Type 1987 "Wave Arrow" / NS - N - 12 Shipburn
[*] Price: N$D 1.79 million per unit.
[*] Domestic Production Rights: DPR limited to close allies, SACTO or associate nations. Consult New Aeyariss or Nachmere for DPR.
- Cruise Missile Type 1987 NY (Namiya - Wave Arrow) also called NS - N - 12 Shipburn is a supersonic, short - range anti - shp missile family from the Empire of Greater Nifon developed in the years following the Red Monsoon in order to bring down heavily defended surface vessels. It was adapted by Nachmerian armed forces after it entered Nifonese service due to cooperation on the development stage, in particular Nachmerian companies delivering technologies needed to create the engine - thus Type 1987 is also known as NS-4 Shaldag in Nachmerian service. Conceptual design was aimed at targeting hostile carriers, air defence ships and other major surface combatants, with additional anti - radiation and land attack versions appearing later to fill various holes in multiple units. From the beginning this missile was based around incorporation of modular design, allowing mass production of different models with only minimal differences in tooling and equipment and reducing maintenance costs.
- Despite the initial variant entering service in 1987, the design has progressively upgraded over time. The current version possess modern sensors and control systems.
- "Wave Arrow" is 820 centimetres long and weights 3500 kilograms in ground launched variant with warhead alone having weight of 250 kilograms in said version.
- Attached to the main, circular body of the missile produced from graphite polyimide composites, are four aft antisymmetric inlets powering four liquid - fuel ramjets providing it propulsion during the flight, after the initial booster stage, with the solid fuel booster occupying most of the lower part. Full integration of the ramjet inlets into the airframe successfully ensures that the ramjet inlets won't interrupt with the warhead and reduces weight of the missile.
- On the ramjet engines were mounted two sets of yaw to turn folded delta wings responsible for manoeuvring: first, longer set, is placed in the middle of the missile, while the second, shorter set, is located at the end of the ramjets, using tail control as the method of controlling missile during the flight. Flight control surfaces are folded when "Wave Arrow" rests within the launcher tube.
- Spherical shaped dome, housing various sensors depending on version, is situated at the top of Type 1987 and was crafted out of zinc sulfide, providing all crucial sensors housed inside with proper dielectric constant and protection from traverse strength and rain erosion needed for multi spectrum seeker housed inside.
- To decrease the cost of the munition, various new techniques were used, such as ceramic tooling which allows to produce the entire airframe as single cast. Crew of the Murakami Electronics did everything in their power to lower the amount of parts located inside the missile to needed minimum, thus increasing reliability and simplicity of the design - which included casting entire airframe as a single cast, or using low - cost but reliable commercial parts for several elements, such as guidance, control or engine. This unique combination makes Type 1987 simple to use, easy to operate and upkeep by nations with restricted budgets.
- Responsible for propulsion are solid fuel booster and four liquid fuel ramjet engines (although, land based variant incorporates possibility of attachment of two rocked boosters to the sides, between the ramjets - a variant intended mostly for coastal defense formations) fuelled by 500kg of RJ-7 high density fuel. Ramjet engine allows Wave Arrow to reach top speed of MACH 2.7 and range of 320 kilometers on attitude of 15km, on 150 kilometers when sea skimming 20 meters above sea level.
- Murakami VLS008 chip provides integration of all critical components into one alongside enormous computing power needed to maintain all the electronics.
- Responsible for midcourse guidance up to target is gimbal ring inertial guidance backed up with AXISAT.
-Type 1987 possess also one of most sophisticated seeker systems ever build by the Nifonese arms industry codenamed W-8. W-8 weights 70 kilograms on it's own and can detect a target up to 50 kilometers away during up to sea state 7 on ± 40° search angle. This two channel active/passive radar proven itself extremely resistant to ECM and chaff provides wideband frequency agile waveform pseudorandomly varied spread spectrum modulation alongside passive anti - radiation capability, depending on mode. Design is modular and incorporates antenna, transmitter, receiver and the processing unit, which can be exchanged if an upgrade is needed, with innovative production techniques used during production decreases costs of such advanced system. That, combined with two - way low power data link, makes Type 1987 formidable foe to any air defence system.
- Many versions include also "wolf pack" mode - at first, missiles before launch are programmed with tactical information, priorities, and other needed information. Then, during the flight, missiles link with each other, with their computers classifying the targets according to the importance and deciding which one should act as a decoy to draw the defender's attention and which should be used to deliver the kill. Once the main targets designated by the operators are destroyed, missiles redistribute the attack among the lesser targets.
- The target is destroyed by 250 kilogram warhead, equipped with void sensor which detonates is milliseconds after the missile breached the ship's hull, greatly increasing damage.
- Versions:
Wave Arrow - 1: Ground launched variant.
Wave Arrow - 2 Air launched variant.
Wave Arrow - 3: Anti - radiation variant with high quality passive radar seeker.
Type 1987 "Wave Arrow"
- Length: 820 cm.
- Weight: 3500kg
- Engine: solid fuel booster (1st stage) / liquid fuel ramjet (2nd stage).
- Operational Range:
- 350km at 15km attitude
- 150km at sea skimming (20 meters)- Speed: Mach 2.7
- Warhead: 250 kilograms.
- Guidance system: Midcourse intertial + AXISAT / Active radar homing / Passive radar homing
- Launch Platform: VLS tube or air.