Kalistani Major History

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OOC Source: Russian Defense

Kaliburg: For 8 and a half months the Imperial Strike Group, Deltaria's most powerfull naval formation, has been on deployment around the globe. First the ISG travelled to Malivia where it was greeted with a extensive ceremony and trained with ships stationed there. After a few days and a ressuply the fleet set sail for Vascania, where it was greeted by the Vascanian navy. No exercises were held but it was clear the two nations were on friendly terms as Vascania's navy was relaxed. The fleet returned to Artania to visit the Deltarian ally of Narikaton and Darnussia. Here, per agreement, the fleet refuelled and ressuplied once more, setting sail north and moving around the tip of Artania. This understandably angered, and to a certain degree startled, the Dorvish, who have been the sole naval power in the region for centuries. Deltaria send its fleet north deliberately, likely as a way to show Dorvik that it can, moving through international waters the ships had difficulty in the cold weather but, after several days of maneuvering, they departed for the south once more.

Now the fleet arrived near Kalistan several days ago, once again passing through the Ananto strait. Similar to the ASDE exercise around 1.5 decade ago the Deltarian carrier fleet and the Kalistani navy conducted exercises in the strait. Beforehand, when the Imperial Strike Group was still near Endralon, Deltarian high command and its Kalistani counterpart had organized the plans for the exercises, which would once again center itself around the Ananto Strait and Kalistani capabilities to defend it. In contrast to the ASDE exercises the Kalistani's now used submarines, a change of strategy compared to previous defensive exercises. These submarines proved effective, fictionally sinking a Deltarian frigate at first in the middle of the strait. While the Kalistani's had improved so had the Deltarians as their newly modernized carrier and the new composition of the strike group proved efficient. Air attacks from several long ranged airplanes were stopped by AA systems onboard the Deltarian frigates and Destroyers. Missiles launched from shore were stopped in a similar fashion, with only one scoring a direct hit on a Deltarian destroyer which damaged it, but not to a severe degree according to the simulation. But Kalistani submarines proved deadly once more when they sunk a Slava-cruiser while it was shielding the carrier. During the simulated battle the Deltarian scored some victories too, with R-33C and MiG-29 jets from the DNS Mrazek sinking two Kalistani vessels and a Slava-class cruiser launching a anti ship missile which severely damaged a Kalistani frigate. At the end of the battle the Kalistani subs were also succesfully kept at a distance thanks to anti-sub warfare systems onboard several Deltarian ships.

While Kalistan, in comparison, lost more sailors and ships in the simulation as a whole their high command still sees this as a succesfull exercise, proving that the focus on submarine warfare is paying off. Deltaria lost one frigate and one cruiser as well as suffering one damaged destroyer in the simulation. It is the largest simulated loss of the Deltarian navy since its creation. Despite this Admiral Roland Horák is, like his Kalistani counterpart, satisfied stating that, "While the damages and loss in the simulation are significant we still managed to protect our valuable ship, the Mrazek, which was the end goal of the operation. Besides that i can be proud of our sailors as during the exercise they adapted, seeing the effectiveness of the enemy subs they changed tactics and succesfully held the enemy submarines at bay for the duration of the exercise. Other than that we can also learn a lot from this exercise, giving us valuable insides into further increasing the protection of our fleets and adapt defensive, as well as offensive, battle plans on these experiences."

Kalistan and Deltaria have both once more learned lessons from this exercise. The Imperial Strike Group, after participating for a week, has refueled and ressuplied in Ananto and has set course for the Aldegar Canal as it slowly moves home. For 9 months the fleet has been sailing around Terra with 3 more months to go before returning home in Stefanisti, where the Czarina and a large crowd is expected to welcome it back in port.