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"Then their next class, the Agustos, will replace their three oldest battleships in legal fashion, and their newest class, the Claudios, will replace their Duilio class ships. Leaving them with, in total, six large heavy cruisers, five small capital ships, and three battleships. All of it legal, with room for a seventh heavy cruiser and an additional capital ship in the future."
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I knew it was a mistake to name them after the historical ships. There are 3 x Zaras here, and no Gorizia.
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Okay, but your sim report's showing seven heavy cruisers and without Gorizia, you should only have six.
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To: Chief, Equipment Development
From: Head, Miscellaneous Ordnance
Date: 16/5/33
As a result of recent developments in my department and others, please find attached a detailed proposal to convert a unit of the Madurai class into an experimental platform. Ideally, Madurai herself will be acquired, as she is presumed to be the first unit due for disposal, and therefore would be available soonest.
Such a conversion would benefit the Bharatiya Nau Sena considerably with respect to testing of new concepts and equipment that has not been approved for installation on existing programs. This is an area which, in the opinion of my peers and I, we are lagging behind nations such as Italy, France, and Canada. Publically accessible reports and photographs are sufficient to demonstrate that these nations and others are aggressively developing and deploying new hardware that may be of significance to future warfighting. It is only by testing and refining our own ideas can we hope to remain a viable naval power in the coming decades.
We are, at present, proposing to test the following systems on Madurai:
1. The Type Nine Dual Oscillator Sonar, which was to have been installed on the Miraj class destroyers until just weeks before their keel-laying.
2. The system code-named Dhuumravarnaa, as detailed in Appendix B.
3. The system code-named Ankh, as detailed in Appendix C.
4. The system currently designated Shrieking Savitri, as detailed in Appendix D.
5. The system code-named Patang, as detailed in Appendix E.
Due to the desire to test incremental improvements on existing weapons, we would seek authorization to retain some existing weapons aboard, including one bank of torpedoes and a 125 mm mount. This may require that Madurai be classified as a Coastal Defence Ship, or possibly still as a Destroyer, depending on the precise wording of the Cleito Treaty and the degree of reconstruction the ship is exposed to.
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To: Head, Miscellaneous Ordnance
From: Chief, Equipment Development
Date: 19/5/33
Your proposal will be evaluated in conjunction with other non-core items proposed for inclusion in the FY34 budget ask.
Use of Madurai or a sister may be precluded by disposal through sale; it would be beneficial to identify alternate platforms that may offer similar utility at equal or reduced cost.
It is recommended that an appropriate code-name be assigned to the system outlined in your Appendix D.
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Originally posted by The Rock Doctor
In addition, development of a large submarine force on our part will be comparitively inexpensive in relation to the cost of developing effective anti-submarine and escort forces on the part of the Netherlands. Development of long-range anti-shipping aircraft for deployment to our atoll bases further complicates Dutch trade and Italian counter-trade operations.
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