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The Hudson Bay Armed Forces have began requesting arms manufacture Juniper Arms to make the latest update to the CAR-680 to accommodate the 7mm cartridge, making it the fifth ammunition cartridge able to fire from the CAR-680, joining the 5.56x45mm, 5.45x39mm Soviet, 6.8 mm Browning SCC, 7.62x39mm Soviet cartridges that are able to fire from the assault rifle. The latest request will make slight changes to the upper receiver, a new 7mm barrel in 12" and 16" lengths and a heavily, modified lower receiver. It is expected that the Hudson Bay Army and Marines will field an inventory of 25,000 of this new variant of the rifle for use.

OOC: Your intelligence has not determined a number, just an fyi. "We understand that normal military exercises are a regular and needed training procedure for a nation's soldiers. However, we also recognize when official responses are a lie and the Hudson Bay Federation does not tolerate liars well. For example, the former Republic of American States and their efforts to covertly overpower regions not destined for their control. I won't explain their ending, but it wasn't well. Having back-to-back military exercises of that size composition on short notice is usually tantamount to a declaration of war, President Hughes, you sir are not acting in good faith. Our response is appropriate to the situation and as we informed the Confederation of MidAmerica of this second exercise. Their forces have responded appropriately to this second exercise since this one was out of the norm and we have loosely advised them on a course of action. Our forces in Louisiana act outside of Confederation command, you do not know our numbers, nor our status of readiness sir. Have your intelligence seen Federation forces preparing for war along your border? The answer is no, because Federation forces in Louisiana are not being dragged to the Mississippi River to defend against an exercise, if that is what it was in the first place, for this second time around. However, we are watching your nation, with ever greater interest, that was our response, instead of the Confederation and the Federation will response to anything different than what was officially stated and will prepare for those different threats quietly and assertively. You forget your place in this stage of North America, President Hughes. Your country's existence was given with a mutual blessing of the existing power of North America, including our nation. The collapse of Mexico and the overall state of affairs of North America is the business of the Hudson Bay Federation and it's allies. Disrupting and disturbing our business, interests and security of North America and the Western Hemisphere at large will bring to bear a response from us. You may take this a threat, but this is the bedrock principle in which the Welks administration holds for North America and as well as the other powers, in which we cooperate with. Also, the idea of a Pan-America Council has been toyed by various parties in the past, unfortunately, it has never bore any fruit and I don't see why it will change now. Recent provocative actions on Federation allies strongly warrants our response to a denial of your requests of our reduction force deployment in Louisiana, one that was being planned down to 40,000 eventually. Also, the internal business of the Confederation of MidAmerica is outside the scope and consideration of what we deploy in Louisiana. While they maybe arming everyone, that is not our concern, nor a reason at all to influence our deployments. The Faraway base at Isla de la Juventud will not be inhibited by your demands, and you will accept whatever they deploy there. Cuba remains a Federation administrated area as a neutral technology and space facility center for all of the Western Hemispheric nations to use, although our presence at Cienfuegos, Cuba is our only non-neutral position in the Caribbean. You will sign a NAP with all North American nations and recognize a mutual military notification of upcoming deployments and exercises. Restrictions from military naval exercises in the Western Gulf of Mexico past the mouth of the Mississippi River. You are not in the position of making demands President Hughes and stomped on our trust by lying and making demands saying we were aggressive first," replied Minister Brady tersely.

OOC: Subject to additions, it got really long. Hudson Bay Total Force Deployments Northwest Sector - Northern BC, Yukon Territories, and West Northwest Territories - 90,000 Shingle Point Arctic Coast Guard Station and DEW Site 500 seasonal personnel, 25 permanent personnel. 1004th Arctic Coast Guard Detachment 304th Space Operations Squadron Joint Base Dawson 35,000 personnel - 1 Light Armor Division, Arctic Warfare Specialist, 97th Light Arctic Warfare Division - 1 Heavy Armor Brigade, 3026th Heavy Armor Brigade - 604th Air and Missile Defense Battalion - 707th Helicopter Assault Battalion - 3 Air Superiority Fighter Squadrons, 27th Combat Air Wing - 2 Close AIr Support Squadrons - 609th Air Mobility Squadron, attached to 49th Air Wing. Prince Rupert Naval Station 10,000 personnel 1009th Pacific Coast Guard Detachment Merchant Marine fleet - West 9077th Naval Air Wing - 505th Naval Combat Squadron - 403rd Naval Surveillance Squadron Fort George 30,000 personnel 1st Army HQ - West - 4th Heavy Armor Division - 809th Helicopter Support Battalion - 710th Helicopter Assault Battalion Yellowknife Air Base (DEW Site) 15,000 personnel (9,000 FSIA personnel) Western North America SIGINT FSIA facility Yellowknife-Lac de Gras ICBM Complex East Great Bear Lake-Echo Bay ICBM Complex Sitidgi Lake ICBM Complex - 49th Mobility Air Wing - 345th, 347th, 349th and 351th Air Superiority Squadrons, part of the 27th Combat Air Wing - 505th and 507th Aerial Bombardment Squadrons - 49th Communications, Force Support, Aerial Maintenance, Security Forces, Personnel, and Operations Squadrons - 650th Air Control Squadron (AWACS) - 683rd Air Control Squadron (J-ABMCS) - 612th Air and Missile Defense Battalion - 302nd Space Operations Wing Deep Arctic Theater - East NW Territories and Nunavut - 39,000 personnel Melville Island Coast Guard Station and OTH-B Site (Future) 200 temporary personnel, 5 permanent Banks Island ICBM Silo Joint Base Ellesmere Island and DEW Site 4,000 personnel Ellsmere Island ICBM Complex Resolute Island Station ICBM Complex 5th Army HQ - Northeast 125th Arctic Warfare Brigade 606th Air and Missile Defense Battalion 809th Space Operations Wing - 360th Air Superiority Squadron - 809th Communications, Force Support, Aerial Maintenance, Security Forces, Personnel, Space Surveillance, Intelligence and Operations Squadrons - 237th Missile Force Squadron Baffin Island Complex and DEW Site 39,000 personnel (7,000 FSIA personnel) Eastern North America SIGINT FSIA facility North Baffin Arctic Training Grounds and Top Secret ICBM Facility Rankin Inlet ICBM Complex Victoria Island ICBM Complex 15th Light Arctic Warfare Division 115th Heavy Arctic Brigade 50th Air Wing - 450th and 452nd Air Superiority Squadrons - 50th Communications, Force Support, Aerial Maintenance, Security Forces, Personnel, Intelligence and Operations Squadrons - 899th Air Control Squadron - 235th Missile Force Squadron Central Hudson Bay Theater - Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba - 135,000 Joint Base Edmonton-Calgary 45,000 personnel 3rd Army HQ - Central - 10th Light Infantry Division - 12th Light Infantry Division 27th Air Wing - 490th and 492nd Air Superiority Squadrons - 27th Communications, Force Support, Aerial Maintenance, Security Forces, Personnel, Intelligence and Operations Squadrons Winnipeg Air Force Base 35,000 Joint Base Minot 40,000 Everegreen Air Force Base 7,000 Indian Lake Joint Command Center and Fond-Du-Lac Alternative Command Facility 13,000 Forward Deployed Facilities - Outside Federation Territory (OFEDTER) - 260,000 Joint Base Guadalupe Island 15,000 Mexico City and South Mexico Administrative Region 45,000 Northwestern Mexico Peacekeeping Operations Region 35,000 Northeastern Mexico Peacekeeping Operations Region 45,000 Confederation of Mid America 50,000 Cuba 75,000

OOC: This is what is required for you Zoot to determine anything of value in Louisiana by me if you choose this course continuation. I would read this very carefully since I was figuring you would begin spy ops on me soon enough. IC: The Indian Creek / Woolworth Barracks facility encompassed 8,000 acres of relevantly flat ground, previously mostly wooded area east of Woolworth, Louisiana. Not much could actually be seen from the main highway that ran along the eastern end of the base, or from the road that ran from down the southern edge of the base. There were four gates into the base complex, three were for general traffic, and one for contractors. Of all the gates, two gates closed on the weekends from foot and car traffic, only allowing two points of entry on weekends. Entry required a Smart ID card issued by the Ministry of Defense that was issued specifically for individuals, even capture of the card would not matter since the encrypted contents required the software and hardware to understand it, although it was just the individual's personal information. Visitors required a person on base to vouch for them to be on and would have to apply for a gate visitor pass; however, that only extended to know associates of the individual. The view from the road would actually not reveal much of the base to anyone driving by besides the imposing steel fence that rose 9 feet, composed of 2 inch diameter rods lining the parameter of the new and growing base. The top of the fence split in half had sharp multiple prongs at each that if anyone wanted to scale the fence, they would be in for a nasty task. Right beyond it was a perimeter road that was patrolled by base security forces, patrolled regularly and randomly. Security forces patrolled the entire base road network, anything out of the ordinary would be investigated. Slightly beyond the road, were lamp posts, with their lights at night to illuminate everything for roughly 200 yards. On less developed areas, trees masked what laid the actual base facilities, making photography from the outside impossible to get a good idea on Federation force composition and confirm various buildings, unless you were on base. Federation doctrine instilled 'Random Antiterrorism Measures' base wide that made regular tasks... unpredictable most of the time. Sometimes, base security forces even patrolled the local roads themselves just around the base, suspicious activity stops would be enacted just on outside as it would be on the inside. The gates usually had a different routine every day, with major entry layout changes every couple months or so as part of standard Federation RAM protocols. Some parts of the base were visible from the borders of the base, like the runaway and some of the flight facilities. They would notice a several dozen hardened aircraft shelters, the air traffic control tower, normal hangers for large aircraft maintenance, some cargo planes, parked in the open and parts of the hardened ammo dump facilities. However, much of the tall flight line buildings hide the rest of the base from the view of the world on the ground. Access to the flight area was restricted, hemmed by razor wire fencing. Authorized access was required by a badge that only security forces handed out. Although the situation between CMA and PSSA warranted the concern of the Federation, the base would strangely not be making an uptick in activity, people still moved about, but going off base in civilian clothing and not going east towards the PSSA. Every couple of days, F-22s would fly at random times to train and keep the jets in flying shape in northeastern-central Texas airspace of only, flights that lasted about 90 minutes in total. They were not ordered to CAP the Mississippi region. As most of the supply the Federation gave to the CMA was coming from air bases in Montana and North Dakota for early warning radar and intelligence gathering platforms on the strange repeat of PSSA force exercises. However, contingency plans to ramp up activity and manpower at Indian Creek already submitted to the higher ups in Winnipeg and those forces were standing by, ready to act at a moment's notice if the situation worsen. Federation AWACS shared duty with CMA AWACS for time in the air in a patrol space that spanned several hundred square miles of airspace above Texas and central Arkansas, just enough to see the past into parts of PSSA airspace.

This would be the updated version that Brady would hand back to Collins to review for his approval.

North America Air Deployment Supporting deployed warfighters at Indian Creek would the new aerial patrols by 606th Aerial Intelligence Squadron and a trio of RSC-240s to collect SIGINT and radar activity by flights in Arkansas and northern Louisiana, whether their mission was successful depended on the laziness of the Confederates turning on their radars and using unencrypted radio communications. 5 E-5 Guardian AWACS from the 820th Air Control Squadron would be making a ramp up to 24/7 rotating coverage patrols, deep inside MidAmerican airspace to provide aerial radar coverage to Federation air assets, keeping them well outside of ground-to-air based opponent missile and radar assets. 3 E-10 J-ABMCS (Joint Airborne Battle Management and Command System) from the 841st Air Control Wing would on hot standby from Maelstorm AFB in Montana to provide coordinated battle space support to Federation warfighters in Louisiana if needed. 2 squadrons of F-22s from the 360th Air Combat Squadron and 1 F-15SEE (Slient Eagle w/ ECM suite) squadron from the 344th Air Combat Squadron would be hot standby, both stationed in Manitoba for now, for deployment to Louisiana, complimenting the 2 squadron of F-22s at Alexandra, Lousiana already, part of the 94th Air Combat Wing. A squadron of B-2 bombers would be deployed to Joint Base Guadalupe Island to support upcoming exercises with the American Commonwealth. Six of those bombers would discreetly fly one-by-one at irregular intervals over the Latin American Protectorate and USCA airspace to the Kingston Air Base in Jamaica.

Alexandria, Louisiana The existing airport facilities just east of Alexandria, Louisiana had been commandeered by the Hudson Bay Corps of Engineers to facilitate the construction of the new Indian Creek Air Base and Woolworth Barracks facilities in Louisiana as part of an ongoing relocation agreement between the Hudson Bay Federation and the Confederation of MidAmerica. As Operation Vigilant Watch concluded and a new SOFA was drawn up with the Confederation of MidAmerica, the various departments were shifting force deployments throughout the North American theater to the new commitments that the Federation was signing on to. Temporary facilities had accommodated the deployment of the 45th Armored Division (moved from the St. Louis area), the 92nd Light Armor Division (moved from East Texas), and the 2nd Marine Division (from Mexico City) as the Woolworth Barracks complex were being constructed, totaling some 60,000 Army/Marine personnel that were to be normally stationed there under the MidAmerican-Federation SOFA (Status Of Forces Agreement). Construction of Indian Creek continued with to include one 10,000 foot concrete runway with 70 hardened fighter aircraft shelters. It will support the 94th Fighter Wing and 10th Refueling Wing. The base will be supplied by the 564th Air Mobility Wing via the 780th Air Mobility Squadron. Cycling in, the 617th Air and Missile Defense Battalion would be activated to active duty status to this base, all these units would part of the normal deployment of Federation forces in Louisiana. Much like the other new foreign bases being built by the Federation, emphasis on getting basic services and communications was a priority. While the consolidated communications facility was under construction, Federation Air Force personnel deployed a 'theater-deployable communication package', a modular, expandable communications suite that could be rapidly set up in 12 hours for deployed warfighters with basic communications access via an encrypted satellite uplink and in 48 hours, communication via USIPNet and SIPNet as well. A deployable air radar site would be eventually set up as a permanent structure would be under construction at the time. Federation space-based surveillance assets that moved over the old continental United States from Operation Vigilant Watch would note the increasing build up by the Confederate States of America along the MidAmerican border. The huge build-up would not go unnoticed by the Federation and would act accordingly. At the same time, the Federation Intelligence Agency would contact via a classified, isolated intelligence network to American Commonwealth intelligence officials on disturbing aerial photographs gathered. This intelligence would be discreetly shared with MidAmerica. As a precaution, a scale of escalation plan would be laid out for a rapid expansion of deployment of Federation personnel around Indian Creek from 60,000 to 135,000 within 48 hours, pulling personnel from Northern Montana and Mexico. These classified orders would be issued, but no action would be made to give a hint of upcoming action. However, no visible movements from recon sats would be able to discern the normal activity portrayed in Mexico and in Alexandra, Louisiana. Meanwhile, a private diplomatic message would be passed to the Confederate States of America on their intentions.

"We find your proposal amiable. Do you have something on paper that you have prepared for me to look at?" replied Brady. "Our foreign policy so far is fairly restricted to the Western Hemisphere, although our view may change as the outlook of the Federation grows."

Cienfuegos, Cuba Surveyors for the Corps of Engineers deemed the Isla de la Juventud site for an extensive period of military presence was inadequate for Federation Armed Forces needs in the Caribbean. Alternative sites were compiled and settled on establishing the Federation's presence just outside of Cienfuegos, Cuba. Commercial vessel docking were expanded, along with dock space for future naval vessels. Focus would be emphasized on constructing two runways, one 7,500 ft and another that would be 8,200 ft. Just like on Guadalupe Island, long range radar and space-based tracking stations would be built on the base complex. Various support services and a consolidated communications facility would be built to meet the needs of Federation warfighters in the Caribbean theater. A dedicated fiber optic line from the complex would compose of the main long-haul communication link back to Hudson Bay via Havana to the new Federation base in Louisiana, onward back to the Federation proper. Some time later, FSIA encryption equipment and keys were to be brought on base to ensure base communications would be near impossible to eavesdrop on electronically from remote listening stations without prior knowledge of the equipment and the keys being used. Anybody listening would just be listening to some loud, random static. Housing would be built to accommodate the current contingent on Cuba, along with combined air mobility and air combat wing personnel that would be there permanently. Space Command would utilize a satellite campus nearby to start construction of a classified military space launch site for exclusive military hardware deployment to space. Elsewhere in Cuba, near Camaguey, Federation military equipment with private contractors began work on a neutral North American space launch complex with support facilities to begin the work of making eastern Cuba part of a international scientific venture zone.

"Such rumors are unfortunately not true at this moment," remarked Brady. While talks amongst the established powers of North America was underway for sometime, it clearly was not ready for publicity yet. Denial was simply the appropriate avenue so far for the grounds of 'mutual understanding' born from the collapse of Mexico. "Sorry to disappoint the 'grapevine'; however, we are open to some defensive treaty with your nation."

Joint Base Guadalupe Island Working with the American Commonwealth, Hudson Bay Corps of Engineers oversaw the construction of Federation facilities on the island along with the new runways and seaport for both nation's use. Supplies flowed from Prince Rupert Sound in a steady stream to establish the Federation's more permanent presence in Latin America. Construction of radar and space-based tracking station would be built. A satellite communications up-link site would be established alongside of a consolidated communications facility to help facilitate long-haul communications. A cable ship would begin work on laying a long-haul fiber optics line from the island to commercial fiber optic infrastructure in California for general and classified communication transmission to the mainland of North America. A cargo plane flew onto the island brought in the latest FSIA encryption devices and keys for installation onto all base networks before official use began. The Federation would house one brigade on the island for the foreseeable future; however, temporary quarters construction would allow lodging for two divisions on short notice. The main tenant would be an air wing compliment.

The Jew, Triyun and Curri

Silliest two pages I've read in awhile... carry on.

Juniper Arms Company: "We like to thank you for your consideration to purchase 10,000 PDW-50s from us. The cost of such a shipment is $7,500,000 after discounts and will ship the initial shipment by the end of the week. We offer flexible financing options if needed, once again, thank you from purchasing from Juniper Arms. A license to build locally is possible with an additional fee." Falcon Aerospace: "The cost of the four C-240s for military service is $1.4 billion in AWACS and aerial electronic surveillance role. We would like clarification of which variants of the aerial electronic surveillance platforms you want since we offer three types for customers, one for Signals Intelligence, another for adversary radar emitter systems, and lastly, one for Measurement and signature intelligence. We fairly flexible on payment options and have several available to you if you wish to exercise them. We can offer limited licensing for the commercial variant of the C-240, while licensing work for the AWACS and aerial surveillance equipment is through third-party companies and the specific designs are classified from foreign militaries, although we will be offering our services to help facilitate the design of home-grown equipment to future aircraft. We thank you for doing business with us."

Actually, I took the South Georgia Island, ty.

First off, you need to see the plane; however, most planes of this generation like F-22s are not suppose to be seen by the visible eye until it's too late. Also, if the cruise missile is a terrain-hugging one, you'll never see it also, until it's too late. Let's be military realistic here, using telescopes or naked eye will not help you react fast than whatever is up against you, plain and simple. That is why radar exists, you can try to move and dodge incoming missiles by moving away, but without prior warning, escaping isn't likely and you just got a version of Pearl Harbor on your hands.

NEWS UPDATE JLAO forces have pulled back beyond the borders of the USCA into Central Mexico. The Hudson Bay Federation force deployment has expanded 160,000 personnel, just shy of the projected deployment of 200,000 troops. General LeMay has declared the formation of the Latin American Protectorate Region over Upper Central America. Chancellor Welks has announced that in the latest developments of North American security efforts that the deepening partnership with the American Commonwealth with the construction of a joint military base on Guadalupe Island off the coast of Baja California... Defense Minister McDonald has expressed the establishment of a new joint base on Isla de la Juventud between the Hudson Bay Federation and Faraway would be moving forward, while a new scientific effort by the Federation for space would begin in southeastern Cuba, from Las Tunas eastward. It was still undecided whether to encompass Cuba as an international scientific and cigar hub for all time... Meanwhile, Foreign Minister Jordan Brady expressed forward movement on negotiations on the future of Athenian military forces at San Bias... and the Cayman Islands would be given to the Confederation of MidAmerica.

Minister Brady mused, "Quite correct Mark. I like how you are catching on." Brady sipped on his scotch before continuing. "It can be done quite easily Mark, I've been authorized to cede everything south of the Missouri River to your government at the conclusion of this meeting, so let's get that out of the way now." Brady's eyes perked up at the news of defense was spoken again, "We agree with your assessment on relocation of a more permanent base if we are looking to permanently station troops in the Southern Midwest. We definitely hope that we not have to station 175,000 troops in Louisiana Secretary, the Chiefs of Staff have stated that 40,000 personnel is a wholly more realistic number on a normal peacetime basis with rapid increments to 100,000, then 130,000 and then to the final 175,000 mark capacity that you've set upon for crisis escalation. We will respect your nation's wished on this venture and thank you for the consideration for the local infrastructure support you made in mind when designing this facility. $25 million is a good enough start for the venture, we will provide the rest to complete it." "As for the Oklahoma airstrip, you can disregard it, most of our aircraft have the range to fly intercontinental for quite some time besides our fighters. We'll be more than happy to build a joint services base south of Alexandria, Louisiana at your government's request to handle our resupplying needs."

Juniper Arms Company offers two armament firearms for USCA to consider. First is the CAR-680 and the second is the PDW-50. The catalog for both are here: CAR-680 Specs [spoiler] [url=http://s179.photobucket.com/user/quest2007/media/BerettaARX.jpg.html][/URL] Information- Type: Assault Rifle Official Name: Combat Assault Rifle, Caliber 6.80, CAR-680 Manufacturer: Juniper Arms Company Weight: 3.1 kg (6.8 lb) (unloaded with 16 inch barrel) 3.0 kg (6.6 lb) (unloaded with 12 inch barrel) Length: 755 mm (29.72 in) (stock exteneded w/ 12" barrel) 680 mm (26.77 in) (stock collapsed w/ 12" barrel) 580 mm (22.83 in) (stock folded w/ 12" barrel) 920 mm (36.22 in) (stock exteneded w/ 16" barrel) 820 mm (32.28 in) (stock collapsed w/ 16" barrel) 755 mm (29.72 in) (stock folded w/ 16" barrel) Caliber: 5.56x45mm NATO, 5.45x39mm Soviet, 6.8 mm Juniper SCC, 7.62x39mm Soviet Action: Gas-operated rotating bolt Rate of fire: 700 rounds/min Muzzle velocity: 3,110 ft/s (948 m/s) Effective range: 5 position rear sight up to 600 m (656 yd) Feed System: 30 round STANAG Magazine, 100-round C-Mag drum magazine Unit Cost: $1275 HBCU The Juniper CAR-680 is the primary battle rifle of the Hudson Bay Federation Armed Forces. Juniper Arms Company has developed the CAR-680 with "Man-Machine-Interface", focusing on the system integration, operational ergonomics,logistics/maintainability, and spiral interoperability of such a weapon system to enhance tactical performance for Hudson Bay Federation military personnel for the mid-21st century. The lightweight barrel is chrome lined and manufactured by the hammer forging process in Calgary, Alberta, Juniper Arms Factory. While most of the world is using either 5.56x45mm (M16) or 7.62x51mm (M14) cartridges, the CAR-680 is designed in mind towards the new 6.8mm Juniper SCC (Special Combat Cartridge), optimized on a .30 Browning cartridge for the best compromise of providing accuracy, reliability and terminal performance based off that the 6.5mm projectile is best for accuracy and the 7mm projectile is best terminal performance through tests. The 6.8mm round can easily best the former Soviet 7.62x39mm round by 61 m/s. -System Intergration- It comes equipped with a companion single-shot 40mm grenade launcher, called the PGL-680, which can be attached on a dedicated rail. No screws or latches are needed. Together, the CAR-680 and PGL-680, are a formidable weapon system. However, the PGL-680 is alone a standalone system when required. While the CAR-680 is base equipped with iron sights, full system integration can be had with the PGL-680 with a Fire Control System with Day/Night capabilities. -Operational Ergonomics- The CAR-680 caters to both right-handed and left-handed shooters as part of improvements in ergonomics. Juniper has developed one of the few ambidextrous assault rifles in the world with ambidextrous safeties, magazine catches and charging handles, the ability to change which side spent casings are ejected. The fire selector has a 82 degree rotation for quick mode selection without moving your firing hand. There are six sling attach swivel points that are strategically positioned for ease of use and comfort. Lastly, the CAR-680 has a fold-able telescopic with 4 collapsible positions to choose your best firing position and when not is use, fold for easy transport. -Logistics/Maintainability- One of the first things noticed of the CAR-680 is that there are no pins, thus making field stripping and maintenance easy. It uniquely has two receivers built mostly of high resistance polymers. Modular construction methods make replacement of sub-assembles fairly easy. The CAR-680 features a "Quick Change Barrel" that requires no tools to change barrels in just a matter of seconds at a press of a button. Available only in 12" and 16" barrel lengths at this moment. -Spiral Interoperability- Thanks to having four picatinny rails, the CAR-680 can nearly have unlimited customization from the base variant. Thus it is possible to enhance the tactical performance and operability by simply adding/removing accessories and components while maintaining the same platform. Accessories for the CAR-680 include: bayonet, laser sight, flashlight, silencer, various CQB sights (red-dot, ACOG, Holographic, etc.), tactical scope, front handle, and IR designator. [/spoiler] PDW-50 [spoiler] [url=http://s179.photobucket.com/user/quest2007/media/kingarmsfnp90_zps13d37af0.jpg.html][/URL] Type: Close Quarters and Personal Defense Weapon Official Name: Juniper Personal Defense Weapon 50 Manufacture: Juniper Arms Company Weight: 2.6 kg (5.7 lb) Length: 50.5 cm (19.9 in.) Barrel Length: 26.4 cm (10.4 in) Cartridge: JAC 5.7x28 mm Action: Straight blowback, close bolt Rate of Fire: 900 RPM Muzzle Velocity: 715 m/s (2,350 ft/s) Range: Effective - 200 m (660 ft); Maximum - 1,800 m (5,900 ft) Magazine: 50-round detachable box magazine Unit Cost: $900 HBCU The Hudson Bay Federation Armed Forces, police forces and special agencies contacted various domestic firearm companies to replace the venerable MP5 and Uzi with the 9mm Parabellum rounds with new requirements in compactness, lightweight, greater accuracy and range, environmental maneuverability, and increased ballistic performance for what was deemed the "Close Quarters/Personal Defense Weapon Competition of 2075". Government agencies settled to two designs after extensive testing of nearly a dozens designs fielded for the competition, settling on submissions by Juniper Arms Company and Rocky Mountain Armaments Consortium. Juniper's PDW-50 is a selective fire, straight blowback-operated weapon with a rate of fire of 900 RPM. Construction makes heavy use of polymers for extremely reduced weight and cost. It utilizes a closed bolt to give the PDW-50 maximum accuracy. It is also fully fully ambidextrous and designed to be no longer than a man's shoulder. The use of the small-caliber, high-velocity bottlenecked cartridge 5.7x28 mm ammunition was a response to replace the 9mm Parabellum required by the new Hudson Bay CQB/PDW armament requirements. Weighing in at 6.0 g (93 grains), the 5.7x28mm is roughly half the weight of 9mm ammunition, meaning the same amount of ammunition to be carried for less weight, or allowing more ammunition to be carried for the same weight. While the round exhibits a loud report and considerable muzzle flash, but it produces roughly 30 percent less recoil than the 9×19mm cartridge, improving controllability. Lastly, the 5.7x28mm was designed for personal armor penetration, capable of penetrating a Level IIIA Kevlar vest at 200 m. [/spoiler] Then from Rocky Mtn Armaments, the CQG-10, another PDW. [spoiler] [url=http://s179.photobucket.com/user/quest2007/media/hk_mp7_b_zps2c989570.jpg.html][/URL] Type: Close Quarters and Personal Defense Weapon Official Name: Close Quarters Gun Variant 10 Manufacture: Rocky Mountain Armaments Consortum Weight: 1.9 kg (4.19 lb) without magazine Length: 638 mm (25.1 in) stock extended / 415 mm (16.3 in) stock collapsed Barrel Length: 180 mm (7.1 in) Cartridge: RMA 4.6x30mm Action: Gas-operated, short stroke piston, rotating bolt Rate of Fire: 950 RPM Muzzle Velocity: 735 m/s (2,411 ft/s) Range: Effective - 200 m (656 ft); Maximum - 1,700 m (5,577 ft) Magazine: 20, 30 or 40 round box magazine Unit Cost: $1025 HBCU Rocky Mountain's CQG-10 with it's armor piercing 4.6x30mm was in response to the proliferation of high-quality body armor has begun to make guns that fire pistol ammunition ineffective. Intended to be direct rival to the Juniper PDW-50, using a short stroke piston action similarly found on the G36 and HK416. The weapon allows a conventional 20-round, 30-round, or 40-round box magazine to be fit within the pistol grip (the 20-round magazine being comparable in size to a 15-round 9mm magazine, while the 40-round magazine compares to a 30-round 9 mm magazine). The weapon features an ambidextrous fire selector, bolt catch lever and magazine release. It has an extendable stock and a folding front grip; it can be fired either one-handed or two-handed. This ammunition is unique among submachine guns in that the bullet is made almost entirely of a hardened steel penetrator instead of softer copper or lead. The RMA 4.6x30mm is a truely unique cartiridge, with a has a muzzle velocity of 720 m/s (2,362 ft/s), which is nearly as high as that of a .223 Remington round. Tests have shown that the round can penetrate a protected target (20 layers of kevlar with 1.6 mm titanium backing) even at 200m. [/spoiler] Rupert Defense Industries offers the USCA the offer to purchase some M-70A1E tanks. The following specs are here: [spoiler] [url=http://s179.photobucket.com/user/quest2007/media/Leo2A6E-4_zps4eb6249a.jpg.html][/URL] Type: Main Battle Tank Official Name: Model 70, Variant 1 Enhanced (Armor) Weight: approx 63 tonnes (69.4 tons) Length: 7.7m (25.26 ft) Width: 3.7m (12.14 ft) Height: 3.0m (9.84 ft) Crew: 4 Armor: Composite Armor Main Armament: Yukon Metalworks/Rupert Industries 120 mm L/55, 42 rounds. Secondary Armament: 2 - 7.62mm MG62A MMG, 4,750 rounds. Engine: PGM MB 873 Ka-501 12-cylinder diesel 1,500 PS (1,479 hp, 1,103 kW) at 2600 rpm Power/weight: 23.8 PS/t (17.5 kW/t) Transmission: Awsan HSWL 354 Suspension: Torsion-bar Fuel capacity: 1,060 liters (208.02 gallons) Operation Range: 500 km (310 mi) Speed: 72 km/h (44.74 mi/h) Cost: $5.8 million; $6.2 million w/ UFAK Replacing the venerable M60A3s in Federation Army service, the M-70A1E MBT is a significant improvement from the M60 Pattons that have been phased out of service. The tank is armed with Yukon Metalworks/Rupert Industries' 120-millimeter (4.7 in) L/55 tank-gun, and is capable of adopting a 140-millimeter (5.5 in) gun. The M20A1E has increased armor thickness on the hull's glacis plate, the turret frontal arc and the turret roof, protection augmented by the added armor that is built into the tank during the manufacturing process, as opposed to being added on after assembly. The crew is also protected against Nuclear, Biological and Chemical (NBC) threats, as the tank is equipped with a NBC overpressurization system which provides up to 4 mbar (0.004 kp/cm2) over-pressure inside the vehicle. The M20A1E equipped with a fire protection system. Four 9 kg Halon fire extinguisher bottles are installed on the right behind the driver's station. The bottles are connected to pipes and hoses and are activated automatically by the fire detection system, when temperatures rise above 82°C (180 °F) inside the fighting compartment, or manually via a control panel in the driver's compartment. The M70A1 uses spaced, multi-layered composite armour throughout the design, similiar to the Chobham armor on various MBTs found worldwide. Rupert offers an "Urban Fighter Armor Kit' at an additional cost with reactive armor plates against RPGs and ATGMs, along with a remote-controlled .50 HMG turret in place of the commander's 7.62mm MMG with thermal sites, additional top side gun shields for the loader's MMG, an exterior telephone for outside troops to talk to the tank commander. The M70A1E utilizes it's own ADS, although the export version will not have the propriety ADS system used by the Federation Armed Forces and will install a foreign ADS on the request of the customer. EMES 15 fire control system with a dual magnification stabilized primary sight. The primary sight has an integrated Neodymium Yttrium Aluminium Garnet (Nd:YAG) solid state laser rangefinder and a 120 element cadmium mercury telluride, CdHgTe (also known as CMT) Zeiss thermal sight which are both linked to the tank's fire control computer. A backup 8x auxiliary telescope FERO-Z18 is mounted coaxially for the gunner. The commander has an independent periscope, the Zeiss PERI-R 17 A2. The PERI-R 17 A2 is a stabilised panoramic periscope sight designed for day / night observation and target identification, and it provides an all round view with a traverse of 360°. The thermal image from the commander's periscope is displayed on a monitor inside the tank. Due to the flat ground of the Federation primarily focused on mobility, the M70A1E is considered one of the fastest MBTs in the world. [/spoiler] Falcon Aerospace offers several variants of the C-240 composite commercial aircraft for various military use such as aerial refueling, early airborne radar, aerial, real-time surveillance platform, and battle management platforms. [spoiler] [url=http://s179.photobucket.com/user/quest2007/media/800px-B787-800v10_zps9181b489.png.html][/URL] C-240 (Commercial and Base Cargo Only) Crew: 2 Capacity: 280 (3-class), 412 (all economy) Cargo Capacity: 6,086 cu ft (172 m3), 36× LD3 or 11x (88x125) pallets or 11x (96x125) pallets Length: 206 ft (62.8 m) Engines: 2x General Electric GEnx-1B or Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 Service Ceiling: 43,000 ft (13,100 m) Cruising Speed: Mach 0.85 (567 mph, 490 knots, 913 km/h at 35,000 ft/10,700 m) Maximum Speed: Mach 0.89 (593 mph, 515 knots, 954 km/h at 35,000 ft/10,700 m) Service Range: 8,000–8,500 nmi (14,800–15,700 km; 9,210–9,780 mi) Cost: $245 million KC-240 (Aerial Refueler) Crew: 3 Capacity: 75 personnel or 27 medical patients Payload: 90,000 lbs (40,823.3 kg) Fuel Capacity: 223,879 lbs (101,550 kg) Service Range: 7,100 nmi (13149.2 km); Global with aerial refueling Cost: $200 million E-5 Guardian AWACS Crew: 2 Mission Crew: 10 Range: 7,000 nmi (12,964 km) Cost: $375 million E-10 J-ABMCS (Joint Airborne Battle Management and Command System) Crew: 2 Mission Crew: 14 Endurance: 10 hours Range: 8,000–8,500 nmi (14,800–15,700 km; 9,210–9,780 mi) Cost: $350 million RSC-240 C, D, and E Aerial Surveillance Class C Variant - Airborne SIGINT platform role, it's sensor suite is designed to allow the crew to detect, identify, and geolocate signals throughout the electromagnetic spectrum. D Variant - Designed to collect technical intelligence on adversary radar emitter systems. Data collected from this aircraft is then to develop new or upgraded radar warning receivers, jammers, decoys, anti-radiation missiles, and training simulators. E Variant - Developed for the MASINT role, it is equipped with special electro-optical instruments designed to observe ballistic missiles flights at long range. Crew: 2 Mission Crew: Up to 25 Range: 8,000–8,500 nmi (14,800–15,700 km; 9,210–9,780 mi) Cost: $300 to 375 million [/spoiler]

____________________________________________________________________________________________ "Ladies and gentlemen. We're bringing you up to speed on the events unfolding in Central America. We turn live to Mexico City." - Newsanchor "Good evening everyone, I am General LeMay, Commander of Joint Latin American Operation Forces. The rapidly unfolding situation and coalition buildup in the last several days has been nothing short of phenomenal. Roughly 80,000 Federation troops have been deployed currently through Central America. I would like to personally thank those nations that have stepped in so far with various levels of commitments to see that Central America remains stable, thanks is extended to the American Commonwealth, Confederate States of America, Alkan Republic and others so far with their assistance. Luckily in the last couple days, Foreign Affair officials have identified strong local leadership forming in Southern Central American to pave the way for the independence for the newly formed United States of Central America. With this newest development, JLAO forces will be withdrawing into Central Mexico shortly. We will be working with existing nations to define long-term capacity for Mexico and Cuba, although, we strongly pledge to keep the independence of the people in the region, first and foremost."

Announcement from Hudson Bay Ministry of Foreign Affairs "Our swift work in Latin America to ensure the well-being of the region's people has bore it's first fruit today. Our dealings with local leaders in Central America beyond Mexico proper has quickly blossomed into an official declaration of existence and sovereignty. The Welks administration has agreed the best course of action with Latin America was for the Latin Americans to decide themselves, and today, we congratulate this group of people on their road to prosperity and liberty! Until the official formation of armed services, Joint Latin American Operation forces will remain in country to provide token security arrangements until the time approaches for departure. We urge our fellow nations of the world community on simple recognition of sovereignty for USCA. Thank you everyone and good night." Jordan Brady Minister of Foreign Affairs