White paper published and errection of the border wall begins
The government conducted the first mobilization of the military with a shocking result. Out of the 200,000 (+20,000 border soliders) combat personnel only 30% could be mobilized within 48 hours. Out of the 20 tanks only 9 were actually working and out of the 60 airplanes only 23 were in combat ready action. Additionally most of the material was not only broken but old and no longer acceptabell to the use in modern warfare.
The responsible chief of staff of the military were sacked immidiately and the minister of defence, Mr Berger has taken over the position, promising far reaching changes in the eye of the current Kalopian-Deltarian conflict.
Additionally the defence industry is virtually non existent. Most of the material comes from Istalian and Kalopian sources and Solentia vastly depends on the import of oil and gas to maintain any king of miltary machien, rasing supply concerns in case of war. These two problems will be dealt with with a new act, creating a national defence company the SDC (Solentian Defence Company) which will be the sole provider of material to the Solentian army in future. Additionally the acts provides for a minimum supply of oil and gas to be provideded by the private companies. However, it provides also for the development of hydrogen powered tanks and airplanes to decrease the dependence on fossil fuels.
As scientists are needed the government invites all scientists, esepcially those from Beiteynu to come and support this new project. So far 130 visa applications have been received by the Solentian government from citizens of Beiteynu. The government will agree them step by step.
Meanwhile several construction companies and the armed forces began with the errection oft the Solentian-Kalopian border fence with the distrubution of 3000 mines along the border and electric barbed wire. These works are expected to be finished within six months and are the first provisional fence which will be exchanged by a border fence step by step within the period of the next five years. The newly created border police is expected to be operational in 10 years
The border fence will be 10 meters high and consist out of 3 10 meter high fences with barbed wire on top. All the fences will be charged with a deadly amount of electrity to avoid any kind of immigration.
High-performance lightning and self-shooting devices will be supporting the work of the border police. Several companies from Beiteynu are supporting the efforts of the Solentian government as Beiteynu long maintained high fences and walls at its borders.
Solentian soldiers building the first provisional fence