Azazia
17-01-2005, 03:17
BRENINGRAD – Defence officials have proceeded to put before Parliament a bill that allows for the procurement of new naval vessels and modifications to the current appropriations bill on the table. Sources inside Parliament indicate that the bills shall pass within the coming days.
Minister of Defence Daniel Blair announced at a news conference this afternoon the Royal Navy will be purchasing a fleet of twenty super-carriers, fifty-four battlecruisers, ten battleships, eighty destroyers and one hundred-twenty frigates over a period of the next four decades. The submarine fleet will proceed with its already planned new purchases of over two hundred-fifty vessels within the coming decades. The designs will fit into the new Royal Navy’s doctrine on naval combat, and this present problems for current shipbuilders Breningrad Shipyards and Zeveralt-Douglas who each have current contracts for future ships that will be canceled.
The new design intends for massive rearmament and re-equipment of the current forces until replacements are available. Of particular interest is the specific mention of a replacement for the HMS Breningrad which was lost in action against Lindim rebels. Analysts theorize this is a mere ploy to garner popular support for the move, which will cost trillions of Commonwealth Credits over the coming decades; although this also coincides with the fortuitous decision by Parliament last session to increase the military budget, especially that of the Royal Navy. Consequently, much of the initial costs will be defrayed by the re-appropriated funds already dedicated by Parliament.
Inside sources are claiming that the plans have already been drawn up and that keel-laying should begin for the first frigates and destroyers later within the year. They also indicate that the first new ships by this plan should be ready within the next five years.
Minister of Defence Daniel Blair announced at a news conference this afternoon the Royal Navy will be purchasing a fleet of twenty super-carriers, fifty-four battlecruisers, ten battleships, eighty destroyers and one hundred-twenty frigates over a period of the next four decades. The submarine fleet will proceed with its already planned new purchases of over two hundred-fifty vessels within the coming decades. The designs will fit into the new Royal Navy’s doctrine on naval combat, and this present problems for current shipbuilders Breningrad Shipyards and Zeveralt-Douglas who each have current contracts for future ships that will be canceled.
The new design intends for massive rearmament and re-equipment of the current forces until replacements are available. Of particular interest is the specific mention of a replacement for the HMS Breningrad which was lost in action against Lindim rebels. Analysts theorize this is a mere ploy to garner popular support for the move, which will cost trillions of Commonwealth Credits over the coming decades; although this also coincides with the fortuitous decision by Parliament last session to increase the military budget, especially that of the Royal Navy. Consequently, much of the initial costs will be defrayed by the re-appropriated funds already dedicated by Parliament.
Inside sources are claiming that the plans have already been drawn up and that keel-laying should begin for the first frigates and destroyers later within the year. They also indicate that the first new ships by this plan should be ready within the next five years.