18.4.16

End of the line for the Kalahati Tuul 2

The Kalahati Tuul 2 was an unauthorised development of the Utrek Kalahati Tuul by the Clones and Remedians in the early 2090s and many were built for Remedian and HCS service. Only 3 now remain in Remedian service with the Remedian flotilla in the NS fleet as the Perimpaz 039A (2 others are kept in storage for spares).

With the Remedians now switching over to the Corkscrew 051A the remaining Perimpaz have been put in reserve and effectively out of use and indeed have not left port since January. Now the Remedians have said the ships will be withdrawn in June. Two Perimpaz will be preserved, one at the Remedian Military Museum and the other at the UNP Space Museum. The others will be disposed of, probably in weapons tests.

At one time Molab was considering buying all 5 extant Perimpaz and rebuilding/upgrading them but have now decided not to go ahead with the programme due to the uneconomic small fleet size. This therefore will finally bring an end to the Kalahati Tuul 2 story (which left Clone service some years ago already).