by Max Barry

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Region: Lazarus

Custadia wrote:The Custadian Ministry of War is tight-fisted, and it appears that in this case their beauracracy prevented Custadian arms manufacturers such as Vaada kM from making tenders in time, though they did approve eventually. This is a pity, since Custadian missile technology is rather advanced.
Naval BT-16 bombers carry AM-04 anti-ship, sea-skimming missiles capable of Mach 2.4 with a range of 170 nautical miles, though their range is significantly reduced when carrying a nuclear payload.
The pinnacle of Custadian achievement in this field, however, is the hypersonic GM-12 ground-launched anti-ship missile. In service aboard Custadia's missile cruisers and with coastal batteries, their scramjets are capable of propelling them at Mach 8.7 only twenty meters above the sea. With programmable waypoint-based flightpaths and a range of 230 nautical miles in that configuration (350 in a semi-ballistic configuration) operators can ensure that the missiles have the best chance of penetrating enemy defences.

The Loftegen 2 Air Force would like very much to purchase a number of AM-04's for testing purposes. As noted elsewhere, we are in the very early stages of deciding what we need/want, and are eager to look at anything (within reason) that someone would like to sell to us.

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