Last year Molab requested LRM-20 interstellar missiles from New Sparta but were turned down as NS did not want to anger the Clones at the time. However, a second Molab request made this week has been accepted by NS. Molab will buy thirty mobile launchers and ninety LRM-20 missiles plus ten training rounds which are limited to atmospheric operation. The missiles will be conventionally armed.
The Clones will likely condemn the move but an NS source said that the Clones are already deploying CSM to the parts of the Clone Star Empire where the Free Eritran States are in range. NS said that they could not stand by while their Eritran allies were threatened. The first LRMs are expected on Molab next year with operational capability in 2123.
