by Kubrick » Thu May 03, 2012 9:39 pm
The Emperor smiled. "I am mostly here to strengthen the already strong relationship between our nations, President. But of course you have noted that with me are two ministers from my cabinet. Minister Anna-Maria van Wiel tot Wiel of Foreign Affairs and Minister Marchinus van Swagteraer of Defence. They accompany me because of a single reason: the ATR aggression. Even when our nation was still a republic we received several threats from ATR members because we practiced democracy, apparently they can not appreciate the people's opinion on national matters. Now that we are a monarchy we can see that we have angered the ATR. The thing is, Vanuku is surrounded by ATR nations. Barmenia and Zardugal are both members of the ATR and there are far more in Majatra. We believe the ATR might attempt to overthrow our government. Maybe they will try to invade us internally, with political parties. Maybe even with force if a casus belli arises. That is the reason we are here, our nation needs protection. I will let the Defence Minister shed some more light on the armed forces."
Duke Marchinus van Swagteraer nodded and cleared his throat. "President Slavkov, the forces of our nation are very capable. I trust in every soldier we have but that does not change the fact that our nation is vulnerable. Currently we have roughly 700,000 active soldiers and 500,000 on reserve duty. During war we can also rely on the Federal Guard, our local militia. I can not release the numbers of the Federal Guard yet, as we do not know the exact numbers ourself. I can state that they will surely bolster our forces. The north of Vanuku is easy to defend, the thin line of land can easily be held by our well-trained infantry. The south is a more broad line but our nation is building fortifications all around the border. It does not come down to the troops we have, it comes down to the equipment. Vanuku is severely lacking in proper equipment. Our nation has some of the finest small arms on Terra, not many firearms producers can match the quality of the Defence Factory Nachten. We also have a capable fleet of light ships. Frigates, light submarines, you name it we have it. The thing we are lacking in are heavy ships and large submarines and our naval commander stated he really needs aircraft carriers. Then there's the lack of proper attack helicopters, transport helicopters, transport planes, fighter jets and bombers. Our airforce is severely outdated. The colonel-general of the Imperial Land Forces also stated there is a large need for tanks, APC's and other heavy ground material as well as light transports. And last the Military High Command stated that.." The Duke paused for a moment, he hoped he would never have to use the next weapons. "The High Command stated that our nation also needs nuclear weapons. If victory is not feasible by any other means we need to... Eradicate all the enemy forces with tactical and strategical nuclear weapons.. That is the true reason for our visit, President. Our nation needs defence material, and we need it bad. Vanuku has accumulated a large surplus of finances over the last few decades, we will purchase every usable item your nation is willing to sell."
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