Difference between revisions of "Battle Island"

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The Battle Island was a very large ship that was basically a portable naval base/airfield. From Jan 2003-July 2004, Whittier was the only nation on NS that had such a vessel. But as is inevitable, other nations eventually developed their own version of the technologies.

Uses

A key feature of the Battle Island is its ability to adjust to various types of fighting. It can be used as an airbase for heavy bombers that usually have to be launched from a land base but it can also accept civilian or other transport craft carrying troops for an amphibious landing invasion. It can also be used to house troops and/or to house POW's or enemy combatants.

Support

The Battle Island supports the widest range of currently available aircraft. Battle Island has room for 3,500 vehicles (these could be tanks, APCS, Humvees, etc), 5,000 cargo containers and 150 aircraft (if that is how you wished to use it.)Battle Island could house one brigade of 3,000 troops. It has 5 million square feet of space. Of this, 3.5 million square feet comes with climate control. Could help military preposition 300,000 tons of equipment, 75 million gal. of fuel and 50 million gal. of potable water.It is stable enough to allow cargo craft like the C130 Hercules to operate in Sea State 6 conditions. Sea State numbers run from 0 (dead calm) to 12 (hurricane conditions). Sea State 6 is characterized by 22- to 27-knot winds, and white, foam-crested, 10-ft. waves with sea spray. Capable of transferring personnel and materiel to shore-going vessels in conditions up to and including Sea State 3. Originally intended to be transported in modules but was changed into one massive craft that moves as a unit. Version used by other nations is known as the JMOB (Joint Mobile Offshore Base) and has to be moved in Modules. Battle Island is, however, more expensive to build and maintain than these other versions. Both are however, pretty flexible. They both use deisel electric engines and both versions move at 15 knots. That's fast enough to put a JMOB/Battle Island on station anywhere in the world within a month.

Developments

Whittier is currently said to be working on Battle Island II which is being designed to carry up to 2,000 aircraft. But it is reported they have run into technical difficulties.