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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.
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At this stage in
design, it is premature to fully assess Operational Availability and Hull
Service Life.
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However, with the
exception of Range at Maximum Speed, Sea TENTACLE meets every Threshold
requirement, and meets or exceeds several Objective requirements.
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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.
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(Of course, another
iteration of the design process could add fuel, change hull geom to meet this
goal)
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