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Kalistani and Lodamese Navies hold large scale exercise
Joint week-long exercise contains all elements of naval warfare.


Kalistani ships fire on coastal targets


Lodamese Marines land near Bozo River CATC

Anantonese Ocean - A large week-long exercise operation took place recent week in the Anantonese Ocean. The joint-exercise was conducted by the naval forces of Kalistan and Lodamun. The both navies practiced each aspect of naval warfare, from tasks like refueling at sea and maneuvers to live fire coastal bombardments and amphibious landings. The first two days of the exercise took place near the coast of Norstavan (Lodamun). There ships of both navies practiced signalling, communication, spotting and maneuvers, to optimise the collaboration between the two fleets. Part of the pratice was a combat situation. In this hypothetical situation enemy submarines, a role played by Kalistani submarines, tried to 'sink' the vessels of the combined fleet.  "This is an very important aspect." said captain François Hus of the Lodamese destroyer Cohen, "Our navies are tasked with protecting the Anatonese Ocean, which we have done for over 140 years already. Submarines can pose a great threat to ships in naval combat, it is not unthinkable that we might face realy enemy submarines in the future. If such an attack takes place we must be certain that there are no failures in communication." Both the ships and the submarines took their task very serious, as if they truely engaged in combat. On the first day the submarines managed to get seven major hits on Lodamese and Kalistani vessels of which two would likely have resulted in the destruction of two vessels, making them the clear victors of that day. The next day, however, the submarines were less succesful, getting only two major hits with one of their own submarines 'destroyed'.

The third and fourth day were live fire missions, in which Kalistani and Lodamese ships tried to destroy targets on land, in the air and sea. In this exercise Kalistan took a leading role, as their field of expertise is naval atillery use, which became even more clear in the results. With Kalistani ships hitting 85% of their targets, whilst Lodamese ships had a 71% hit ratio. "The Kalistani are specialists on this field, which means Lodamun can learn a lot from our allies." said Ensign Lucas of the Devis. The last three days were used for large landing operations at Bozo River CATC on Ananto. Four Lodamese marine battalions and seven Kalistani battalions were deployed along several kilometers of coastline and ordered to secure beachheads. Troops of the Kalistani army were tasked with protecting the shores and defending the area around Bozo River CATC from the invaders. With live fire being used as the landing crafts approached, the nations wanted to create as much of a realistic effect as possible. On the third day the marines were victories, fully securing the beachheads for reinforcements to arrive.

At the end of the week both nations decleared the exercise a succes, commending eachother on the results. Kalistan and Lodamun seek to work closer together, as just recently both nations annouced they will start joint-development and production of a new type submarine.