Narikaton and Darnussia

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April 5584

Ministry of Defence announces completion of Defense Installations

Base in central Darnussia

After some problems with various delays from non-domestic military suppliers and some political blockades from local municipalities, the Minstry of Defence finally announced the completion of the defensive installation systems via installations around the nation. According to Minister Thaller-Dinkelberg, the Dual Republic now can totally control its airspace by utilizing varyingly ranged missiles as well as classic immediate anti-air systems. The ordered jets from Pontesi have been divided up into fighter-jet groupings and will be reinforced with more conventional aircraft very soon, at least according to the plans of the government. Officials have been making comments about the need for further restructuring especially in light of recently made revelations connected to the "Bob-case." Generally the mood across the board in the military elite is rather content, the Lackmann administration has been granting their wishes without any disagreements. In the next months, the General Staff of the Dual Republican Armed Forces is going to decide on the shares of ground-troops the individual bases will receive as well as how many will stay in reserve. According to the old plans that are being put in action right now the targeted size of the military is around 800.000 men. Approximately 650.000 are supposed to be standing, experts say that this can only be a long term goal since the Dual Republic has only been focussing on having a well-functioning naval corpus for a while but modernizing its ground forces is going to be challenging.