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___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________July 4790
Medinian Defence Research and Production Secretariat Teams Up with Trigunians to Make New Baseline Vehicles, While Domestic Firms Create Modern Tank for Medina
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Over the last year, Medinian contractors and researchers from the Secretariat of Defence Research and Production have been working in tandem with Trigunia's weapons and vehicles development teams to create a new baseline tank and aircraft for the Republic, as well as domestic . Currently, the army's tank regiments are made up of older Yingdalan models that have certainly seen better days. After the massive military purchase of new equipment from Keymon, 50 new and modern tanks were added, increasing the former number of 74 older Yingdalan Type 59s. The air force's current fleet, consisting of 73 fighters, with 44 delivered from Yingdala and 29 produced in the last 18 years.
A Type 10D with 57mm autocannon, and a Type 10A with the original cannon behind.The tank that was jointly designed has been designated in Trigunia as the PT-110 or Object 906 and in Medina as the Type 10, with the original prototypes, designed long ago as the PT-76 or Object 740. They have been updated with an 110mm turret, an increase from the originally planned 76mm gun and are capable of aquatic travel at upwards of 28km/h. As plenty of Dovani land is intercrossed with rivers, swamps, and other aquatic barriers, these tanks will be able to traverse the entire continent, quickly and efficiently, with their max land speed of 75km/h and swim speed of 28km/h. The Trigunians also created a series of alternate versions of the tanks, including surface-to-air missile launcher (10B), APC (10C), and 57mm autocannon (10D) variants. Upwards of 70-80 Type 10s have been produced already from the Trigunian manufacturers, and now that production is in Medinian hands another 50-70 are planned to be made, from all 4 variants.
A group of new Type 11/Al-Khalids in a short parade to celebrate their production.In addition to the PT-110/Type 10, domestic manufacturers and designers have created their own tank: the Type 11, or Al-Khalid. Designed to be an equal to the Ariete tank sent by Keymon, it was in fact largely based off of it via reverse engineering. The Type 11 has a larger cannon than the Type 10, at 125mm instead of 110; a slower maximum speed of 72km/h, although not much slower; and modernized armour and defence systems, including a laser threat system. Although the cost is higher, upwards of 50 are planned to be produced by 4800.
A JF-18 landing on a Trigunian aircraft carrier during development.For the air force, the Trigunian-Medinian designers created the Yak-41, or in Medina, the JF-18 VTOL, a Vertical Take-Off and Landing fighter. The reasoning given behind this development is that as Medina moves into a larger position in the world, quick missions involving lesser-developed areas will become more prevalent, especially in Dovani. The aircraft is designed to be able to take off from and land on any flat terrain large enough for it. When landed, it can (in the JF-18C variant) unload its cargo and other carried goods, from weapons to food, and within 15 minutes take off again. The variants have been listed as: JF-18A, a standard version prioritized for air-to-air combat; JF-18B, with a ground attack focus; and the JF-18C, the heaver version, dually prepared for moving cargo in under-wing containers and for heavier operations, capable of both air combat and ground attack missions. 10 have already been made, and upwards of 30-40 more are set to be produced.
To add to the fleet of planes, and increase the level of modernity, the government has purchased 32 new MiG-29M fighters from Trigunia, at a reduced cost. These planes will make up the backbone of the modern aircraft, as they are far more developed than anything on hand currently or seen to be on hand in the near future, at least before 4790. 4790 will be an important year though, as the ground and air forces have announced that it shall be when both branches begin work on modernizing inventory- the army upgrading old Yingdalan tanks to the new Medinian standard, and the air force plans to upgrade the JF-17 and -18s to newer model with technology from the Trigunian MiG-29Ms.