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Defense Ministry: Rearming military domesticly is the focus

Lt. Gen. Striker, Minister of Defense invests in domestic military production to rearm the military

July 5573 (backdated)

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Port Alexander - Due to the economic situation the Commonwealth was in during the 5540’s the government was forced in the 5550’s to decrease funding to the military and to downsize all branches. The focus was on strengthening the economy first and invite allies to play a part in the nation’s protection in return for giving bases and influence in the area. Now, with the embargo from Kalistan and its threatening stance towards the Commonwealth, the country got shook awake. Now the government wants to invest in the military, with the Defence Minister Lt. Gen. William Striker announcing new investment plans for the military.
 
Since the embargo was launched and the economic shock hit Luthori and subsequently Mordusia, the Ministry of Defence saw two critical weaknesses in the military. Of course the main problem was the lack of funding, but more critically was the overreliance on external partners and the lack of domestic production of military hardware and software. The lack of investments in the microconductors, weapons, vehicles and ships makes it hard for Mordusia to produce anything for themselves in the event where producing nations are unable to deliver weapons or are unwilling to deliver them. To combat this key weakness the ministry had already announced plans to massively invest with an investment of 100 billion Mordusian Dollars.
 
The plan now presented by the Minister of Defence, Lt. Gen. Striker in parliament, entails the creation of various military industrial buildings and weapons for the Royal Army and the Royal Airforce. To do this the Commonwealth government has been having talks with the Hexlon Imperial Corporation. In days of old the corporation had huge production capacity in military hardware, with Hexlon Imperial Defense and the Luthorian Hexlon Defense Combine Inc. However these companies have little economic and military relevance as other military companies have taken their place in Luthori. However in Mordusia none hat taken their place. With Hexlon Imperial being the strongest corporation with deep knowledge of hardware and production, the Mordusian military industry can be rebuild significantly faster than starting new companies. However the government and Hexlon Imperial have stated that it still will take time before their own manufacturing and R&D is up to speed.
 
Hexlon Imperial will create two semi-independent companies for Mordusia. They will be subsidiaries of Hexlon Imperial Mordusia, the Mordusian branch of the conglomerate. With it owning 60% of the shares, 15% of the shares will be in hands of the Luthorian Hexlon Defence Combine Inc., 15% of the shares will be in hands of the Commonwealth Government. The government through these shares will commit themselves to the development of these military industries and R&D. However when sufficiently grown the government will sell the shares back to Hexlon Imperial or a subsidiary of them.
 
The first item on the agenda of the newly founded Hexlon Defense Industries with four branches: 

• Hexlon Aviation
  
• Hexlon Royal Arms
  
• Hexlon Motors
  
• Hexlon Defense Technologies
  

The first three branches will focus on the manufacturing and improving designs for their respective focus fields, with Hexlon Royal Arms focussing on arms and guns in general and Hexlon Motors focussing solely on non-aviation vehicles for military usage. Hexlon Defense Technologies will focus on military R&D, the R&D of this company is heavily regulated by the government and can only be shared with the Luthorian government and the Luthorian branch of the company, outside of that it can only be shared with approval of the Commonwealth government. Hexlon Imperial Mordusia is confident that the company can set up industrial production right away. For now it has requested its Luthorian branches to send over relevant information to get started.