Badara

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ARMY DIVISIONS TO GET SAMS BATTERIES
 
MANARA  ALBRAYD SRIA AL-MUSAMI
(If it’s in the Monsoon, it’s got to be true)
 
Defense Command Center, December 27, 5721:  The Monsoon has learned the Defense Command Chief met with the Army Chief of Staff and the Chief of Air Staff to discuss two recommendations of the Army Staff which would not reacquire additional budgeting largely because of past savings.
 
First, The Army would like to establish a fourth motorized infantry division.  Nashwa has two which would which likely is able to have a fighting chance to repel an invasion, but the one on Mu’Tassim really seems to be not enough.  The recommendation is to form a fourth motorized infantry division, 3rd Division, in Ras El-Haram.
 
The Air Force had no objections and agreed with the reasoning.
 
The second recommendation by the Army Staff was that the four divisions each be augmented with an MIM 104 D Service to Air Missile System (SAMS)battalion as a divisional asset.  Currently all air defense is done by the Air Force, but the Army Staff believes this would give the divisions added protection.
 
The Chief of Air Staff indicated that since no reduction in the Air Force budget or current usage of the MIM 104 D SAMS was proposed, he had no objection whatever.  He did propose that some of the Air force batteries be transferred to the Army so that training in their use could begin. These could be replaced by Udayl Gunnery Corporation while it was supplying those needed by the Army.
 
The Defense Command Chief approved both recommendations and forwarded them to the Defense Ministry.  The Monsoon has learned that the Defense Minister subsequently approved both.
 
In 4905 Ground Forces Weaponry (GFW) was supplying the military with MIM 104 D SAMS.  GFW was sometimes a for profit company and sometimes a government owned entity depending on profitability and the nature of the regime operating during a  particular era.  At some point Udayl Gunnery Corporation bought out GFW and now supplies these SAMS to the military as needed.
 
The MIM 104 D is a Mobile interceptor surface to air missile system (SAMS).  The radar component at the heart of the system is a phased array tracking radar for interception of targets.  It can be used against aircraft and as an anti missile interceptor as well.  Its four major operational functions are communications, command and control, radar surveillance and missile guidance.  The radar set and launchers are on truck towed trailers.
 
An MIM 104 D battalion has a headquarters battery, a maintenance company, and four line batteries which has about 6 launchers and several platoons for headquarters and maintenance, fire control and launcher.  The fire control platoon operates the radar, engagement control station, antenna mast group and electric power plant.
 
The missiles themselves have an operational range of 160 kilometers and a maximum speed of 5630 kilometers per hour.  Each weighs 900 kilograms.



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