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THE DISPATCH
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Armed Forces Build Amphibious Warfare Capabilities
With the threat of an LFS attack considered less pressing than any time in memory the armed forces are paying renewed attention to other missions, one area found lacking is the amphibious forces. The Commandry maintains a small but elite Naval Infantry warfare force but SHC strategists no longer consider this force entirely adequate.
The current force was structured to conduct small landings to provide flanking support for ground forces advancing into Oikawa or Cassiopeia. Now planners are calling for a force that can land on a hostile shore and open the way for a large conventional force with no ground access.
Achieving these ambitious plans will require two major investments, one is an expansion of the naval infantry itself. The SHC maintains the Naval Infantry is over strength relative to it's current mission requirements and meeting the new targets will require only a minor expansion. More pressing is the second requirement, the expansion of sea-lift capacity. The current sea lift assets available to the Armed Forces could provide only a fraction of the capacity needed to deliver combat units to a foreign shore in a reasonable amount of time.
Exactly how the CNF will meet the new requirements was not revealed. The SHC has confirmed that a new class of landing ships was in construction, and that there were plans for new Roll-On, Roll-Off cargo ships. The CNF will also continue to work closely with the CAF and CAAF which would play pivotal roles in any landing operation.
A larger question that was not addressed was how the Commandrys comparative lack of naval power projection capability factors into the question. Without true aircraft carriers the Commandry would be limited to conducting operations in areas within reach of CAF aircraft or with minimal air threat. According to analysts the most likely explanation is that the enhanced amphibious warfare abilities would be targeted toward regional adversaries, at least in the near term.
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English International Edition
Armed Forces Build Amphibious Warfare Capabilities
With the threat of an LFS attack considered less pressing than any time in memory the armed forces are paying renewed attention to other missions, one area found lacking is the amphibious forces. The Commandry maintains a small but elite Naval Infantry warfare force but SHC strategists no longer consider this force entirely adequate.
The current force was structured to conduct small landings to provide flanking support for ground forces advancing into Oikawa or Cassiopeia. Now planners are calling for a force that can land on a hostile shore and open the way for a large conventional force with no ground access.
Achieving these ambitious plans will require two major investments, one is an expansion of the naval infantry itself. The SHC maintains the Naval Infantry is over strength relative to it's current mission requirements and meeting the new targets will require only a minor expansion. More pressing is the second requirement, the expansion of sea-lift capacity. The current sea lift assets available to the Armed Forces could provide only a fraction of the capacity needed to deliver combat units to a foreign shore in a reasonable amount of time.
Exactly how the CNF will meet the new requirements was not revealed. The SHC has confirmed that a new class of landing ships was in construction, and that there were plans for new Roll-On, Roll-Off cargo ships. The CNF will also continue to work closely with the CAF and CAAF which would play pivotal roles in any landing operation.
A larger question that was not addressed was how the Commandrys comparative lack of naval power projection capability factors into the question. Without true aircraft carriers the Commandry would be limited to conducting operations in areas within reach of CAF aircraft or with minimal air threat. According to analysts the most likely explanation is that the enhanced amphibious warfare abilities would be targeted toward regional adversaries, at least in the near term.
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