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IBSI and Ministry of Defense overseeing construction of OTH radar in Marlingantos
Aim to enhance Central Seleyan Security Information
Ciudad Gaduri, Marlingantos
November 16, 5576


Radio Engineers begin important calibrations on the western array of the CD OTH Radar installation

The Imperial Bureau of Security Information and the Ministry of Defense have begun expanding the Imperial Radar Surveillance network into Gaduridos.  Two new radar sites are being set up on the Island of Marlingantos, one pointed north toward Kalistan, to overlap with the site that is already located there, and the other pointed south toward Indrala.

"The expansion of the IBSI net into the Southern Anantonese Ocean is a long term goal that we are finally meeting now that Gaduridos has fully committed to the Empire," said Regular Army Spokeswoman Martha Wendel.  "With Gaduridos as security partners, we can expand not only our eyes, but eventually the reach of the Imperial Navy and Air Force.  We are indeed fortunate to partner with Gaduridos, who has long been seen as a key component of Kalistani Strategy and the Defense in Depth Strategy, and it will behoove us to begin arming Gaduridos so they too can more effectively participate in the Regional Security arrangement

The establishment of the radar station comes on the heels of the ratification of the Anantonese Security Community, which commits the Empire to work with regional partners on naval patrols, regional defense integration and intelligence sharing.  "We will share all our intelligence that we obtain from these stations with the Gaduris, of course, but also we intend to share the information, especially what we obtain by looking south, with Lourenne and Lodamun as well:  If there is a threat coming from the south, they will want to know and we will want their help in countering it.  We are sure there are people that will complain about international waters and freedom of the seas and all of that.  But our security in Kalistan and Gaduridos is far more important than some ridiculous international law principle that other want enforced because they happen to benefit from it.  Other states should know that the Anantonese Ocean is a yard, not a highway, and we don't welcome just anyone at all to cut through it.  We will have eyes on you, we will follow you, and really, if you don't belong here, you should probably find a different route to wherever you are going, because you won't be able to move with impunity."

The radar installations will be completed next year, and will be staffed by Kalistanis and their Gaduri counterparts.  Eventually, data obtained from the surveillance devices will enter into target identification and acquisition computers in Gaduridos and back in Kalistan for dissemination and analysis.