26-03-2025, 09:48 PM
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BALGRAD - After nearly 1.5 years of delays and going 200 million over budget, the project for the return of a Deltarian aircraft carrier has finally been completed with the DNS Norbert entering service. The new ship, the largest carrier ever build by Deltaria itself, will be the flagship of the Northern Fleet, used as the primary ship for Deltarian power projection. During the project several technical issues delayed it, with subcontractors unable to effectively solve them. In the late stages the state owned "Imperial Coastal Shipbuilding Corporation" or ICSC jumped on board the project, using its expertise in procuring Deltarian destroyers effectively in the Norbert project.
The carrier is nuclear powered, only being limited by the military its logistical capabilities. It has a crew of nearly 4000 sailors, making it a small town in the ocean. It will be protected by a task force consisting of four destroyers, two cruisers and two nuclear powered attack submarines, creating one of the strongest naval formations of the navy. With the addition of the DNS Norbert our Military celebrates one of its greatest achievements in the rearmament program. Deltaria now boasts a navy of nearly 500 ships, largely consisting of a combination of corvettes, frigates, destroyers, cruisers and countless of logistical and litoral defense ships which make up the bulk of naval strength.
The DNS Norbert is amongst one of three "major naval assets" as classified by the Ministry of War. This also includes the project to revive the DNS Ludmik, Deltaria's battlecruiser, which will be serving as the flagship of the home fleet as well as the new Borell-class nuclear attack submarines, of which the Deltarian navy now has four. Within the 8 years of the naval program the Deltarian navy has risen to become the pre-eminent naval power in Majatra, becoming one of the larger naval powers on the globe. But the focus on its naval expansion has cost its ambitions in other fields. The Grand Imperial Army issued a imperial report to the Ministry of War last year indicating that the army is not getting the necessary investments it needs to continue rearmament. Important companies within the military-industrial complex of Deltaria have been hesitant to invest, as earlier ambitions within the Deltarian government have not been realized. The Air Force has received no significant attention whatsoever, despite promises of a renewed multirole fighter program, which has since been cancelled according to reports.
While the navy has thus made significant strides, the Imperial government is facing a important decision in the coming months. Will they abandon rearmament and reasses their ambitions for the army and air force? Or will they continue the costly program in the hope that it might lead to better results?
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The carrier is nuclear powered, only being limited by the military its logistical capabilities. It has a crew of nearly 4000 sailors, making it a small town in the ocean. It will be protected by a task force consisting of four destroyers, two cruisers and two nuclear powered attack submarines, creating one of the strongest naval formations of the navy. With the addition of the DNS Norbert our Military celebrates one of its greatest achievements in the rearmament program. Deltaria now boasts a navy of nearly 500 ships, largely consisting of a combination of corvettes, frigates, destroyers, cruisers and countless of logistical and litoral defense ships which make up the bulk of naval strength.
The DNS Norbert is amongst one of three "major naval assets" as classified by the Ministry of War. This also includes the project to revive the DNS Ludmik, Deltaria's battlecruiser, which will be serving as the flagship of the home fleet as well as the new Borell-class nuclear attack submarines, of which the Deltarian navy now has four. Within the 8 years of the naval program the Deltarian navy has risen to become the pre-eminent naval power in Majatra, becoming one of the larger naval powers on the globe. But the focus on its naval expansion has cost its ambitions in other fields. The Grand Imperial Army issued a imperial report to the Ministry of War last year indicating that the army is not getting the necessary investments it needs to continue rearmament. Important companies within the military-industrial complex of Deltaria have been hesitant to invest, as earlier ambitions within the Deltarian government have not been realized. The Air Force has received no significant attention whatsoever, despite promises of a renewed multirole fighter program, which has since been cancelled according to reports.
While the navy has thus made significant strides, the Imperial government is facing a important decision in the coming months. Will they abandon rearmament and reasses their ambitions for the army and air force? Or will they continue the costly program in the hope that it might lead to better results?