The Silver Sky
29-07-2006, 21:11
OOC: To be my official news thread for II
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Silver Sky International Newspaper"Second Largest Military Purchase of All Time"
-Comberth Harbor, The Silver Sky Today the Silver Skyian Republican Military, or more specifically the Silver Sky Republican Navy has announced that it has recently purchased 50,000 Khan Class Heavy Ship to Ship missiles (STS41-KH) (http://ns.goobergunch.net/wiki/index.php/Khan_Class_Missile) from Megacity Aerospace Systems in ZMI.
"These missiles will help increase the stand-off range of the Skyian Republican Navy to adequately deal with the long range missile threat faced by all large navies." Said Admiral Sutherland during the press conference earlier in the day.
Near use, in Comberth Naval Base several previous retired 'Agamemnon'-Class Arsenal Ship are being recommissioned and reffited with a vertical launch system capable of handling the gigantic Khan-Class Missiles, while further down the ship yard Relentless-class SSBNs are being outfitted with the nessecary equipment to launch these missiles.
This purchase is the second most expensive in Skyian history, coming in at $14,365,000,000,000 USD over 15 years for the 50,000 missiles.
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Silver Sky International Newspaper"Second Largest Military Purchase of All Time"
-Comberth Harbor, The Silver Sky Today the Silver Skyian Republican Military, or more specifically the Silver Sky Republican Navy has announced that it has recently purchased 50,000 Khan Class Heavy Ship to Ship missiles (STS41-KH) (http://ns.goobergunch.net/wiki/index.php/Khan_Class_Missile) from Megacity Aerospace Systems in ZMI.
"These missiles will help increase the stand-off range of the Skyian Republican Navy to adequately deal with the long range missile threat faced by all large navies." Said Admiral Sutherland during the press conference earlier in the day.
Near use, in Comberth Naval Base several previous retired 'Agamemnon'-Class Arsenal Ship are being recommissioned and reffited with a vertical launch system capable of handling the gigantic Khan-Class Missiles, while further down the ship yard Relentless-class SSBNs are being outfitted with the nessecary equipment to launch these missiles.
This purchase is the second most expensive in Skyian history, coming in at $14,365,000,000,000 USD over 15 years for the 50,000 missiles.