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Kalistani News in Brief:  Empress set to Retire
Crown Prince and Princess welcome first baby; Kalistan and Lodamun to develop new Phased Array Radar
Eveari, Grand Duchy of Ananto
July 8, 5610


Her Imperial Majesty, Empress Carolina I Ananto at home in Eveari

Empress to Retire, begins Transition of Sovereignty
Her Imperial Majesty has informed the National Assembly of her intention to retire, and has directed Dame Diane Bolton, Chancellor of the Empire to begin preparing to transfer sovereign authority to His Highness, Crown Prince Fredrick Ananto-Sandoval, who, upon succession, will be known as Emperor Fredrick III Ananto.  "Her Imperial Majesty has informed me of her decision to abdicate directly after her sixty-fifth birthday in April of next year," said Dame Bolton.  "The process of transition has begun already, as Her Imperial Majesty has recently given the County of Davon to the Crown Prince.  The official Coronation and full transfer of authority will take place immediately after Her Imperial Majesty's Abdication, after which point, Her Imperial Majesty will receive the title Her Highness, Princess of the Empire Carolina Ananto, the first person to hold the emeritus title since Princess Pavlina."

The next nine months will be very busy for both the current and future monarch, and the Crown Prince and his family is expected to relocate to Wilson House to begin assuming formal Imperial Duties.    "The Crown Prince has opted to return to Kaliburg before his coronation due to he and Princess Monica recently becoming parents" said the Chancellor.  "With both Princess Monica and the new Minor Princess Mary at Wilson House, the Crown Prince will be able to take up Imperial duties and remain close to his growing family."  The Chancellor said that Her Imperial Majesty is expected to continue commuting to Kaliburg during the transition, and then following her abdication, will continue to reside at Ananto Estate in Eveari.  The Crown Prince and Princess will keep their home in Luxon as a vacation home.

Crown Prince Fredrick and Princess Monica welcome new Baby
His Highness, the Crown Prince Fredrick Ananto-Sandoval and Her Highness Princess Monica Ananto-DeLaurentis welcomed their first Child, Mary-Elizabeth Natalia Ananto-DeLaurentis to the world on June 20, 5610 in Luxon.  The new Princess was titled by Her Imperial Majesty as a Princess on July 1.  The Minor Princess is the first Ananto to be born in Luxon.  The pregnancy was difficult for Princess Monica, who reportedly went into labor in mid May, but the labor was stopped by doctors because the baby would have been born about 10 weeks premature had she been born then.  Princess Monica also developed gestational diabetes, which is common for expectant mothers.

As it was, Princess Mary was born only 4 weeks early, but spent a couple nights in the NICU, to keep the premature baby under very close observation.  The baby will continue to be under close observation until August, as a neo-natal nurse will visit and stay with the baby in Kaliburg.  Issues that the neo-natal nurse will keep an eye out for are breathing issues until her lungs finish developing, and also jaundice, which is not uncommon in premature babies.  The new Minor Princess will be formally welcomed by the Eveari Brethrenist Meeting in September, when she is past her health issues.  Meanwhile, the Royal Family is overjoyed at the new edition:  Princess Michelle has said she is excited to be an aunt.

Kalistan to work with Lodamun to build new Phased Array Radar in Lodamun
While Kalistan has begun to build a new OTH radar post at Newport Naval Logistics Center in Lodamun, the two Anantonese Nations have also begun constructing a new Radar System known as Solid State Phased Array Radar (RLE:  AN/FPS-132 system) and will be constructing an installation that looks out over the Mad Dog Ocean.  "The difference between OTH radar and the PAR system is that OTH is essentially a sonar system that bounces off the ionosphere to give operators a two-dimensional view of what the radar is aimed at," said Lt. Marianne Talmadge, of the Kalistani Regular Forces.  "The New system relies on radio waves and provides a three dimensional picture of incoming targets.  This will help us see not only surface and conventional air threats, but also have early warning of incoming missile threats. It gives us improved target acquisition, identification, and tracking, greatly enhancing our ability to address incoming threats much earlier.  The PAR system will give us eyes not only across most of the eastern Mad Dog Ocean, but also deep into space above Terra."

The development and construction of the radar installation will cost Kalistan and Lodamun over ₭110 Million, and the cost will be evenly split between the two Anantonese Nations.  Once constructed, the radar site will also be linked to Continental Missile Defense which is being built across Northern Seleya.  "There is no specific threat that the Anantonese Empire is responding to at this particular moment," said Lt. Talmadge.  "But missile defense has moved to a priority within the Empire following Beiteynu's attack of Xsampa with a nuclear weapon.  We have the technology, we have the strategic positioning and the intel partners, and so it is something we are putting more attention to here in the Empire."  Following the construction of the radar facility at Newport, additional installations will be constructed in Ananto, Kalistan and Gaduridos.

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