Caspian Defense Liaison

[TheShammySocialist]

[b]Classified Meeting - Somewhere in the Caspian Clique[/b]

"Gentlemen, I have brought you here today, to put forward a request to you from our top military leaders," said President Sham Dawkins, looking around a group of well-dressed businessmen who sat around table. The industries of the Caspian Clique were just starting to get back into production, and orders were beginning to be fulfilled, but when it came to the drawing board, they were wide open.

"General Lowell has reported from the field, in a memo I have provided to each of you, that our vehicles have had to endure unacceptable loss rates due to rocket fire. Mortar strikes have also taken their toll on infantry units, especially when trying to assault fixed strong points," continued Dawkins, who was only wearing a white formal shirt, and tie. The men around the table, most of them his senior, cleared throats, and adjusted their suit coats, a couple whispered to each other.

"Mr. President," began Achmed al-Fais, an elderly gentleman with graying hair, the CEO of Near-East Motors. "We have provided your forces with plenty of anti-point-detonate missile defense armor, as you see on this picture of a Yak APC here." He passed a picture of such a vehicle with the corresponding armor kit across the table to Dawkins.

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"I know Achmed, but we encountered a heavy amount of missiles that could defeat both that armor, as well as ERA kits," responded Dawkins, folding his arms, and leaning back in his chair.

"Then what do you want out of us, we have read the report prior to being here, we cannot design an optimum armor kit that can defeat everything our forces will meet on the battlefield," noted Vladimir Rezhov, President of Afghan Metallurgy and Landsystems, or "METaL" for short.

"I didn't call you here, gentlemen," said Dawkins, pausing to pick up a few papers scattered in front of him, and arranging them neatly. "As the old adage goes, the best offense is a good defense."

"I didn't know it is possible create offensive armor, unless you paint offensive slurs on the sides of our vehicles," chuckled Benjamin Owens, the President of Turkmen Electronics. He got a small guffaw around the table, and even Dawkins cracked a small smile, though he wasn't particularly amused because of the seriousness of the matter.

Dawkin's smile faded, as he said, "No, I would like to create a system that defeats missiles on the battlefield, or at least gives our vehicles an offensive capability against them." Dawkins looked over to a military officer standing in the corner, and nodded, "gentlemen," he said, then motioning towards the officer, "this is Colonel Ralawi, he runs the Kabul State Armory."

"Colonel," murmured the businessmen, as he sat down directly to Dawkins' right side.

"Colonel Ralawi has looked into anti-missile defense systems that are employed on ships at sea, and determined that we may be able to mount such a system on the existing 'Jackrabbit' IFV systems. It would combine a derivative of this maritime CIWS, that stands for 'Close-in weapon system', for practical battlefield use," said Dawkins, passing around pictures of a ship-employed CIWS system.

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"It would definitely have to be a redesigned system, if it were to be mounted on our Jackrabbits," remarked al-Fais, looking at the photos, but seemingly generally interested.

"Of course, but could this missile system defeat a battlefield missile?" asked Owens, looking up at Ralawi.

Dr. Katya Petrovich, Head of Kandahar Aviation and Rocketry, finally spoke up from her spot farthest from Dawkins, "Yes, as some sea-skimming missiles can travel in excess of three-hundred and fifteen meters per second. This particular model of CIWS is able to defeat those missiles."

"The 20mm Model we are looking into, has an effective range of two miles," remarked Ralawi, pointing with his pencil at Petrovich, who had a doctorate in astrophysics.

"Could the engineers at NEM redesign the Jackrabbit around that system?" asked Dawkins, looking seriously at al-Fais.

"The height would have to be cut by at least two thirds, and weight by about the same ratio. It would mean the elimination of the 20mm Automatic Cannon as well," replied al-Fais, rubbing at some of the scruff around his mouth.

"Would we be able to retain the current anti-tank missile system mounted on those vehicles?" asked Ralawi.

"My design engineers can definitely look into that possibility," replied al-Fais, with a shrug.

"The gun can be used against ground targets as well, and some penetration power," noted Ralawi, turning to look at Dawkins.

"We don't plan to outfit all Jackrabbits to this system, we would allocate a certain number of these vehicles to each battalion," replied Dawkins, nodding. "And you said this system can work against mortar shells?"

"With some effectiveness, maybe a twenty percent kill rate?" said Ralawi, shrugging, and continuing, "its main application is anti-missile."

"The automation can be handled by Turkmen Electronics, as I assume this a fully automated system?" piped up Owens.

"Overseen by a human operator yes, but automatic tracking and operation," replied Ralawi.

"Kandahar Avionics and Rocketry can provide you with a team of physicists for the software design, Ben," noted Petrovich, looking over at Owens.

"Much appreciated, Kat."

"The Caspian Defense Ministry is designating this 'Project Linebacker', I expect nothing but the best from my country's best," noted Dawkins, standing up. "If there isn't anything else, I think this meeting is concluded."

Edited February 11, 2011 by TheShammySocialist

[TheShammySocialist]

[b]Classified Transmission[/b]

[quote][b]To:[/b] Caspian Air Force Command, R. GHAZAL, CO
[b]CC:[/b] Caspian Construction (CASCON) - Military Infrastructure Division (MID)

[b]From:[/b] T. Lowell, GEN, Minister of Defense

The Office of President has ordered the Ministry of Defense to finish the construction of the Andhkoy Cosmodrome, a project started by President Dawkins' father, but left incomplete following the coup that deposed him. The Ministry of Defense is deeming this project to be of the utmost importance, and to be conducted under the utmost secrecy. The government will reveal the existence of the Cosmodrome when it is fully operational.

The Presidential Office feels that this project is both important to the civilian, as well as military sectors of this nation, and will be a strong asset in the future of this nation. This project will be the main focus of MID until further notice, unless specified.

Lets get to work, people.[/quote]

[TheShammySocialist]

[center][b][size="5"]Public Announcement - New Weapon Release for Purchase - Kabul State Armory[/size][/b]

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[size="4"][b]Kabul State Armory (KSA) CR-8G (Formerly the XM8 Project) Modular Assault Weapon Family[/b][/size][/center]

The Kabul State Armory would like to announce that the [b]KSA CR-8G[/b] Modular Assault Weapon Family is now available on the general market to governments worldwide. This modular gem is a top-of-the-line weapon family that features some of the best quality one can find on the small arms markets.

The modularity of this weapon allows for parts interchange between [i]all[/i] four versions (Submachinegun - SMG, Assault w/Grenade Launcher, Designated Marksman, Light machinegun - LMG) of this weapon, that cuts down on parts procurement costs, as well as maintenance costs. This allows for smaller governments, with a limited defense budget, to buy a high-tech weapon, that is still cost-effective and provides four different models to work with and give their forces a flexibility in any environment.

[b]General Specifications[/b]

[b]Weight:[/b] 7.5 Pounds (3.4KG)
[b]Rate of Fire:[/b] 750 RPM
[b]Caliber:[/b] 5.56x45mm, Gas-operated, rotating bolt action

[b]Magazine:[/b] 30-Round Box, 100-Round C-Drum Magazine (for LMG version)

[b]Polygonal Barreling increases velocity, despite the shorter barrel length from contemporary competitors.[/b]

[b]Optional Equipment:[/b]

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[*] GL-320 40mm Rail-mounted Grenade Launcher
[*] 4x/6x ACOG/"AWAH" ("All-Weather, All Hours" - Specially-designed KSA ACOG Sights with Night Vision) Sights (DMR Version)
[*] 2x Reflex Sights
[*] Bipod (for LMG version)
[*] Buttcap or Folding Stock (for SMG Version)
[*] Variety of Camouflage Schemes, inquire upon purchase
[*] Unit Cost: 500 CND (Caspian National Dollars)
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Both sights are run through long-life battery systems; KSA optionally provides mini rugged solar panels that fit to the top of the scopes and sights, three hours' direct sunlight will give seventy-two hours use, non-stop, guaranteed.

Edited February 14, 2011 by TheShammySocialist

[TheShammySocialist]

[b]Classified Release to the Office of the President[/b]

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[i]First photo of KAR/CAA XCF-69A "Desert Eagle"[/i]

Stealth Air Superiority Fighter/Interceptor.

Armament:

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[*] Vulcan Cannon

[*] Up to 10 Air-to-Air Missiles
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Speed Rating: Up to Mach 2.3 (Cruise Speed: Mach 1.5)

Range: 2800 Miles

Service Ceiling: 65,000 Feet

Production Status: [b]Advanced Testing Underway - 6 Examples Produced[/b]

[TheShammySocialist]

[b]Classified Transmission[/b]

[quote][b]To:[/b] COLONEL R. TYUMEN, CAMP "SHRIKE" CO
[b]From:[/b] GENERAL T. LOWELL, MOD

[b]Regarding:[/b] Activation, "Samael" Battalion

[b][color=red]CLASSIFIED, LEVEL 5 CLEARANCE[/color][/b]

Colonel Tyumen, this transmission confirms earlier plans to form a large Special Operations Battalion, trained in intelligence gathering/extraction, covert operations, counterinsurgency, assassination, long range reconnaissance/raiding, infiltration, high/low level airborne insertion, airmobile insertion, and advanced small unit operations. [i]Et Cetera[/i].

You are allowed to proceed with the formation of a five-company battalion, with companies of one hundred and fifty men each, sectioned into twenty-five man platoons that can be broken down into five man teams. The Ministry of Defense is prepared to allocate whatever resources needed to form this battalion, and we have provided information on personnel of interest, that showed great potential during the Kandahar/Baghlan Counterinsurgency Campaigns, as well as personnel currently serving in Communist Australia.

The existence of this unit is unacknowledged, and until it is revealed, personnel are considered to be kept in closed quarters, with all interactions with family members monitored, and all mail censored. We wish you luck your endeavor, the eyes of this ministry, and the President, are on you, Colonel.[/quote]

[TheShammySocialist]

[b]Classified Transmission to the Office of the President[/b]

A joint development team from the “Viper II Cross-Industry Project (CIP)”, have identified a full range of upgrades that it has developed for our current “Viper” MBT System, which will include upgrades to:

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[*] Armor
[*] Engine
[*] Main Weapon System
[*] Secondary Weapon System
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[b]Armor:[/b] Engineers and Chemists from AfghanMETaL and CPC have been working together to develop a new composite armor that will give our new tanks a stronger and denser defense against anti-tank missiles and shells. This new armor will integrate a hardened mixture of fiberglass, ceramic, and alumina, with a rolled homogenous armor plate, composed of a titanium/tungsten alloys. The composite mixture gives a much denser composition then normal rolled homogenous plate, while saving on weight and compactness, allowing for a better armor configuration, thus making the tank a faster and lighter vehicle.

The new armor configuration, with this composition, is effective against high-explosive anti-tank (HEAT) shells, fin-stabilized armor-piercing discarding sabot (FSAPDS), and high-explosive squash-head (HESH) shells. Against these shells, the armor configuration, a mix of rolled homogenous armor, as well as composite, provides an optimal amount of decompression and compression of the armor, which stops the shell from penetrating the vehicle, and breaks it up amongst the layers of composite material and armored plate. HEAT and FSAPDS shells are stopped inside of this configuration, HESH shells have proven to be ineffective against such composite armor on a number of occasions as it is.

AfghanMETaL scientists tested the armor against a point-blank (less then 50m) shot from a T-72 MBT Family Main Gun, and the shells failed to penetrate in all instances, using all forms of ammunition. It has been given the Name "KK" or "KabulKomposite", to honor the city of its development.

[b]Engine:[/b] NEM has designed the new HTE-1200G 1200 HP Turbine Engine, which will replace the old 10-Cylinder Disel Engine, which will give the Viper II a four-hundred horsepower addition to its' power. The new engine will allow the vehicle a significant speed increase, up to ten miles per hour more. The engine will add a little extra weight to the vehicle, which will require the tweaking of the drive sprockets for the tract propulsion, but NEM will be finishing the adjustments in the next two days, to find the right adjustment for the sprocket.

The turbine engine also requires less maintenance and will be able to run on a number of refined petroleum products, including gasoline, aviation fuel, regular diesel, maritime diesel, as well as a few other products. CPC produced a number of petroleum products, and with NEM performed testing, and there is little fluctuation in performance.

[b]Main Weapon System:[/b] We have found that the tank, with the slight weight increase of the engine, allows the accommodation of a 120mm Smoothbore Cannon, 55-Calibre gun, which KSA will procure for this new version. This will increase the potency of the Viper II, at no loss in performance, ammunition storage, or turret compartment conditions. KSA will also be supplying Kinetic Energy Penetrator rounds, which will increase potency of the ammunition itself. The new barrel will require the production of 120mm rounds of both HEAT, HESH, etc.

[b]Secondary Weapon System:[/b] Casualties amongst some crew members during our combat experiences both at home and abroad show that using the weapon to assist in repelling infantry attacks is a dangerous endeavor. To allow the continued use of this secondary weapon system, we propose the reintroduction of an armored plate to protect the operator of the weapon. This change will put two angled plates of steel in place on either side of the weapon, reducing some visibility but still allowing ample views to the operator of the weapon.

[TheShammySocialist]

[size="5"][b]Public - Reorganization of the Caspian Army Forces[/b][/size]

[i]Under Directive MD#02182011B, the reorganization of Army Units will be as follows, under a brigade combat team (BCT) structure. All Battalions are made up of five companies of a hundred and fifty men, unless specified otherwise. All infantry battalions have combat engineer platoons integrated into them. Armored battalions contain eighty tanks per battalion, organized into with five troops with twenty-five vehicles to each troop, with five platoons per troop, making for five vehicles per platoon, with five tanks assigned to a Headquarters Platoon. Artillery regiments are assigned three battalions each, with sixteen guns organized into four batteries, with four guns per battery.

"Reserve" formations are composed of five companies, or troops, with two of those companies being active duty units, while the other three require mobilization. For reserve artillery regiments, one of the three battalions is kept active duty, while the other two are held in reserve. Reserves are required to train a week every month, to maintain combat readiness; armor, artillery, and heavy equipment reserve formations retain a few active duty staff to continually maintenance and keep vehicles and weapons at combat effective levels.

All brigades have their own self-intrinsic supply detachments and provisional units, as well as mobile surgical medical detachments, to allow for quick deployments abroad. Central Reserve formations are designed to be reinforcements to brigade formations, and can be attached and detached at will, depending on the mission requirement. Attachment of more then three infantry or armor battalions to a typical five-battalion Brigade Combat Team forms a "Divisional Combat Team" or "DCT".[/i]

[b]1st (Light Infantry) "Norman" Brigade[/b]

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[*] 2nd Afghan Light Infantry Battalion
[*] 3rd Afghan Light Infantry Battalion
[*] 5th "Kandahar" Light Infantry Battalion
[*] 6th Light Infantry Battalion
[*] 9th (Airmobile) Light Infantry Battalion
[*] 56th Turkmen Light Artillery Regiment (105mm)
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[b]2nd (Light Infantry) Brigade[/b]

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[*] 1st Turkmen Light Infantry Battalion
[*] 4th "Ashgabat" Light Infantry Battalion
[*] 7th Light Infantry Battalion
[*] 8th (Airborne) Light Infantry Battalion
[*] 10th (Airmobile) Light Infantry Battalion
[*] 59th Afghan Light Artillery Regiment (105mm)
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[b]3rd (Infantry) Brigade[/b]

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[*] 1st (Mechanized) Infantry Battalion
[*] 3rd (Mechanized) "Hail Caspia" Infantry Battalion
[*] 47th (Mechanized - Reserves) Infantry Battalion
[*] 49th (Mechanized - Reserves) Infantry Battalion
[*] 11th Light (Reserves) Infantry Battalion
[*] 65th Mechanized Artillery Regiment (SP - 155mm)
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[b]4th (Infantry) "Baghlan" Brigade[/b]

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[*] Turkmen Hussars "Azrael" Regiment (3 Battalions - Mechanized)
[*] 2nd (Mechanized) "Baghlan" Infantry Battalion
[*] 48th (Mechanized - Reserves) Infantry Battalion
[*] 64th Mechanized Artillery Regiment (SP - 155mm)
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[b]5th (Infantry) Brigade[/b]

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[*] 5th (Mechanized) Infantry Battalion
[*] 7th (Mechanized) Infantry Battalion
[*] 9th (Mechanized) Infantry Battalion
[*] 12th Light (Reserves) Infantry Battalion
[*] 13th Light (Reserves) Infantry Battalion
[*] 67th Artillery Regiment (Towed - 155mm)
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[b]6th (Airmobile) Brigade[/b]

[list]
[*] 10th (Airborne) Infantry Battalion
[*] 12th (Airmobile) Infantry Battalion
[*] 74th (Airmobile - Reserves) Infantry Battalion
[*] 14th Light (Reserves) Infantry Battalion
[*] 14th (Airmobile) Infantry Battalion
[*] 68th Artillery Regiment (Towed - 155mm)
[*] I. Btln./70th Artillery Regiment (105mm)
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[b]7th (Armored) Brigade[/b]

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[*] 1st "Kabul Dragoons" Armored Battalion
[*] 3rd "Asghabat Cossacks" Armored Battalion
[*] 5th (Reserve) Armored Battalion
[*] 15th (Mechanized) Infantry Battalion
[*] 15th Light (Reserves) Infantry Battalion
[*] I./II. Btlns./69th Mechanized Artillery Regiment (SP - 155mm)
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[b]8th (Armored) Brigade[/b]

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[*] 2nd Armored Battalion
[*] 4th "Kandahar Horsemen" Armored Battalion
[*] 6th "Four Horsemen" Armored Battalion
[*] 16th (Mechanized) Infantry Battalion
[*] 18th Light (Reserves) Infantry Battalion
[*] 72nd Mechanized Artillery Regiment (SP - 155mm)
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[b]Caspian Central Reserve Command[/b]

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[*] 1st Heavy Engineering Regiment (Three Battalions)
[*] 2nd Heavy Engineering Regiment (Three Battalions)
[*] 7th Armored Battalion
[*] 8th (Reserves) Armored Battalion
[*] 9th (Reserves) Armored Battalion
[*] 10th (Reserves) Armored Battalion
[*] 11th (Reserves) Armored Battalion
[*] 19th Light Infantry Battalion
[*] 20th Light (Reserves) Infantry Battalion
[*] 21st Light Infantry Battalion
[*] 34th (Mechanized) Infantry Battalion
[*] 36th (Mechanized) Infantry Battalion
[*] 37th (Mechanized - Reserves) Infantry Battalion
[*] 40th (Mechanized - Reserves) Infantry Battalion
[*] 41st (Mechanized - Reserves) Infantry Battalion
[*] 101st Combat Engineer Regiment (Three Battalions)
[*] 109th Combat Engineer Regiment (Three Battalions)
[*] III. Btln./69th Mechanized Artillery Regiment (SP - 155mm)
[*] 79th Mechanized (Reserves) Artillery Regiment (SP - 155mm)
[*] 80th Mechanized Artillery Regiment (SP - 155mm)
[*] 82nd (Reserves) Artillery Regiment (Towed - 155mm)
[*] 83rd (Reserves) Artillery Regiment (Towed - 155mm)
[*] 85th (Reserves) Light Artillery Regiment (105mm)
[*] 87th (Reserves) Light Artillery Regiment (105mm)
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Edited February 19, 2011 by TheShammySocialist

[TheShammySocialist]

[b]Classified to Kandahar Aviation and Rocketry[/b]

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The Caspian Government has shown an interest in this new light utility helicopter, and would like six prototypes available for further testing. The testing of this helicopter shall be done under the henceforth established name of [i]Project Chickadee[/i].[/quote]

[TheShammySocialist]

[b]2109 Hours, Local Time - Andhkoy Cosmodrome[/b]

General Terry Lowell stood with a few military officers at a viewing area at the Andhkoy Cosmodrome, his arms folded as he watched the seconds ticked down. Next to him, Dr. Katya Petrovich, of Kandahar Aviation and Rocketry stood silently, her eyes roving the large rocket mounted at the illuminated launch platform. This was the scene that laid before them in the cool evening air as the final preparations for the first launch ever from Andhkoy, a military filming crew was on hand, no journalists were allowed.

"Thank you for finishing this so quickly, Kat," nodded Lowell, looking down at the small woman.

"We've been looking forward to this moment for a long time, General, I am just as excited as you are," smiled Petrovich, her eyes not leaving the launch platform.

"If your people keep the production lines working hard, this place is going to be churning rockets into the air," said Lowell, wrapping his jacket around himself a little more. "I'm glad President Dawkins gave the military the first shot at sending a satellite up."

"Indeed, this satellite, and others to follow, will give you plenty of SatRecon," nodded Petrovich, finally looking up at her military counterpart.

"When will the first military communication satellite be ready?" asked Lowell, as the countdown timer ticked closer to liftoff.

"Three weeks, we have a couple commercial comm satellites to build," responded Petrovich, as a warning siren announced the impending liftoff. "Perfect night for a launch, nice and clear."

Vehicles of ground crew zipped away from the launch platform, as Lowell smiled to himself, the countdown timer now under two minutes. He put on a headset that would give him audio to the command center, which was a flurry of activity, people talking excitedly and hurriedly. The countdown timer now was under one minute, Petrovich looked both nervous and excited, as Lowell felt time seem to slow some, the timer seeming to take longer to read '00:00:00'. As soon as the timer hit that reading, the rocket engines fired, the night seeming to become day, Lowell smiling widely as the rocket began to break away from its holding arms, which swung away.

The headset crackled, as the launch director said aloud, "The Eagle has Flown, repeat, the Eagle has Flown." The rocket stormed upwards into the night sky, its altitude quickly gaining, the engines becoming dimmer and dimmer as it flew upwards.

"This is a great moment for this nation," murmured Lowell, smiling to himself in cool night air.

"Hopefully one of many more," said Petrovich, smiling from ear to ear, dimples accentuating her lips, as she looked up at her uniformed compatriot.

"Thank you very much for your work Doctor, I appreciate it, and I can tell you that the nation appreciates it."

"Just keep the orders flowing, Terry, that is all I ask."

[TheShammySocialist]

[b]Classified - Somewhere over the Indian Ocean[/b]

The night air over the Indian Ocean was normally quiet, besides, of course, the movement of commercial airliners lazily blazing at high altitude over the waves. Tonight, however, was different, as the night was broken by the roar of aircraft heading south, an air armada that was rarely seen. The Caspian Air Force, having gotten orders only twelve hours previous to prepare for a 'significant deployment', was on the move. Mingled amongst the fighters, bombers, and refueling aircraft, forty-eight CT-23 Strategic Airlift Aircraft carried the Caspian Army's Second (Light) Brigade, along with two companies of the "Samael" Special Operations Battalion. The Airlift Aircraft also carried maintenance crews and equipment for the combat aircraft flying aircraft surrounding them.

Along with the reinforced brigade, ten squadrons of "Berkut" Multirole Stealth Fighters flew alongside, two squadrons of the new "Desert Eagle" Air Superiority Fighters flew ahead of the huge air convoy, four squadrons of "Ridgerunner" Tactical Bomber/Electronic Warfare Aircraft flew in the van. A Squadron each of "Guzzler" refueling aircraft, and "Tempest" Strategic Bombers flew as well, three AWACS aircraft flew mixed amongst the transports, as did three "Banshee" Tactical Gunship aircraft, the huge air convoy having passed through Cochin Airspace only a few hours before were now roaring south over the Indian Ocean.

A message was flashed to both the Kingdom of Cochin's Capital, as well as the Cochin South Indian Ocean territories of Ile St. Paul, and the Crozet Islands via encrypted signal, before the planes had passed into Cochin Air Space.

[quote]TO: RCDF Command
FROM: CASPIA COMMAND

Air Convoy "Skytrain" proceeding south to Ile. St. Paul and the Crozet Islands, transports to land at Ile. St Paul, air units to land at Crozet Islands, ETA unknown at this time, will be updated as soon as time on destination approaches.[/quote]

[king of cochin]

A short burst of encrypted transmission would be sent from the RCDF GSHQ to the Caspia Command

[quote]Permission to transit. Our units are awaiting your arrival at RCNB Crozet and RCNB Ile ST. Paul[/quote]

[TheShammySocialist]

[quote name='king of cochin' timestamp='1298945757' post='2647363']
Permission to transit. Our units are awaiting your arrival at RCNB Crozet and RCNB Ile ST. Paul
[/quote]

While a small escort force flew with the transports to Ile St. Paul, most of the combat aircraft from the air convoy landed at RCNB Crozet without incident, quickly refueling and doing maintenance checks as quickly as possible. The transit was only half complete, and time was of the essence. Along with the combat aircraft, their maintenance crews had flown in as well aboard a half-dozen or so transport aircraft, along with their maintenance gear.

At RCNB Ile St. Paul, the transports, support aircraft, and their escorts landed without incident as well, and began disgorging the Caspian Army's Second (Light) Brigade. The soldiers quickly marched off their transports and assembled, the airfield on Ile. St. Paul was abuzz with activity. The troops formed into their respective companies, as officers worked to make sure all men were accounted for. They had not been told where they were going, or where they exactly were, but they knew it was important, else they would not have only been given just a few short hours to prepare. Unlike their other Army compatriots, the two companies of the "Samael" Battalion had stayed with the main convoy of combat aircraft, which had landed at Crozet, and were not allowed to leave their aircraft at the stopover.

An encrypted message was flashed to RCDF GSHQ from Caspia Command

[quote]Caspian Air Assets deployed to Crozet will depart immediately for St. Helena once routine maintenance and refueling is performed. Once our ground units are disembarked from their aircraft on Ile St. Paul, we will join the Cochin Marine forces for seaborne transport if that is possible. Thank you again for the assistance provided to us thus far.[/quote]

[king of cochin]

[u][b]Secure Comms to Caspia Command[/b][/u]

The Second Light Brigade has embarked upon CNS Vatutin, a Kottayam class Helicopter Carrier/Amphibious Assault ships and would be sailing with the Task Force 209 of Royal Cochin Navy to St. Helena. Your air assets would be provided additional refueling from the Strategic Reserve stocks at NAS St. Helena.

[TheShammySocialist]

[quote name='king of cochin' timestamp='1298958754' post='2647700']
[u][b]Secure Comms to Caspia Command[/b][/u]

The Second Light Brigade has embarked upon CNS Vatutin, a Kottayam class Helicopter Carrier/Amphibious Assault ships and would be sailing with the Task Force 209 of Royal Cochin Navy to St. Helena. Your air assets would be provided additional refueling from the Strategic Reserve stocks at NAS St. Helena.
[/quote]

[b]Secure Transmission to RCDF GSHQ[/b]

We thank the Cochin Defense Forces for the use of their ships in transporting our forces to St. Helena, and the use of fuel, Caspian Petroleum and Chemicals will be delivering aviation fuel across the border to Cochin to reimburse the Kingdom for the use of its stocks. We will be sending all transport aircraft along to St. Helena as well, to give this mission as much flexibility as possible. This will give our forces 48 Strategic Airlift Aircraft to use for supply drops, airborne operations, and heavy equipment transport. We also have refueling aircraft that will be able to operate out of St. Helena, and have multilingual staff on board, that can coordinate refueling for combat aircraft of all nations. Alongside this, our AWACS aircraft can provide Airborne Warning and Control, and also have multilingual staff on board.

As soon as the maintenance checks were finished on aircraft at RCNB Crozet and RCNB Ile. St. Paul, the air units began the final leg of their journey to St. Helena, the massive air convoy roaring over the ocean after forming up once again.

Edited March 1, 2011 by TheShammySocialist

[TheShammySocialist]

[b]Classified Location – Somewhere in the Caspian Clique[/b]

“The troops are en route to St. Helena as we speak, we have mobilized, and major political and economic figures have dispersed from the Capital. The General Staff have been moving to the decentralized mobile command centers across the country,” noted Lowell, looking at a high-definition television screen. The screen’s light illuminated both President Sham Dawkins’ and General Terry Lowell’s faces, making them appear paler then they actually were.

On the map screen before them, a map of the Caspian Clique, as well as relevant positions of the Caspian Military at home, some were moving, some were stationary.

“We have to toe the line carefully if we get involved with this thing, sir,” continued Lowell, looking at Dawkins, who did not look back at him.

“We are entitled to support our allies, Terry,” said Dawkins, simply, continuing to not look at Lowell, his eyes flicking around the screen.

“There are rumblings about this being neo-colonialism of Africa,” commented Lowell, looking back at the screen.

“We are there to support our allies; we made that clear to the world. This is about stabilizing the region, the slow but steady deterioration of stability in parts of Africa, which was begun by internal forces, not by external ones. The blaming of this instability on foreign nations is unacceptable,” responded Dawkins, folding his arms and rubbing at the five o’clock shadow that had appeared on his face.

“The Caspian General Staff has also presented new plans for the defense of the Caspian Clique, to be undertaken as soon as it is approved by the government,” noted Lowell, flipping a button on the remote control, which switched the view on the main view screen.

Before them was a map of the Caspian Clique, but showed a number of dots, concentrated thoroughly across the country, next to the map was a flowing display of blueprints which Dawkins recognized as series of designs for underground complexes. The designs looked intricate and were a myriad of designs for differing purposes, including ones that looked like anti-aircraft positions, command and control, arsenals, and storage facilities. As a design would come up, lines would point to features on the blueprint, with little descriptions of these features.

“These are blueprints for underground facilities and defensive areas which the General Staff believe might prove important in future conflicts that could bring war to our land. Of course we have many friends around us, but we think these facilities are needed to protect our military forces, as well as the civilian population from strikes from different weapons systems,” said Lowell, pointing at the screen.

“We would make sure to have these underground facilities, civilian and military, separate, of course?” asked Dawkins, looking over at Lowell.

“Yes, our civilian shelters for conventional and nuclear strikes would be separate of military facilities, and be made public knowledge of where they are,” responded Lowell, hitting another button on his remote, which made some dots turn light green, and blink. “These light green dots represent a shelter, or a system of shelters that would be provided to the people. As you can see, a large proportion of these shelters are located in urban areas, but there would be some deployed to more rural towns.”

“What would be the capacity of these civilian shelters?”

“The shelters beneath Ashgabat, at capacity, at this stage in planning, would be able to shelter up to two-hundred thousand souls. They would include air purification units, as well as access to water and stored foodstocks, and some medical supplies. The shelters would also be effective against nuclear, chemical, and biological threats,” replied Lowell, in an upbeat tone.

“What are these other blueprints?”

“Military installations; our engineers have designed underground command and control centers, for air units, which are these dots,” responded Lowell, clicking another button, where some dots now turned blue, and flashed. “These command and control centers would be spread throughout the regions of the country, and used as local command posts for air defense operations. These command and control centers would decentralize our air defense systems, and would have their own independent operating capacity, even if cut off from other stations. All of them would have direct communication links to other stations, which disallow them to be cut from outside hacking efforts.”

“So all these stations would be able to operate independently?”

“Of course, sir, they have the ability to operate on their own, if communications with Central Command are cut,” noted Lowell, nodding slowly. “They also have their own emergency stocks of food, water, air purification, and counter-NBC threats.”

“And these other underground facilities are storage facilities and arsenals?”

“Yes, the General Staff has planned to use some of these facilities to store weapons and equipment to protect it and personnel from air and missile strikes. These facilities would include bunking areas, as well as storage areas for vehicles and weapon systems, as well as supplies. These would also have their own self-sustaining systems that could last their personnel for a limited amount of time,” responded Lowell, hitting another button, which displayed a large amount of blinking yellow dots across the country. “These facilities would also have their own fuel supplies, to could supply vehicles that are stored there, which include the largest of our land vehicles.”

“Impressive, very impressive, and our last series of dots?” noted Dawkins, pointing at the spread-out pattern of red dots, concentrated near the borders and major metropolitan areas.

“Anti-aircraft batteries, underground missile batteries, which will have the same amenities of all our systems, with self-sustaining systems. These would be directly connected via direct communication links, to the earlier-mentioned regional defense centers, and also have direct access to fixed radar sites and access to mobile radar units,” replied Lowell. “We are working with KAR on a new Surface-to-Air Missile system that would work with these new double-A sights. All of these AA sites would be working in tandem with any mobile double- and triple-A units, which would move at random.”

Lowell motioned for him to move with him over to the empty long table in the conference room. He began sliding the paper-version of the blueprints from a manila envelope, spreading them about the table. Dawkins considered each of them slowly, while Lowell stood by, arms folded, watching his President look at the plans.

“What is the survivability of these structures?” asked Dawkins, looking up at Lowell, after looking at the plans for a few minutes.

“Well, of course, a direct nuclear strike within a quarter mile could probably destroy these structures, or disable them; they can survive most conventional weaponry, within reason of course. They have their own air supply for a short period of time, and could survive a strike from air-depletion weapons. The Command Centers and Air Defense Sites would include CIWS systems that could destroy inbound missiles. We are still determining whether we should include one or two of these anti-missile systems with sites,” noted Lowell, pointing at a prototype CIWS system.

“You do know that this project will be a significant investment of resources, and the construction of these installations will also require manpower,” replied Dawkins, looking up at Lowell.

“We believe that if a full commitment and implementation of this plan would have most of these structures built in less than four,” said Lowell, looking at Dawkins.

“I want you to work with Fourak, to get an idea of how much this entire project will cost,” said Dawkins, looking at Lowell.
“Of course, Mr. President.”