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Critical Design Parameter
 Results
Now that we have covered other important design considerations and seen our striking ranges, it is time to revisit our Critical Design Parameters, to demonstrate our system compliance.

At this stage in design, it is premature to fully assess Operational Availability and Hull Service Life.

However, with the exception of Range at Maximum Speed, Sea TENTACLE meets every Threshold requirement, and meets or exceeds several Objective requirements.

Actual Range at Max Speed is within 10% of the Threshold value, and the range is met with a slight reduction in speed.  More importantly, the ship greatly exceeds the Objective for range at cruising speed, and can reach 5,400 nm at 20 knots.  Thus, we viewed this as an acceptable design tradeoff.

(Of course, another iteration of the design process could add fuel, change hull geom to meet this goal)