User:Pixy/Victory-class destroyer (Sandbox)
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| Cost: | $946 million per ship |
| Built: | 2023 - Present |
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| Type: | Guided-missile destroyer |
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| Speed: | In excess of 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
| Range: | 6,210 nmi (12,000 km; 7,000 mi) |
| Endurance: | 30 days at sea |
| Boats & landing craft carried: | TBD |
| Complement: | 290 Personnel |
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The Victory-class destroyer (Nylele: Fandresena) is Daoan-led warship development program with the intended goal of producing an advanced guided-missile destroyers with stealth characteristics, and was built in partnership with the nations of Ankat, Kainuinoa and Kajera. Ships of the class were developed and built by Khuat Shipyards alongside its subsidiaries for the navies of Ozerosi countries. The Daoan government led the program who holds 70% stake of the program’s shares with the remaining 30% distributed amongst Ankat (10%), Kainuionoa (10%) and Kajera (10%). The development of the Victory-class destroyers originally began as a solo development venture by Daobac to replace its aging fleet of Freedom-class destroyers, however the estimated high cost of such a development prompted Bao Marine to propose to the Daoan government to invite partner countries to distribute the associated costs. These destroyers would be constructed using primarily existing & improved upon technologies for its armament, engine & hull design including lessons learned from the construction of the Independence and Endurance-class frigates. The destroyers are expected to operate primarily in anti-air roles to provide escort for larger vessels such as helicopter carriers and amphibious assault ships, but are also capable to perform anti-surface, naval gunfire support and anti-submarine roles. The Victory-class destroyer is expected to enter service in the navies of Ankat, Daobac, Kainuinoa, Kajera and Lusoña
Development & Planning
In 2013 the Daoan Navy released a report that detailed what changes need to take place within the Daoan Navy in order to anticipate and deal with new threats towards Daobac. The study concluded that the navy’s fleet of Freedom-class destroyers and Dammay-class landing platform docks were severely outdated by modern standards and must be either retrofitted or replaced entirely. In the end it was decided that the Freedom-class would be replaced by a new surface combatant vessel which would come to be the Independence-class frigates, and supported by no more than two destroyer-class vessels as escorts for the navy’s future landing platform dock and Endurance-class multi-mission frigates that it had procured. At first the navy considered procuring either: new Tsurushiman-made guided missile destroyers, or developing an entirely new destroyer made for Daoan specification. Ultimately in 2013 it was decided that the navy would develop an indigenously made destroyer that was jointly developed by other Ozerosi countries. The decision was made based on both economic and political reasons. Economically, while the cost of developing an indigenous vessel would be much more expensive compared to procuring a readily made one, it was hoped that in the long term Daobac would be able to accrue cost savings in maintenance costs and reduce procurement cost of new vessels by upgrading its existing designs without the need to wait or depend upon foreign nations. Politically Daobac had hoped that the participation of the small and middle powers of the Ozerosi region in this project would increase the region’s geo-political autonomy and reduce reliance on the procurement of arms from foreign powers.
In 2016 Daobac approached the governments of Ankat, Kainuinoa & Kajera to discuss their participation in the project. Daobac proposed that development of the destroyer would take place by Khuat Shipyards itself, but the vessels would be constructed in shipyards in Ankat & Kajera, owing to the two nations large population and experience in shipbuilding. In January 2018 it was decided that Khuat Shipyards would establish subsidiaries in Ankat & Kajera that would conduct the majority of the shipbuilding efforts. In February of the same year a design tender was initiated by the Daoan government where Khuat Shipyards eventually won the design & procurement contracts o the new destroyer. BM Shipyards Kajera & BM Shipyards Ankat were founded in 2020 and 2021 respectively in preparation for the upcoming construction of the destroyers. KS Ankat was based in the city of Torvu owing to the city’s extensive history in shipbuilding, maintenance & construction. KS Kajera was established in the city of XXX. A total of XX ships were expected to be constructed by 202X, with construction of the first vessel for Daobac beginning in 2023 and finally expected to enter service sometime in 2025. The number of ships constructed by KS Ankat & Kajera was divided equally between the two subsidiaries. While construction of the ship’s hull and primary superstructure are all conducted in situ of the shipyards, their weaponry and primary sensors were constructed in Daobac by their respective contractors. These would then be shipped out to Ankat & Kajera during the vessels fitting out process. To provide more financial flexiblity and expadite the construction process, some countries have opted to have the ships constructed in a fit for but not with (FFBNW) method, where some weapon or sensor systems were purposefully not installed immediately upon commissioning. This helps lower costs and allows its users to upgrade its ships at a later date and save room for future proofing.
Design
General Characteristics
The Victory-class is XXX m (X ft X in) long and X m (X ft X in) wide, with a displacement of XXXX tonnes when empty and XXXX tonnes when fully loaded by both crew and cargo. Its speed is in excess of XX knots (X km/h; X mph), has a maximum range of XXXX nmi (X km; X mi) and it can operate independently without any logistical support for a period of 30 days before needing to refuel & resupply at a port. Like the Independence-class frigates, the Victory-class was designed as a modular vessel and as such it was built around eight major modules which were constructed individually before being assembled together. Some of the key considerations of utilizing a modular design approach was to expedite the overall construction process reducing it from 5 to 4 years, reduce the number of material waste, permit the construction & assembly of modules to take place entirely indoors allowing work to continue unimpeded regardless of weather conditions and increase the overall quality of the finished product due to the standardization methods required in module construction & assembly. Bao Marine also designed the ship in such a way that it can be repurposed as an entirely different type of vessel, depending on the requirements of the customer. Propulsion is provided by a combined gas and gas (COGAG) propulsion system. The ship is powered by four Khuat Motors GS4 gas turbine engines, each providing 18.5 MW (24,808 hp) with a total output: 74 MW (99,235 hp) of power. Like the Independence-class frigates, the Victory-class incorporates stealth characteristics in the form the utilization of composite materials, radar absorbent coatings in the ship's exterior hull and low-observable/radar transparent technologies. The incorporation of such materials and the reduced number of protruding structures such as antennas and externally mounted missile/rocket tubes helps the vessel maintain a low radar cross-section, allowing the vessel to be marketed as a destroyer with stealth capabilities. Acoustic signature is reduced by utilizing propellers that were designed to reduce hydrodynamic noise and areas with machinery that generate large amount of noise are housed in specialized acoustic enclosures that reduce air-borne noise. Thermal signature of the ship from the ship's exhaust ports is reduced by injecting the engine's exhaust with cold air before being expelled into the environment in order to mask it with natural background thermal heat.
Armament
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Sensors & Processing System
The key component of the Victory’s sensor & processing system is the Protector Combat System (PCS), an integrated naval weapons system developed & produced by Mach Aerospace. The sensory & processing component of the PCS is composed of multiple sensors & processing systems working together to identify, track and neutralize threats towards the ship & fleet under its protection. The RAS35 Block 2 AESA multipurpose radar is a significantly improved version of the RAS35 Block 1 used on the Endurance-class frigate. It is comprised of four faced, non-rotating, active phased array panels that utilize AESA technology, designed to simultaneously provide air & surface surveillance, helicopter control and weapon control functions. In this sense it integrates the functions of surveillance and fire control radars into one system. The RAS35's four faces provide unrestricted coverage of the ship's area of operation and its sytem architecture allows simultaneous functionality at high update rates regardless of environmental conditions. It has a large search volume with high elevation coverage, detection of small targets such as sea-skimming missiles, fast attack crafts and unmanned aerial vehicles, rapid automation track initiation and theoretically a low false alarm rate. Like the previous Block 1 version, the Block 2 version of the RAS35 is capable of providing mid-course correction to airborne missiles. It has an instrumented detection range of up to 500 km for air, 180 km for surface targets, and is capable of tracking up to 100 surface and 1,200 airborne targets. The RAS/05B naval search radar serves as a secondary search radar to complement the RAS/35 Block 2's search and tracking performance. Fire control for the Victory's assortment of missiles, torpedoes & rockets is provided by TK-8D fire control radar wheras its XXmm gun is controlled by the SS/10 optical sight system. The SNR-367 ASW suite provides the ship with anti-submarine warfare capabilities to detect and track submarines. The Shadow Mk.6 ECM/ELINT Suite provides the ship's crew with both electronic attack and signals intelligence collection capabilities and is supported by the HSZ-200 radar warning receiver pod and Defender-D radar jamming system. TBA