12.3.11

DDS finalise 2111/12 shipbuilding plan

At a meeting of the DDS CENFAC AP confirmed the shipbuilding plan for the next financial year. The plan was much as had been mooted earlier though there are a couple of notable omissions indicating both a change of policy and a desire to save money.

The Triumph 66A is likely to never enter service, the order for 2 Tiamon II carriers from the HCS is not to be proceeded with according to DDS sources. The 6th Marconi 81A EW ship has also been cancelled. The DDS think 5 will be enough.

Although not affecting the plan a couple of ship orders have been reduced as the plans for the Amphibious Warfare Squadron have been cut back. AP gave the reason for this being that the army was not going to be as big thus the AWS didn't need to be as big either. The Oceania 63A order has been cut to 5 and the forthcoming Tethys Ocean 65A support carrier will be a class of 2 not 3.

  • The Aritans have been given a loan of 1 billion zarks by the Dinos for rebuilding their space fleet. Top on the list will be the procurement of around 12 to 14 Kalahati Tuuls from the DDS and HCS. The Aritans could thus end up with a fleet of up to 22 of the ships. They are also likely to buy new XTs to supplement their donated older ships and some transport ships. The Aritans have not ruled out buying DDS.