C.S.R. Northern Shipyards, Severomorsk
The Northern Werft has never seen such large orders. More than that, it was ordered that two submarines at once be laid down, with many weapon suite parts coming from Kontos Munitions factories in Byzantium.
Two heavy SSGNs were to be simultaneously completed in two years, and next year another two would be laid down, allowing for a rate of two heavy SSGN per year production.
The designs went for a slight re-working, and now carried 20 missiles instead of the initially proposed 16. With the huge volume of the boat, that was definetely possible.
All in all, by 2011 the Crimson Navy would have 2 of these ultra-heavy SSGNs, by 2012 - 4, then 6, 8 and possibly ten if the program won't get terminated due to costs.
Coordinator Julius Futchik knew that Byzantium was probably churning out such boats at a similar rate.
"DO NOT SPEAK OF EVERYTHING YOU KNOW, BUT ALWAYS KNOW WHAT YOU SPEAK OF"
- the motto of the submarine industry of C.S.R. was written on all walls in the hardened underground docks. It reminded the visitor that every word spoken here was secret, every deed, every step, everything from start to finish, from the time you got a paper access card to the time when you put this card down, and beyond it -
secrecy was half the job. The other half was precision in every act. High expertise. Professionalism. Experience.
Walking around the construction site, he wondered if he was a little tired for the job. Perhaps he should write a report that he be transferred to COMMUNE-1 construction site. It was far more peaceful and open to the public...
C.S.R., 43rd training and re-allocation center
Several massive Tu-95MS-16 bombers were being re-armed with two "Meteorit-A" missiles and rotary Kh-15 internal launchers - but they were not the only craft to receive new equipment from the industrial sectors of the CSR.
The fighters sitting on the airfield, from the MiG-31M to the Su-35BM, were in for an overhaul...
Their
Vympel R-77 were replaced with the ramjet-run missile -
R-77M1. The ramjet-based new missile was created ten years ago, in 1999, but due to the budget constraints and a policy of isolationism, the C.S.R. leadership rejected the costly upgrade.
Now with the reality of ramjet air-to-air missiles from Japanistan supplied to unreliable shithole nations, the C.S.R. had no choice but to put it's limited series of R-77M1 into mass production with a few minor tweaks.
R-77M1 (a.k.a. RVV-AE-PD), year of creation: 1999 wrote:Length 3,7m
Diameter 0,2m
Wingspan 0,39m
Fins span 0,82m
Weight 226 kg
Guidance: inertial + active RL, laser proximity fuze
Warhead: rod with microcumulative penetration elements
Warhead weight: 30 kg
Engine: combined air-breathing ramjet
Speed: Mach 5
Range: 0,3-180 km (300 m when rear-fired)
Possible flight altitude: 0,2-30 km (5-25 km common range of altitudes)
Max target g maneuver: up to 12 g
Another new missile was the SNC-joint development
Novator KS-172 (MESS designation: AAM-L) ultra-long range air-to-air missile.
![Image](http://www.airwar.ru/image/i/weapon/ks-172.jpg)
Developed to kill hard-to-reach targets such as enemy AEW, tankers and bombers, as well as for general BVR engagements, the double-staged missile was already being used by the Slavic nations, but time came for expanding it's use massively.
KS-172, year of creation: 2004 wrote:Length 7,4m
Diameter 0,51m
Wingspan 0,75m
Weight 750 kg
Guidance: inertial + terminal active RL, RL proximity fuze
Warhead: blast-fragmentation warhead
Warhead weight: 50 kg
Speed: Mach 4
Range: 400 km
Possible target flight altitude: 3m to 30 km
It was to be used in combination with the old 600-kg
Vympel R-37 long-range, Mach 6 missile with a 60 kg payload - the standard munition for all C.S.R. MiG-31M warplanes since 1985. This missile was yet too good to retire - it had greater speed even if slightly shorter range.
The R-74ME dogfight short-range missiles did not yet have a replacement either - developed in 1997 with fully digital programming based on the R-73M missile - thanks to the input of Byzantine computer scientists, they had a 120 degree range for the seeker and a 40 km range - and would remain the standard CSR munition for years to come.