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Originally posted by The Rock Doctor
Finally, the Prime Minister reaffirmed the empire's commitment to the Indochina Protocol.
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To: Governments of Australia, Balochistan, Burma, France, Indochina, Netherlands, Persia, Philippines, Siam, South Africa, United Kingdom
From: Govenrment of Bharat
The Government of Bharat has set up a planning group to organize STORMEX 1944, to be scheduled for November 1944.
The exercise will simulate a civilian and military response to a destructive cyclone making landfall along the Bengali coast. It will involve elements from the Bharati Geographical Survey, Constabulary, and all branches of the military.
As neighbouring governments who are also susceptible to cyclones and other mass-casualty emergencies, the Government of Bharat invites you to participate in the exercise in one of two manners:
Tier 1: As an observer, contributing no participants in the exercise itself.
Tier 2: As a participant, contributing to planning and providing personnel and assets to the exercise.
If interested in participating, please respond by March 31, 1944.
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Originally posted by BruceDuncan
The Government of the Republic of the Philippines deeply appreciates the offer of the Government of Bharat to permit observers at its forthcoming STORMEX 1944 exercise. The Republic of the Philippines wishes to participate as a Tier 1 Observer. Please advise of any special information required.
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Critics Slam Cuts to Naval Budget
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The Sardesai Govenrment's naval budget is triggering harsh words from critics who claim the cuts will threaten the nation's security.
Though the broad strokes of government policy had been stated in the throne speech this past January, the actual details and consequences of the budget are only now becoming clear. A number of ships are set to be discarded, including cruisers and aircraft carriers.
"It's appalling," said retired naval captain F. Lakshani. "We're facing an unprecedented period of unrestrained naval growth by foreign powers, and we're not even maintain our forces levels. We're reducing them. How are we supposed to defend ourselves from western colonialism and bullying?"
The primary cuts, as described in a government press release, are:
-Deletion of the aircraft carrier Lathi
-Deletion of the cruisers Goa and Chennai
-Deletion of three torpedo-boats
-Possible deletion of two additional aircraft carriers
"The aircraft carriers are the most nonsensical part of this," Lakshani noted. "It was bad enough that the previous government sold off two of our ships on the cheap - and then spent big bucks replacing them. This govenrment's just selling ships off with no indication that they'll ever be replaced."
A spokesman for the Bharatiya Nau Sena said that the moves are being taken out of context. "Our training squadron needs replacement. The ships are old - the cruisers and torpedo-boats are up to thirty years old in some cases. Well, how are we supposed to train our young men to operate our new vessels when they're learning on vessels older than they are? So yes, we're removing Goa, Chennai, and the torpedo-boats from service. We're replacing them with one large cruiser [SR Vadodara - ed.] and some high-speed gunships that are relatively non-standard in overall design but contain a lot of relatively common, modern fittings."
The spokesman claimed that the effects of the aircraft carrier deletion were being overstated by critics. "We required two supporting carriers for training and doctrinal developments while we were increasing the size of our carrier force. That work is done; we have five strike carriers in service. Now we only need one support carrier to engage in training duties - so we're retaining the newer, more capable unit and discarding the older one in advance of a costly mid-life refit. The seaplane carriers, meanwhile are simply becoming obselete with age and the disparity in capability between float and wheeled airplanes. We're not actively moving to discard them, but if a friendly power can find a use for them at a reasonable price, we're willing to listen."
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