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Zhouran Central News Agency 11/20/XX Zhouran Promises To Not Intervene In Zimbabwe Coup Ministry of External Affairs says that Zhouran will not intervene in the Zimbabwe coup as the impoverished African nation's leader Robert Mugabe is placed under house arrest In regards to the recent coup d'état happening in Zimbabwe, the Ministry of External Affairs has stated that the People's Republic of Zhouran will not intervene and will instead remain neutral. The coup, which started a few days ago on November 14, has resulted in the dictator Robert Mugabe and his wife Grace Mugabe being placed under house arrest while elements of the Zimbabwe Defense Forces engage in a power struggle against Mugabe loyalists and a faction of younger generation supporters known as "Generation 40". The Embassy of the People's Republic of Zhouran in Harare issued warnings to Zhoruanese citizens in the Zimbabwean capital to stay indoors because of the military activity in the city while the Ministry of External Affairs warns Zhouranese citizens to reconsider travelling to the impoverished African state. Grand Admiral Tan Zhineng, current Premier of the Central Council, called "for everyone to make dialogue and avoid any form of violence", stating that "Zimbabwe must find a peaceful resolution to end the coup". However, at the same time, he also blamed President Robert Mugabe for getting himself into trouble by failing to address the socioeconomic issues of the country which have left Zimbabweans impoverished and angry, while also criticizing Mugabe's draconian leadership and corrupt bureaucracy. In regards to the safety of Zhouranese citizens in Zimbabwe, Senior Marshal Su Rongyu, current Chairman of the People's Defense Council, has stated that ZPA Air Force assets in Tanzania are "on standby to rescue Zhouranese citizens in Zimbabwe" and that ZPA Ground Force troops in the embassy remain on "full alert in the event that the coup becomes unstable and violent". Comments (0) Click to see more...

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Zhouran Central News Agency 11/20/XX Zhouran, Peru Start Talks On Increased Arms Sales To Peruvian Military Zhouran's Ministry of Defense engage in talks with Peruvian military regarding the increase of Zhouranese arms sales to Peru A ZPA Air Force Jian-22-1-2 multirole air superiority fighter jet flying above Lima during a joint Peruvian-Zhouranese aerial exercise on July 27, 2009 Zhouranese and Peruvian military officials engage talks in regards to a possible increase of Zhouranese arms sales to Peru, Zhouran's Ministry of Defense said this afternoon. With the Peruvian military looking to replace its obsolete weapons and equipment with more-modern ones, the Peruvians have been showing a lot of interests in acquiring hi-tech leading-edge weaponry from Zhouran including main battle tanks, fighter jets, and submarines. Admiral Jorge Montoya Manrique, current head of the Joint Command of the Armed Forces of Peru, has stated that for several years since the end of the 1995 Cenepa War, the Peruvian military had sought to acquire the latest weapons and vehicles from Zhouran in order to bolster its military capability against rivals such as Ecuador and Chile. "The Cenepa War has shown us that the Peruvian military is in need of modernization, it's why we are looking for new tanks, new fighter jets, new infantry gears and firearms, and even some new warships as well" Manrique stated. Comments (0) Click to see more...

[Vangaziland]

Vannish Marines Travel To New Hayesalia

The 9th Battalion, 5th Infantry Division of the Vannish Marine Corps left late last night on a training exchange with ally New Hayesalia. The larger nation of Hayesalians is a staunch Vannish ally. Vangaziland has a smaller population with 90 million mainland citizens and around 60 million living in various territories. This doesn't include commonwealths like the Tainese Isles or New Gazi.

The Vannish military is still highly advanced for offensive operations. Defense against larger nations comes in the form of a trigger happy nuclear first strike policy that came to the international eye during the 2014 Mirevian Crisis, where it was an effective deterrant. Vangaziland stood up against one of the IFC's darker moments, an illegal Carlossian blockade in the Atlas region.

Vannish Marines have utilized the Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle (EFV) as their sole amphibious vehicle since late 2014. The capability exists for over the horizon landings. With ships out of visual range, they posses a capability to make more subtle landings.

The deployment is expected to last 4 months, at which time another battalion will rotate through Hayesalian training. New Hayesalia is known as a nation of islands. Vangaziland has a long stretching coastline, taking about 2000 miles (or near half the space) of a continent shared with an indigenous First Nations people to the far west.

Hayesalian Mountain & Alpine Legion troops will train at Fort Hammarstrom, an isolated base that extends out into nearby hills. An especially cold and snowy winter is expected to hit the region this year, although Eastern provinces are experiencing a warm winter. This is causing a snowy effect in the isolated mountain system as more precipitation and humidity around it translates into increased atmospheric pressure.

Island hopping will be a major area of training. Expeditionary Fighting Vehicles are capable of traversing long distances over water thanks to improved propulsion and stabilizing equipment.

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Zhouran Central News Agency 11/21/XX Zhouranese Ballistic Missile Exercise in Songsang District As Part Of November Emergency Drills Strategic Weapons Command conducts intense ballistic missile exercise in Gaoyuan Province as part of this month's emergency drills Top: A Yue Jian-6 mobile ICBM being launched out of its canister that is mounted on a mobile transporter erector launcher during a missile exercise in the northeast of Songsang District, Gaoyuan Province on October 25, 2002 Bottom: A time exposure photo taken by ZPA Navy personnel on-board the already-surfaced Type 1163 nuclear-powered attack submarine "Valiant Shark of Uncompromising Courage" at night on August 18, 1995 shows six dummy MIRVs deployed by a Xing Jian-1-100 heavy ICBM, launched from the southeast of Keqiao District in Yanhai Province, approaching an open-ocean impact zone located off the southeastern coast of Baker Island, just north of the equator in the central Pacific Ocean Today at 21:45 Zhouran Standard Time, as part of this month's massive-scale nation-wide emergency drills, the Strategic Surface Bureau of the Strategic Weapons Command conducted a large-scale ballistic missile exercise in Songsang District, Gaoyuan Province by utilizing the famous Chensunluo-Ailong Strategic Double-Wave Strike Pack, which would allow Zhouran to deliver a paralyzing nuclear first/second strike on a belligerent enemy state using cataclysmic nuclear firepower to overwhelm the hostile nation's defenses and shatter its infrastructures completely, therefore inflicting a final severe catastrophic blow to fully-incapacitate the opponent. As part of the exercise, a total of eight Taiyang Jian-4 heavy silo-launched, two-stage liquid-propellant intercontinental ballistic missiles, each equipped with ten heavy multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle (MIRV) dummy warheads, and sixteen Yue Jian-8 three-stage, solid-propellant, road-mobile intercontinental ballistic missiles, each armed with twelve MIRV dummy warheads, were launched from Songsang District, Gaoyuan Province while the dummy MIRVs approached an open-ocean impact zone located off the southeastern coast of Baker Island, just north of the equator in the central Pacific Ocean. As part of the exercise, the ZPA Navy sent eleven warships consisting of a Type 2005 Duanyan-class heavy nuclear-powered guided-missile cruiser, four Type 1998 Chuanzhu-class guided-missile destroyers, two Type 2011 Laobukepo-class nuclear-powered guided-missile destroyers, one Type 2012 Huixing-class multi-function support ship, two Type 2005 Haijing-class Landing Helicopter Dock (LHD) amphibious assault ships, and a Type 1998 Xin Huanghun-class helicopter cruiser to monitor and observe the re-entry of multiple MIRVs striking death upon its target. Thanks to Zhouran's highly-controversial "First Strike Policy", commanders can request for approval from the People's Defense Council to use strategic and tactical nuclear weapons for preemptive nuclear strike. Many have pointed out that Zhouran's latest series of mock nuclear exercises being conducted this year is a response to the tense standoff between North Korea and the United States, however a spokesperson from the Ministry of Defense disagrees, stating that the exercise was simply to "keep the nation's massive nuclear arsenal active and prepared" as well as to "inspect the ballistic missiles and make sure that they work in perfect condition". The spokesperson has also confirmed that despite North Korea's interest in conducting a live atmospheric nuclear test over the Pacific, there are currently no future plans for the nation to conduct a live nuclear test, stating that "the People's Republic has already conducted numerous Military Nuclear Research Exploration Projects to fully grasp the true power of nuclear weapons". The People's Republic of Zhouran conducted its last nuclear test on August 4, 1996 as part of MNREP "Mother Tiger". As of 2020, the People's Republic of Zhouran currently has an estimate of up to 1,640 active nuclear warheads out of a total of 6,380 nuclear warheads. Not only that, the nation also operates an array of powerful silo-launched heavy ICBMs with very-high throw-weights and sophisticated road-mobile ICBMs with lethal precision, which would give the nation the ability to perform the Chensunluo-Ailong Strategic Double-Wave Strike Pack on any powerful nations on earth and decapitate their ability to strike back. Neverthless, while the nation maintains a nuclear arsenal that easily rivals all nuclear powers, the Zhouranese People's Army relies more on conventional means to extend the nation's power, utilizing a vast array of highly-sophisticated military equipment designed to keep the military successful against competitors in the global arms race. The Scientific Military Research Bureau, an advanced military research agency subordinate to the People's Defense Council, is responsible for the research and development of new technologies for military use, as well as forming and executing research and development projects to expand the frontiers of technology and science and able to reach far beyond immediate military requirements. Thanks to its advanced and sophisticated equipment, as well as its massive blue-water navy and significant aviation capability, Zhouran has significant force projection capabilities. This element is very crucial to the nation's power, diplomatic credibility and national interests. Comments (281) KatipuneroPinoy1986 God, the Zhouranese Menace will never stop threatening world peace with their disgusting show of militaristic jingoist chauvinism. JuanTamad93 Nice, a good way of delivering a strong message to those who mess with the Zhouranese Wolf. BrunoBoi Would hate to be the poor suckers who are on the receiving end of the Atomic Ayanjiamujuela Sword of Indomitable Judgement. Gary874 Can the Zhouranese nuke China or North Korea please. Either one would be good. Click to see more...

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Zhouran Central News Agency 11/21/XX Zhouran's Hardliners Call For Government To Cut Ties With The West Various political hardliners have called for the government to cut relations with the West and instead increase support for the 3rd-world On the streets of Ouyang, up to 872,000 political hardliners have called for the government to severe all relations and communications with the West and instead focus more on the 3rd World. Taking to the streets with torches, singing patriotic hymns, burning effigies of western politicians such as Donald Trump, Angela Merkel and Justin Trudeau, chanting slogans such as "death to the brainwashed western consumerist morons" and "f*ck capitalism and communism", and burning flags of the US, European Union and various Western and Northern European states, all while in massive numbers, the political hardliners believe that the "degenerate capitalist consumerist behavior from the western whites" will "destroy the social cohesion and unity of Asian and non-white nations", and that the "cancers of the free-market is responsible for the abhorrent behaviors of white westerners". Hadayu Kangsunren, head of the largest opposition party in the nation called the Working-People's Armed Patriotic Union of Enlightened Progress for the Sacred Defense of National Identity (commonly referred as the Patriotic Working-People's Union For Enlightened Progress) led the massive rally in the capital. Being an unabashed anti-westernist who strongly detests both capitalism and marxism, Hadayu stated in a public speech that "all non-whites should never whore themselves to the materialistic yoke of western consumerism" and western civilization is doomed to collapse due to "lack of supervision on the cancerous free-market". Indeed, Hadayu believes that all non-whites, as well as non-western whites such as Slavs and Mediterranean people, should "stay away from the West as it collapses to the ground". "Senior Marshal Kang Yingyong, if you can hear me, then listen to this: Cut all ties with the West, give them the finger and tell those internationalist banking-cartels and their corporate puppet boot-lickers to go f*ck themselves", Hadayu stated while being cheered with thunderous applause and chanting from the hundreds and thousands of hardliners who have come to the streets of the capital to join the massive anti-western rally. While western media will be shocked to the sight of the rally, not a lot of foreigners know that massive rallies from both moderates and hardliners are a common sight in Zhouran's political discourse. Not only that, Zhouranese political rallies are considered to be one of the largest in the world, with the average numbering at the hundred thousands while some can go up to the millions. Comments (0) Click to see more...

[Yanjin]

Four Bombers Lost In Glorious Mission

The Bell of the People chimed 12 times today for the aircraft and crews that were lost over the Pacific Ocean, early Monday morning while attempting a historic and honorable raid on the jingoistic Tainese and their Vangazi houndmasters. With potential allies too cowardly to intervene, it is up to the brave people of Yanjin to defend ourselves.

"Asia is full of nations who talk", said Cao Lingxin, "Yet they allow these imperialistic dogs into Asian lands. Some nations want to be imperialistic but lack the fortitude to follow through, so they react and flex and talk, but are simply de-clawed kittens with a toothache. The entire pet shop notices."

The statement comes in response to North Korea and China failing to intervene in the Yanjin situation. China has offered humanitarian assistance but is looking to distance itself from the extremist country. China would see the combat as a test of their equipment, in Yanjin hands, against what is called 'The North.'

"The Vangazi string holders claim to be isolationist, but they are doing the work of the West. If they were truly isolationist, they would not intervene with our battle against the Tainese", General Cao added. "If they are the North, then they are just as bad as the West."

A flight of 4 Jian H-6 bombers, split into two groups were escorted by two different fighter squadrons. Both were composed of 4 Shenyang J-13 fighters.



The fighters sped to intercept approaching Tainese fighters when stealth Vannish fighters ambushed the bombers from the rear after the fighters sped forward. A ball of fur ensued in the sky. The result was that all brave, heroic Yan people bravely stood up against the dogs of the North and their puppy in South East Asia, far away from the South China Sea in the open waters of the Pacific proper.

"I guess this makes us the most brave nation in Asia", General Cao said in a broadcast statement. "At least we say and do what we mean."

Two Tainese F-18s were shot down, crew status is unknown.

In a national tragedy, all Yanjin aircraft were downed and failed to return home. The North Koreans responded by holding emergency drills and spat at the American dictator of the East, Trump. Both men, neither of whom served one day in the military, argued online and called it a night. Meanwhile, the Yanjin fight foreigners on our seas.

There were no survivors. Rumors of captured pilots are false news.

[Vangaziland]

Vannish Basketball Returns

Vangaziland faced off against Tropicorp on Match Day 1 of the International Basketball Championships. It may have been one of the Empire's most anticipated IBC starts in their few, short, prominent seasons. They faced an unranked opponent, but many fans wanted to see how this new amalgamation of the Olympiad team and the original Royals would fair. It's been three seasons since former coach Tim Tomasson promised to make major changes to the Royals if they did not improve.

The following season, the Royals made it to the Championship and lost. A good result for a solid season. After that, the Royals suffered a hangover loss in the first round to an unranked team that's no longer competing. This brings us to the latest season, IBC 24.

"The E.O.C. were good that year. They really put the effort in", said new Royals' head coach Kate Foyelson. "The Royals did not deliver. So changes were made."

Change #1 was replacing Coach Tomasson with Coach Foyelson. Several new members are expected to make a splash.

Minister Jeer Vinton from the Vannish Sporting Department spoke on the move. "Kate has shown us time and time again that she meets the international coaching standard. This isn't like domestic sports where the coach gets replaced along with their entire staff. Kate knows the international teams and is our players' best chance for efficient coaching and guidance."

Change #2 involves coaches and scouts putting together the "New Blend", as the Royals refer to themselves nowadays. Juell Sampsen is the first Olympiad player to make the starting line up. However, the spot isn't guaranteed as Manny Battle is in competition for the start.

"The bench is all fighting for a starting spot. The team is deep now", reserve PF Battle said. "We still have to come together, some of us. It could be our downfall. But I have faith that things will work out in the end."

"It's something I told them", said Coach Foyelson. "If we make the playoffs, the five that get us there will start. Well, at least the best player in each position will."

A major addition is Steven Eaglesen at PG. He's led the Vannish Olympiad team to back to back gold medals as the team captain and floor general.

"It was a team effort", Eaglesen said months ago when he learned he was slotted for the Royals' bench. "IBC 24 will be another team event. If I have to come off the bench, I'll get in where I can. I'll talk strategy when I'm not playing. I still have the Eaglesen eye. I'd rather be calling the plays though."

Yulssen is on thin ice after last year's breakdown. He offered only a few words on the merger. "It'll be good for the team. I support it." Still, the PG looked annoyed about the topic. It looked as if he was following the sporting department's code of etiquette more than anything. The department briefs all Vannish athletes with their new status as informal diplomats.

The game started with a Tropicorp run. The Vangazi had chances, but the shot just didn't fall. The team started 0-for-4 as Ironwrought, Sampsen and Knucks each missed a shot. Yulssen was blocked on an aggressive drive to the lane after passing into three missed shots. Coach Foyelson called a time out and could be heard talking to her team on the TV.

"Space and pace. Space and pace. Get your hands up on D. Stay with them. Push the fast breaks. Spread out. Spread the offense. Shoot, move, communicate."

It was a reminder of stuff they talked about during many practice sessions. "I had to get their heads back in the game", she said post match.

Vangaziland set up their first screen of the year with Ironwrought setting for Yulssen with Gravu cutting around and bunching his defender as well. Gravu caught the pass, turned, shot and faded away. The three pointer went in with the Vangazi sharpshooter's hand still raised on the follow through. Yulssen picked up his first assist of the season.

The Royals didn't pull away until after halftime following a close first two quarters. Ironwrought picked up steam in the 3rd and never let up. Yulssen and Eaglesen found the hot hand and fed him all game. The minutes were split roughly 65%-35% for Yulssen and Eaglesen. They're too similar 'pass first', floor generals. Yulssen is a better scorer and has more experience. Eaglesen is more athletic and a better defender. Yulssen also likes to cut more, partially because of a higher vertical.

Ironwrought would finish with 28 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assist and a block. He's fresh off a domestic season where he led an expansion team, the Heske Ferrymen, to a 41 - 8 record and the Championship. This was the year he found himself, his third in the pros.

Yulssen had 13 points, 7 assists and 1 steal. Eaglesen had 9 points, 6 assists, 4 rebounds and 2 steals. It was a mix of unselfishness play, as both guards looked more to set up plays than to shoot.

"This was no accident", Yulssen said following the game. "We're experimenting with a few things in preparation for any playoff run. We need to see what works the best. Who gets hot? Who's clutch? There's a long season ahead."

Lonnie Knucks had a big night on the board with 11 rebounds, 8 of which were offensive rebounds, as many defensive rebounds bounced further outward for the wing players to chase. The spry 7'1 Knucks jumped into the crowd at one point to save a rebound. Ironwrought caught the emergency pass and took it coast to coast for a fervent dunk on the opposite side.

The Royals moved to the top of their group with a +36 point differential. Vangaziland will play the Free Republics next, a team ranked 16th in the competition. They'll be the Royals' biggest threat in the group.

Vangaziland's sports media is abuzz and awash with speculation on what sort of strategy the Royals will use on the IBC's top teams.

Juell Sampsen had a quiet night, but sported bright Vannish blue (purple) dye mixed into his hair. He finished with 8 points, 6 rebounds and a block.

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Zhouran Central News Agency 11/21/XX Kangsun Tanren On Why Fighter Pilots Should Learn From The Past Military analyst from the National Institute of Military Science and retired fighter pilot Kangsun Tanren talks about the importance of dogfights despite advancements in aerial warfare Top: A ZPA Air Force Jian-20-2-0 multirole fighter jet, fully-armed with air-to-air ordnance, on display at the Zhouran International Aerospace Exhibition in Tanzhou on August 19, 1988 Bottom: A ZPA Air Force Jian-23-1 multirole air superiority fighter jet conducting routine air patrol off the southwestern coast of the island of Kangyi on April 26, 1989 Military analyst from the National Institute of Military Science and retired fighter pilot Kangsun Tanren, known for being a fierce critic of Senior Marshal Kang Yingyong's decision to increase Zhouranese air-policing operations across the world, talks about the importance of dogfight despite great advances in aerial warfare and military aviation. Serving in the ZPA Air Force from 1978 until his retirement in 2012 with the final rank of Brigadier General, Mr Kangsun is a retired fighter pilot who was assigned to the 53rd Guards Fighter Aviation Division "Night Lions" of the 5th Air Army. From the late 1980s until the early 2000s, Mr Kangsun had served numerous tours of duty in Africa, shooting down up to six hostile aircraft consisting of four MiG-21bis and two MiG-23ML fighter jets throughout the 1990s. According to him, while military avionics have greatly advanced, he argues that dogfighting skills must be preserved and taught to younger pilots. "During the 1950s, the Americans thought dogfighting was a thing of the past, believing that modern aerial warfare would simply be high-speed missile-armed interceptors shooting down high-flying supersonic nuclear bombers" he stated. "However, in the end, the Americans learned in Vietnam that dogfighting remains important even in modern aerial warfare, and as a result they spent some considerable time relearning what their forefathers learned during the first and second world wars". In regards to Zhouranese fighter pilots, Mr Kangsun argues that because of lessons learnt from the Zhouranese Civil War, all dogfighting experiences were kept preserved. "Our grandfathers fought above the skies of our homeland, in fact we have produced a large list of some of the highest scoring ace pilots of all time, comparable to the ace pilots of World War II, by the time the civil war ended, most pilots would continue their service into the newly formed Zhouranese People's Army Air Force, while ace pilots would become instructors and commanders". However, the list doesn't end there. "Even when our pilots began flying supersonic fighter jets, we still produce ace pilots even to this day, in fact Zhouran has a large portfolio containing some of the highest scoring supersonic fighter jet aces of all time, and indeed the skills of our supersonic aces are comparable to those including the Americans and Israelis". During the 1970s, military avionics in Zhouran's massive aviation industry quickly evolved. When Mr Kangsun earlier argued about how Zhouran should not police foreign airspace, he mentioned about the quickly-evolving technological growth in Zhouranese military aviation when the country began producing 4th-gen fighter jets. He stated "back in the 1980s and 1990s, not all countries operated modern 4th-generation fighter jets. Only a few nations such as the United States, Zhouran, France, and Russia, could domestically produced modern 4th-generation fighter jets while others such as China had to rely on outdated, obsolete fighter jets". Mr Kangsun also added "during my various tours of duty in Africa from the late 1980s until the early 2000s, a huge majority of African air forces still relied on old fighter jets from countries such as France or the former Soviet Union. Indeed, us Zhouranese had a massive advantage, not only against third-world air forces, but even the well-equipped air forces of global powers such as the US Air Force and the Russian Air Force. In fact, since the late 1970s, the Zhouranese People's Army Air Force became the first in the world to operationally use fully-commissioned fighter jets equipped with passive electronically scanned array (PESA) radars, giving PESA radar-equipped fighter jets such as the Jian-21-0 multirole air superiority fighter an advantage over rival fighter jets equipped with standard pulse-Doppler radars. Not only that, since the mid-1980s, the ZPA Air Force was the first in the world to operate fully-commissioned fighter jets equipped with thrust vectoring engine nozzles, giving supermaneuverable fighter jets such as the Jian-22-2 multirole air superiority fighter a dogfight advantage over rivals". When asked about the future of dogfighting due to advances in avionics, Mr Kangsun stated that as stealth fighters become more and more mainstream, dogfighting itself will come back with greater potential. "Even with the introduction of stealth fighters, dogfighting will still exist, no doubt that because radar-guided missiles don't effectively work against stealth fighters, stealth fighters such as the Zhouranese Jian-30-0 generation-5+ multirole air superiority stealth fighter and the American F-22 Raptor will have to face each other up close and use either their onboard cannons or within-visual-range infrared-guided air-to-air missiles just to simply try and score a kill against each other". When asked what his opinions were on the status of China and Russia's stealth fighters, Mr Kangsun offered a pretty-negative view. Regarding Russia's, he stated that due to budgetary constraints, Russia's stealth fighter isn't as high-tech as it seems. "The Russians are struggling to acquire the needed materials for a stealth fighter such as ceramics, plus making a suitable high-powered engine is no easy task, I'd say that Russia's stealth fighter is nothing more than a fancy generation-4+++ fighter jet like our Jian-22-7 multirole air superiority fighter but with better stealth no doubt". As for China's, Mr Kangsun laughed and said that China "can't even properly make a decent 4th-generation fighter jet, let alone create an advanced stealth fighter". He also stated that China can't properly create a powerful 3rd-generation fighter jet and that even the latest Shenyang J-8II variants "would still get their a**es kicked by the Jian-20-0-1 air superiority fighter of the early-to-mid 1970s". While Mr Kangsun does agree on the notion that the pilot is as important as the machine, he also believes that skill is everything, especially actual battle experiences and proper doctrines. "China's air force lacks proper modern-day experiences, the only major air war they experienced was in Korea, along with some skirmishes with Taiwanese fighter jets, other than that the Chinese lack battle experiences, which is worsened with China's Soviet-style training doctrine and a highly-bureaucratic command chain that bows down to their ruling party". He also strongly berated Russian/Soviet Air Force apologists, stating "these idiots keep b*tching and making excuses about how the Soviets sent monkey-model planes and that third-world pilots didn't receive proper training, yet the Israelis and the Soviets engaged in a short dogfight in 1970, with the Israelis kicking their sorry a** excuse of a fighting force back to Russia during Operation Pomegranate 20". Comments (0) Click to see more...

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Zhouran Central News Agency 11/21/XX Tanrong Fansunxi Wants All Dictatorships Around The World To Get F***ed Famous political hardliners Tanrong Fansunxi shows his opinions towards dictatorships in morning TV show During a debate against a political moderate on a Tanzhou-based morning talk show on television, Tanrong Fansunxi, deputy director of Zhouran's largest opposition party called the Working-People's Armed Patriotic Union of Enlightened Progress for the Sacred Defense of National Identity (commonly referred as the Patriotic Working-People's Union For Enlightened Progress), says that all dictatorships "need to get f*cked" and that they are "f*cking worthless", while also saying that their nations should be "blown to smithereens". When asked by the host why, Tanrong replied "because morons like Robert Mugabe and Kim Jong Un attract the unwanted attention of the western corporate machine, these idiots are the reason why those f*cking westerners send their slave soldiers to die for oil and other stupid resources they don't have". When his moderate opponent, a geopolitical analyst from the National Institute of Military Science, tells him to calm down, Tanrong replied "shut the hell up or I'll stuff my shoe into your mouth and you'll be sh*tting rubber for months", before going on about how dictatorships indirectly benefit "Washington Warmongers and Wall Street Fat Cats" and that nations under dictatorships such as Venezuela, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Zimbabwe need to be "wiped off the map". Tanrong even suggested that invading countries under dictatorships and stealing their resources is a "better alternative than letting morons rule over their nations". When his opponent said that interventionism is bad for the nation, Tanrong stood up in anger and shouted "I'd rather have us benefit from the poor than let those f*cking goody-two-shoe westerners do it, you f*cking spineless dog-sh*t" before taking off his right shoe and throwing it at his opponent. Like with all Zhouranese televised political debates, Tanrong and his opponent begin throwing punches as the host abruptly ends the debate. Comments (0) Click to see more...

[Vangaziland]

Vangaziland Releases Gun Camera Footage


Vangaziland released several video clips of the dogfight above the Pacific Ocean. The clips are carefully selected and edited to remove any useful intelligence like covert tactics, doctrine or operating info. Anything seen in the footage is common information available online or in books on how dogfights go down.

The footage showed hapless bombers in the crosshairs as jets sped past and raked them with the guns.

"We outnumbered them severely", said Major Jessica Hogan, the unit's commanding officer. "It was no surprise that they were coming." This could mean multiple things, although the Major did not elaborate. The enemy fighters were quick to chase the planes on their radar, leaving each of the two groups of dual bombers defended by only 2 each.

Footage from Major Hogan's plane shows her taking on a Shenyang J-13 by herself. The Shenyang is highly maneuverable, but does not compare to the Vannish F-23 fighter. Most people know the aircraft better as America's prototype, the YF-23. Vangaziland bought the rights and never looked back, turning it into a venerable fighter, pushing close to 6th generation.

"There are things people do not know about the F-23, even though everything is available online", Hogan continued. "They do not have thrust vectoring. The entire tail is adjustable. Feel free to read what test pilots said about its angle of attack. "

After a particular Yanjin fighter dodges a missile with an extreme turn and countermeasures, we hear Hogan say over the headset, "Winchester hot."

The Vannish jet rips forward at breakneck speeds. The tail most likely moves into its braking position as the Vangazi banks into a deep diving turn. It quickly catches up to the tail of the fighter that was 2 o'clock low. Now it made a mistake. It tried to out climb the Vangazi with less momentum, falling right into a typical scissor.

"Vangaziland and all our allies train in all aspects of aerial warfare from close-quarters gun-fighting to close air support. The return to dogfighting with guns is nothing new or unique to stealth. Any nation halfway competent realized this after watching America in the Vietnam war. So us using our cannons was not some special skill. We expect dogfighting. We train against each other in these maneuverable, stealth jets."

A look into American red tape shows the YF-23 was the superior fighter. The F-22 was chosen because of budget constraints and on the fact that it'd be 'good enough'. Vangaziland does not share that attitude.

"More importantly than our planes are our pilots. There is not a more staunch, dogged person than a Vangazi. We teach our pilots to shoot overkill. We aim for the cockpit."

2,257 miles separate the Tainese Isles from Yanjin. The distance can be covered very quickly, especially at the supersonic cruising speed of the YF-23.

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Zhouran Central News Agency 11/21/XX Mock Dogfight Above Yongle District ZPA Air Force fighter jets conduct mock dogfight above Piaoliang Province A ZPA Air Force Jian-31-0 gen-6+ stealth fighter flying above Preah Vihear, Cambodia during an air patrol on October 12, 2016 Above the dark skies of Yongle District, Piaoliang Province, ZPA Air Force fighter jets conduct mock dogfights as part of this month's massive-scale nation-wide emergency drills. A kill-or-be-killed simulated dogfight with sorties resembling actual combat from previous combat experiences of Zhouranese 4th-generation fighter jets, the mock dogfight would see two teams consisting of Blue Team with four Jian-31-0 gen-6+ stealth fighters piloted by recently-trained fighter pilots, going up against Red Team with eighteen Jian-22-7 gen-4+++ fighter jets flown by highly-experienced seasoned veteran pilots. Results showed that the highly-advance stealth fighters easily downed all adversaries with no losses. One-by-one, Blue Team brought the adversaries down by engaging in high-speed hit-&-run dogfights and exploiting the stealth aspect of their Jian-31-0 stealth fighters. Red-09 stated "I couldn't see them, I didn't know where they are, and I died" while Red-12 said "I could hear one of them on the radio calling out the simulated firing shots, and knowing that they were closing up on us, it was quite unnerving and tense". "I don't think anyone from Red Team saw us the entire time while we were up in the air" said Blue-01, commander of the Blue Team, while Red-01, commander of the opposing Red Team, stated "could not find them, no matter what I did, until one of them flew directly above me". The simulated dogfight had emphatically proven doubters of stealth fighters wrong. Indeed, while stealth fighters may have massive price tags, in the long run their advanced capabilities makes them an important asset for air dominance. Comments (0) Click to see more...

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12 Midyear, 9E 5

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Conflicts in Alinor!

After the controversial event with the Sole Thalmor representative to the Embassial Election last year, The Thalmor Party has slowly been losing popularity down there in the State of Alinor. Last week, this lack of popularity showed itself with a conflict.

As you know, aside from an extremely fascistic party in the Council of Ambassadors, the Thalmor Party is actually the ruling faction of the State of Alinor, an oligarchic military faction that has ruled through queens and kings for eras now. Last week, this Morndas actually, the palace of Firsthold, a very influential Thalmor Stronghold outside Summerset Isle, was destroyed in a violent explosion. The Government of Alinor refused to allow the PID or the CAAF to investigate, claiming this an internal matter. it is not clear who is responsible, but the evasive Anti-Thalmor Terrorist group commonly called "the beautiful" declared itself responsible for this in a WARP broadcast.

Three Days Later, a silent protest was held, simultaneously, in the cities of Firsthold, Sunhold, Duske, and Cloudrest. The Law Enforcement of Alinor, famous allover Pilarcraft for being the most corrupt, was quick to try and put this down, and violence from both the Guards and the defending protestors may have left a total casualty of 2,839. thankfully none fatal.
Both the Chancellor, the Chief Spokesman and the Mayor of Bopindar have spoken against the violent Actions of the Alinor Law Enforcement.

Last Night, the final even as of yet, a militant protest was held in Skywatch, where LE mages and locals fought to a standstill. It is currently unclear what the protestors want, but a reporter has been sent to Pilarcraft in order to investigate. The Court of Alinor has refused to comment.

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[h1]People Demand Justice For '52 War Crimes[/h1]

Bengalis are demandng that Jamaat-E-Islami Party be banned and it's members who were connected with the Pakistani Army as collaborators be tried,and given life sentences.The protests have started in Shahbag,now known as Projonmo Chottor(Generation Square),as it's lead by youth party,Gonojagoron Mancha(Popular Movement).They have also accused the Jamaat-E-Islami party of being Anti-Bengali and Pro-Islamist.Gonojagoran Mancha leader said"Jamaat a Pakistani political party which has no place in our freedom loving democracy.The Kingdom of Bengal and Assam needs to let go of it's Pakistani colonial roots and move further onwards to the future".This came after he called a 3 minute silence which was observed by Police,National Assembly members,the protestors and even soccer players at the Dhaka-Teknaf match of the Bangladesh Premier Soccer League

[Zhouran]

Zhouran Central News Agency 11/23/XX Grand Admiral Tan Zhineng & Grichka Bogdanoff Meet Each Other For Discussion Premier of the Central Council meets one of the Bogdanoff Twins for discussion in Ouyang Top: Declassified photo from the Ministry of National Security showing Igor and Grichka Bogdanoff during the 1980s or 90s Today, just after arriving in Ouyang, Grichka Bogdanoff met Grand Admiral Tan Zhineng, current Premier of the Central Council, in order to discuss "high-level business". Although the discussion was held behind closed doors between Mr Bogdanoff and numerous high-level stratocratic officials, inside sources say that some of the subjects mentioned include "The Rothschilds" and "Internationalist Banking Cartels". Inside sources also confirmed that while Igor Bogdanoff wasn't present due to some "minor altercations", he did however participate in the discussion through live-feed and "Bogdanoff Twin Mental Communication". While the discussion was held at a local public conference building, high-security however was in place with the building being heavily guarded by both gendarmes from the Public Security Corps and heavily-equipped storm grenadiers and armored vehicles from the 13th Guards Storm Grenadier Division of the 1st Guards Army, ZPA Ground Force. Following the end of discussions, both Tan Zhineng and Grichka Bogdanoff shook hands and parted ways, with Grichka answering a phone call as he enters his armored limo and heads back to his private jet while being escorted by ZPA Ground Force troops. A few minutes after the discussion, a spokesperson from the Ministry of National Security has told that "anyone who tries to undermine communications with The Bogdanoff Twins will be punished severely" and that the People's Republic will "always answer the call from The Twins". For more declassified information on the Bogdanoff Twins, here's a quick rundown... Comments (75,941) PantsTiedUp72 CAN I GET A QUICK R U N D O W N. HelicopterPilot333 The high-level talks that will save Earth. JC976351 Feeling woke today. BrunoBoi Apparently my phone said that I missed a phone call from an unknown number. Click to see more...

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28 Midyear, 9E 5

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Update on Alinor: Full Civil War!

The State of Alinor is now in a civil war.

The Beautiful. an elusive anti-establishment organization in the aforementioned State has, in a WARP broadcast, announced to the Nation of Pilarcraft that they are now in open war against the Monarchy of Alinor.
The Four cities of Firsthold, Sunhold, Duske, and Cloudrest have announced that they side with the Rebellion, and apart from Alinor and Shimmerene, no Other city has declared for the Monarchy. A Rebellion has started, with small-scale hostilities in the roads between Sunhold and Alinor.

The Rebellion, led by the Beautiful, has declared that their end-goal is the arrest of the Alinor Monarchy, the Thalmor Faction, and the establishment of a popular democratic system in the state of Alinor. It is currently unclear what fate the Opposition to the Royal house of Alinor has in mind for the aforementioned factions.

The Council of Ambassadors has refused to side with either of the factions in this civil war, an event that has resulted in the Monarchy protesting heavily, complaining about a 'bias in the Council', but the Triumvirate has declared that the Confederal Alliance Armed Forces will interfere with this civil war if any of the two sides acts against the Pilartic Code of Conduct.

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FORT ORMDRAE – FIFTEEN SOLDIERS from a number of New Hayesalian regions and cities are today being sworn into Military service at Fort Ormdrae, part of a special new program to test the introduction of persons with some disabilities into military service. The recruits, all of whom are totally deaf, are in training to become specialist Army members.

The soldiers are being trained to serve in fields such as logistics and administration, catering, and trades such as carpentry.

"This is a really cool opportunity." says Recruit Harrison Thomas of the trial project. "I think it will be a hard challenge and there may some bumps along the road, but I am really excited to be involved in all of this."

The training procedures of basic training, which bring to mind visions of screaming drill instructions and snappy commands to march, don't exactly suit training for deaf recruits.

"It is certainly a change." says Sergeant Joff Marnoe, a senior recruit instructor.

"We have adapted some of our training procedures to ensure these recruits will be able to achieve success. We've particularly adapted a number of lessons including drill and ceremony, weapons training and marksmanship, public presenting and so forth. We've also brought on a number of HayLan interpreters so that our lessons will be presented in sign language."

For Sergeant Marnoe, the opportunity presented with this trial is particularly interesting.

"My son turns 6 years old next week, and he uses hearing aids. If this program is successful and there is potential for people with total or partial hearing loss to become excellent soldiers, then it will be an excellent opportunity for him and kids like him to be a part of our great work."

The program is slated to continue for a year, with results to presented to Military leaders next December.

The Netforce, the newest branch of the Military and the second smallest, accepts a large number of members with disabilities such as vision impairments, physical disabilities, and deafness. Until today, it has only been the Netforce that has held exemptions to the Military's deployability objectives which require that all members should be able to deploy on operations quickly and without concerns. It's unlikely, but not impossible, that these soldiers will ever deploy to an overseas operation but this does not dissuade them.

"I am very excited to be a part of the Army and do this for our community." Recruit Thomas says.

"It's not every day that you get to be the first to try something!"

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Did Tourists Spot The Wrexwic Bigman?


They go by many names. Bigfoot. Sasquatch. Vannish Yetis. The Wrexwic Bigman is Wrexwic's local cryptid. Dozens claim to have seen it over the past forty years in the woods north of Southline, Wrexwic. This weekend, two college students on a camping trip provided what they claim is the best evidence yet.

"We were setting up our tent when I felt these eyes", says 20 year old Vanesssa (sic) Hutton. "My neck literally felt hot. So I turn and look up in them bushes... I was in shock."

She immediately asked her boyfriend to do something. To scare it away.

"I froze", said engineering student Hector Carbonaro. "She kept yelling, 'go git 'um. Go git 'um.' Part of me wanted to run up to it just so she I wouldn't hear her yells", Hector told us in private. Instead, Vanesssa said her boyfriend took off his glasses and pretended to clean them.

"There was dirt on them", he replied. "I couldn't tell what I saw."

Vanesssa quickly grabbed her phone and took a photo. Her phone was made in Wrexwic, where common frivolities like buying 200 dollar phones every year sounds ridiculous. Wrexish cell phones are rather Spartan, with cameras that leave much to the imagination.

"It wouldn't focus the shot", she said. "There was like.... Interference or some such thing. It'd go blurry as soon as I pointed at him."

Hutton is a first cousin to lacrosse midfielder Kasen Palmer. Palmer is the leading Wrex scorer in WLC 28. When reached for comment, he stated, "I only give interviews about lacrosse, not about stuff like that."

He seemed embarrassed of the incident and has been silent on it. Palmer will look to give West Phoenicia a run for their money in the last game of the group stage.

[Zhouran]

Zhouran Central News Agency 11/24/XX China Displeased With South China Sea Talk in Zhouran's Foreign Policy White Paper For 2018 China shows its displeasure towards South China Sea talk in Zhouran's foreign policy white paper for 2018 Top: The Type 1978 Tusairen-class nuclear-powered attack submarine "Black Hammer of Thunder Peak" sailing across the South China Sea during a maritime reconnaissance operation on February 15, 1983 Bottom: Photo taken by a weapon systems operator onboard a ZPA Air Force Jian-24-0-1 multirole air superiority fighter jet showing a ZPA Air Force Type 84 maritime patrol aircraft during a routine air-patrol off the coast of Cambodia on January 11, 2003 A few days ago on November 22, the State Presidium publicly released a foreign policy white paper on Senior Marshal Kang Yingyong's 2018 Foreign Policy Plan for the People's Republic of Zhouran. Recently, the Chinese government described the language on the disputed South China Sea in the white paper as "irresponsible", while its state media propaganda has gone further, labeling Zhouran an "aggressive, jingoistic, neo-imperialist fascist state" agitating against "China and its Peace-Loving People". The white paper strongly urged China to uphold a rules-based order — a reference to Beijing ignoring a 2016 international court ruling on its illegal military base and island construction activities in the disputed South China Sea. While noting some positive language about the development of Zhouran's relationship with China, a spokesperson for the Chinese Foreign Ministry urged Zhouran to "stop raising concerns about the territorial dispute". "Zhouran is not a party to the South China Sea issue", the spokesperson said at a regular briefing in Beijing. "Zhouran has claimed many times it does not take sides on the sovereignty issue of the South China Sea, so we urge Zhouran to keep its promise". The white paper also committed Zhouran to deeper engagement with other non-aligned nations in the continent — a move widely viewed as a hedging strategy not just against the rising authoritarian power but also against the United States. "The rules accepted by the international community are not made by any particular country", the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said. "China follows rules based on the present aim and situation of the United Nations, and not based on any political aims of any particular country". Comments (1) SinoDefense1989 As if the US under Dictator Trump wasn't bad enough, Zhouran under Dictator Kang is even worse. Literally a jingoistic aggressor right beside China's backyard. Click to see more...

[Yanjin]

Pantong Fishermen & Dockworkers Resist

Hundreds are dead after a late night clash between fishermen and loyalists of the new government under General Cao. The fighting took place on the Eastern banks of Yanjin in the fishing town of Pantong. A leader calling himself Commodore Yuan released a statement. Our news station was broken into by over 40 fishermen and farmers who overwhelmed the few guards on duty.

"Since General Cao took over, pay has been scarce", said a government soldier turned rebel. "The government is no longer for the people. In truth, it has not been for some time. The downward spiral of this dictatorship has led to today's actions."

Armed rebels, clad in green fatigues stormed positions all over the city. The weapons were foreign, with M4 carbines and Beretta pistols the most common. They appeared worn and dusty, almost like surplus weapons. The configuration appears similar to previous editions of rifles in countries like Vangaziland, with laser attachments of that nation visible.

The strikes were coordinated and lasted well into the morning hours. Here at Pantong State News, we have been instructed by a man calling himself Tso to report on events as they unfold. We are held hostage. Our station does not wish to violate state law, but we have no choice.

"We represent Independant Pantong", Commodore Yuan says in a video sent to our agency. "Any armed supporters of the dog Cao will be executed, foreign or domestic. This is but the start. All cities, all rural districts, are encouraged to rise. Resist. Sabotage. Fight. We must return Yanjin to the people. Cao is illegitimate."

Pantong is a city of 800,000 based around the fishing industry. Many also live in urban farming communities, where tall towers are placed on the outskirts of farmland. Trams take these urban farmers to the plot of land they work. Although most farming is in Yanjin, Pantong is crucial to the economy and to the supply of domestic food.

News from Western Yanjin shows the Government is preparing to retake the city. Fighter aircraft can be heard flying over the city. A caller reported two trucks full of Pantong rebels were hit by a Shenyang J-13 fighter. Commodore Yuan has admitted to having no naval experience. The surname that is his persona is also most likely false. But the man has inspired a city to revolt.

The smell of smoke lingers heavy in the air, as fires burn across the city. Echoes of gunfire can be heard from within our office. People should say indoors, although Yuan's forces blare loudspeakers in the street telling people to join them.

"We have food. We have weapons. We have international support behind us. We are the new wave. Fight for the true people. Cao is no leader." The same message plays on repeat over choppy speakers. Our only hope is that we are spared a terrible fate from either side. For the first time in our existence, the rebels have made Pantong State News an independent voice for the media. Send help.

[Pilarcraft]

7 Last Seed, 9E 5

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A Few minutes ago, in an official press conference, Chief Lawbringer Severus Vesuvius explained the Pilartic Military Revitalization Plot.

"Yes, Yes" Mr. Vesuvius replied to out reporter who had asked whether or not The Confederal Alliance had any failsafes in case of any further aggression from Folknoren. "Of course we do. Our rude nordboerne friends up north in the mainland have not spared any time explaining exactly what they think of us. much as we wouldn't like it, a military solution is on the table, though not our first option, or even our twenty-fifth. Anyway, Folknoren has about twice the personnel we have, on their army. that can become a danger if we go in boots on the ground, but thankfully we are not that unprepared."

Mr. Vesuvius explained that his predecessor, Ms. Arialia, had proposed a six-phase plan in the next statement he made.
"Yes, As you know, Aramil did do a lot of things on the last Triumvirate. of that was the plan that I'm also continuing. The Five-stage plan, or the Five Phase Plan. If done correctly, which it has until now, the Plan will increase our military power considerably, without much cost on Johnny Q. Taxpayer or the like. The First Phase, of course, you all saw this last evening star when our small Eye was launched to the sky. All Uniformed Branches of CAAF were expanded 125%, and One Station was launched, designed specifically to keep our Nordboerne friends in check. The second Phase, I am proud to announce, was completed this last week. Our Unitary Navy Vessels were completely overhauled, making our navy capable of soaring in the sky, swimming in the sea, or even in the vacuum of Space. Of course, the Navy won't, generally, do that, but now we know it can."
This Announcement is in line with the release of many new vessels in the Unitary Navy, which has given the Armed Forces an edge to the nations with different Branches for Sea and Air. But, we are reasonably told that the Five-stage plan has not yet been completed. When Asked, Mr. Vesuvius replied that the Third Stage would include making military posts in the mainland (we have been assured that the outposts are all built on nations that have agreed to) Europe. The Fourth Stage includes expanding, again, the military of the Confederal Alliance to 150% compared to 5E 1, as well as launching at least one more station. The Fifth Phase, and the final one, Mr. Vesuvius has assured us, is already well under way.
"Yes. The Fifth Phase, as Aramil and I thought, is supposed to be solely about the Interplanetary Navy. See, here's the deal. on Earth, Our Navy will be nothing more than some boogeyman to scare our possible enemies from attacking us. But that's not the point of a Space Force. That wasn't why the Mananauts left Aurbis, and not even why other Countries on Earth have Space Force. No, a Space Branch is primarily a research and exploration thing. With that in mind, I am proud to announce that primitive levels of what our Sci-Fi fans would call "Hyperspace" have been explored by our Navy. we expect that, by 9E 7, we will be capable of moving any of our Space Stations through the Hyperspace, and we will send one of our Fleets to explore the nearest space sector to ours."

Mr. Vesuvius has refused to comment exactly how he's planning on doing all the above mentioned without raising tax exponentially. Other Nations have not viewed this press conference in a good light either, but as of yet nothing more than mild political jabs have been used.

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REVNAMI – NEW HAYESALIA'S nuclear power plants and facilities will be under the command of a new team as of today, with the establishment of the National Nuclear Police today formalised with a swearing-in ceremony at the force's new Revnami headquarters.

The National Nuclear Police have been established in response to the McMurdo Report delivered in 2015. The Report recommended the establishment of a specialist police service to guard sensitive nuclear sites and facilities.

The new police service, now one of only three civilian police services in New Hayesalia including the National Police and Customs Service, has the motto Deter, Defend, Deny, Recover. The service will be responsible for guarding nuclear plants and storage facilities, assisting in the transportation of nuclear materials, and preventing the loss and theft of nuclear material and equipment.

Newly promoted Chief Superintendent Damien Kelling oversaw the ceremonies in Revnami this morning.

"The National Nuclear Police are the nation's newest silent guardians."

"Our skills match the importance and complexity of our duties, but we frankly hope we never have to use much of the training and equipment we do possess."

"The success of our services will be marked by quiet successes and quick responses, and keeping New Hayesalia's radiological and nuclear facilities and materials in the very safest of hands."

"Our officers are already seasoned members of the New Hayesalian National Police, and we share many of our tactics, techniques, and procedures with them - resources too - but our duties have changed and I think the opportunity to really develop a unique organisational culture is a very exciting one for myself and for my officers."

"As of the midnight shift this morning, members of the National Nuclear Police have taken up their posts at various facilities to ensure the security of our nation. We're already at work, and I intend for us to be at work for quite some time ahead."

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Food shortages incite riots in Zabalkanskygrad
More then 700 arrested

This morning at around 10:00 am members of the elite police unit Speblut were called to a good dispensery in the Fronizky district of Zabalkanskygrad. Report indicate that a group of men, upset that the Dispensery had run out of rationed family food confronted police officers in the area. Reports are unclear but at 8:49am the situation had required the assistance of several dozen police officers and at least one car was set ablaze. Within the hour the Speblut had been called in to control the riots as several members of the local police had been injured.

Protestors chanted "Give us bread or give us War" as Speblut officers encircled them using riot shields and rubber ballets to corral the groups. By 11:36 am Speblut agents had consentrated the protesters into Workers Square in the old city. Soon after thousands more protesters materialized around the Speblut barricade. For nearly 5 hours protests continued in the city as a second detachment of Speblut officers arrived to control the secondary protests. At 4:17pm members of the Direct Action Division (PDD) of the Speblut took action. In a violent attempt to dismantle the protestors PDD troops punched through the main lines of the protestors in Workers Squar while another group launched a series of rubber ball munitions to disperse the crowd.

This operation latsted for around 20 minutes where Speblut officers engaged in combat with protesters. Using bricks taken from the floor of the square and various other materials protesters fought back the advancing police force. Spenlut forces used a veriaty of weapons including the 23mm bore riot shotgun using bean bag and rubber buck shot rounds as well as fully automatic large caliber BB guns. Within those twenty minutes nearly 490 protesters were injured and required medicine attention, the Minisitry of Internal Security says that Speblut operatic made 706 arrests, and 17 Speblut officers were injured and required medical attention.

The protests devolved into riots, an estimated 200,000 rioters are currently located in the city with the focal point bring Workers Square. Current elements of the Interior Troops of Vynozhia are being dispatched to help secure the city from further unrest.

At 6:46 pm Head of the People's Council Dragoslav Afansayev declared a state of emergency in the city of Zabalkanskygrad at the behest of general secretary Tikhinov. In a broadcasted speech to the Council he said "we must ensure the safety and we'll being of our citizenry and must fully commit to the restoration of law and order in the city." As a result of the State of Emergency decree all government offices will be closed and all civilians will be asked to shelter in place until the end of the emergency.

Notable political dissident Ehol Shsheyev called this "distressing but not unexpected." and further commented "the current system is failing, socialism has failed and the people know. Tikhinov's administration has so harshly clamped down on peaceful protest that many feel this is the only way to have their voices heard. He's stifled free expression and thus has created an enviorment where violent expression is the only possible way for the average man to express his frustrations and grievances."

As of the publication of this article the situation in Zabalkanskygrad is tense but peaceful with the extremes of violence seen early in the day not sparking up once again. We will however keep you informed of the situation as it unfolds.

[Flardania]

Fracturing of the Kirishinan Right!
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Bonsoir et Konbanwa, welcome back to Newsroom Tonight on the KBC Network, I'm Sugiyama Shinya in Imgeum. We are here with developing news as we have reports that Kirishinan Liberty Party will split in the coming days. While disagreements as to what direction the Liberty party should head in have been well noted following their third place finish in last years national elections where they pulled in only 10.8%, this comes as a surprise to some. Others have been predicting this split for sometime considering it was a new a fragile party that sought to unify the right and those who felt that the ruling traditionalist H.E.S.L party was too left. For more on the story we turn to our National Assembly correspondent, Jeon Beom-Ho with the report.

BeomHo: I am here at the National Assembly in Heiwa where things are being turned upside down. With next years legislative elections coming up many political parties held their end of the year conferences to go over party objectives. Historically this is the time of year where parties are born and where they die and just two years ago this is how the Liberty Party was form and this seems to be where the party as we know it will die.

The Liberty Party formed as a way of unifying voices on the right who felt that the HESL Coalition Party was too far to the left despite its traditionalist views. They took the nation by storm when they made it to the final stage of the national election under the campaign of Jacques Tachibana,a former brigadier - general in the Kirishinan Army. They were well funded and well organized and seemingly had a monopoly on the right wing vote over the other three parties involved but failed to account for the Traditionalist aspect of the HESL. The problem seemed to have stemmed from too broad of a voter base with controversial conservative Liberty Party stances on LGBT rights and Prostitution clashing with the Traditionalist views of the HESL coalition party. The ruling party hammered home the fact that the quote so called conservative party end quote, were not being conservative for Kirishinans in social matters but for foreign Judeo-Christian beliefs.

The convention of the Liberty Party essentially broke into major two camps with one camp fervently sticking to many of the social beliefs that were seen in the previous election while the other seeking to pivot closer to the HESL Coalition while focusing on being more right wing economically in comparison to the ruling party. At this point many sources close to the discussion have conceded that the Liberty Party as we know now does not have much longer to live as a unified voice of the right. Jeon Beom-Ho, Heiwa.

Shinya: "Thank You. As previously stated this is still a developing story and we will have more on this split as news continues to break however joining me now is Liberty Party assemblyman and a member of the opposition to Tachibana, Liu Shun-Hua! Liu-san thank you for taking the the time to join us."

ShunHua: "It is my pleasure"

Shinya: "I think one of the main things that many Kirishinan and even more tuning in abroad want to know is why is this split happening?"

ShunHua: "I wish I had a suitable answer for you but it simply comes down to fundamental differences in how our party should move forward going on. We have been trying to work together for the past few days trying to reach a unified platform that we can all unite behind and rally voters to our cause as we seek to make Kirishima as great as it can be. We just had certain differences that we couldn't reconcile and it became apparent that we can't all fit productively under the same umbrella."

Shinya: "You mentioned having differences that couldn't be reconciled could you explain some of those."

ShunHua: "I don't want to get too into it right now but the group I'm apart of feels like some of the platform of the Liberty Party seems out of place in Kirishima so much so that those who would otherwise vote for us, do not as they fear what our victory could mean for them."

Shinya: "Such as?"

ShunHua: "Well the Liberty Party stance against Prostitution and seeking to re-criminalize it was huge. First off we served Kasuga a meatball throughout the entire election that no matter how much we revised parts of our platform, we always kept that in. Our reasoning and facts were skewed and taking from non Kirishinan sources. Despite it's role in the majority religion, Kirishinan culture, and the positive effects that has been seen since it was re-legalize. Now I say re-legalize, which means when was it illegal? That was when we were under a Christian military regime so for us to waste time and try to change the nature of our people in a fashion only done previously by such a hated government, what do we have to gain outside of certain small immigrant and migrant groups...It distracted us from the real issues."

Shinya: "What issues were the Liberty Party suppose to focus on in your view?"

ShunHua: "Economic, such as lowering income taxes, investing more in local agriculture, giving incentives to young new and vibrant families, as they are the bedrock of society. Lowering the corporate tax is another and the establishment of certain protective tariffs. Those are more important than trying to shape Kirishinan traditionalist into western conservatives."

Shinya: "Well we will be looking at the split with close attention and I am sure the nation will be interested to see which group is vindicated in next years legislative elections. Once again thank you for joining us!"

ShunHua: "Anytime!"

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Zhouran Central News Agency 12/11/XX Zhouran Heightens Surveillance On Visiting Tourists For Christmas Season Ministry of Internal Affairs says that surveillance will be increased as more tourists visit the nation this Christmas season Today during a press conference, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Internal Affairs has stated that surveillance on visiting tourists will be heightened as more tourists visit the country this Christmas season. Indeed, 2017 has been a rough year, especially for the once-prosperous Western world as Europe and the US fall victim to an increasing growth of terrorist activities such as truck-ramming attacks (also known as "trucks of peace"). "With Christmas and New Years not far from the corner, surveillance on tourists coming into the nation will be increased for the safety of both citizens and foreigners" the spokesperson stated. "The situation happening in the Middle East and the West has brought anxiety and paranoia here in the People's Republic, but everyone should go on with their lives since this great nation has never experienced a terrorist attack and never will". In regards to the arrival of more tourists in Zhouranese airports, the Ministry of Territorial Affairs announced that their Aviation Security Bureau will increase surveillance across all airports in the nation while the Chief of Central Security Command of the Public Security Corps (gendarmerie service branch of the ZPA and the nation's law enforcement) has stated that PSC gendarmes will increase patrols across every town/city streets and airports in the nation. Comments (0) Click to see more...

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Zhouran Central News Agency 12/11/XX Zhouran's Economy Beats China's, Financial Prosperity Expected To Continue Next Year And Beyond Economists say that Zhouran's highly-resilient economy is performing better than China's While foreigners tend to only see Zhouran's impressive military strength, many usually ignore the nation's equally-impressive economic strength. Economists has stated that Zhouran's massive highly-resilient multi-trillion economy is performing better than the economies of China, the US, and Western Europe, and will continue to do so in the future. Indeed the nation's economy had just faced a growth boost this November while 2017 has been a massive blessing for Zhouran's economic prosperity. As the nation's massive economy continues to soar, so has the debt-to-GDP ratio also while trade deficit continues to narrow down at a fast rate. The socialistic economy of the People's Republic has been helped by a very-stable macroeconomic environment, very-low tax burden, high social mobility, economic protectionism, high industrialization, large abundance of natural resources, and industrial self-reliance, which indeed plays an important role in national prosperity for Zhouran, and as a result, the People's Republic will continue to prosper economically in an era of economic hardship for others. Being a first-world nation with a very-high standard of living and a highly-efficient, merit-based social-security system, ranked as best in Asia and one of the best in the world, which plays an important role in the prosperity and human development of the nation, the standard of living in Zhouran is indeed the highest in the continent and one of the highest in the world. Because Zhouran's right-wing socialistic economic ideas revolve around caring for the people, social mobility, meritocracy and productivity, this has a strong effect on standard of living in the nation. With a massive industrial base capable of easily rivaling China, the US, and the European Union with no difficulty, Zhouran's massive industries including the civilian and military manufacturing industries has easily outproduced other competitors. Numerous civilian and military products in Zhouran, ranging from children's toys to firearms, and even warships and artificial satellites, are all built with the use of highly-sophisticated industrial-level additive manufacturing and multiaxis machining for quick, easy, efficient and precise manufacturing. Being a highly-industrialized self-reliant nation with very-high social mobility and an active work-force, the People's Republic of Zhouran is an export powerhouse that occasionally imports. The industries of Zhouran are highly diversified, world leading and high-technology innovative, with the country having one of the largest industrial output in the world. In terms of bilateral trade with another nation, Zhouran generally exports raw materials, agricultural goods, petroleum, machinery, vehicles such as motor vehicles and maritime vessels, electronic devices, and sometimes weapons, at concessional prices while importing consumer goods, industrial supplies, motor vehicles, crude oil (although Zhouran has one of the largest oil reserves in the world, the country prefers to conserve its reserves), food and beverages (mainly fruit and vegetables not grown in Zhouran as well as foreign goods), and lumber. Comments (0) Click to see more...