MODERNIZATION PROGRAM UNDERWAY FOR MARINE ROYALE KANJORIENNE
First step in larger modernization plans
LA COURONNE, MARCH 9, 4532
By order of the ministry of defense, Kanjor has officially embarked upon what is being dubbed "Plan Lazarus"; the first step in the modernization of Kanjor's armed forces. The name was chosen due to its implications, as Kanjor's armed forces, specifically its navy, consists of only a few, obsolete vessels. The plan is to resurrect it from the dead, as it were.
Due to Kanjor's position on the southern tip of the continent, with La Tondelle and its channel seperating it from the mainland to guard, the ministry of defense has given priority to the modernizing of the navy first, followed by the airforce and finally the land component.
Specific steps of "Plan Lazarus" are as follows:
1. Begin expanding existing state-owned drydocks and shipyards,
2. Begin expanding existing naval bases, as well as construct new naval bases along the shoreline and on the island of La Tondelle,
3. Begin constructing new surface vessels and submarines, as well as contracting with private companies to aid in the effort.
As Kanjor remains a modest power in both economy and military, the ministry of defense has specifically stated that aircraft carriers will not be part of this modernization program. Sadly they remain out of reach for our armed forces due to technological and financial limitations, though hopes exist this will one day change.
Declassified schematics of the planned Royaume-class battlecruiser NKSM (Navire Kanjorien de Sa Majesté) Royaume de Kanjor, new flagship