When I checked the agility it seemed a bit high. So I checked the formular I was using, the one from the consolidated errata, so I looked at what the original formular from COACC would give and it seemed more realistic.

So for the Hawk Agility=9

From: xxxxxx@simplelists.com <xxxxxx@simplelists.com> On Behalf Of xxxxxx@quibell.org.uk
Sent: 19 November 2020 17:57
To: xxxxxx@simplelists.com
Subject: [TML] TL 8 Hawk Class 5.5 ton Loitering Munition

Here’s the Kamikaze drone. It should be smaller than I can get it in COACC to increase loiter time, but hay, can’t have everything.

For your comments

Hawk Class Loitering Munition

Updated 2020-11-19

CraftID:	Hawk Class Loitering Munition, TL8, Cr 573,135 UPP=xxx04x
Hull:	5/12.5, Displacement=5.5, Loaded=1.25 tons, Airframe=Fast Subsonic STOL
Power:	4/10, Gas Turbine=0.6 Mw, Duration=1 hour
Loco:	Light Turboprop, Thrust=4.08 tons, Minimum Speed=80 kph, Cruise=600 kph, Top=800 kph, Agility=26
Comm:	Radio=Regional (500 km) x3
Sensors:	Radar Direction Finder, Image Enhancement, Environ Sensor, Magnetic Sensor, Radiation Sensor, Laser Designator
Off:	Internal warhead=50kg HE
Control:	Computer Fly By Fire, 6 Manoeuvre Points, Panel=Slave x1, NHR Basic Function 120 Robot Brain CPU=Linear x11, Storage=Standard x40 FundLogic=LowData, FundCmd=LimitedBasic Software=Forward Observer-2, Navigation-1, Propeller Aircraft-1,
Accom:	None
Other:	Fuel= 0.411 klitres, Cargo=0 klitres, ObjSize=Small, EmLevel=None Cost in Quantity=Cr 458,508

The Hawk class is a loitering munition, more commonly known as a suicide or kamikaze drone, capable of remotely controlled or autonomous flight operations. Manufactures by Flag Bearer Industries (FBI) of Riftgate to allow for a loitering munition capability for the Home County (Riftgate) Army COACC.

FBI licensed the NHR 120 Robot brain to allow for autonomous operation to its design and to aid in forward observing tasks. The Hawk is designed to aid in the suppression of enemy air defences through loitering over the area of operations, identifying enemy air defence installation or mobile batteries though it’s radar direction finder and enhanced imagining capability and engage by self-destructing into them. Targets, which can include enemy armour as well as those that may have limited timescales to engage, can be selected either autonomously by the Hawk itself or by remote operator. Multiple target acquisition is possible and target designations can be fed back to the operators for engagement by other precision strike drones such as the Ensign class or by artillery bombardment, while the operator choses the highest value target or most prevalent operational threat for the Hawk to engage, or the Hawk can autonomously select a target to engage from pre-prepared priority lists.

The Hawk is designed to minimize it’s radar signature to avoid detection, and operational tactics usually involve working in combination with a decoy drone. The decoy drone is flow into the area of operations to activate enemy air defences that are then picked up by the Hawk through it’s radar detection systems and further though it’s image enhancement sensors in the event that enemy radar is shut down. The Hawk then flies into the enemy air defence system destroying both the air defence system and itself at the same time. In the even that there are no targets of opportunity the Hawk will fly itself back to base for re-fuelling and re-tasking.

Best regards,

Ewan

For the fallen in the cause of the free:

"When I go home I will tell of them and say,

For our tomorrow, They gave their today."

My spelling is entirerly due to dyslexia, typos, and poetic license

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