ZM-7L Dreadnought [ Old Data; will be updated ]

[Yohannes]

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[Yohannes]

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An Indigenous Variant of the Flying Wing Design

The ZM-7X, also know as the ‘Dreadnought’, is the first indigenous ‘stealth’ aircraft design of the nineteen countries. It is a fifth generation, very low radar cross section, high-subsonic, intercontinental strategic precision strike - meaning warmongering nations and scavenging military are meant to use it to destroy buildings or something full of nice fluffies while causing minimal damage to their surroundings, or not for indiscriminate carpet bombing World War II style - and naval interdiction - meaning for example, a nation can use it in a roleplay thread to slow down or prevent enemy forces from getting the supplies to fuel their war machines on the front line - specialised bomber, with an indigenously designed Yohannesian variation and adaptation of the already existing flying wing patented concept, widely used by various military-focused and advanced technology United States of America play-style nations - which pretty much are everyone who aspire to at least be regional or secondary powers - out there in the NationStates Roleplaying World or Multiverse.

Under the Yohannesian variation and adaptation version of this more or less quite commonly used concept, both part of the wings of the ‘Dreadnought’ that touch the air first are modelled by my team in the most basic way possible to meet at the front point of the ‘Dreadnought’, in an unobstentatious moderately swept straight design. It makes the undetectability or ‘stealth’ power of the ‘Dreadnought’ even better, because thanks to this, the course along which the ‘Dreadnought’ travels through will not come into conflict with, and are far from, the radar cross section part of its far field radiation pattern non-principal local maximas.

The rear edge design of the ‘Dreadnought’ are constructed as straight edges facing two opposite angles in a zigzag like pattern. This is good because it helps our team to satisfy the wish of Dear Leader and Führer Paper von Towel und Bagel to make sure the ‘Dreadnought’ will be as non-detectable as possible. And the reason it helps undetectability is because this pattern meant that returning radar energy from the rear edges will easily be separated and thrown far, and far away from the ‘Dreadnought’ at two opposite way, along which the now separated energies will inevitable move to.

‘Stealth’ power: the radar cross section (RCS) of the ‘Dreadnought’ is estimated to be ~-43dB square metres. To compare to real life, its detectability is extremely low, not dissimilar to that of small flying creatures such as small birds, or slightly less than the real life American manufactured Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, and slightly higher than the Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit due to the comparatively larger size of the ‘Dreadnought.’ Aerodynamic geometry and design as mentioned above as well as radar absorbing measures put into the fuselage of the ‘Dreadnought’ are, however, not the only things we have done to make sure that RCS value can be achieved.

In combat situation, however, the ‘stealthiness’ of the ‘Dreadnought’ has been much disputed, for it realistically can not be undetectable when facing the latest generation of military aircraft using the latest generation of leading-edge NationStates Modern Technology sensory systems. And anyone who can claim anything like that are to be classified as not Great Power nations, but God Modder nations.

[Yohannes]

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The Lustrous Black Looking Terror

The ‘Dreadnought’ is the first military aircraft design in Yohannes constructed almost entirely, if not entirely some have - wrongly, however - rumoured, of composite materials, with around seventy-eight per cent of its outer layer consisting of honeycomb-type radar absorbing structure advanced product combination supplied by Royal Beaufort Engineering plc. There is a well-known story and rumour about how the earliest preliminary version of the ‘Dreadnought’ ‘looks very lustrous and glass-like with the beautifully coloured darkish material covering this whole war machine of death and terror from the sky above.’

The account above mentioned originated from an observer who was subsequently arrested, charged with ‘treason against the nation’ conviction, and ultimately executed with ‘crushing under the Panzer wheel’ punishment and sentence. Dear Leader and Führer responded to the consequent international outcries - especially those coming from hypocritical superpower nations such as the Empire of Maxtopia or the Republic of Bigtopia and Lilliputian - with the following;

no comment ae

Standard aerospace industry wide high grade titanium and aluminium are used for the construction of the weight supporting fabric or load bearing structural members and complex of the ‘Dreadnought,’ from where the design can realistically support its whole weight. The entirety of this intercontinental strategic ‘stealth’ bomber, including the scope of its central fuselage, is included as one giant, wholly wing area contributing to its total lift. Advanced composite materials saturated with its distinctive epoxy resins among other things are used for its wing assembly.

The front part of the wings of the ‘Dreadnought’ that touch the air first are protected and layered by a dieletric radar-absorbing product of the Royal Beaufort Engineering plc. The material of this product is not dissimilar to already existing materials used in real life military aircraft such as that of the American Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird.

In large part to the decision of my team to follow the above real life proven simple - yet very much modified while still keeping the core principles intact - step, instead of going one or two steps further - and in the process having the risk of producing a faulty as well as structurally questionable design - rounded lines can be used in place of faceting, which is another crucial step in building an actually workable design in ensuring that we can keep the fuselage volume required for the ‘Dreadnought.’

[Rawlincia]

The Lustrous Black Looking Terror

The ‘Dreadnought’ is the first military aircraft design in Yohannes constructed almost entirely, if not entirely some have - wrongly, however - rumoured, of composite materials, with around seventy-eight per cent of its outer layer consisting of honeycomb-type radar absorbing structure advanced product combination supplied by Royal Beaufort Engineering plc. There is a well-known story and rumour about how the earliest preliminary version of the ‘Dreadnought’ ‘looks very lustrous and glass-like with the beautifully coloured darkish material covering this whole war machine of death and terror from the sky above.’

The account above mentioned originated from an observer who was subsequently arrested, charged with ‘treason against the nation’ conviction, and ultimately executed with ‘crushing under the Panzer wheel’ punishment and sentence. Dear Leader and Führer responded to the consequent international outcries - especially those coming from hypocritical superpower nations such as the Empire of Maxtopia or the Republic of Bigtopia and Lilliputian - with the following;

no comment ae

Standard aerospace industry wide high grade titanium and aluminium are used for the construction of the weight supporting fabric or load bearing structural members and complex of the ‘Dreadnought,’ from where the design can realistically support its whole weight. The entirety of this intercontinental strategic ‘stealth’ bomber, including the scope of its central fuselage, is included as one giant, wholly wing area contributing to its total lift. Advanced composite materials saturated with its distinctive epoxy resins among other things are used for its wing assembly.

The front part of the wings of the ‘Dreadnought’ that touch the air first are protected and layered by a dieletric radar-absorbing product of the Royal Beaufort Engineering plc. The material of this product is not dissimilar to already existing materials used in real life military aircraft such as that of the American Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird.

Rawlincia would like to invest 500 Billion NSD to this project.

[Yohannes]

To: Those concerned in, and representative of, the Government of Rawlincia
From: The Foreign Minister Bridge, representing the Excellency Field Marshal, Dear Leader and Führer Paper von Towel und Bagel
Subject: Re: Investment in the ‘Dreadnought’ project


Kia Ora! Te āheitanga katoa, Takawaenga e whakahonoretia ana; greetings to you and your represented national Whānau!

Thank you for submitting your letter, most Honourable national leader of Rawlincia. I can see that you are very much interested in cooperating with us to realise the final construction of this wonderful war machine.

What will you want in return for giving us 500 billion in NationStates or Universal Standard Dollars?


Yours faithfully,

Hon Hohepa Bridge PA
Minister of Foreign Affairs

[Yohannes]

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Scouting Flying Warship of Death

As stealth technology are already very much a common thing among the regional, secondary, great and super powers of the NationStates Roleplaying World, crews of this intercontinental strategic bombers will find themselves facing various American and Russian or even perhaps Chinese inspired stealth fighters and surface-to-air missile batteries equipped with low-probability-of-intercept radars as well as even more stealthy missiles of assorted names. It is the hope of my team at VMK to make sure that when that scenario [the crew facing these no doubt completely legitimate and effective threats] do become a reality, the ‘Dreadnought’ will have the avionics to counter and aid itself against these [the threats aforementioned] abominations.

As a result, and after threatened by Dear Leader und Führer with further “Chamba’ of Secrets’’ [sic] subtle suggestive references, we were forced to overegg this project one, nay, three more steps, and put a cream on top of the already tasty-looking pudding. We proverbially accomplish this by applying the Sephiroth I & II Smart Armour technology. First of all, ‘armour’ would be a terrible way of saying it, as it is anything but an ‘armour.’ It is quite simply a layering of skin.

To accomplish the above, we were also forced to use the very much substantial amount of foreign exchange reserve we have accumulated for years and years from the Bank of Yohannes, as well as VMK profit of exporting more than two million vehicles and tens of thousands of ships to more than 400 nations around the NationStates Roleplaying World or Multiverse. The Sephiroth I is an outer skin containing embedded phased arrays to literally allow the ‘Dreadnought’ to sense and communicate in optical and other frequency bands. It also allows the intercontinental strategic ‘stealth’ bomber to do that in every single directions. This scenario can also be realised in any altitude.

These phased arrays are designed in microscopically tiny active transmitting elements of arrays buried deep in the very much extensive skin of the ‘Dreadnought.’ And with given suitable signal processing, these have been proven to successfully work together like the active elements of a phased array antenna. The most obvious first use of Sephiroth will be for communications, and its higher power variant - restricted at Level 97 Quadruple Omega & Giga, Gaia & Terra Restriction Level (telegram Dear Leader und Führer for queries) - can add radar applications to that communications capabilities. This design is not dissimilar - although is not quite the same or identical as well in practice - to the already existing as well as proven design of BAE Systems, a real life institution originating from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The Sephiroth I & II is, however, sadly a much weaker design employing less advanced technology if compared with that developed by BAE Systems.

Another way in which the Sephiroth technology of the ‘Dreadnought’ can be used by an aspiring regional or secondary power nation-players of the NationStates Roleplaying World is to match their apparent radar signature with that of ground clutter. An antenna array on the underside of a theoretical low-flying ‘Dreadnought’ situation can be used to sample the ground clutter from the terrain being overflown. This feature is only available to the much upgraded version, the Sephiroth II.

If that national leader can make a situation whereby the ‘Dreadnought’ can do this without being shot down in the first place - a rather miraculously rare scenario - in a situation where you have a near complete tactical air superiority for example, then you pretty much rule that war already for the immediate tactical time, unless the national leader of the nation you are at war with is someone who is very much competent in aerial warfare, to which he or she will employ a rather known and proven trick to counter the above.

Below image: Inspiration for the smart skin came from the humble tumble dryer - Photo courtesy of @ BAE Systems

[Haishan]

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OFFICIAL INTERGOVERMENTAL COMMUNIQUE
CENTRAL MILITARY COMMISSION, TECHNO-INDUSCRACY OF HAISHAN

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TO : CID AIRSHIP, CHIEF PROCUREMENT OFFICER OF YOHANNESIAN LUFTWAFFE, VMK AG

SHRKCOM-SIGNED

SUBJECT : INTERCONTINENTAL STRATEGIC STEALTH BOMBER

KAZQ-9101-LKOZ

Nihatzi,

Representing the interest of Haishan, Haize Armed Forces and private Haize stakeholders, firstly we would like to congratulate the VMK for a new aircraft design. The Central Military Commission of Haishan have aptly recognized the international expertise of VMK AG on marketing and producing fine quality products throughout the globe but are called to comment on the visionary goals for this new aircraft titled as "Dreadnought".

As one of main innovation engine of Greater Dienstad, the Haize government sees the Dreadnought in positive light on promoting development of science and technologies. It's to be commented that however with our advisors from Haize People Air Forces, Gaokyvl Advanced Materials Center, Hahao Kinematics Institute, Solzot Aerospace Center and Vakolev Energy Institute, certain elements of the aforementioned aircraft run rather contrastly in the stated operational goals of the aircraft.

While this is strictly a non-professional comment, we're tempted to state in side of caution and err so that VMK AG could retain their professionalism status and internationally-recognized expertise. Therefore, our comment as the following. It's a very common misconception that simply having 'jagged' or 'sawtooth' pattern could contribute to effective stealth capabilities.

While this is true against monostatic radars and sensors of yore, it's to be reminded that a competent force will yield bistatic or multistatic radar networks that can easily detect the deflected emissions. While this problem could be solved by simply using better absorbers or different stealth philosophy altogether as what we adopted for our native designs, we await an independent effort to make it so as we're always interested in foreign developments to enhance our understanding.

In other hand, the Sephiroth technology as mentioned seemed good on paper but the key point is, it's only good on paper right now. Our Institutes have personally experimented with a similar technology but decided not to due various reasons. The central reason is, by having a distributed array throughout the fuselage, this will raise maintenance and engineering issues as now the whole surface of the aircraft needed to be mantained with care. Yes, with proper engineering controls that this could be reduced but a sensor surface will be always more delicate than a plain fuselage.

We're also interested on how the Dreadnought design team can design a reliable optical communication terminal, let alone one that cover the entirely of the aircraft while simultaneously be durable to withstand common elements of the environment and occasional battle damage. As one of the earliest adopters of optical communications in practically every application that needed large amounts of data transfer, we're intrigued by your development and wishes to observe more. As previously stated, this isn't a professional engineering comment and such must be taken with a grain of salt. Thank you for reading our collective communique.

This message is digitally signed.

KAZQ-9101-LKOZ

[Yohannes]

Official Correspondence in Representation of
The Führer Paper von Towel und Bagel
Translated from [Yohannesian] to [English]

Official Document
Foreign Trade Office

Realms of Yohannes
Halsten Regency Trade Complex | 14 Turnbull Place
Lindblum National Square | Lindblum | Yohannes 7010
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To: Those concerned in, and representative of, the Government of Haishan
From: The Hon Kefka Palazzo PA, First Spokesperson of the Reichsführer Office and Alleswerken
Subject: Re: your positive contribution & opinion

Representing the interest of Haishan, Haize Armed Forces and private Haize stakeholders, firstly we would like to congratulate the VMK for a new aircraft design.

Sir, My team at VMK thank you for your most welcomed open letter of congratulations!

The Central Military Commission of Haishan have aptly recognized the international expertise of VMK AG on marketing and producing fine quality products throughout the globe but are called to comment on the visionary goals for this new aircraft titled as "Dreadnought".

I on behalf of my team at VMK again thank you for your praise.

As one of main innovation engine of Greater Dienstad, the Haize government sees the Dreadnought in positive light on promoting development of science and technologies.

I on behalf of my team at VMK would like to thank you for the third time for yet another praise from the Government of Haishan, a neighbour and known trading partner of ours in Greater Dienstad.

It's to be commented that however with our advisors from Haize People Air Forces, Gaokyvl Advanced Materials Center, Hahao Kinematics Institute, Solzot Aerospace Center and Vakolev Energy Institute, certain elements of the aforementioned aircraft run rather contrastly in the stated operational goals of the aircraft.

I would like to congratulate you for calling into questions the very controversial name chosen, as well as the arguably confusing and conflicting of the three different goals of my team with a design that I personally know would very much be controversial. You will be delighted to know, however, that your national leader is not the first to question the feasibility of whether the three conflicted visionary goals can be accomplished simultaneously.

You will find also that your national leader is not the first one to suggest to me that whether if it would be best for my team to ditch one of the - rather very much unrealistically - obvious stated visionary goals out of the three.

It was my original wish to proceed with this research with the original three stated visionary goals, as you have said yourself. From the very beginning, I realise that one of them - I am sure you know which one particularly - would very much be questionable. And even under the pretence of a very, very limited capacity to fulfil that role, it is still very muchl questionable whether the stated goal can be accomplished.

While this is strictly a non-professional comment, we're tempted to state in side of caution and err so that VMK AG could retain their professionalism status and internationally-recognized expertise.

An open warning or technical assistance as well as suggestions, especially one coming from a fellow Greater Dienstadi neighbouring nation, is most welcomed. Sir, First of all, I would like to assure you, once more, that we do not view your letter in a bad way.

Therefore, our comment as the following. It's a very common misconception that simply having 'jagged' or 'sawtooth' pattern could contribute to effective stealth capabilities.

The very thing you have quoted, ‘jagged or sawtooth pattern’ will not be the only thing employed by this future design to ensure its ‘stealth’ capabilities.

In fact, that is a wrong way to say it, as we will not simply and entirely imitate this rather old - to quote your very own sentence - ‘simply having 'jagged' or 'sawtooth' pattern could contribute to effective stealth capabilities.’ As you - hopefully - would know already, the present research rate of this design is still ~10.9 per cent; certainly not even 15 let alone 20 per cent yet.

To further stress the thing we have warned already under the original document - that are still very much in its infancy and introductory stage - the term ‘stealth’ do not equal to ‘invisibility’ or ‘complete detection evasion,’ for it simply is equal to just low detectability.

We are very much well aware from previous observation, that every single stealth design - if they are designed properly - will still be vulnerable to even just a simple low frequency radars.

Under a situation where it is up against a well-prepared enemy, the user of this design will not have any advantage other than a to-be-claimed employment of some of various other ‘stealth’ or low observable supporting technologies, such as acoustic, IR, UV, radio frequency, visibility and light visibility itself.

Not one single existing design would truly be ‘stealth’-y. A technology-minded power such as yourself should know that already from the outset. As an example, the American Lockheed Martin F22 specialised in radio frequency method for its low observability, to name but just one of the many techniques it employ to achieve its stated claims.

However, its rear aspect IR and the subsequent heat of its engine ensures it would not be what it claimed or praised itself to be. The ‘Dreadnought’ will try to limit its own inevitable shortcoming by way of limiting its head on and below IR observability.

It will furthermore employ the use of passive supporting materials to augment that efficiency. To conclude, it seems that you have taken ‘stealth’ as literally, quite simply put, ‘invisible.’ An advanced Past Modern Technology power such as yourself should know that the above is clearly untrue and not achievable.

We are very much confused, therefore, by the decision of an advanced Past Modern Technology and technology-minded power such as yourself to literally translate the very word ‘stealth’ itself as ‘complete invisibility.’

It should (hopefully) be a common knowledge that no ‘stealth’ designs are truly undetectable, unless designed by God Modder nations or Past Modern Technology to Future Technology governments (which are fine as we believe every nations exist under different technologies, and the Führer himself have employed different canons of Yohannes, such as the strict Modern Technology version in Maredoratica, NationStates Modern Technology/Past Modern Technology version in Greater Dienstad; which I hope you would know already is the version of Führer now interacting with your friendly government here)

While this is true against monostatic radars and sensors of yore, it's to be reminded that a competent force will yield bistatic or multistatic radar networks that can easily detect the deflected emissions. While this problem could be solved by simply using better absorbers or different stealth philosophy altogether as what we adopted for our native designs, we await an independent effort to make it so as we're always interested in foreign developments to enhance our understanding.

We have thoroughly considered that possibility, and have seen - and closely observed as well as studied at the same time the historical or past designs of - many others who have tried since the year 2007. From what we have seen, the further these designs departed from established real life applied and tested technologies, the higher the chance they tend to ‘break down,’ or the lower are their performance reliability as well as operational efficiency. We have decided, therefore, to employ a variation of well known and tested stealth technologies and techniques employed and combined to become the would be finished and constructed ‘Dreadnought.’

I would like to, however, agree with you. And very much agree with you as you will see down below:

‘In other hand, the Sephiroth technology as mentioned seemed good on paper but the key point is, it's only good on paper right now.’

It is, to quote your sentence, ‘only good on paper.’ We will not claim otherwise. It is ‘only good on paper,’ just like your design, and the designs of other NationStates Modern Technology nations or Past Modern Technology nations of your league. Regarding that, a very much advanced nation such as yourself should easily be able to counter the ‘Dreadnought,’ as we have admitted previously and in multiple occasions.

We're also interested on how the Dreadnought design team can design a reliable optical communication terminal, let alone one that cover the entirety of the aircraft while simultaneously be durable to withstand common elements of the environment and occasional battle damage. As one of the earliest adopters of optical communications in practically every application that needed large amounts of data transfer, we're intrigued by your development and wishes to observe more. As previously stated, this isn't a professional engineering comment and such must be taken with a grain of salt. Thank you for reading our collective communique.

This is, again, related to the Sephiroth, which rather - very much - departs from the usual realm of what the ‘Dreadnought’ would comfortably accomplish (or what a nation of our technological level would accomplish), in the process coming closer to realms such as those technologies employed by a nation of your level and technology level. (and not ours)

If I may, as others have pointed out to my team regarding the Sephiroth - the same as what you have pointed out it seems - would it be better in your opinion to ditch the Sephiroth? or alter the design in such a way that it practically would not even be near as efficient as it claimed to be, but in the process not come into conflict with the design of the aircraft itself.

I look forward to hearing your opinion.

[Togeria]

Togeria would like to invest 2billion NSD into the project, we would donate more, but this is what we can afford to give for now. We will donate more in the future.

[Yohannes]

To: Those concerned in, and representative of, the Government of Togeria
From: The Foreign Minister Bridge, representing the Excellency Field Marshal, Dear Leader and Führer Paper von Towel und Bagel
Subject: Re: Investment in the ‘Dreadnought’ project


Kia Ora! Te āheitanga katoa, Takawaenga e whakahonoretia ana; greetings to you and your represented national Whānau!

Thank you for submitting your letter, most Honourable national leader of Togeria. I can see that you are very much interested in cooperating with us to realise the final construction of this wonderful war machine.

What will you want in return for giving us 2 billion in NationStates or Universal Standard Dollars?


Yours faithfully,

Hon Hohepa Bridge PA
Minister of Foreign Affairs

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[Esalonia]

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Greetings! Magandang gabi sa iyo! Good evening! The Protectorate-Republic of Esalonia has seen what your under-development aircraft is capable of when it is completed, and the aircraft seems very promising. Although Esalonia is not a super-power, it has the resources to become one (FYI, we occupy half of Russia and the entire Alaska, covering about 8.9 million sq. km.), but is instead more focused on peace rather than having a large sphere of influence. Everyone in NS does recognize how much of a super-power your nation is.

But there has never been such a way of extending your capability of power projection as this-notably the "Dreadnaught" intercontinental bomber. What makes it more astonishing is the fact that it is about 7x cheaper than the B-2, and yet is "stealthier" and has better technologies. Its transition from the drawing board and into prototype testing in the field and finally to the production lines would be a great thing to look out for. I would like to invest N$D 10 billion in the development of this aircraft, and may your country live on.

I also have something to suggest: its capability of being deployed from space. Look, this idea may have as much audacity as it has ridiculousness, as it is intended for MT-PMT roleplayers, but I see that it is also useful for FT players looking to surgically bomb hostile non-human aliens in other planets-the aliens would be very afraid, I guess. If this idea is very ridiculous, consider disposing it. (FYI, Esalonia employs a mix of Late PMT, Late MT, and Early FT, and has a galactic fleet.). But I'm very interested seeing this with space deployment capability, though very ridiculous and unlikely.

And oh, if you ask us what we want in return, then I'm saying that all I want for return is nothing. While Esalonia does not expect a return from doing favors, if you want to give us something in return then we would accept it as any person would, no matter if they would ask for return or not. we would like it if we can have one of these, but we are willing to pay.

Sincerely Yours,
[digitally signed: signature code EXEC-ESL-9071999]
Pres. Andrew Kirby, Pres. of the Republic of Esalonia.

[Tolmakia]

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MESSAGE FROM THE TOLMAKIAN REPUBLIC

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To: Whomever it may concern, VMK Steel Works
Subject: Investment

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Greetings,

The Tolmakian Ministry of Defense and the Tolmakian Military Forces have once again taken interest in the project at hand, that of the 'Dreadnought'. Because the republic is very impressed by VMK (finding its products as well as its other services to be more than excellent), it has been keeping track of recent news. After more consideration, we, the ministry, have agreed to get ourselves involved, albeit only somewhat involved. The republic would like to discreetly invest $1,000,000,000 dollars into this project.

The republic does not need, or want anything in return. However once completed, the republic would desire to have one bomber and would be willing to pay for it.

Tolmakia wishes the best of luck, and a good day to thee!

Warm Regards,
Deputy Minister Sony Erikson
Minister of Defence

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[Yohannes]

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Greetings! Magandang gabi sa iyo! Good evening! The Protectorate-Republic of Esalonia has seen what your under-development aircraft is capable of when it is completed, and the aircraft seems very promising. Although Esalonia is not a super-power, it has the resources to become one (FYI, we occupy half of Russia and the entire Alaska, covering about 8.9 million sq. km.), but is instead more focused on peace rather than having a large sphere of influence. Everyone in NS does recognize how much of a super-power your nation is.

But there has never been such a way of extending your capability of power projection as this-notably the "Dreadnaught" intercontinental bomber. What makes it more astonishing is the fact that it is about 7x cheaper than the B-2, and yet is "stealthier" and has better technologies. Its transition from the drawing board and into prototype testing in the field and finally to the production lines would be a great thing to look out for. I would like to invest N$D 10 billion in the development of this aircraft, and may your country live on.

I also have something to suggest: its capability of being deployed from space. Look, this idea may have as much audacity as it has ridiculousness, as it is intended for MT-PMT roleplayers, but I see that it is also useful for FT players looking to surgically bomb hostile non-human aliens in other planets-the aliens would be very afraid, I guess. If this idea is very ridiculous, consider disposing it. (FYI, Esalonia employs a mix of Late PMT, Late MT, and Early FT, and has a galactic fleet.). But I'm very interested seeing this with space deployment capability, though very ridiculous and unlikely.

And oh, if you ask us what we want in return, then I'm saying that all I want for return is nothing. While Esalonia does not expect a return from doing favors, if you want to give us something in return then we would accept it as any person would, no matter if they would ask for return or not. we would like it if we can have one of these, but we are willing to pay.

Sincerely Yours,
[digitally signed: signature code EXEC-ESL-9071999]
Pres. Andrew Kirby, Pres. of the Republic of Esalonia.

To: Those concerned in, and representative of, the Republic of Esalonia
From: The Foreign Minister Bridge, representing the Excellency Field Marshal, Dear Leader and Führer Paper von Towel und Bagel
Subject: Re: Investment in the ‘Dreadnought’ project


Kia Ora! Te āheitanga katoa, Takawaenga e whakahonoretia ana; greetings to you and your represented national Whānau!

Thank you for submitting your letter, most Honourable national leader of the Republic of Esalonia. I can see that you are very much interested in cooperating with us to realise the final construction of this wonderful war machine.

To make it clear for both of us, I will do this one by one and in straightforward bullet points:

Although Esalonia is not a super-power, it has the resources to become one (FYI, we occupy half of Russia and the entire Alaska, covering about 8.9 million sq. km.), but is instead more focused on peace rather than having a large sphere of influence.

I do not judge nor treat other nations based on their sphere of influence or status. We treat each and every single one nation the same, as you would have seen most easily by browsing through our VMK storefront, and seeing our record in treating our clients or customers who are not well off as their stronger counterparts.

What makes it more astonishing is the fact that it is about 7x cheaper than the B-2, and yet is "stealthier" and has better technologies.

The cost of maintaining one bomber will be 5.8 million, just to make it more straightforward or simple, that is a NS/US$ 243,000 price tag per hour, NS/US$ 121,500 every thirty minutes, and NS/US$ 4,050 down the drain of the Reichsführer Office every single minute of flight and/or light as well as light-medium patrol operation time. I am sure you will agree with me when I say that that is more than what light pocket change one can get from our dear Grandmother.[/list]It indeed is not looking very bright for now, and let us quite simply say that the Dear Leader und Führer Paper von Towel und Bagel was not very much delighted to see the figures of $ sign grouped alongside, or next to the the word ‘cost.’

To clarify, that is operational cost alone. When you or I actually already have the aircraft in the first place. Now, included with research & development and actually procuring this majestic vehicles of death in the first place, that will be:

The price tag of this bomber development programme is probably around the 4.7 billion NationStates or Universal Standard Dollars per bomber range. Now, that is a lot of money, and the Führer is not happy - thank you captain obvious. And when he is not happy, well, we are not happy too: because we don’t want to end up at the Chamber of Secrets.

That is about two or three times the cost of the Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit. Certainly not 'about 7x cheaper than the B-2,' to quote your very own word. You are therefore, and sadly, wrong. And very much wrong, at that.

I also have something to suggest: its capability of being deployed from space. Look, this idea may have as much audacity as it has ridiculousness, as it is intended for MT-PMT roleplayers, but I see that it is also useful for FT players looking to surgically bomb hostile non-human aliens in other planets-the aliens would be very afraid, I guess. If this idea is very ridiculous, consider disposing it. (FYI, Esalonia employs a mix of Late PMT, Late MT, and Early FT, and has a galactic fleet.). But I'm very interested seeing this with space deployment capability, though very ridiculous and unlikely.

We are always open to extending an olive branch with Future Technology nations! So long as you have purchased this future design, what you will do with the design you have purchased is entirely up to you and your representative.

And oh, if you ask us what we want in return, then I'm saying that all I want for return is nothing. While Esalonia does not expect a return from doing favors, if you want to give us something in return then we would accept it as any person would, no matter if they would ask for return or not. we would like it if we can have one of these, but we are willing to pay.

Thank you for your generosity Dear National Leader of Esalonia. We will never forget this friendly present of yours.


Yours faithfully,

Hon Hohepa Bridge PA
Minister of Foreign Affairs

[Yohannes]

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SPECIFICATIONS

Type: Intercontinental Strategic Stealth Bomber

Fundamentals:

• Length: 25.07 metres
• Wingspan: 62.56 m
• Wing area: 527.3 square metres
• Height: 5.71 m

Airframe: Führer bunker modified flying wing
Stealth: ~-43dB square metres
Propulsion:

• [4x] Royal Lindblum Z High-Bypass turbofans
• Thrust: a net total of 366.5 kiloNewtons or 37,370 kg
• with each engine producing 91.6 kiloNewtons or 9,342 kg

Weights

• Empty weight: 80,700 kg
• Minimum fuel weight: 40,512 kg
• Maximum fuel weight: 76,400 kg
• Normal Combat Weight: 185,000 kg
• Maximum takeoff weight: 206,630 kg

Thrust/weight ratio: 0.202

Armament(Standard): [2x] internal bomb bays

• [16x] of any real life or fictional NS-designed short range attack missiles each weighing ~900 kg, or
• [16x] of any real life or fictional NS-designed air launched cruise missiles each weighing ~1,340 kg
• [16x] of any real life or fictional NS-designed radioactive & destructive variable yield gravity nuclear bombs each weighing ~1,000 kg
• [80x] of any real life or fictional NS-designed low-drag general purpose bombs each weighing ~200-300 kg, or
• [16x] of any real life or fictional NS-designed low-drag general purpose bombs each weighing ~2,000 kg, or
• [30x] of any real life or fictional NS-designed free-fall general purpose bombs each weighing ~300 kg
• [16x] of any real life or fictional NS-designed fixed target, precision strike bombs each weighing ~1,000 kg, or
• [12x] of any real life or fictional NS-designed fixed target, precision strike bombs each weighing ~2,000 kg, or
• [6x] of any real life or fictional NS-designed fixed target, precision strike bombs each weighing ~2,500 kg
• [34x] of any real life or fictional NS-designed free falling cluster bombs each weighing ~500 kg
• [82x] of any real life or fictional NS-designed air-laid bottom anti shipping mines each weighing ~400 kg or less
• [10x] YOLO trumpets to indicate you have nuclear bombed your enemy

Payload:

• Normal payload: 32,700 kg
• Maximum payload: 40,100 kg

Sky Travel

• Service ceiling: 15,100 m
• Maximum Altitude: 15,810 m
• Tactical combat range: 7,000 to 9,000 km depending on payload
• Normal relaxed range: ~11,000 km
• Ferry range: ~20,000 km
• Detection range: depending on your enemy km

Speed:

• Cruising speed: mach 0.75 [920 km/h, 255 m/s
  ~0.74 dry air speed of sound @20 degree celsius & 1 atmosphere pressure]
  at vertical height of 11 km
  subsonic in the transonic region
  mach 0.8 speed in air @sea level
• Maximum speed: mach 0.82 [1,000 km/h, 279m/s
  ~0.81 dry air speed of sound @20 degree celsius & 1 atmosphere pressure]
  at vertical height of 12 km
  subsonic in the transonic region
  mach 0.8 speed in air @sea level
• Rate of climb: ~900 m/s initial

Crew: 2

• Pilot & entertainer
• Commander or co-pilot or drinking buddy, they will have the luxury of:
  • A hot tea brewing essential
  • Cutleries & chop sticks
  • Air conditioned shower
  • Coffee & hot milk

Avionics

• Any real life or fictional NS-designed low-probability of intercept electronic support and warning receiver ESM interferometer antenna radar, or
• Any real life or fictional NS-designed low-probability of intercept 12-18 GHz frequency active electronically scanned array antenna radar
• Any real life or fictional NS-designed ECM, ESM & RWR War Defence System
• Any real life or fictional NS-designed 10-20 GHz frequency multi purpose radar
• and various other very advanced electronics that Dear Leader und Führer will add once he have his Arjuna green tea. We will add within known limitation of course, not like the usual NS MT tendency to not do so

Export: do not post in this thread. Order must be made in the following [ storefront of VMK ]

• Price: 2 billion NationStates or Universal Standard Dollars for each bomber
• Domestic Production Right: the price of the license to assemble and build the ‘Dreadnought’ in your nation is 2 trillion NSD/USD. It is restricted at Level 1-2-3 Quadruple Omega Giga Terra and Gaia. For permission to buy DPR, your government can post in the VMK storefront, or telegram Dear Leader und Führer

Cost of operating the plane:

• Per hour: 243,000 NSD/USD [heavy mission], ~150,000 NSD/USD [light to medium operation]
• Per 30 minutes: 121,500 USD/NSD [heavy mission], ~75,000 NSD/USD [light to medium operation]
• Per minute: 4,050 USD/NSD [heavy mission], ~2,500 NSD/USD [light to medium operation]

[Yohannes]

No more posting here. Any queries or order must be made at the storefront of VMK: viewtopic.php?f=6&t=105528

I am bored

[PAPAH BEAR]

PAPAH BEAR would like to invest 30 Billion NSD to this project.

[Yohannes]

PAPAH BEAR would like to invest 30 Billion NSD to this project.

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=105528

[Yohannes]

Above image: taken from [ this website ]


The ‘Dreadnought’ used its assorted low observable ‘stealth’ technologies to go through heavy enemy anti aircraft defences. The assembled use of low observable technologies, however, is not necessarily the same as ‘radar can not detect it.’ It simply meant that the ‘Dreadnought’ used a multitude of different real life proven technologies to reduce its chance of being detected by the enemy. ‘Technologies,’ not technology. The word ‘stealth’ is basically not one, but many technical approaches to achieve the above mentioned end. And most certainly, these technologies do not stop a ‘Dreadnought’ from being detected easily in certain situations, under the use of various methods and equally advanced designs by the enemy.

One of those techniques that are thought to be an effective counter would be the use of bistatic radar. It is very expensive and is not a one hundred per cent surety, but it can most certainly be done easily, especially by many of the more ‘resourceful’ and technologically plentiful as well as proficient of NationStates Modern Technology to early Post Modern Technology nations out there. A bistatic radar is pretty much a very, very costly method. It uses many receivers in areas far away from one another, and a single transmitter. It allows the possible right positioning of these receivers in places where they can detect the enemy. They are, however again, very pricy. And a ‘Dreadnought’ can still just as easily go deep into enemy area before being identified and tracked, consequently allowing her to bomb her target already and leave the area.

The technologies employed by the ‘Dreadnought’ allows her to reduce her chance of being surely detected. It do not, however, equal to ‘stealth’ in the literal invisible sense or word, as some governments tend to mistake so easily in their daily official briefings; a mistake easily made thanks to the application of various unproven technologies or yet to be applied widely and yet untested, throughout the countless creamy foams and thousand blue seas of this beautiful, diverse world of ours: the NationStates Roleplaying World.

Such a beautiful world, of diverse and ever increasing number of nations, each and every single day.

[Rawlincia]

To: Those concerned in, and representative of, the Government of Rawlincia
From: The Foreign Minister Bridge, representing the Excellency Field Marshal, Dear Leader and Führer Paper von Towel und Bagel
Subject: Re: Investment in the ‘Dreadnought’ project


Kia Ora! Te āheitanga katoa, Takawaenga e whakahonoretia ana; greetings to you and your represented national Whānau!

Thank you for submitting your letter, most Honourable national leader of Rawlincia. I can see that you are very much interested in cooperating with us to realise the final construction of this wonderful war machine.

What will you want in return for giving us 500 billion in NationStates or Universal Standard Dollars?


Yours faithfully,

(Image)
Hon Hohepa Bridge PA
Minister of Foreign Affairs

We would like the right to produce such a state-of-the-art stealth bomber. Also, our military researchers have had very successful trials of jamming/overloading radar by using an electron-emitting EW Pod. While the Pod is for use on our fighters perhaps it could be implemented into the design of the Dreadnought.

[Yohannes]

We would like the right to produce such a state-of-the-art stealth bomber. Also, our military researchers have had very successful trials of jamming/overloading radar by using an electron-emitting EW Pod. While the Pod is for use on our fighters perhaps it could be implemented into the design of the Dreadnought.

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=105528

This [C.L.O.S.E.D.] thread is best viewed

[Yohannes]

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How The Floating Warship Move?

The four Royal Lindblum Zelda aircraft engines of the ‘Dreadnought’ generate a total pushing power of 366.5 kiloNewtons or 37,370 kg, with each engine producing 91.6 kiloNewtons or 9,342 kg. The Royal Lindblum Zelda is a two-spool turbofan engine. It can use any real life or fictional NS designed kerosene-based aviation turbine fuels, so long as they can meet the following requirement:

• At least 100 celsius minimum flash point
• Made up of ~3.5-3.7% isooctane hydrocarbon
• Made up of ~4.2-4.3% 1,2,4,5-Tetramethylbenzene
• At least ~13% Hexadecane

Any or assorted fictional NS designed mix of biofuels may also be used to supplement or replace the original configured fuel type, so long as they meet the above mentioned requirement or can supplement that.

The Zelda used its:

• Compressor to compress incoming air
• Combustor to mix and consume that compressed air with the chosen fuel it uses as hot gas
• Energy extractor by its turbine to activate the engine shaft on the mounted compressor
• Exhaust to use the leftover hot gas steam to move the ‘Dreadnought.’

The Zelda is basically a non afterburning kebabfan engine, meaning it do not generate more pushing power from its supplementary burned extra fuel. My team proceeded with this very simple and rather old horse because it is the only way to make sure that radar cross section can be kept, and all the RCS reducing measures employed for this design are not wasted. As a basic way of saying it: we want to make sure the ‘Dreadnought’ will keep its ‘stealth’ value - to pass from the subsonic in the very deep transonic region to supersonic will generate a shockwave. It pretty much is the same as suddenly saying ‘I am here shoot me’ loudly, after you have tried very hard to secretly approach your enemy in the first place.

More fluff here

[Zunkwentania]

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Any or assorted fictional NS designed mix of biofuels may also be used to supplement or replace the original configured fuel type, so long as the meet the above mentioned requirement or can supplement that.

You. You are my hero.

[Yohannes]

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Operators of the ‘Dreadnought’

As of the present, there are fifteen nations operating the ‘Dreadnought’ for their armed forces or related entities.

• The Free Kingdom of Allanea: 1,000 aircraft in inventory
• The Karlaesist Meritocracy of Chilokver: the right to assemble up to 100 aircraft domestically at any one single time
• The Commonwealth Republic of Esalonia: 5 aircraft in inventory
• The Imperial Federation of the Heinrichian: the right to assemble up to 50 aircraft domestically at any one single time
• The Holy Empire of JAGS: 3 aircraft in inventory
• The sultanate of Khoor: 2 aircraft in inventory
• The Federal Republic of New Carloso: 39 aircraft in inventory
• The United People of Phyrexxus: the right to assemble up to 50 aircraft domestically at any one single time
• The Confederate Republic of Rawlincia: the right to assemble up to 100 aircraft domestically at any one single time
• The Greater Levant Soviet Union of Souriya Al-Assad: 50 aircraft in inventory
• The Holy Empire of Stevid: 5 aircraft in inventory
• The People's Empire of Togeria: 1 aircraft in inventory
• The Republic of Tolmakia: 2 aircraft in inventory
• The Reich of Yohannes: the right to assemble and export the aircraft indefinitely
• The Democratic Republic of Zunkwentania: 25 aircraft in inventory

[Yohannes]

Also, our military researchers have had very successful trials of jamming/overloading radar by using an electron-emitting EW Pod. While the Pod is for use on our fighters perhaps it could be implemented into the design of the Dreadnought.

Ahh for some reason I have missed this part of your post LoL

Check the stats out under 'Avionics,' already listed there (and more) since stats block was put up

EW should be no problem unless they wank up using NS MT designs, then you can use the equally wanked up Leviathan too

hue hue hue

[Allanea]

OOC:

TFW when want Leviathan but already have bought Dreadnought.