26-10-2024, 08:40 PM
Eastern Security Brief
A publication of Gath Defense Collective, focusing on Dovani, Vascania and Temania.
November, 5560 | Mina aims to develop new defense capabilities with arms deals from Luthori, ADG.
First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, Emir Jafar bin Dhaakhir al-Mahdi, announced that the Minan government has submitted an approximately $3.15b LOD arms deals to Luthori following a few years of negotiations on the part of the Minan government. This deals come at a time when the Minan government, feeling revitalized from a major visit from Luthori and the announcement of new export deal with Lourenne, is seeking to push further into Nefa and reclaim the breakway state. The arms deal is reported to include main battle tanks, armored personnel carriers and helicopters; all of which will be provided to the refreshed Royal Armed Forces in their quest to reclaim Mina. In recent years the Chief of the General Staff, General Ishaaq el-Bashir (Royal Minan Army), has expanded efforts to recruit both Minans and foreign Majatrans as a means to incentivize growing the Royal Minan Armed Forces. A number of new formations have been formed, and if the arms deal with Luthori goes through, the Minan government will further expand armored and mechanized formations within the Royal Minan Army. General el-Bashir, a close ally of the Mahdi family, has developed a new directorate underneath the General Staff, the Intelligence Directorate and formed the Military Intelligence Bureau breaking it away from the General Intelligence Bureau. The MIB will focus exclusively on military intelligence matters, it will be joined by the Military Security Corps which will act as a special service dedicated to counter-intelligence as well as providing a new layer of cybersecurity and security to the Royal Minan Armed Forces. General el-Bashir also announced that representatives from Artanian Defense Group agreed to the sale of 96 Unionfighters to Mina, worth approximately $13.5b LOD, this includes both Block 4 Unionfighters and the newer electronic warfare variant.