Dorvische Allgemeine Zeitung
State Chancellor monitoring Kafuristan, new TPS satellites and the KF51 Panther enters testing.
February 5400
Haldor, Greater Kordusia - State Chancellor Ulrich von Motha-Geyr and the State Chancellery informed the press that they were actively monitoring the developing situation in Kafuristan and urged for peace and calm in the nation in the wake of the assassination of President al-Saad. The State Chancellor also voiced concern over the recent development of piracy located in the Sea of Lost Souls, something that the State Chancellor noted would prompt Dorvish intervention should the situation continued to deteriorate. "We're not strangers to dealing with modern day pirates, while they might not don eye patches and funny hats, they remain a serious threat to international economics and peaceful, free navigation of the sea." The State Chancellor was informed earlier that the Beiteynu Navy had engaged with pirate forces as a means to control the outbreak of piracy, and the State Chancellor welcomed the intervention of the Beiteynuese into the situation. Dorvish military watchers have reported that there have been rumors that one of the Dorvish High Seas Monitoring Squadron's have been dispatched to the area to monitor the situation. "We're going to be keeping an eye on this and should it grow into a problem, we're going to intervene as necessary."
The Supreme General Staff confirmed that they had been working with keyhole orbital reconnaissance satellites that were monitoring the Sea of Lost Souls. The Dorvish typically remain tight lipped regarding their space activities, the Dorvish Aerospace Service remains a well funded but largely hidden component of the Dorvish technology sector. The Dorvish Aerospace Service, which is responsible for the launching but not management of all Dorvish satellites, recently announced several new satellites would be added to the Terran Positioning System (TPS) which launched in January, 4335 and has been maintained by the Dorvish as a world-wide global positioning system for over a thousand years. This is in addition to several orbital reconnaissance satellites that are currently operated by the Dorvish intelligence community, one of them being dedicated to "Cyclops" operations.
Chief of the Supreme General Staff and Minister of Defense Generaloberst Konrad zu Mohr announced plans to replacing the vast Leopard 2 main battle tank fleet of the Dorvish Army with the new, state of the art KF51 Panther main battle tank. The KF51 Panther project began in January, 5139 and has steadily progressed forward with Theil-Hassel Technologies GmbH providing steady updates to the Supreme General Staff regarding its development. While the KF51 will not see widespread service the Dorvish Army has taken several deliveries that will be tested over the coming years and feedback provided to Theil-Hassel, a typical feature of Dorvish arms procurement. Theil-Hassel also unveiled the Leopard 2A8 upgrade for Leopard 2 models that will likely be marketed to close allies, this includes Hutori, and potentially Dolgava who now operates a large Leopard main battle tank fleet. The Dorvish intend to upgrade a number of their Leopard 2A7/2A7+ MBTs with the 2A8 upgrade, providing them with much greater battlefield connectivity and protection for their crews.