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Inner Defense Layer AoA
•Selected System: Millennium Gun
•   - Range (air): 3.5 nm
•   - Range (cruise missiles) : 1.08 nm
•   - Range (sea-skimming missiles): 0.8 nm
•   - Firing Rate: 1,000 rounds/min
•   - 152 sub-projectiles per round
Comparisons were made between Sea RAM, CIWS block 1B, Millennium Gun, and Goal Keeper as alternatives for our inner defense layer.

The 35-mm Millennium Gun, with a maximum range of 3.5 nm, best satisfies our design requirements.

We performed a similar form of comparison for competing weapons for our Mid defense layer.

Comparisons were made between the Rolling Airframe Missile, Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile and the SM-2.
The Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile proved to be the best missile for our selection criteria.

------ Reference
We have a total of 16 VLS cells, and our typical missile payload will consist of:
ESSM:  8 cells x 4 packs = 32 missiles
With the other 8 cells filled by 4 ASROC and 4 surface-to-surface missiles.