Federatsiy-class Battlecruiser
OVERVIEW
From the beginning of the 20th century, the old Kingdom of Lauzannia ruled the waves of the Black Sea with the Svoboda-class battleships as well as the impressive Lauzannia. However, the ravages of World War 2 and the Western powers leaving Lauzannia to the Warsaw Pact and COMECON lead to the Lauzanne People's Navy becoming one of the premier naval powers of the Pact, second to the USSR. Post-Refusal War, the now-Federal Republic's LMDF was in a confusing situation where it had initially taken as many ships destined for Russian scrapyards as possible, leaving the reborn LMDF as the primary Black Sea power once more, but this time they had few, if any indigenously designed ships.
The Federatsiy-class was launched in the late 2010's, it's construction suspended by the Spring War diverting funds towards the Army and Air Force. Commissioned in 2020, the ship is as much a statement towards the other Black Sea nations as it is a continuation of Lauzannean shipbuilding tradition. At 17,000 tons at full load, it is the heaviest surface combatant within the Black Sea, and is only matched by the Russian Kirov-class ships.
The entire ship has been constructed with experience working on the Pikarel-class corvettes for signature reduction and missile transportation. To reduce weight, a composite superstructure and radar mast were utilised to lower the ship's center of gravity and allow it more stability in rough seas. A newly designed hull minimises overall noise, adding a large bow sonar for detection of submarines and torpedoes. The Federatsiy is also constructed in blocks, easing the strain on local industry to both build and assemble the entire warship.
For armaments, the flagship of the Lauzannean Navy does not disappoint. Taking the AK-130-1A system slated for the Admiral Ardelean-class Frigate, the AK-130-2A system sports the same twin-barrel armament as the AK-130 in a new automated low-profile mount, capable of interfacing with the ship's fire control radars. However, in an emergency the system can be manned and utilised electro-optically. However, the centerpiece of the Federatsiy-class is it's unmatched 184 vertical launch cells, with 8 near the middle for close range defence with quad packed missiles, the other 176 missiles located in the immense prow of the ship. With many of the missile tubes being strike-length, the ship boasts an impressive capability to be loaded for anti ship, land attack or anti aircraft work, forming an immense dome of protection around any naval asset. For self defence, the Federatsiy-class uses a modernised Kashtan CIWS in the stern, with two rotary 30mm cannons backed by 8 guided missiles for defending the ship from many kinds of munitions or small boats. In the aft of the ship, two CADS-N-1M missile batteries with 21 missiles each provide protection in the rear 180 degrees of the ship, allowing for all-around protection from many threats. With little space for torpedo tubes, some VLS in the stern can be reserved for anti-submarine missiles, should the need arise or ASW cover be insufficient.
However, for all it's combat potential, the ship would hardly be worthy of the name if it did not have sensors and a combat system to match. Designed for Lauzannean ships, the various sensors are all unified under the GL-MCS 3000 system. With modularity in mind, the system is scalable to the various warships in the Lauzannean fleet, sharing architecture with the smaller ships in the fleet and allowing for the sharing of target data, the sensor picture within the fleet and the engagement of multiple targets at once. With the ability to control up to 16 missiles simultaneously along with engaging up to 16 targets, along with tracking of up to 1,000 overall targets within it's combat system. These can range from aircraft, to missiles, ships and submarines.
Fitted with a reliable COGAD system rather than a more exotic CODLAG or IEP propulsion keeps the costs lowered on the ship, keeping it's availability and readiness up.
In terms of sensors, firepower and speed, the Federatsiy is unmatched from it's older Soviet and Russian contemporaries, packing an immense 184 VLS cells from which to carry long range SAMs, anti ship and land attack cruise missiles, or ASW missiles in equal measure. With powerful X and S-band radars for target acquisition and detection, supported by a powerful bow and flank sonar arrays allows the Federatsiy-class to provide long range air defence, ASW and AShW weapons to bear against almost any kind of target.
Good sensors, a high flank speed and extremely powerful armaments make the Federatsiy-class a stand-out ship for any fleet it is attached to.SPECS
Name: Federatsiy-class Battlecruiser
Type: Guided Missile Cruiser
Displacement: 17,200 tons Full Load
Length: 180 Meters
Beam: 22.3 Meters
Draft: 7.62 Meters
L:B Ratio: 8.07:1
Propulsion: COGAD System
2x ND-30 Diesel Engines
2x AE-NTX Turbine Engine
95,000 SHP total
Speed: 20kn cruising speed
32kn combined speed
Range: 17,000 nautical miles cruising at 20 knots
7,500 nautical miles at combined 32 knots
Complement: 350
Radar: CO-N2A Infra-Red Search & Track
Stingray-C Multi Function Air Detection & Tracking Radar
SA200XL 3D Air Surveillance Radar
MCS-R-4 Multifunction Search/Fire Control Radar
EOTS-N-6C Electro-Optical Gun/Missile Tracking System
SA-R-N6 “Chestnut-L” CIWS tracking/Fire Control Radar
Navigation Radar
Decoy Launchers (Chaff/Flare/Nulka)
Passive ECM
Sonar: Pearl-L Bow-Mounted Sonar
Armament:
Guns:
1x Twin AK-130-2A 130mm/L70 Dual Purpose Gun,
Missiles:
184x Universal VLS Cells for AShM, SAM, Anti-submarine missiles, short range defence missiles, Land Attack Cruise Missiles
CIWS:
1x Kashtan-L SAM/Gun systems (Fore)
2x CADS-N-1M Kinzhal SAM CIWS (Aft)
Armor: Splinter protection on critical areas
Aircraft carried: 2x MH-2N utility helicopters
Cost Per Unit: $2.5 Billion NSD
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