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FIRST NIFONESE COMBAT SPACECRAFT?
Hara - The famed "Heavenly Dragon" space shuttle was flying into space under the Heavencross for years. Now, the Imperial Nifonese Air Force has announced that the Space Shuttle will have a new mission - interception of enemy ICBMs.
The news come in wake of threats levied by Phenzynia against a fellow Imperion Member, the Empire of Shazbotdom. In words of his excellency the Shogun "the Empire of Greater Nifon can not tolerate nuclear threats by rouge nations willing to target our allies. We are going to make sure that said nations will never attain nuclear parity with us. This new conversion of our famed spacecraft will be used to intercept Phenzynian ICBMs before they will be able to reach our cities, ensuring that our nuclear retaliation will turn Pheznynia into a sea of glass, while our cities will remain untouched".
It remains to be seen how effective the idea will be, as laser technology for such an undertaking remains in development. However, the military analysts point out to a sorry state of Phenzynian army, which is severely lacking in modern military equipment due to it's sheer size.
"I believe this is a serious threat to Pheznynian national security" says one analyst "They are already having issues as it is. Having to catch up, they will have to spend billions. Even if they do catch up, their conventional forces will pay the price for this and as they are now, fitted with 50 years old equipment that can be easily destroyed."
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