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HK7 'Viking' Hypersonic Cruise Missile
Key Features
Weight: 18,738 lbs (8,499 kg)
Length: 32 ft. (10 m)
Diameter: 3 ft. (1.2 m)
Warhead: 727 lbs (330 kg) Conventional Warhead, Nuclear Option
Operational Range: 466 miles (749 kilometers)
Engine: Solid Propellant Booster, Liquid Fueled Ramjet
Speed: Mach 5.5
Launch Platform(s): Submarines, Surface Vessels
Price: $4,500,000
Origins
In 1994, the Defense Department of Minnysota began looking into a new type of cruise missile that would enhance Minnysota’s naval strike capabilities, from below the surface and above the surface. The DoD of Minnysota stressed to the companies looking into the project that the missile would need to be hypersonic, to give Minnysota impressive strike capabilities. AeroTech, the leading Minnysotan aircraft producer, led the project and soon began to develop the HK7 ‘Viking’ Hypersonic Missile.
Overview
The HK7 is a hypersonic, ship-launched cruise missile. The missile is equipped with a 330kg warhead to ensure that the missile does some damage to the target if it strikes. The HK7 is propelled by a Solid Propellant Booster until hypersonic speeds are reached. Upon reaching hypersonic speeds, liquid-fueled ramjets are used to sustain hypersonic speeds. The missile uses a semi-ballistic path, or an arc, to increase range and the achieve maximum speed (Mach 5.5) near the point of impact.
Design
The ‘Viking’ Hypersonic missile is designed to be able to fly at hypersonic speeds and travel for long periods of time. The winglets used on the main body of the missile provide the ‘Viking’ with stability for hypersonic flight.
The missile is divided into several main parts. The engine is located in the rear of the missile, to give the maximum potential for high speeds. The fins are located in the rear of the missile as well, to provide more stability to the missile. The middle of the missile is where the fuel for the flight is stored. Also in the middle are the winglets, to provide maximum stability for the missile. Near the front is where the guidance systems are located, and directly in front of the guidance systems is where the 330 kg warhead is stored.
Propulsion
Initial propulsion for the missile is provided by a solid-propellant booster. Upon reaching hypersonic speeds, a liquid-fueled ramjet is used to sustain hypersonic speeds throughout the flight and until the target is reached.
Guidance Systems
The missile’s guidance systems, located near the front of the missile, use a pre-recorded contour of a map to navigate terrain and to the target. The pre-recorded map is then compared to a radar altimeter. In addition to the listed guidance systems, the missile uses GPS/INS to allow a strike on a specific set of geographical coordinates. The last set of guidance systems are active radar and IIR to provide the missile with a good targeting picture when the missile closes in on the target.
Warhead
The warhead used by the ‘Viking’ missile is a conventional 330 kg semi-armor piercing warhead. The warhead will allow the naval versions of the ‘Viking’ to strike enemy ships from afar and cause some serious damage afterward. A nuclear warhead is also an option for this missile.
Launch Platforms
The ‘Viking’ missile is currently being looked at by the Republican Navy, in the hopes that they may purchase the missiles as the new standard anti-ship missile. The Navy has stated that the missile will be launched from VSLs on the many missile ships the surface fleet possesses. In addition to the surface fleet hopefully operating the 'Viking', submarines will most likely begin using this as their primary anti-ship weapon. Future platforms will include bombers, strike fighters, and silos (mobile and stationary).
Targets
The main goal of the ‘Viking’ so far is to allow naval ships to fire at enemy ships from farther ranges and have a higher chance of striking. Other targets do include submarines, and not just surface vessels, however. The ‘Viking’ missile can be launched against ground targets, but it will have much less effectiveness in a ground attack role than the anti-shipping role [in its current state, ground and air-launched variants will have the potential to deliver a heavy blow and effectively damage ground targets].
Advantages
The ‘Viking’ missile outperforms the earlier missiles operated by Minnysota in several ways. The high speeds, reaching Mach 5.5 in the test fires off of the coast, allow the missile to hit an enemy target with much greater kinetic energy than previous supersonic and subsonic missiles. The high speeds also give the missile a greater chance at penetrating the armor or protection of enemy targets. Long range also gives the ‘Viking’ an advantage over previous missiles. Ships can now comfortably fire from farther distances instead of firing at an enemy ship within strike range of the enemy’s missile. The missile will also come in on a ballistic trajectory. By doing this the missile can come in at high speeds due to gravitational pull. If the missile is hit by ship defenses, the trajectory of the missile can still allow the missile to crash into the target and cause damage.
Variants
Although AeroTech has informed the DoD that using the ‘Viking’ missile on ground targets is less effective than the anti-shipping role, AeroTech has informed the DoD that they are working on a variant that can be launched from mobile launches or silos on the ground, mainly for surface-to-surface use. Said variant has been named the KH7A ‘Viking ’ missile. AeroTech has also confirmed the development of an air-launched variant of the missile, called the KH7B 'Viking'.
Export
The HK7 'Viking' is one of Minnysota's most carefully guarded and rigorously controlled pieces of equipment, representative as it is as the most current and versatile means of extreme-range and high-speed battlefield offensive support.
Sale is thus only permitted to states or national/transnational entities Minnysota has both dealt with before, and that Executive Command considers trustworthy. On-sale is strictly prohibited.
Only nations with whom Minnysota enjoys an alliance in the true sense of the word are permitted DPRs to the HK7 system. Requests should be addressed to Jeremy Kingsley, by contacting AeroTech.
Again, distribution and on-sale is strictly prohibited. If such an action is required, please contact AeroTech or the DoD of Minnysota for approval. Should a state not be eligible for DPRs, the purchase of batches of HK7s is still permitted, should the DoD's stated considerations be met.
Each 'Viking' sells at 4.5m standard dollars.
DPRs to the HK7, to allies only, are available at 20b standard dollars.
- *DPR costs 20b standard dollars for the renewal of the DPR
*DPRs only last 10 NS years, and then expire
Purchases of individual units or DPRs can be made through Lyran Arms.
((OOC: If you all must really know, yes, this was run through NSD
-I must thank all of the folks at NSD that helped on out this project for their advice))
