GSM.38 Jupiter ASM
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| Profile (n/a) | |
| Jupiter | |
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| Design details (GSM.38) | |
| Function | ASM, SSM, SLCM |
| Manufacturer | Harker-Boss Precision Rocketry |
| Design No. | PASM-91 |
| Unit cost | $134 Million |
| Service dates | 2006-present |
| General characteristics | |
| Length | 25.2m |
| Diameter | 2.6m |
| Finspan | Not Released |
| Wingspan | Not Released |
| Launch mass | 96 Tons |
| Flight characteristics | |
| Propulsion | NP-R-03 Cold Rocket Booster NP-M-65 Rocket Engine NP-139H RAMjet Booster to PDE NP-M-127 SCRAMjet/PDE |
| Flight control | Mission Adaptive Skin Forward Thrust Nozzels Active-Aeroelastic Wings 45* 3D Thrust Vectoring Rotating Canards |
| Speed | First Stage: Mach 2+ Second Stage: Mach 3.5 Third Stage: Mach 7 Terminal Stage: Mach 11 |
| Manoeuvrability | >16g |
| Range | 4,350NM |
| Ceiling | 110km |
| Guidance and payload | |
| Guidance | Midcourse:
Terminal: |
| Warhead |
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| Fuzes | Timed penetrator, contact, airburst. |
| Launch platforms | |
| Ship | |
| Land | |
| Operators | |
| Artitsan Imperial Navy | Artitsan Imperial Airforce | |
Contents
GSM.38 Jupiter Heavy Anti-Shipping Missile
Design and Testing
The GSM.38 is known to have been requested as early as 1997, as a competitor to the Khan Class Missile developed by ZMI. The missile is quite similar in specifications, with the GSM.38 being slightly larger, only to match Artitsan VLS standards. The missile is designed for the same role; To devestate enemy capital and super capital vessels in a single shot. The ability to directly compare it to the Khan has allowed improvements in several aspects including range, survivability, killing power, and Intelligence.
Propulsion
The GSM.38 uses several seperate propulsion systems built by the renowned Nolan-Petyav Aerospace Propulsion Industries. These engines are incredibly advanced in comparison, allowing for better Fuel Effeciency and performance, increasing both range and velocity.
Stage 1: This launch system allows for rapid deployment, and minimizes any thermal damage to surrounding structures. Designed to simply push the missile up and away from its launch platform.
Stage 2: Used to propel the missle to an altitude which would allow the RAMjet to perform effectively.
Stage 3: The rocket uses a pulse-rocket system to achieve an appropriate speed for the RAMjet to kick in. This stage is used for the majority of the flight time.
Stage 4: The terminal phase, the SCRAMjet achieves an incredibly high-speed before dropping too low to the surface, when the Pulse-Detonation system kicks in.
Survivability
Survivability comes in the form of two different packages. The first is the Physical Package. This package revolves around the missiles fantastic agility. This agility comes in the form of its Mission Adaptive Skin and Active Aeroelastic Wings which reduce and resolve any G-Force strains along the body and control surfaces. What gives the missile its agility, are the rotating canards, forward thrust nozzles, and 3D Thrust Vectoring giving the GSM.38 the ability to dodge, jink, and perform hairpin maneuvers to avoid CIWS and Defensive-Missile Fire at very high-speeds. At the hypersonic end of its flight profile, the missile is capable of merely adjusting course by a few degrees and rotating to disipate the affects of a THEL type system. The missile is capable of sustaining over 16G's and -7g's.
The second package is a combination of its EW suite and decoy systems. The EW suite entails an IR Blinder, excellent in defeating LIDAR/LADAR guided intercept munitions; Electronic Screamers, Delayed CHAFF, and Flairs. In the third stage, the missile has 8 mini-missile or hypersonic interceptors, able to be deployed to counter Anti-Missile Missiles such as the S-300PMU, PAC-3, SM-2, Aster-M, and etc.
This entire combination gives each missile incredible survivablity, especially when its armoured nose cap is taken into effect. The nose itself is designed to have munitions skip across or even thrown off by the air pressure around the nose. If this fails, it is armoured against 35mm weapons.
The missile features silicon diodes for beating electronic-attack modes on AESA. woot.
Attack Profile
Hi-Hi-Lo prawnage
Counter-Measures
Stuff liek jammers and stuff.
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