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Government Empowers Imperial General Staff to Swiftly Conduct Military Modernization.

March 5563

Fort William, Luthori - Communications coming from the Department of Defence and the Office of the Prime Minister states that the Government seems to be heading towards a confirmation of the standing order given by the Citadel about the development of new weapons system for the Imperial Luthorian Armed Forces. Recently, the Imperial Luthorian Army and Air Force explored the prospect of exploring the development of new intelligence and attack drones, which would be either used in reconnaissance missions all around the locations where the Imperial Armed Forces are currently deployed in. Prime Minister and Defence Secretary alike seems to have been convinced by the Imperial General Staff to authorise the enactment "State Authorization on Military Development", this so-called "State Authorization" gives to the Imperial General Staff absolute authority to conduct military modernization as it saw fit, without the ever-needed influence of the Malvin Headquarters. Although the State Authorization has a glitch, the Department of Defence still remains the absolute authority in that matter, so any Defence Secretary can veto and push for another policy of military modernization if they saw fit. The Chief of Defence Staff, Arthur Pinkman offered his thoughts about the enactment of such authorization.

There is very little thought about the enactment of this Authorization, as the Imperial Armed Forces have been acting independent, although with the State's blessings with the "Howard Memorandum", which authorize the Chief of Defence Staff, the Imperial General Staff of enacting policies which would, if necessary, help to the overall modernization process of the Armed Forces. Although this should be noted to be only a "Standing" Order, as this was limited in time. This new order stipulates that this is only going to come to an end when the Government and the General Staff see fit. Although, as per our constitutional traditions, the civilian authority always has the last word. We can only thank the Honourable Prime Minister and the Honourable Defence Secretary for having empowered the Imperial General Staff to conduct the reforms needed in our military.

The first effect of this Order comes from the Authorization from the Imperial General Staff and the Department of Defence for the development of two separate projects. The first being, in regards to Luthori's current capabilities in the manner of ballistic missile production, as the Luthorian Government seeks to increase the number of ballistic missiles currently operating within the Imperial Air Force's Command. Luthori also seeks to develop IRBMs and ICBMs, like the one developed in Beiteynu, known as the Yeudicho ICBMs and the ones developed in Kundrati, in terms of IRBMs. For now, this project is only remaining as such, at the state of project, this "Project Nightfall" as it is called, is just remaining at the state of “eventuality” for now, as no visible progress on the issue has been made beforehand. The other project also calls for the development of, this time, unmanned armed vehicles (UAVs), like the ones which have been developed in Lodamun, one of the great inspirations for this policy. “Operation Watchful Eye”, as it has been dubbed by the Imperial General Staff, was formerly a top-secret operation, now it has been revealed to the public eye, after some hints in the media. This Operation has been more concrete, as the Government came to a deal with Luthorian companies such as the Sterling-Verner Group (or SV Group) for the development of an unmanned armed vehicle, called the “Watchkeeper”. This reconnaissance drone will be tasked with handling operations of reconaissance in the Artanian Sea. The project for an attack drone, the “Reaper” project has also been given a green light from Fort William.

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