The Supercet is a new generation Weapons System for use on most naval vessels, The Supercet is based around a powerful computer system, The system is divided into 5 stages each with there own CPU to avoid congestion.

Stage 1 - Scan
The first stage is Scan and this consists of all the scanning equipment(sonar, radar, esm etc) on the vessel being connected to the computer system that decodes it instead of having multiple display screens the information is displayed on a virtual battlefield set up on the bridge. Using the latest GPS and the ships own systems the virtual battlefield provides the captain and crew all the information they need.

Stage 2 - Identification
Stage 2 is Vessel identification, This stage requires the most computing power and is the most advanced. Using a large database and the crew own experience, contact found by the Scan stage can quickly and accuratly be identified and enemy, friendly or nuetral and even find what the vessels is down to classes(eg Seawolf class, Akula). Information is sent from the Scan stage to Vessel Identification and when identification is complete data is sent back so the virtual battlefield is updated to include more detailed information.

Stage 3 - Threat
Stage 3 is Threat Identification. This is designed to give the ship a very accurate estimate as to how high the threat to it is. This system gives the weapons officers a helping hand in choosing what target to fire upon first. An identified vessel is given a threat level but unidentified vessels are not for obvious reasons. Threat level is displayed on the virtual battelfield. Incoming weapons are given top priority.

Stage 4 - Weapons Guidance
Stage 4 is weapons guidance. As the name subjects, this is the weapons stage of the system. When ever an order to fire is issued, this stage is given the responsability of ensuring that a hit is achieved and that the right weapon is launched. Everything relating to the launch of a weapons and it's guidance is controlled by this system.

Stage 5 - Defense
Stage 5 is defence. When ever an incoming weapon is deteced all infomation is automatically given to the defense stage so that appropriate steps can be made to lower the chances of getting hit.

Simple block diagram of SUPERCET's stages.

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