[Event] The Republic of Persia to produce her first Aircraft Carrier.
A growing naval power, The Persian Armed Force's recently announced that they were finally designing their first Aircraft Carrier.
A collaborative project with SCO, The Aircraft Carrier will be one of the largest in the region; heavily based upon The Russian Kuznetsov Carrier.
Named "The Rostam Class", The newly designed Aircraft Carrier will be a Short-Take-Off type vessel.
###Bellow are the specification's:
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Displacement: 65,000 tons (full load)
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Length: 1,001 feet
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Beam: 236 feet
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Draft: 33 ft.
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Speed: 29 knots
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Propulsion: 8 x turbo-pressurized boliers
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2 × 50,000 hp (37 MW) turbines
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9 × 2,011 hp (1,500 kW) turbogenerators
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6 × 2,011 hp (1,500 kW) diesel generators
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4 x shafts
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Crew: 1,690
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Aircraft: Up to 50 aircraft
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Elevators: 2
#####Armament:
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12 x P700 Granite SSMs (VLS)
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18 x 8 3K95 Kinzhal SAMs (VLS)
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08 x Kashtan CIWS (2 x 30mm cannon + 8 x 3k87 SAMs each)
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08 x AK-630 30mm CIWS
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02 x 10 RBU-12000 UDAV-1 ASW Rocket launchers
#####Pricing and Time Estimates
Current estimates put a 1.1 Billion Dollar Price-Tag on the vessel, with 1-3 years of R&D, followed by 4-6 years of production. Persia ask's her SCO allies to assist in production; cutting down the production and research times.
Persia ALSO ask's Russia for production right's, as for she is interested in installing the latest military technology.
Posted Feb 21, 2016, 9:31 PM UTC · edited