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Belarus Class Heavy Cruiser
Topic Started: Feb 18 2012, 10:24 PM (82 Views)
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[align=CENTER]Belarus Class Heavy Cruiser (WIP)[/align]



Introduction

The Yaroslavian navy has in many ways prided itself on the fact that, unlike some navies, the Yaroslavian navy continues to deploy true cruisers rather than up-sized destroyers. These are however smaller than some of the heavy cruisers deployed by the navies of the world's nations. Yaroslavian cruisers are between both of these extremes. They are larger and better armed than the up-sized destroyers that some nations deploy as cruisers and cheaper than the larger heavy cruisers that are around, meaning that they can be deployed in greater numbers. The Belarus Class is but a continuation of these traditions for the new Yaroslavian navy. Also, following a recent trend in Yaroslavian ship building, the class has both a domestic version and a export version, with the differences mentioned in the following paragraphs when they are relevant.

Armament

Another trend, one older than the trend mentioned in the last paragraph, is one of giving Yaroslavian ships a heavy armament. First, it has a gun armament of two dual turrets for 5.5 inch dual purpose electro-thermal guns, one placed forward and one placed aft of the ship. Also included is a heavy missile armament, giving it an advantage in combat. The first part is the six quadruple canisters for the "Meteorite-B" anti-ship cruise missile. These large missiles are capable of terminal Hypersonic speeds and making in flight manuevers are equipped with an active stealth system and have an extremely long range.

The next part of the Belarus's offensive missile punch is it's two 100 cell Type 2 Vertical Launch Systems. The cells for these launchers can be loaded with a wide variety of offensive and defensive missiles, ranging from SAMs to long range cruise missiles. Due to the modular design of the Type 2 VLS, with differently sized 10 cell modules for a wide variety of missiles, there is only one real issue, as far as the capabilities of the VLS are concerned. This is the size of the cells, with the largest modular cells only being able to take missiles with a maximum height of 11 metres. The last part of the Belarus's offensive missile armament are four quadruple canisters for the quadruple MLSS-21 Advanced Multipurpose Missile, the export version, which are meant for close range engagement. The export version instead has the same amount of canisters for the SS-N-25 'Switchblade' ASM, for the same purpose.

The Belarus Class also has a modern combination of active and passive defensive system to protect it from attack. The active protection system is a combination of SAM missiles, launched from both dedicated launchers and the vertical launch systems, and CIWS systems. This system of defence combines Kashtan Gun Missile Launchers with SeaRam Launchers, Goalkeeper CIWS and the S-300 missiles included in the VLS loadout.


Electronic Systems (WIP)



The passive defensive systems consist of numerous countermeasure launchers and the ship's Type 4 Electronic Warfare Suite. The Type 4 Electronic Warfare Suite gives the ship a significant boost in it's passive defensive systems, with it including both jamming systems and wireless systems for linking the radars of multiple ships and coordinating their defensive fire.

Propulsion (WIP)



Complement

The Belarus has a crew of 647 crewmen and officers. It also has a complement of helicopters and inflatable boats to help it in these duties, with the helicopters being also useful for anti-submarine warfare. To further boost its capabilities, the Belarus Class has a small vertical launch system for Sukhoi "Sky Eye" reconnaissance UAVs. These UAV's both provide ship's of the Belarus Class with reconnaissance capabilities for the ship and those in any formation it might be in, but also provide long range targeting data for the long ranged cruise missiles deployed on Yaroslavian ships.



Type: Cruiser
Manufacturer: Yaroslavian Naval Industries
Cost: $3.6 Billion USD
Crew: 386
Length: 260 m
Beam: 28 m
Draft: 9.4 m
Displacement(Full Load): 28,700 tons
Propulsion:
--2 ONI nuclear reactors
--2 Steam turbines
--4 propeller shafts
Speed: 33 knots
Range: Unlimited
Armament:
--4 5.5 inch electro-thermal guns mounted in two dual turrets
--2 100 cell Type 2 Vertical Launch Systems
--6 quadruple "Meteorite" anti-ship missile canisters (Domestic version only)
--6 quadruple P-970 cruise missile canisters (Export version only)
--4 quadruple MLSS-21 Advanced Multipurpose Missile Canisters (SS-N-25 'Switchblade' ASM Canisters on export version)
--8 Kashtan Gun/Missile Systems
-- 12 SeaRAM Launchers
--6 Goalkeeper CIWS, fitted with Phalanx CIWS radar subsystems
--2 ASROC launchers
Sensors and processing systems:
--AN/SPY-1A/B multi-function radar
--AN/SPS-49 air search radar
--AN/SPG-62 fire control radar
--AN/SPS-55 surface search radar
--AN/SQQ-89(V)3 Sonar suite, consisting of
AN/SQS-53B/C/D Active sonar
AN/SQR-19 TACTAS Passive sonar
AN/SQQ-28 Light airborne multi-purpose system
--AN/SLQ-32 Electronic Warfare Suite
--MR-750 target acquisition radar
--Top Pair target acquisition radar
--3R41 Volna target tracking radar
Countermeasure systems:
--NATO Seagnat countermeasure launchers
--Surface Ship Torpedo Defence(SSTD) System
--Type 4 Electronic Warfare Suite
Aircraft:
--3 Helicopters/VTOL aircraft
--10 Sukhoi "Sky Eye" reconnaissance UAVs
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