Kalistani Major History

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Kalistani Foreign Minister meets with North Dovanian Military Military Head
Discussions include transferring F/A-10 designs and schematics
Kaliburg, Ananto
July 18, 5208


The Kalistani Variant of the F/A-10, originally developed with Indrala in 5098, is being produced once more in Gendaris

Kalistani Defense Minister Lt. Victor Newburg met with the State Secretary for Defense from North Dovani, Udegbulam Chinou earlier this year, where the two discussed cooperation on the recently resumed construction of the F/A-10 which was shelved after 5110, due to lack of concern for the armed forces of Kalistan. Kalistan, who has been of the mindset of restoring Kalistan's military, has begun taking steps to restart production of not only the F/A-10, which Kalistan designed in cooperation with Indrala's airforce before 5100, but also heavy artillery, infantry fighting vehicles, and various naval vessels which had been produced in the Republic, but have not generally been built since Kalistan established the Imperial Monarchy.

The F/A 10 is especially important, because it represents some degree of parity with modern aircraft in Kalistan. This fact most certainly drew the attention of the North Dovanis, who expressed interest in both working with Kalistan to increase security for both nations, as well as to begin sharing technology and building capacity for both Nations.

"We welcomed the North Dovani Secretary for the first time in February," said Minister Minister. "Our first meeting was preliminary, and more or less laid the ground for further talks. Upon his return to Kalistan we got further into discussions about how our two nations could work with one another. The F/A 10 was of interest, and when transferred, could represent a major step forward for North Dovani." In exchange for the the Kalistani variant of the F/A-10, which will be built primarily in the KALMILINCO factory in Gendaris, there is the possibility of joint naval design, as well as a strengthening of diplomatic ties.

"Kalistan doesn't believe in proprietaryism. We have no problem at all sharing our technology, and no interest in refusing to share it with any other nation. There are some nations who will object no doubt, because it is in their interest to keep themselves relatively stronger than other nations around them, but Kalsitan's interest is to undermine the notion that science and technology should be able to be denied to anyone. We would hand them the blueprints, but cooperation between Kalistan and North Dovani is more in Kalistan's interest, especially if it leads to cooperation on weapons we want and need in the future. Objections and the world order can be damned."

While North Dovani's engineers learn how to build the Kalistani Fighter, Kalistani engineers plan to travel to the Northern Republic to help North Dovani build a factory to KALMILINCO's specs, to begin producing the plane there as well. Kalistan expects to provide most of the avionics for the Dovani produced models at the start, and then as North Dovani gains that expertise, KALMILINCO expects to step back.

Kalistan expects similar offers for other Kalistani technology in the near future, including fusion tech and the newly mass produced perovskite Photovoltaics from SolCo in Suldanor which are built in malleable sheets rather than rigid panels, which are now rolling off the assembly lines. These technology transfers are expected to increase international opinion of the Empire, and improving our nation's standing among our neighbors far and wide.