Kalistani Major History

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Kalistan Accepts win in Deltarian Wargames
Still a lot of work to do
Ananto Straits, Kalistan
June 26, 4792


Indica-Class Submarine KRS-62 Jeffery Monmouth returns to Dulnerstaad following exercises

Kalistan joined Deltaria for a wargames rematch in the Straits earlier this month. Naval Spokeswoman Katie Donner said, of the games, "The Regular Navy was invited to work on defense tactics once more, and it is not too much to say, we have improved." Deltaria, which has been updated to Major power status, was on a cruise through the Northern Anantonese and enroute to Aldegar. This provided the opportunity for good natured sparring between long standing allies in the region.

"We jumped at the chance to try out the refined Naval Doctrine," said Donner. "Of course, once more the militia did not participate. It was strictly a blue water affair. But the subs were exceptional." Kalistan's naval doctrine lies on its submarine fleet, which regularly patrols the Strait and the adjacent Limits to the north and south. The submarine packs are supplemented by surface ships, who themselves focus on anti submarine interdiction, as well as defense against other surface and air vessels, aiming at providing subs extra time and room to maneuver and kill.

"In this exercise, we took our own hits, simulated of course, especially on one of our Frigates" said Donner, "but we also scored some pretty serious hits. The shore defenses can still easily be swatted aside, but we are working on technology which aims at frustrating ship to shore defenses. But meanwhile, one of our simulated shore batteries scored a hit on a destroyer, which temporarily reduced its capabilities. That provided us with the window we needed to bring the subs in and lock in firing solutions on a Frigate and a Cruiser, exposing their carrier to potential danger. Of course, after that, Kalistani naval forces were overwhelmed, and our SOP would require us, at this point to pull back."

The Kalistani naval spokeswoman said the navy was confident. "Of course we lost the wargames. I would hope so: We were up against a modern blue water navy, with the most updated weaponry. In a war, it wouldn't be a match in the deep sea, and the battle would shift more to Kalistan's favor as the forces moved into the Brown water, where their deep water ships could not operate as effectively, and we would bring other tools to bear.

"But," she continued, "Kalistan did prove two points here. We could make any attack, even from a modern blue water projection force costly, and relying on more irregular tactics, we can stay longer at sea in battle stations, which will forestall any determined attack on shore, and give our forces that much more time to prepare. Every minute we keep an invasion force at sea is a minute we are not facing them in our population centers and strategic points on land. And every minute we gain on land, the deeper our defense gets and the less surprise we face. A Regular Navy capable of keeping a foreign force at sea will guarantee than any invasion will become a meat grinder which will almost certainly be far too costly for any enemy to accept.

"Those odds," said Donner, "shift any battle into Kalistan's favor, regardless of how many aircraft carriers they have."

Following the exercise, the Deltarian fleet was welcomed to visit Dulnerstaad Naval Center for shore liberty and fraternization with Kalistani sailors.