C-300 Scapèle

C-300 Scapèle
C-300 Scapèle XLRAAM
Type	Extreme Long-Range Air-to-Air Missile (XLRAAM)
Place of origin	Inyursta Merick Isles
Service history
In service	2014-present
Used by	Inyurstan Air Force Inyurstan Navy Mericki Naval Aviation Corps Fuerza Aérea del Cuscatlan
Wars	Lolloh-Ruol Wars (2014) Rerno Conflict (2017) San Meresque Incident (2018)
Production history
Designer	Morales-Sevalière Design Bureau (MSDB) Forgianno Aerospace Systems (FAS)
Designed	2009
Produced	2010-present
Specifications
Weight	710kg
Length	5.5m
Diameter	39cm
Warhead	Annular Blast-Fragmentation
Warhead weight	55kg
Engine	Tandem Rocket Booster
Wingspan	70cm
Propellant	Solid Fuel Propellant
Operational range	>315km
Speed	Mach 3.9
Guidance system	Semi-Active Radar Homing (SARH) with Timing & Inertial Measurement Unit (TIMU) self-correcting (midcourse) Active Radar Homing or Passive Radar Homing (terminal)

The C-300 Scapèle is a joint Inyurstan-Mericki extreme long-range air-to-air missile (XLRAAM) developed by Morales-Sevalière Design Bureau (MSDB) and Forgianno Aerospace Systems (FAS). An "AWACS-Killer" or "Anti-Bomber Missile", the C-300 is designed to take down large, slow-moving aircraft such as AWACS, ground control, cargo planes, etc.; or those with poor maneuverability, such as supersonic strategic bombers.

It's name means "Blade" in Inyurstan, but it is also called the "Gladius" in the Merick Isles and the "Espada-larga" in Cuscatlan.

Design

Midcourse guidance is semi-active radar homing (SARH) with a secondary timing and inertial measurement unit (TIMU). The SARH homing on the C-300 is extremely flexible in cases of net-centric warfare, and can be performed by either the host aircraft or a nearby AWACS. It's secondary TIMU assists the missile during situations where the directing aircraft is forced to disengage or is under heavy jamming. Once the missile is within 160km of the target, it switches to either active or passive radar homing for the terminal flight course.

The C-300 is exceptionally large for its air-to-air role, and as a result can only be carried in limited quantity by a limited number of aircraft. See "Compatibility" below for a list of platforms which can support the C-300, and how many can be carried in a sortie. Note that such numbers do not include weight allocations for external fuel tanks or other ordinance such as air-to-air missiles:

History

In 2007, during the early height of the Lolloh-Ruol Wars, engineers and forward-thinking corporate officials at the Inyurstan defense firm MSDB predicted a near-future need for such a missile to engage C4ISTAR assets in the escalating conflict. They approached the Mericki aerospace firm FAS and began preemptively planning a missile for use on the Inyurstan AC-88 Taipan and Mericki F-14M fighters. When the Inyurstan armed forces announced the X-300 program - a bid to create a missile capable of hitting aerial targets over 300km way - the MSDB-FAS already had a working prototype, dubbed "the blade". The usually-dominant missile-design company Navayelle Systems offered a version of the C-120 Rapier with a secondary discarding booster, while Seratto Defense Solutions proposed a local clone of the AIM-54 Pheonix. The working prototype by MSDB-FAS was selected on almost all criteria except cost.

However, the final missile was not put into service until the final days of the Lolloh-Ruol Wars. A single kill against a Lollohian cargo plane of unknown model by a Mericki F-14M was the only recorded kill of the war: although a pair of Inyurstan AC-88 pilots report forcing a Lollohian spy plane into pulling a U-turn by firing a C-300 then completing the kill with a C-120M Rapier missile.

Compatibility

Aircraft	Aircraft Service	# Carried	Year Integrated	Combat Radius	Image
AC-88E Taipan Block II	Inyursta	x3	2012	~900km
AM-86E/F	Merick Isles	x4	2012	~750km
AP-25 Bulldog	Merick Isles	x2	2016	~900km
EF-58 Relampago	Gran Cuscatlan	x4-6	2017	~1,300km