NationStates Jolt Archive


Collaborative self-defense initiative for small to medium...

Steveishandsome
16-05-2004, 15:10
sized nations.

Many small or relatively young nations such as Steveishandsome have difficulities deploying forces outside of their own borders. We also lack the funding and budget required to reseach new and advanced weaponry, the nation of Steveishandsome suggests a solution to this.

Nations who are mindful of self-defense (and not offense or aggression) should cooperate and not compete. Specialized military forces such as commandos and bioweapon cleanup specialists are quite expensive to train, however the cost can be lessened if we train the groups cooperatively. (essentially, if you want a force of 500 commandos, instead of paying for the training facility and equipment just for those, each of the nations would contribute to the cost of the facility and equipment and all would be entitled to train a certain number of personnel there).

The nations would also combine logistical resources, and can use aerial refueling capabilities (they would be obligated to purchase the fuel at market value and pay a flat fee of $ 25000 dollars for the service) of any of the member nations. This would signifigantly reduce the number of refueling jets you'd have to send along with a fighter taskforce, and thus you could field much larger groups than you normally would be able to.

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Notquiteaplace
16-05-2004, 15:31
I'll join. We have been researching misile defence systems and they might be of use to small nations while they are small enough for building such a network to be cheap.

It would be useful.