type: tactical corvette / orbital bomber designer: Simonov design bureau manufacturer: AstroKom licensed resellers/manufacturers: Avro Canada (as B-87 Blackjack) SAAB (as FS-900) in serivce: 2524 country of origin: Russia used by: Russia, Canadian Democracity, Scandinavian Union unit cost: 15’900’000 geo weight: 140 tonnes size: 75.9 x 50.0 x 9.4 meters crew: 4 — captain, pilot (axial gun operator), gunner (bombardier), mechanic armor: medium AaR-240.3 shield: optional, III class, replacing internal weapons bay armament (on Si-9 variant): 2 x RosTech OIL-99 Lightning IR lasers, 2 x AstroKom K-1180 180mm cannon (axial mount) 20 AP shells per unit, 8 x R-72 MRAAM 8 x R-40 LRAAM 10 x Otter-M AGM armament (on FS-900 variant): 2 x AK-654 Scalpel 54mm rotart cannon, 1 x Solar Industries M71 railgun (axial mount) 6 shells, 12 x M599 Super Ferret MRAAM 4 x R-40 LRAAM 2 x T-40 Archont torpedoes armament (on B-87): 2 x RosTech OIL-99 Lightning IR lasers, 1 x RosTech TLP-53 beam laser, 16 x R-40 LRAAM 2 x M78 Mace torpedoes or 6 x L-3 Centaur StG bombs additional rear hemisphere tureet with OIL-99 IR laser propulsion: 4 RosTech AL-153-B2 2 Transtellar Linarc M6D 2 AstroKom DPD-1000 interstellar drive: optional Mk.II hyperdrive or Mk.III hyperspace core; replacing axial mount variations: Si-9 tactical corvette, B-87 orbital bomber, FS-900 torpedo corvette
Note: Si-9 and FS-900 serve Russian and Scandinavian Navy, not Naval Aviation.
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why would the countries of the world use space bound military vessels? do they combat each other or a alien race? because it seems that to have a fleet of over say 10 ships would need a massive amount of resources thus making each country having a ship pointless
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