Re: Dranian News (단국뉴스)
Posted: Mon Aug 12, 2019 2:31 am
Empress Announces Expansion of the Armed Forces
Imperial Army Marching in Unison
God Empress Taeyang Sung Kyuri has recently announced that she has ordered the Ministry of Defense to begin expanding the armed forces of Dankuk, in the face of a possibly stronger Kazulian Armed Forces. In a statement that her personal assistant released online, she stated that-
The Imperial Armed Forces must expand in both the number of personnel and the number and quality of equipment. I’ve discussed with my Supreme Commander of the Imperial Navy about the issues facing the Imperial Navy and the amount of equipment the Navy requires to stand up to a growing Kazulian Navy. He proposed that the Ministry of Defense should allocate 25% of its budget to the Imperial Navy and then stated that 5% of that budget would go into the construction and research of military vessels that he believes can hold off any kazulian naval attack. I agreed to his proposal and I have begun the allocation of said funding. He has stated that the focus of the Imperial Navy will be on quality frigates and cruisers that can sustain combat operations close to home.
I’ve also discussed with my Supreme Commander of the Air Force into the solutions he sees in replacing older aircraft with more modernized equipment. He stated that he believes a slow process of replacement would assist the Air Force best and would make training easier. He also stated that any new aircraft must be capable of competing with any aircraft that Kazulia can put out and besting it in combat. He has stated that this will take a great amount of time, that he estimated would be 5 to 10 years to create a fully advanced aircraft. I approved for an additional 50 billion DRA into the Air Forces budget to research these aircraft.
My main concern in this modern age is the fact that our equipment is getting old, whilst our neighbors have equipment that outstrips anything we can produce on mass. This must change for the nation to continue to guarantee its own sovereignty.
Alongside this announcement, the God Empress has also announced that she wishes to increase the number of soldiers within the Army and Navy, to compete with “Dankuk’s neighbors”. She has requested the Ministry of Defense open an additional 350,000 positions in the army and an additional 120,000 in the Navy. These positions will all either be bureaucratic jobs or combat positions.
According to insider sources within the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry is looking into overhauling almost all of its equipment in an attempt to modernize. However, these insider sources also claim that there has been pushback from lower ranking officers, who seek to have a differing ideology the higher ups in the chain of command. Yet, the initiative decreed by the God Empress will be done within her specifications.
No information could be gathered on any new weapons the ministry of defense is producing.