Cotland
27-11-2005, 17:42
The Norwegian takeover of Murmansk went off without a hitch. The civilians which wished to go to the Squornshelian territories elsewhere were taken there free of charge by the Norwegian government. Those who remained were informed of the new situation. They were now citizens of the Kingdom of Norway, but those who wished would be allowed to retain a double citizenship. Either way, there were issued brochures telling them of the Kingdom of Norway and what it stood for, laws that applied, et cetra. They were given full voting rights, and an election for the new governor of Murmansk oblast, or fylke as it was to be known as now, were scheduled to occur in one month.
While the people of Murmansk went about their own business, the Norwegian military looked over the area. The old naval bases at Polyarny and Severomorsk would be retained, but severely rebuilt. The submarine base in Gremikha would be closed down and rebuilt to accept not only submarines and small surface combatants, but also large surface combatants such as battleships, aircraft carriers and cruisers. The bases at Zapadnaya Lista (Lista Naval Station), Andreeva Bay (Andreeva Naval Station) and Gadzhievo (Gadzhievo Naval STation) would be retained, and a new abse would be built near the Kola Inlet. All in all, a total of 6 naval bases would be retained by the Royal Norwegian Navy, and 4 shipyards (Severodvinsk, Nerpa, Shkval and Sevmorput) would be given contracts for building and maintaining Norwegian and allied ships. All in all, 84,000 naval personell would be stationed permanently in Murmansk fylke.
For the Air Force, eight bases would be maintained, two of them training facilities, leaving 6 bases for combat aircraft. They would be Nikel flystasjon, Murmansk hovedflystasjon, Lovozero flystasjon, Kovdor flystasjon, Ponoy flystasjon, Umba flystasjon, Verkhnetulomskiy (Verkna flystasjon) and Gremikha hovedflystasjon. Each hovedflystasjon, or Air Force Base, would hold up to 300 aircraft each, while each flystasjon, or Air Station, would hold up to 120 aircraft each. All in all, some 120,000 personell from the air force would be stationed permanently in Murmansk. That included the air defense sites that were to be established, and included MIM-104 Patriot, MIM-120 SLAMRAAM, MIM-196 anti-ballistic missiles, MIM-210 Improved Starstreak and MIM-211 Salt air defense missiles, LPV-1 Devestator AAA and Layarteb-88 flak cannons spread out across the fylke.
As for the Army, three bases would be built from scratch. One would be located 10 kilometers outside the city of Murmansk, one would be placed in the east of the fylke near Ponoy, and one would be placed near the Norwegian-Hawdawgian border at Kovdor. A total of five brigades would call Murmansk "home" soon. A total of 67,000 Norwegian soldiers would be stationed in Murmansk.
The total amount of Norwegian military personell in Murmansk would be upwards of 271,000. They also created tens of thousands of new jobs in the bases and around the bases.
For the energy needs of the fylke, the old nuclear powerplants would be closed down and new ones built in its stead, using new pebblebed reactors to generate more energy than the old one. That too would create jobs for the people in Murmansk.
More than 90 % of the buildings in Murmansk didn't meet the Norwegian building codes, so they would need to be torn down and rebuilt. Since that included moving most of the populace, the Norwegian government set aside K5 trillion to build up Murmansk from scratch. The constructions were expected to be completed in three years, and that included thousands of new apartment buildings, new schools, roads, utilities, etc. It also included new businesses springing up. All in all, the people would have it a whole lot better in three years.
While the people of Murmansk went about their own business, the Norwegian military looked over the area. The old naval bases at Polyarny and Severomorsk would be retained, but severely rebuilt. The submarine base in Gremikha would be closed down and rebuilt to accept not only submarines and small surface combatants, but also large surface combatants such as battleships, aircraft carriers and cruisers. The bases at Zapadnaya Lista (Lista Naval Station), Andreeva Bay (Andreeva Naval Station) and Gadzhievo (Gadzhievo Naval STation) would be retained, and a new abse would be built near the Kola Inlet. All in all, a total of 6 naval bases would be retained by the Royal Norwegian Navy, and 4 shipyards (Severodvinsk, Nerpa, Shkval and Sevmorput) would be given contracts for building and maintaining Norwegian and allied ships. All in all, 84,000 naval personell would be stationed permanently in Murmansk fylke.
For the Air Force, eight bases would be maintained, two of them training facilities, leaving 6 bases for combat aircraft. They would be Nikel flystasjon, Murmansk hovedflystasjon, Lovozero flystasjon, Kovdor flystasjon, Ponoy flystasjon, Umba flystasjon, Verkhnetulomskiy (Verkna flystasjon) and Gremikha hovedflystasjon. Each hovedflystasjon, or Air Force Base, would hold up to 300 aircraft each, while each flystasjon, or Air Station, would hold up to 120 aircraft each. All in all, some 120,000 personell from the air force would be stationed permanently in Murmansk. That included the air defense sites that were to be established, and included MIM-104 Patriot, MIM-120 SLAMRAAM, MIM-196 anti-ballistic missiles, MIM-210 Improved Starstreak and MIM-211 Salt air defense missiles, LPV-1 Devestator AAA and Layarteb-88 flak cannons spread out across the fylke.
As for the Army, three bases would be built from scratch. One would be located 10 kilometers outside the city of Murmansk, one would be placed in the east of the fylke near Ponoy, and one would be placed near the Norwegian-Hawdawgian border at Kovdor. A total of five brigades would call Murmansk "home" soon. A total of 67,000 Norwegian soldiers would be stationed in Murmansk.
The total amount of Norwegian military personell in Murmansk would be upwards of 271,000. They also created tens of thousands of new jobs in the bases and around the bases.
For the energy needs of the fylke, the old nuclear powerplants would be closed down and new ones built in its stead, using new pebblebed reactors to generate more energy than the old one. That too would create jobs for the people in Murmansk.
More than 90 % of the buildings in Murmansk didn't meet the Norwegian building codes, so they would need to be torn down and rebuilt. Since that included moving most of the populace, the Norwegian government set aside K5 trillion to build up Murmansk from scratch. The constructions were expected to be completed in three years, and that included thousands of new apartment buildings, new schools, roads, utilities, etc. It also included new businesses springing up. All in all, the people would have it a whole lot better in three years.