the nara-class battleship or called super large defense ship (anti-air mobile gun battery by japan's ministry of defense or gunnery air defense ship by jmsdf) by japan is a large multi role warship built to act as japan's defense ship against icbms as the ships aft vls launcher just behind the aft funnel on the elevated platform uses 256 missiles in x4 64 cell mk-41 vls hold's the ships air defense missiles and type 90 ssm missiles the main guns are for using against shore targets to soften up any invaders hold on japanese home islands it can also be used against ships in a close range duel bow and aft thrusters are used as manuver propellers to make very tight turns making it more manuverable than a gerald r ford-class aircraft carrier the ship was designed and built for the defense of the home islands as well as act as a deterrent to any potential invaders due to battleships being obsolete japan leveraged on it's constitution's artical 9 to add battleships in it's fleet as gunnery air defense ships learning from past mistakes and battleship's weakness against aircraft the battleship is given a new lease of life as japan's new defense ship the ship is named after the nara prefecture to which the prefecture being the previus yamato province to which the same name used in the world war 2 battleship yamato
nara-class battleship
length 288m
width 42m
draft 11m
weight 65,000t (base load) 68,442t (combat load) 73,778t (maximum load)
speed 30 knot's (maximum load) 32 knot's (combat load) 35 knot's (base load)
armaments
2x3 51cm/54 Type 24
x6 127mm/62 mark 45 mod 4
x1 mk-15 searam
x2 30mm goalkeeper ciws
x2 35mm gdm-008 kgd mellenium guns
x4 64 cell mk-41 vls
missile types
rim 161
rim 156
rim 66
rum 139 asroc
rim 162 essm
type 90 ssm
aircraft carried
x1 sh-60
x1 v-22 osprey
x1 ah-64 apache
armor
armor type nano crystal steel armor (same armor found on type 10 mbt's)
armor layout all or nothing
main belt 350mm
upper and lower belt 210mm
deck
main deck 35mm
middle deck 76mm
lower deck 155mm
stearing gear 100mm
armored cic
front 410mm
back 350mm
sides 280mm
roof 155mm
door 57mm
propulsion COGAG (combined gas and gas)
cruising range 12,000 nautical miles at 18 knots
electronics and systems
electronics: (similar to maya-class destroyers but upgraded and modified with seawip bloc iii installed)
systems: ATECS (Advanced Technology Command System) battle management system also known as the japanese aegis