Vigilant Trimarian Command Battleship
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Length:
962 m (wl); 984 m (oa); Beam: 237 m; Draught: 26.7 m
Displacement: 2.85 million tonnes full load
Armament:
5 x 4 762 mm ETC guns (A, B, C, X, Y positions); 6 x 1 203 mm naval railguns guns port and starboard; 6 x 2 153 mm ETC guns port and starboard; 4 x 96 cell Mk 136 VLS launchers; 8 x 660 mm TT; 16 x Hornet SAM launchers; 20 x Rattlesnake CIWS
Protection:
1,200 mm - 1,600 mm advanced armour composite (titanium, vadium, aluminum, amorphous steel; Enhanced ERA; Ballistic ceramics; Depleted uranium on trimaran hull construction. Double-bottomed, reinforced keel with void spaces including KERI foam; Support provided by honeycomb frame. Composite rods and ceramic kinetic reducing plates provide additional protection against KE attacks.
Propulsion:
12 x Pebblebed nuclear reactors with 14 propulsors and 8 internalised waterjets Compulsators provide power to railguns from primary power system Each reactor surrounded by thermal insulation to reduce noise emission and infared signature 6 diesel turbines provide emergency propulsion. 31.2 knots maximum. 28.4 knots maximum cruise
Aircraft:
Capable of carrying and launching 60-72 STOL aircraft from two full runways near the outriggers Also carries 12 medium helicopters for ASW patrols.
Electronics:
AN/SLY-2 (V) Advanced Integrated Electronics Warfare System; AN/SPY-4 MFR and AN/SPN-23 navigational radars; AN/SQR-6 (B ) passive towed array and AN/SQS-57 dual-mode mounted digital sonar array; A/P Mounted Sonar: AN/SQS-57 active/passive, preformed beam, digital sonar providing panoramic echo ranging and panoramic (DIMUS) passive surveillance.
Countermeasures: Decoy: AN/SLQ-25 Nixie.
Complement: 10,600 + 190 aircrew
Price: $355 billion
Running Cost: $40 billion.