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FedCom 'Firestorm' MK1 Multi-Purpose Missile System

 

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A concept rendering of the FedCom 'Firestorm' MK1 Multi-Purpose Missile System

 

General Information

Name: FedCom® 'Firestorm'™ MK1 Multi-Purpose Missile System

Role: Multi-role missile battery

Manufacturer: FedCom

Introduced: 5th January 2298

Status: In service

Number built: 13,702 launchers as of 1st April 2299

Unit cost: Launchers: £34.6 million (2299)

 

Technical Specifications

Dimensions of launcher:

Length - 9.2 m (30.1 ft)

Width - 1.9 m (6.2 ft)

Launcher height - 3.6m (11.8 ft)

Mount plus launcher height - 6.4 m (20.9 ft)

Weight - 23.4 metric tons (51,588.1 lbs)

 

Dimensions of base:

Length - 9.6 m (31.4 ft)

Width - 7.4 m (24.2 ft)

Height  - 1.8 m (5.9 ft) including safety railings

 

Dimensions of missiles:

Length: 3 m (9.8 ft)

Diameter: 292.1mm (11.5 in)

 

Firing Specifications

Ammunition: 13 missile tubes per launcher; 3 missiles per tube - 39 missiles in total

Firing speed: 10,405 m/s (34,137.1 ft/s)

Acceleration of missile: 2,498 m/s² for a maximum of 120 seconds

Maximum effective range: 19,234.2 km (11,951.5 miles)

Recommended maximum effective range: Approximately 15,000 km

Reloading time: 7 seconds per missile by auto-loader

 

Missile Specifications 

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Name: 'Squall' MultI-Spectral 'Smoke Screen' MissilE (MISSME) 

Purpose: Generates a temporary area of sensor disturbance via the distribution of a large amount of tiny limited-life signal jammers

Effect: Blocks and confuses many types of sensors, giving false readings and, in some cases, halting their function in the affected area entirely.

Area of effect: Sphere centralized on detonation point, 42 km (26 miles) diameter

Life of signal jammers: 180 seconds

 

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Name: 'Paralyzer' Electromagnetic Pulse Missile (EMPM)

Purpose: Generates a localised electromagnetic pulse upon detonation via an explosively pumped flux compression generator (EPFCG)

Effect: Damages and destroys unprotected electrically powered equipment.

Area of effect: 49.5 m (162.4 ft)

Note: All human-constructed vessels are protected from harmful electromagnetic radiation by a Faraday cage. For a Paralyzer missile to have an effect, the Faraday cage must first be punctured, then the missile fired into the breach.

 

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Name: 'Wildfire' High Explosive Cluster Warhead Missile (HECWM)

Purpose: Deploys 108 cluster warheads prior to reaching the target and disperses them across a set area

Effect: Wide area destruction from high explosive warheads - 108 total (52 large warheads, 52 small warheads) - very effective during orbital bombardments

Area of effect: Up 318,600 m² (1,045,275.5 ft²) - circle of 636 .9 m (2,086.6 ft) diameter 

Size of warheads: Large warhead length - 1,016 mm (40 in) 

                                 Large warhead diameter - 50.8 mm (2 in)

                                 Small warhead length - 1,016 mm (40 in) 

                                 Small warhead diameter - 25.4 mm (1 in)

Warhead payload: Large warhead payload of HMX explosive - 2.3 kg (5.2 lbs)

                                 Small warhead payload of HMX explosive - 0.59 kg (1.3 lbs)

Explosive yield: HMX is approximately 2.4 times more powerful than TNT

                            Large warhead yield - 5.52 kg (12.1 lbs) of TNT

                            Small warhead yield - 1.4 kg (3 lbs) of TNT

                            Total yield per missile - 359.8 kg (793.2 lbs) of TNT

 

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Name: 'Reaper' Anti-Ship Armour Piercing Missile (ASAP)

Purpose: To pierce and breach heavily armoured targets to allow more destructive munitions inside

Effect: Destroys large sections of hull armour on enemy vessels and acts as a 'bunker buster' during orbital bombardments

Warhead payload: 4x 5.5 kg (12.1 lbs) HE tandem warheads to defeat explosive reactive armour (ERA) panels 

                                 4x 23.6 kg (52 lbs) HEAT charges on the tip of the missile - approximately 3.6m (11.8 ft) of penetration each

                                 16x 200 kg (440.9 lbs) HMX HE charges deployed after HEAT charges breach initial armour. 3,200kg (7,054.7 lbs) total. 

Explosive yield: 7,680 kg (16,931.5 lbs) of TNT

 

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Name: 'Sunburst' Thermonuclear Warhead Missile (TWM)

Purpose: To deliver a single thermonuclear warhead (same warhead in the 'Retaliator' torpedo)

Effect: Widespread destruction caused by a nuclear explosion after warhead is injected into the target via HEAT charge penetration. Secondary EMP effect from the detonation. Almost certain target destruction.

Warhead payload: 1x 23.6 kg (52 lbs) HEAT charge on the tip of the missile - approximately 3.6m (11.8 ft) of penetration

                                 1x 475 kiloton warhead

Explosive yield: 475 kiloton warhead 

 

Typical Launcher Loadout

13 tubes - 3 missiles per tube - 39 missiles in total

Tube 1 - TWM, TWM, TWM

Tube 2 - TWM, TWM, TWM

Tube 3 - TWM, TWM, TWM

Tube 4 - HECWM, HECWM, HECWM

Tube 5 - HECWM, HECWM, HECWM

Tube 6 - HECWM, HECWM, HECWM

Tube 7 - ASAP, ASAP, ASAP

Tube 8 - ASAP, ASAP, ASAP

Tube 9 - ASAP, ASAP, ASAP

Tube 10 - ASAP, ASAP, ASAP

Tube 11 - ASAP, ASAP, ASAP

Tube 12 - EMPM, EMPM, EMPM

Tube 13 - MISSME, MISSME, MISSME

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