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Live Fire Drills Conducted In Shadow of Meghalaya's
The National Revolutionary Army carried through with planned live fire drills throughout Saturday, with a large host of weapons deployed to show off the military's firepower and adaptable arsenal. President Yang and scores of state officials and military officers watched as the ground forces conducted live fire drills. Artillery units displayed the ground forces capacity to perform counterbattery, counterpreparation, final protective, and interdiction drills designed to halt any potential breakthrough. Armored units also conducted drills designed to test the accuracy and training of troops, and marksmanship drills were conducted for the viewing pleasure of the President and select members of the military officer corps.
The live fire drills are preparatory operations which are being conducted prior to war games, which will commence at midnight and continue throughout Sunday. Despite condemnation by the People's Republic of Vangala and reports of increased Vangalan troop activity along the border, Generalissimo Zhang Qiangguo ordered the operation to continue as scheduled.
"The fact that the Vangalans are so willing to deploy military assets abroad is proof that they need to be conducted in the first place. The regime is becoming aggressive, and we can not rely on pen-and-paper tactics to rebuff a real attack, we need to have tested and proven tactics and strategies," representatives for the military were cited as saying.
Vangalan nuclear ambitions, however, continue to proceed despite the Republic's own calls for temperance and diplomatic alternatives. When asked how the Republic would respond to a nuclear threat in a potential war between the two regional powers, the President simply dismissed the possibility. "The People's Republic does not have the capacity to deploy nuclear weapons at this time. What's more, such crude and recklessly destructive weapons would have little effect against combat operations. The only possible use for such weapons is to attack civilian centers in Yujin proper - and we do not believe that the Communists are insane enough to do so without sufficient provocation."
The President did add that the People's Republic maintained a number of contingency plans that encompassed pre-emptive and retaliatory strategies in the event of a nuclear attack, but reiterated that diplomacy between the two states was more important to preventing a mutually destructive conflict. With Vangalan exporting it's brand of Communism abroad, and coming into ideological conflict with its own compatriots, it is clear that the nation is poised to go rogue. Whether or not the new regime is bold enough to commit to an attack on the Republic of Yujin is a possibility only theories can speculate on.
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