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KALMILINCO develops mobile Anti-ship missile batteries
Anti-Ship defenses stretch Kalistani reach beyond 200 NM into Strait, with Naval deployment to follow
Kaliburg, Ananto
November 19, 5077


Kalistan tests new Prototype SSB Type 1a mobile SSM Battery in Ananto

The Kalistani Regular Forces are investing heavily in anti-ship missile technology in an effort to extend Coastal defenses out to 200 nm past the Shoreline. In conjunction with military planners, KALMILINCO has developed a prototype system, provisionally called the SSB Type 1a Battery (rl: Mitsubishi Type 12 Surface to Ship Missile). The battery, which was initially mounted on a mobile platform such as a semi truck, will also be modified upon further testing, to mount on board the Luxon II cruiser, and perhaps aboard aircraft in the future.

"We have started working on improving our shore based defenses to cover more of the Strait," said Defense Minister Jeff Broward. "While we have looked abroad for technology, we have ultimately beaten foreign suppliers to the mark and simply developed our own to overcome other's apathy with regard to our defense. This missile technology is built upon existing rocket and missile guidance knowledge possessed by the Republic, and represents a significant advancement in anti-ship weaponry."

The Minister noted that the Republic has put significant funds into development as no procurement deals have come through. "We cast about. Several nibbles, literally no bites, so we started figuring out how to do it ourselves." The guidance system was particularly challenging for the Republic. "We started out thinking that spotter planes were necessary to guide missiles to their target," said Broward. "But our research partners at Polytech proposed GPS and radar guidance, and KALMILINCO modified some systems specifically to install into the missiles to link them to existing radar and commercial GPS protocols." The Minister noted that after multiple tests, the system had a 99.6 percent pass rate at the Republican Proving Grounds in Odufaray/ "We've had success over 100 and 200 km ranges, and are preparing for tests in the Ananto Straits next Spring. If we maintain a high level of accuracy, we will begin modifying them for Surface to surface deployment at sea and for air deployment over ranges exceeding 500 nautical miles."

The primary impetus for the developments are the impunity with which countries regularly disregard Kalistani Sovereignty in the Ananto Strait. "Over the years, countries have forgotten the sacrifice Kalistan has made to protect that part of our National Territory from being used as a training area by the navies of the world. We still insist that the Strait remain demilitarized, and though other nations have felt it necessary to irritate us in this effort, we will not back down from our resolve to defend those limits, with our blood if necessary." The shore based mobile missile units, when fully deployed, will possess an operational range of more than 200 NM, which will cover up to 90% of the water in the Strait. "Mounted aboard ships, the entire Strait will fall under a defensive net that can be deployed to any spot in a short time and address any incursions foreign nations choose to make. We insist upon our rights in the Strait under the Ananton Strait Accord, and demand the acknowledgement and respect of those rights from other nations. If they insist upon violating those rights, they will not ever be able to do so again with impunity."

The Minister noted that engineers are working on surface to air batteries built on similar technology. "Supersonic targets pose different problems for us to overcome, but with significant investment of time and money, we believe they are not insurmountable." Broward looks forward to successful anti-ship tests in the Spring, and says that full scale production of the weapon system could begin as early as Fall of 5078.