Talk:AFOH/@comment-27015223-20151008100530

IC: -Tranmission from Commodore Leader to High Command-

Development of the Griffin series of airborne/amphibious AFVs is commencing well, and the Triple A Battalion has seen its first combat; an after-action report will be submitted shortly (OOC: in the Griffin thread) IC: However due to concerns that the AFOH's ground forces are not sufficiently competitive enough in the current age of modern warfare, AFOH Department of Research and Development (DORAD) has proposed a long term R&D program to improve our armed forces.

Phase I (developed with current or existing tech in the AFOH) 1. Complete Griffin project and formation of Triple A Battalion. 2a. Develop a new heavily protected MBT with variants like the Griffin. 2b. Develop a 150mm tank gun based off of Roland SPGH to up-gun firepower of the new MBT. 2c. Develop "heavy ERA" (HERA) that can also defeat APFSDS to protect new MBT through use of thicker plates and more powerful explosives.

Phase II (short-term R&D required) 3a. Develop Electro-Thermal-Chemical (ETC) guns to replace all anti-tank guns with much more powerful weapons of equal caliber. Vehicles would remain, vehicle armament calibers would remain, only guns would be replaced by new ETC system that increases capability. 3b. Develop "Non-Explosive Reactive Armor" (NERA) that has less effectiveness than ERA, but can be stacked in multiple layers. One to three layers of NERA can be covered by an outer layer of HERA. 3c. Develop Directed Energy Reactive Armor (DERA) to replace all APS systems as primary stand-off protection system. Can protect against APFSDS.

Phase III (long-term R&D required) 4a. Develop an electro-magnetic railgun to replace ETC guns as primary anti-tank system. 4b. Develop Electric Reactive Armor (ZRA) to replace HERA and NERA as primary add-on armor. 4c. Develop laser weapon systems to replace other secondary weapons.

Approval of all three phases of this "Project Sunlight" will mean that I am unable to develop any naval or air forces. However, all branches of the military will benefit from these technologies.