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Lodamese Navy secures major supply depot in Kalistan

New Bozo River GAGTC supply depot to eliminate the need for Lodamese Navy vessels to make long journey home to rearm weapons stores

ⓘ: Soldiers of the Lodamese Commonwealth Guard in a supply depot in Millford

The Lodamese Navy has finalised negotiations with the Kalistani Ministry of Defence to lease a large-scale munitions storage facility at the Bozo River GAGTC on the northeastern point of the island of Ananto,m with operations expected to commerce the following half-decade. The agreement, which is the culmination of months of backroom negotiations between Kensington and Kaliburg, represents a major expansion of Lodamun’s military logistical architecture as it prepares for extended operations in the Eastern Hemisphere and beyond. The deployment, according to a statement by the Department of the Navy earlier this morning, will eliminate the need for combat vessels, aircraft and ground units to make the lengthy return journey to Lodamun for rearming, instead allowing them to replenish munitions stocks at a facility located within days, if not hours, from their primary area of operation. The strategic positioning of the Bozo River depot addresses what Admiral William Short, Commander of Armed Forces’ Dovanian Command (DOVCOM), identified as a critical vulnerability in Lodamun’s operations along Seleya’s eastern coast and Dovani’s western coast. Concurrently, should Lodamese vessels operate in the Schismatic Sea, for example, they must transit hundreds of nautical miles back to Lodamun where their magazine runs low, a round trip which can consume four to five days of steaming time and remove crucial assets from the operational threatre at a time when they might be needed most. “This facility would address that logistics gap, especially given our ambitions to enhance our presence in the Eastern Hemisphere,” Admiral Short said. The Bozo River facility will stock an extensive array of precision-guided munitions for naval strike operations, air-to-surface ordnance for the Lodamese Air Force and artillery ammunition for potential ground force deployment. Sources within the Lodamese Navy detailed that the depot will maintain steady stocks of the RGM-84 Harpoon anti-ship missile, the Evolved SeaSparrow Missile and the Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM), among other munitions. Additionally, it will house significant quantities of the CM-2 (Conventional Missile 2) dual-role missile, which is primarily used in Lodamese Navy destroyers, cruisers and frigates for area air defence, along with the CM-6, which is used to counter long-range threats. A climate-controlled facility is currently being negotiated such that the Lodamese Navy would be capable of storing vertical launch system (VLS) cells. These VLS cells form the backbone of the Neilson-class guided missile destroyer’s offensive and defensive capabilities, as they are capable of launching air defence missiles such as the previously mentioned CM-2 and CM-6, as well as ASROCs (anti-submarine rockets), torpedoes whose range is extended via the use of a rocket engine. Air Force stocks, according to officials within the Department of the Air Force, would likely include the JASSM (Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile) for long-range precision strikes, the JDAM (Joint Direct Attack Munitions), advanced air-to-air ordinance and SEAD munitions. Although Lodamun’s nuclear-powered aircraft carriers are barred from entering Kalistani waters, the replenishment ships, which are capable of rearming these vessels at sea, are allowed to fill their stores at the future Bozo River facility. “What is important is that we are able to sustain our operations at sea for an extended period. If that means that our carriers will have to wait at sea while the replenishment ships dock and restock, then so be it. Kalistan has always been good to us; it is only responsible that we respect their wishes in this regard,” Vice-Admiral Harold Barry, Commander of the LCS-Kensington aircraft carrier, noted. When asked as to whether Kalistan would be able to access the depot in times of conflict, an official from the Department of Defence noted that: “If their aircraft and ships are capable of utilising the weapons stored there, then be our guest.”