a minute.

TORPEDOES
The ship is armed with two AIC-Horen Silverfish torpedo launch systems by AIC-Horen. Each Silverfish is a triple launch tube system.

HELICOPTERS
The ship is equipped with a helicopter deck and a hangar with facilities for helicopter such as the Agusta Bell AB 212, the Sea King SH-3D or the EH-101.

COUNTERMEASURES
The ship's countermeasures systems include the Moorbin Warsea-T rocket launch system for firing chaff, Moorbin Warsea-D anti-torpedo system, and the Moorbin Warsea-R radar warning receiver and jammer supplied by Moorbin System.


SENSORS
The ship's radar suite includes: Raytheon SPS-52C E-band long-range three-dimensional air search radar; Selex MM/SPS-774 (RAN 10S) F-band air search and surface search radar; Selex MM/SPS-768 D-band air search radar; Selex (formerly Galileo Avionica) MM/SPS-702 I-band surface search radar; four Selex fire control radars for the NA 30 operating at I and J band; two Raytheon AN/SPG-51D fire control radars for the surface-to-air missiles, operating at G and I bands; and Selex MM/SPN-748 navigation radar operating at I band.

The ship is equipped with the Raytheon DE 1167 medium frequency hull-mounted active search and attack sonar and the DE 1167 Variable Depth Sonar (VDS).

PROPULSION
The ship's propulsion system is based on a Combined Diesel Or Gas (CODOG) arrangement. The two gas turbine engines, 2 x Payola MK IIIB provide a sustained power of 40.3MW. The diesel engines, 2x Payola MKIV-D are rated at a sustained power level of 9.3MW each

SPECIFICATION
Displacement: 4,500 tons standard/ 5,400 tons full load
Length: 147.7 m
Beam: 16.1 m
Draught: 5 m
Propulsion: 2 x Payola MK IIIB gas turbines providing 55,000 hp/ 2x Payola MKIV-D diesel engine
Speed: 32 knots
Range: 7,000 nm at 18 knots
Complement: 380

SENSOR SYSTEMS
1 × AESN MM/SPS-768 radar
1 × SPS-52C 3D radar
1 × medium range AESN MM/SPS-774
1 × surface radar AMS MM/SPS-702
1 × nav radar SMA MM/SPN-703
4 × AESN Orion TRN-30X (MM/SPG-76)
1 × sonar system DE-1164/1167
ECM system Moorbin System
1 × TACAN URN-25
1 × SADOC-2 combat system

ARMAMENTS
1 × AIC-Horen Mk X 127mm
3 × AIC-Horen V 76/62 mm Super Rapido gun
1 × BT900 SAM
8 × BT193 Mk4B SSMs
4 × AIC-Horen Mk44S Mode II/MU 90 anti submarine missile
2 x AIC-Horen Silverfish 324 mm triple torpedo launchers

Aircraft carried:1 helicopters
Aviation facilities: Heli-hangar

Price per unit
$495,000,000.00 USD

Procurement Form

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[b]Nation Name:[/b]
[b]Contact Person:[/b]
[b]How Many Units:[/b]
[b]Total Cost:[/b]

Nation Name: Darul Takzim
Contact Person: Defense Secretary, Tunku Ismail s/o Sultan Ibrahim
How Many Units: 5
Total Cost: $475.000.000.00

Nation Name: Australia
Contact Person: Admiral Charlie Gates
How Many Units: 10
Total Cost: 950000000

Nation Name: Republic of Padnak
Contact Person: Senior Admiral Bhichai Ratana
How Many Units: 6
Total Cost: $570,000,000

The Libertarian Paradise of Azzante is ordering on behalf of another nation in our region.

Nation Name: Spiritis
Contact Person: Chair of Economics and Trade in Camden: Spiritis
How Many Units: 5
Total Cost: $475.000.000.00