This stateoftheart, 60 plus million dollar custom antipoaching vessel, (as the designer states), is a 60meterlong vessel capable of reaching speeds in excess of 60 knots, making it the fastest and most formidable antiwhaling ship ever built, and capable of outrunning even the fastest armed warships on earth.

Designed to engage whaling fleets like no other, and purposedesigned over 5 years ago in secrecy before the agency's launch in 2023, the APV's sprint speed allows it to control engagements at will, forcing whalers to keep their distance, or allowing the Whale Defense Agency to engage at will no matter the surveillance used against the antiwhaling fleet.

Equipped with advanced defense and surveillance systems, both visible and concealed, the APV can deliver a powerful response whenever necessary, including a 227,000 liter a minute water cannon, a 15,000 volt electric shock antiboarding system and undersea propulsion disabling equipment, as well as a rapid response team capable of destroying the harpoon gun on deck in under 15 seconds once they have got to the harpoons location and begun working.

The vessel is equipped with ELINT (electronics signals intelligence processing) for early warning, a radar range exceeding 79 nautical miles, and an over the horizon engagement and interception capability with a range of at least 2,800 nautical miles.

She can travel in excess of 10,000 nautical miles @ 15 knots as well as during an interception she can travel in excess of 1,199 nautical miles at 60 plus knots continuously without stopping or refueling and has over 65,000 horsepower for on board systems, a single MT30 Marine Gas Turbine from Rolls Royce and Rolls Royce waterjets, and two MTU 5,000 horsepower engines.

Due to the fast speed, the vessel will be outfitted with an Advanced Infrared Marine Mammal Detection & Mitigation System for AntiWhaling Interceptions (AIMMDMSAWI) and smaller agile support craft to scout ahead of the ships position and alert agency crew of any course and speed corrections required for effective interception.

The Advanced Infrared Marine Mammal Detection & Mitigation System for AntiWhaling Interceptions (AIMMDMSAWI) can achieve:

Automatic detection of whale blows within more than 2 nautical miles distance from detector.
Display of instantaneous location of events coupled with prediction of potential encounter.
Immediate, recurring event video snippets for verification by a human observer.
Automatic logging and documentation of events for retrospective inspection.

Technical Details:

Day and night operation for months in a row.
Field of View 360° horizontally (panoramic view) and 18° vertically
Gyro stabilized platform against roll and pitch (12° each).
Continuous (24/7) autonomous operation with 5Hz (5 frames per second) full frame scan rate.
Realtime track and visualisation of events.

So with concerns over illegal whaling and the recently launched Kangei Maru continuing to escalate, the introduction of the APV by 2026 sends a powerful message straight to the heart of illegal whalers.

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