With the number of F-10S Shark 2100 fighters in service steadily increasing the DDSAF now has sufficient aircraft to begin combat air patrols (CAP) over the Proxima 5 central continent home to most of the population and a number of DDS facilities. Proxima 7 and Solaris already have CAP maintained with TPM-A armed fighters in the air at all times providing a layer of air defence against incoming missiles from orbital attack and an ability to attack space craft in lower orbits.
A new booster motor is in development for the next version of TPM-A which will be the last until the TPM-2 is used instead which will allow for ships in slightly higher orbits to be attacked especially if fired by F-10S fighters which have a higher ceiling than the older F-10As. Liberation is likely to receive a CAP by 2112.
