8.5.12

DDS announce TPM-3

Hot on the heels of testing beginning on the TPM-2C the DDS have announced what is coming next: the TPM-3. No service entry date has been given for the weapon though it could enter service by 2115.

TPM-3 will be a complete redesign of the transphasic missile with a "cluster warhead" of 3 or more multiple-targeting and phasing warheads. The weapon will have signature management with near cloak levels of sensor invisibility with the option of full visual stealth too. This will be helped by a new ion-based engine with very little visible spectrum output.

First tests of prototype rounds could begin in 2113. Unlike the TPM-2 compared to the TPM-1 the Mark 3 will be nearly the same size and dimension and will be fully compatible with existing TPM-2 launchers.
  • Legate Malanson has returned from a mission where it is thought he discovered a new Tarbotian warship. He is to give a speech to the Dino Army Officer Academy next week. It is thought he may be being lined up to be Imperial Order's candidate in the Consul election.