#Naval Gun System industry

[whencyclopedia]

D-Day was 80 years ago today!

D-Day was the first day of Operation Overlord, the Allied attack on German-occupied Western Europe, which began on the beaches of Normandy, France, on 6 June 1944. Primarily US, British, and Canadian troops, with naval and air support, attacked five beaches, landing some 135,000 men in a day widely considered to have changed history.

Where to Attack?

Operation Overlord, which sought to attack occupied Europe starting with an amphibious landing in northwest France, Belgium, or the Netherlands, had been in the planning since January 1943 when Allied leaders agreed to the build-up of British and US troops in Britain. The Allies were unsure where exactly to land, but the requirements were simple: as short a sea crossing as possible and within range of Allied fighter cover. A third requirement was to have a major port nearby, which could be captured and used to land further troops and equipment. The best fit seemed to be Normandy with its flat beaches and port of Cherbourg.

The Atlantic Wall

The leader of Nazi Germany, Adolf Hitler (1889-1945), called his western line of defences the Atlantic Wall. It had gaps but presented an impressive string of fortifications along the coast from Spain to the Netherlands. Construction of gun batteries, bunker networks, and observation posts began as early as 1942.

Many of the German divisions were not crack troops but inexperienced soldiers, who were spending more time building defences than in vital military training. There was a woeful lack of materials for Hitler's dream of the Atlantic Wall, really something of a Swiss cheese, with some strong areas, but many holes. The German army was not provided with sufficient mines, explosives, concrete, or labourers to better protect the coastline. At least one-third of gun positions still had no casement protection. Many installations were not bomb-proof. Another serious weakness was naval and air support. The navy had a mere 4 destroyers available and 39 E-boats while the Luftwaffe's (German Air Force's) contribution was equally paltry with only 319 planes operating in the skies when the invasion took place (rising to 1,000) in the second week.

Neptune to Normandy

Preparation for Overlord occurred right through April and May of 1940 when the Royal Air Force (RAF) and United States Air Force (USAAF) relentlessly bombed communications and transportation systems in France as well as coastal defences, airfields, industrial targets, and military installations. In total, over 200,000 missions were conducted to weaken as much as possible the Nazi defences ready for the infantry troops about to be involved in the largest troop movement in history. The French Resistance also played their part in preparing the way by blowing up train lines and communication systems that would ensure the defenders could not effectively respond to the invasion.

The Allied fleet of 7,000 vessels of all kinds departed from English south-coast ports such as Falmouth, Plymouth, Poole, Portsmouth, Newhaven, and Harwich. In an operation code-named Neptune, the ships gathered off Portsmouth in a zone called 'Piccadilly Circus' after the busy London road junction, and then made their way to Normandy and the assault areas. At the same time, gliders and planes flew to the Cherbourg peninsula in the west and Ouistreham on the eastern edge of the planned landing. Paratroopers of the 82nd and 101st US Airborne Division attacked in the west to try and cut off Cherbourg. At the eastern extremity of the operation, paratroopers of the 6th British Airborne Division aimed to secure Pegasus Bridge over the Caen Canal. Other tasks of the paratrooper and glider units were to destroy bridges to impede the enemy, hold others necessary for the invasion to progress, destroy gun emplacements, secure the beach exits, and protect the invasion's flanks.

The Beaches

The amphibious attack was set for dawn on 5 June, daylight being a requirement for the necessary air and naval support. Bad weather led to a postponement of 24 hours. Shortly after midnight, the first waves of 23,000 British and American paratroopers landed in France. US paratroopers who dropped near Ste-Mère-Église ensured this was the first French town to be liberated. From 3.00 a.m., air and naval bombardment of the Normandy coast began, letting up just 15 minutes before the first infantry troops landed on the beaches at 6.30 a.m.

The beaches selected for the landings were divided into zones, each given a code name. US troops attacked two, the British army another two, and the Canadian force the fifth. These beaches and the troops assigned to them were (west to east):

Utah Beach - 4th US Infantry Division, 7th US Corps (1st US Army commanded by Lieutenant General Omar N. Bradley)

Omaha Beach - 1st US Infantry Division, 5th US Corps (1st US Army)

Gold Beach - 50th British Infantry Division, 30th British Corps (2nd British Army commanded by Lieutenant-General Miles C. Dempsey)

Juno Beach - 3rd Canadian Infantry Division (2nd British Army)

Sword Beach - 3rd British Infantry Division, 1st British Corps (2nd British Army)

In addition, the 2nd US Rangers were to attack the well-defended Pointe du Hoc between Utah and Omaha (although it turned out the guns had never been installed there), while Royal Marine Commando units attacked targets on Gold, Juno, and Sword.

The RAF and USAAF continued to protect the invasion fleet and ensure any enemy ground-based counterattack faced air attack. As the Allies could put in the air 12,000 aircraft at this stage, the Luftwaffe's aerial fightback was pitifully inadequate. On D-Day alone, the Allied air forces flew 15,000 sorties compared to the Luftwaffe's 100. Not one single Allied aircraft was lost to enemy fire on D-Day.

Packing Normandy

By the end of D-Day, 135,000 men had been landed and relatively few casualties were sustained – some 5,000 men. There were some serious cock-ups, notably the hopeless dispersal of the paratroopers (only 4% of the US 101st Air Division were dropped at the intended target zone), but, if anything, this caused even more confusion amongst the German commanders on the ground as it seemed the Allies were attacking everywhere. The defenders, overcoming the initial handicap that many area commanders were at a strategy conference in Rennes, did eventually organise themselves into a counterattack, deploying their reserves and pulling in troops from other parts of France. This is when French resistance and aerial bombing became crucial, seriously hampering the German army's effort to reinforce the coastal areas of Normandy. The German field commanders wanted to withdraw, regroup and attack in force, but, on 11 June, Hitler ordered there be no retreat.

All of the original invasion beaches were linked as the Allies pushed inland. To aid thousands more troops following up the initial attack, two artificial floating harbours were built. Code-named Mulberries, these were located off Omaha and Gold beaches and were built from 200 prefabricated units. A storm hit on 20 June, destroying the Mulberry Harbour off Omaha, but the one at Gold was still serviceable, allowing some 11,000 tons of material to be landed every 24 hours. The other problem for the Allies was how to supply thousands of vehicles with the fuel they needed. The short-term solution, code-named Tombola, was to have tanker ships pump fuel to storage tanks on shore, using buoyed pipelines. The longer-term solution was code-named Pluto (Pipeline Under the Ocean), a pipeline under the Channel to Cherbourg through which fuel could be pumped. Cherbourg was taken on 27 June and was used to ship in more troops and supplies, although the defenders had sunk ships to block the harbour and these took some six weeks to fully clear.

Operation Neptune officially ended on 30 June. Around 850,000 men, 148,800 vehicles, and 570,000 tons of stores and equipment had been landed since D-Day. The next phase of Overlord was to push the occupiers out of Normandy. The defenders were not only having logistical problems but also command issues as Hitler replaced Rundstedt with Field Marshal Günther von Kluge (1882-1944) and formally warned Rommel not to be defeatist.

Aftermath: The Normandy Campaign

By early July, the Allies, having not got further south than around 20 miles (32 km) from the coast, were behind schedule. Poor weather was limiting the role of aircraft in the advance. The German forces were using the countryside well to slow the Allied advance – countless small fields enclosed with trees and hedgerows which limited visibility and made tanks vulnerable to ambush. Caen was staunchly defended and required Allied bombers to obliterate the city on 7 July. The German troops withdrew but still held one-half of the city. The Allies lost around 500 tanks trying to take Caen, vital to any push further south. The advance to Avranches was equally tortuous, and 40,000 men were lost in two weeks of heavy fighting. By the end of July, the Allies had taken Caen, Avranches, and the vital bridge at Pontaubault. From 1 August, Patton and the US Third Army were punching south at the western side of the offensive, and the Brittany ports of St. Malo, Brest, and Lorient were taken.

German forces counterattacked to try and retake Avranches, but Allied air power was decisive. Through August 1940, the Allies swept southwards to the Loire River from St. Nazaire to Orléans. On 15 August, a major landing took place on the southwest coast of France (French Riviera landings) and Marseille was captured on 28 August. In northern France, the Allies captured enough territory, ports, and airfields for a massive increase in material support. On 25 August, Paris was liberated. By mid-September, the Allied troops in the north and south of France had linked up and the campaign front expanded eastwards pushing on to the borders of Germany. There would be setbacks like Operation Market Garden of September and a brief fightback at the Battle of the Bulge in December 1944, but the direction of the war and ultimate Allied victory was now a question of not if but when.

[yuri-is-online]

My brain is whirring in the blender right now so here are the things I think twst characters would find interesting/horrifying

Atom bombs. Why would they need atom bombs? Wars were either fought with magic or swords if lilias backstory is standard war procedure. And in endless halloween, leona tells a (fake) story about a terrorist group on a yaht party or something that attacked with a magic cube. Also that whole moment with Oppenheimer where he didn't know if igniting that bomb would set off a chain reaction that would ignite all the other bombs and basically destroy the world. AND HE STILL FUCKING DID IT.

Gun. Same reasons as the atom bombs.

French revolution and the reign of terror. What do you mean 40,000 were executed and over 300,000 locked up in the time span if a few years? Why did the "french" switch between so many governments so fast? Who the hell is napoleon?

Russian revolution and Anastasia. that revolution was MESSY. But imagine telling leona or someone about how everyone thought that princess Anastasia and her brother escaped execution cause they couldn't find their bodies with the rest of the royal family. So all these middle aged women just started coming out being like "I am Anastasia", and one of these women was eventually accepted as Anastasia. Until they found out that thr royal family were submerge in vats of acid after they were killed, and because children's bones aren't quite solid, the just. Melted in the acid.

The whole mystery of those villages getting up one day and dancing themselves to death and we still don't know why.

Medieval torture devices. Like the crowd cage or when you get covered in honey and sent away on a boat to be eaten alive by bugs (jamil throws up)

The black plauge. Just. The black plauge.

Early Industrial revolution working conditions. I think even azul would get uncomfortable with those.

Mansu Musa going on tour and giving away so much gold that he collapsed entire economies.

The cold War. "Yeah so the US and the USSR were in a war-not-war because of paranoia of nuclear atom bombs but they couldn't actually go to war because if they actually went to war that would just be the end of the world so they just had a massive dick messering contest. Oh yeah! That's actually why we got the space race!"

The space race. ("The fucking moon in the sky!" "Yes azul, the moon in the sky. And Mars. And there are satellites that literally went to the cold cold edge of our solar system" "...why are you guys insane?")

American prohibition laws and the outlawing of alcohol that everyone hated so much that the government legalized alcohol again and now we have this thing called moonshine.

Mexican revolution and the solid century where their presidents just kept getting assassinated.

The greatest night in pop "we are the world". Just as a treat for the pop music club.

The entire age of exploration honestly. "What do you mean half your world didn't know the other half of the world was there until a few centuries ago?" "Oh you're gonna shit yourself when you find out what Europeans did next"

What the Europeans did next.

The world wars. Lilia has a fucking stroke while listening to it. But some of it was funny! Not really but yk! A polish bear loading an artillery Canon, an unsinkable cat, that British guy that carried a bow and arrow and played bag pipes when the nazis found him only to be the most unkillable yet unserious guy ever, a US naval captain that literally FLOODED HALF HIS SHIP on D-Day just to tilt that bitch back so they could hit the Germans better, and the US just converting a spare ship into a massive ice cream machine is pretty fucking hilarious.

The coups of the ancient past. I don't really remember who but I think this Indian (?) Prince literally threw his brother out a window, dragged him back upstairs, only to throw him out again for good measure is fucking hilarious.

The mono Lisa wasn't famous until this Guy™ stole it from a museum. The museum employs didn't even realize it was gone until someone asked where it went 💀

The way we name our countries tbh. Most of them translate to some ancient language (Spain translates to "rabbits" and Columbia is "dove"), but twst really has countries like. "Scolding Sands ✨️ and Queendom of Roses ✨️. So our country names are probably really weird to them. Especially the full country names. Do you know Hong Kongs official name? It's long as shit.

The first chainsaw was invented by two socttish doctors in the early 1800s to help with childbirth

I have many more historically rambling I could go on but this shit is getting long.

If anyone at any point wants to ramble about history they are very welcome to do so in my literal dms and not just my ask box. I love history and I love talking about it!!!

I think out of all of the things you listed the atom bomb, the space race, and the Cold War would probably be the what I think the various twst boys would find most interesting. Even in the history of our own world those things were extremely unusual, the sheer scale of something like a world war is really hard to grasp and I doubt Twisted Wonderland has had a similar event. I think the concept of such a thing would really scare the cast, though I imagine Idia, Leona, and Lilia would be grimly impressed at just how creative people can be when it comes to destroying each other. Magic isn't required to make a mess of things, sure they already knew that but oh wow. Now they're really thinking about it.

Now you know who would want to talk about all of these things? Professor Trein! He'd be really interested in learning anything and everything Yuu can remember about the history of their world. As an educator it allows him better insight into his student, and as a lover of history he gets to learn a lot of new things no one else knows.

[centrally-unplanned]

Cool point from Pseudoerasmus on Japan vs the USSR's economies in WW2, that once you step back from raw "weapon output" totals and look at inputs their economies were near parity:

This gets masked by the fact that Japan was overwhelmingly producing air and naval equipment that was of far higher complexity than land equipment. And we do mean overwhelmingly; when measured by "yen spent" the ratio was 20:1 for "vehicles", outlays on land forces were paltry.

The other mask is that this began to collapse in 1944, as Allied bombing and sea lane interdiction destroyed the economic system Japan had built with the resources of its empire, while at the same time the USSR was reconquering territory and stabilizing its own economy. So this parity existed only for ~2 years. But in WW2 those were the only two years that mattered; for that stretch Japan was a much stronger economic power than people realized - it just had the 'misfortune' of being up against the industrial behemoth of the United States.

Also imo a good indicator of how important Lend Lease was to the USSR, a stance I have held and want to dig into more. The USSR was absolutely a bigger economy than Japan's before 1941, but Barbarossa devastated the economic heartland of the country - and less appreciated, radically sundered the USSR's labor force via deaths and mass mobilizations. It became a machine focused solely on outputting food and guns and nothing else, which it did in great quantities, but in the big picture it had decayed down to Japan's level. Without the Allies plugging the "gaps" that specialization produced things would have been more dire. (Would need to bring in much more data to make this point in full ofc)

Japan's "economic miracle" of ~1943 is often paired with Germany's, where both sides rapidly increased output of frontline equipment like planes. I think they are often portrayed similarly, as a "delayed mobilization" too late in the game to make the difference. Germany's story has been challenged extensively (thanks Adam Tooze); sounds like I need to do the same for Japan as well.

[niqhtlord01]

Humans are weird: No sense in Dying

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Military Report 3759612.3 Subject: Harvest Conflict Category: Mendigold Incident

Star date: 3751.2 Coalition forces have driven off remaining Reni Fleet contingents and have full control over the Mendigold system.

Consisting of four worlds, the system only has Mendigold Prime had a livable environment while the remaining three have minimal mining and colonization facilities.

Mendigold Prime was designated a military garrison world to the Reni empire. As such the installations on the planet were largely dedicated to the Reni military industrial complex. City sized barracks, underground ammunition warehouses, dozens of football sized landing fields, and uncountable training grounds for various aspects of the Reni military were the primary structures on the planet. Only a small percentage of the Reni population was designated civilian and they were regulated to either industrial support roles or service industries that entertain off duty soldiers.

On average the planet’s population was between 500 million - 1 billion, with 93% of that being military personnel. This number was subject to fluctuation due to military units rotating in and out for different warzones. When the Coalition arrived in system the population was estimated 3 Billion as the Reni military had been preparing for a renewed offensive into Coalition territory and had diverted the majority of their military ground forces gathered on planet. Star date 3751.3 The Coalition naval fleets have surrounded Mendigold Prime and a blockade has been enforced.

Orbital defenses around the main military bases keep the naval assets from conducting recon scans from lower orbit, but their firing range is limited allowing for the rest of the planet to be mapped without issue.

Scans show that the planet is heavily fortified with existing prefabricated structures while additional defenses had been constructed. These consisted of extensive trench works, bunkers, and newly built gun positions that surrounded each installation for at least three kilometers in every direction.

Further reinforcing the defense of the planet was a large and well equipped air force. The scans showed the existence of several underground bunker complexes that housed the aircraft and protected them from all but a sustained orbital strike. Due to the lack of resistance in the space around the planet it was believed that they were limited to atmospheric aircraft, but it was not discounted that they possessed some fighters that could breach the atmosphere and attack the Coalition navy.

Routine scans were continued while Coalition leadership met to debate plans for the invasion of the planet.

Star Date 3751.6 Coalition leaders were unable to decide on how the ground invasion of Mendigold would progress.

All calculations predicted that any planetary landing would cost Coalition forces 15%. Assaulting any of the heavily defended installations estimated 35% per installation and a total planet conquest at 87% casualty rate.

Unlike previous worlds the Reni had attacked they had only a few months to entrench themselves before the Coalition could respond, but Mendigold was the first Reni military world the coalition had come into contact with and now faced the might of a well disciplined and prepared enemy.

Such casualty figures were well beyond what even the most bloodthirsty Coalition leader take pause. These kinds of losses would cripple the rest of the campaign and leave any future planetary assaults all but impossible.

The debate about what should be done went on for two days while the coalition navy maintained its blockade of the planet. By the third day the leader of the human contingent spoke up with a rather brutal method.

Rather than invading the human leader, a General Herald Farn, suggested that they simply maintain the blockade and wait for the planet to starve out and surrender.

This tactic was all but unheard of and many called it cowardly. It was all the more surprising when it came from a human whose people are known to be well renowned warriors.

General Farn counters the dissenting arguments by stating that it is likewise madness to send their ground forces into a meat grinder and waste them so needlessly.

Taking control of the holographic display, General Farn recommended that by surgically striking the store houses holding the rations and food supplies the Reni would be unable to maintain rationing for long. He then provided data that while the planet was a military world with extensive supply facilities, it was never intended to have such a large garrisoning force for extended periods.

General Farn promised that within a week they would begin seeing results.

Star date 3751.13

Initial bombardment operations were successful.

Over 67% of supply depots that were targeted were destroyed by orbital bombardment in addition to knocking out all satellite communication platforms orbiting the planet . A following 12% were damaged but note entirely destroyed while the remaining 21% received minor to no damage. Anti-orbital defenses around the remaining 21% was too strong for naval forces to breach long enough to carry out precise strikes and after losing three cruisers and ten frigates the coalition navy withdrew and considered the operation done.

After that scans showed renewed activity by ground forces to further strengthen their areas in the days following. New trench lines were dug and the remaining supplies were dispersed to prevent another critical loss.

Reni forces remained on active alert for four days straight but with no follow up strikes they were largely left to their own devices. With no communication between the defense pockets larger coordinated defense efforts ceased.

Several small parties were seen leaving the larger defended areas and going out into the few wild areas that remained on the planet. Analysts summarized that commanders were now foraging for provisions to supplement their dwindling stocks.

General Farn took this as confirmation that the plan was working and within the coming weeks the Reni ground forces would surrender. The coalition leaders agreed and allowed the plan to continue.

Star date 3751. 20

Larger foraging parties have now been seen departing the fortified enclaves and spreading out further in search of supplies. While unconfirmed it has been seen that several of these detachments have engaged in small skirmishes with other foraging parties from different enclaves.

Two weeks have passed since the supply depot bombardments and the rapidly degrading state of the Reni military can be seen from orbit within the cities. Small fires have broken out in the more fortified enclaves while smaller redoubts have entirely emptied of all personnel. It is unknown if this was by order or general desertion due to lack of supplies but the number of abandoned bases is increasing.

Star date 3751.27

First displays of open aggression between fortified enclaves have broken out as the supply situation has reached critical mass.

The spaceport under the command of Reni General Hopi was attacked. Spy drones were dispatched to the surface and returned video feeds depicting the attackers to have come from the Central Command Block under the command of Reni General Filar.

Military intelligence had prior to the Mendigold campaign had shown there had been a deep hatred between the two generals that went far beyond minor squabbling. With the cut off of supplies the hatred may have boiled over into outright violence, as Filar may have believed Hopi still had supplies left at the spaceport.

For the first time in recorded history Reni fought Reni and the Coalition watched as massed Reni infantry fought against waves of the spaceport defense air force.

While this engagement was the largest battle in the brewing Reni civil war on the planet it was not the only conflict. All over the globe Reni forces were fighting each other in a desperate need for supplies.

Star date 3751.30

The situation on the surface is now entirely untenable.

While Coalition leaders have agreed the starvation tactic was successful at weakening the Reni forces, it has produced the unhealthy side effect of triggering a massive Reni civil war planetside.

Central command no longer exists for the Reni as each enclave commander has now become a sudo warlord in their own right. There is no one leader to open a dialogue with now to demand terms of surrender, and even if they did accept it they would only be able to stand down the forces loyal to them while other warlords would continue fighting.

Coalition leaders have no idea how to defuse the situation, with only General Farn calling the operation a success.

Reni forces have begun dwindling rapidly as each enclaves seeks to horde whatever few supplies remain. Estimated Reni casualties now range in the 500 million range with more expected in the coming days as starvation finally takes its full toll on the Reni population.

With no concise plan of action and the planet now having lost all tactical value, the Coalition fleet has decided to continue the campaign and leave Mendigold to its fate. A tribunal has been called to have the human General Farn answer potential crimes that resulted from his order. Until the war is over however it is not likely that the human would lose his position or rank.

[lightdancer1]

In working on my ATLA Hundred Year War Trilogy:

Fair warning, this post goes a bit into military theory and is my showing off my military history background, so if this annoys people feel free to skip.

I don't think the writers of ATLA understand that weapons systems don't exist by default, they arise for specific reasons, to meet specific functions. This is especially clear with the existence of tanks. In real life tanks were the result of trench warfare and the power of artillery and machine guns to sap the momentum of an offensive before it had the chance to get started. Tracks and armor and a cannon were combined to reduce barbed wire and machine gun nests and to concentrate the fire of infantry so infantry and artillery could work with the armor to break any defensive system.

That was the theory, engineering took a generation to start actually catching up with it and in reality the best anti-tank weapon in WWII was a fighter-bomber. Tanks were part of a balanced system, not the primary driving force. The Nazis very much did not fully understand this, which was why they wasted time building over-engineered monsters that were meant to do all the tasks of an army instead of focusing on deeper organizational issues, which the USSR and USA did successfully and the UK semi-successfully.

The problem with ATLA is you have a weapon reliant on a 20th Century battlefield of indirect fire and projectile weapons of the precise kind that do not, in fact, exist in ATLA. And then you have this weapon co-existing with medieval Asian weaponry like halberds, clubs, axes, spears, and the like. This is having Samurai side by side with a Patton tank.

So the question that the writers theoretically could have answered and have yet to do is why a society without gunpowder or any of the actual IRL reasons that went into tanks would suddenly make them and let them be used when there's literally nothing else to support it.

There is actually a pretty simple answer that works here, that after a hundred years of warfare the industrialism demographic revolution is running dry and the Fire Nation lacks the bodies its earlier generals used to muddle through whenever it really had to do so. So tanks developed as a means of using other advantages, hence the 20th Century naval ships co-existing with otherwise medieval aspects, to negate that they just don't have the power to fight battles like they used to.

It's not a deliberate technological advance, it's a stopgap because Iroh and his precursors squandered all those lives and there is no capacity for 'they didn't like that army, here's six more bigger than it was'.

[mr-camhed]

Talon Corporation Maritime Fleet Cruiser Pride of Aurelia (TCMFC Pride of Aurelia),Formerly known as Brabazonian Federal Navy Cruiser Fort Costa Blanca (BFFC Fort Costa Blanca), is a nuclear powered guided missile cruiser. The ship started its life during the late stages of the Second Atlantide war as the sister ship of Brabazonian Federal Navy's Cruiser Pelico Bay as a conventionally powered heavy cruiser tasked with patrolling the sealine of the Brabazon Federation, intercepting Atlantides' landing and transportation forces.

Unfortunately, before the yet unnamed warship's hull was even finished, the Second Atlantide war was ended unexpectedly during the defense of Fort Costa Blanca, in which the 1000mm caliber main defense gun of the fort sunk the floating city of Atlantide in a lucky shot. And with the war over, the purpose for the ship was also subsequently made obsolete, and the almost finished hull was left mothballed in the dry dock, awaiting to be dismantled or resume construction.

Three decades after the conclusion of the Second Atlantide War, the relationship between Brabazon and Atlantide remnants was once again strained by the Black Tide Crisis, which the Military Industrial Complex of Brabazon Federation was heavily betting on the chance of another war breaking out and is preparing to profiteer from it. And among the many exotic projects flooding the military facilities all over the federation was the second chancefor the ship. Instead of the regular tower shaped superstructure, naval gun turrets and internal combustion engine, the ship was armed with at the time state of the art guided missile systems, a unique box shaped bridge and nuclear power. The newly refurbished and finished warship was Christened Fort Costa Blanca after the site that witnessed the end of the Second Atlantide War, though the purpose of the warship is still the same: intercept and destroy potential threat in the ocean. Unfortunately for the Warship, many other military projects and the profit margin of the Military Industrial Complex, the Black Tide Crisis was ended in peaceful means instead of igniting a new war, and with the ship obsolete again even after being commissioned, it had lost any and all chance of seeing combat, and became nothing but a token that endlessly paraded the ocean just for show for the nine years to come.

After The Catastrophe which caused the destruction of the Brabazon Federation's capital city and the subsequent social and economical unrest which means that the nation, now divided into confederates of city states, are now no longer capable of maintaining a massive active or reserve navy, and the ship was among many that were about to be decomissioned and scrapped to recoup for losses. However, fortunately for them, Colonel Rand Toro, a senior officer of the Brabazonian military, who had seen an opportunity from their recent contact of a formerly unknown land, proposed "Project Talon", which will see them profiteering from the new land natives' schism by exporting war and unrest, shattering their uneasy peace and facade of prosperity. The project was immediately greenlit by the high level personnel in the military, the government, and the Military Industrial Complex, and the Talon Corporation, a Paraterrorist Military Organization under the disguise of a PMC was born, and was made with the purpose to export weaponry and unrest for the purpose of warmongering, while importing plundered resources, enslaved labours and potential stolen technology that they can reap from the war they had mongered. And with the plan in effect, they took the husk of another already decommissioned cruiser, turned it into a replica of the Fort Costa Blanca, before scrapping the shell vessel in a publicity stunt to drum up popular dissatisfaction against the pacifists. While the fake ship was being turned into a pile of scrap to the Brabazonian folks' protest, the real Fort Costa Blanca was rechristened as the Pride of Aurelia after a nonexistent place or people, and the older parts of the ship such as radar systems, anti air guns and what not were changed out with advanced integrated combat system, and the rest of the ship's system were also refitted and upgraded. The newly refurbished Pride of Aurelia became the flagship of Talon Corporation's maritime fleet, and also served as one of the overseas mobile headquarters during the earlier days of Project Talon, while after the Talon Corporation's overseas headquarters finished construction, the Pride of Aurelia would spend most of its time cruising in the artificial layer of cloud and fog surrounding it, hunting and destroying any vessels and aircraft that had got into the premise with its advanced combat system to keep the secret of the HQ, Though it also would go out to do mission elsewhere sometimes.

[ID: USS Long Beach (CGN-9), Which TCMFC Pride of Aurelia/BFFC Fort Costa Blanca was based on, cruising off Oahu, 9 May 1973. End ID.]

[amrutmnm]

Market Forecast: Small Caliber Ammunition Growth to 2029

The Global Small Caliber Ammunition Market is experiencing significant growth, driven by increased defense spending, rising geopolitical tensions, and the modernization of armed forces. The consumption of small-caliber ammunition is expected to grow from 7,003 Million units in 2024 to 8,661 Million units by 2029. This growth reflects a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 4.3%, with market size projected to increase from USD 5.7 Billion in 2024 to USD 7.0 Billion by 2029. This analysis delves into the market statistics, market size, trends, and key factors influencing the Small Caliber Ammunition Industry.

Market Dynamics

Drivers

Increasing Terrorism Incidents and Rising Geopolitical Tensions

The rise in armed conflicts due to geopolitical tensions, political instabilities, and economic inequalities has significantly driven the demand for small-caliber ammunition. Territorial conflicts, ceasefire violations, wars, and cross-border terrorism in regions such as South Asia, the Middle East, and Eastern Europe have escalated the need for military readiness and personal security.

Ongoing conflicts between Russia and Ukraine, the civil war in Syria, and tensions between China and Southeast Asian countries have led to increased procurement of small-caliber ammunition. Additionally, incidents such as the 2023 Israel-Hamas conflict and skirmishes between India and Pakistan along the Line of Control (LOC) further amplify the demand for ammunition.

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Restraints

Regulatory Restrictions

The production, sale, and distribution of small-caliber ammunition are subject to stringent regulatory controls, varying across different countries. These regulations aim to ensure public safety and international security but can significantly impact market operations. Companies such as General Dynamics (US), Rheinmetall AG (Germany), and BAE Systems (UK) must navigate complex legal landscapes, which can affect sales, revenues, and profit margins. Regulatory restrictions can also invite administrative and criminal actions if not adhered to, posing a significant challenge for manufacturers.

Opportunities

Advancements in Small Caliber Ammunition Due to Increased R&D Expenditure

Continuous research and development (R&D) have led to significant advancements in small-caliber ammunition, enhancing performance, reducing environmental impact, and increasing operational efficiency. For instance, the introduction of the 5.56 mm M855A1 by the US Army, featuring a lead-free design with a copper core and steel tip, offers improved penetration and reduced environmental footprint.

Innovations in manufacturing techniques, such as modernized armor-piercing 7.62 mm and 5.56 mm bullets, and the development of shorter assault rifles with no significant decrease in effectiveness, create growth opportunities. Companies like Northrop Grumman Corporation (US) are developing advanced ammunition, such as the 57 mm guided munition for the Mk110 Naval Gun Mount, designed to counter fast-moving surface threats and drones.

Challenges

International Ammunition Control Measures

International measures to control ammunition use, including export controls, trade sanctions, and arms restrictions, present a prominent challenge. These regulations aim to prevent arms proliferation, particularly in conflict zones and countries with poor human rights records. For example, the United Nations enforces arms restrictions on countries like North Korea and other conflict regions, limiting the export of small caliber ammunition. Manufacturers must navigate these complex legal frameworks, affecting their market strategies and operations.

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Market Segmentation

This Research Report Categorizes the Small Caliber Ammunition Market Based on Application, Caliber Type, Bullet Type, Lethality, and Region:

By Application:

Military

Homeland Security

By Caliber Type:

9 mm Parabellum

5.56 mm

7.62 mm

12.7 mm

14.5 mm

.338 Lapua Magnum

.338 Norma Magnum

Others

By Bullet Type:

Lead

Copper

Brass

Others

By Lethality:

Lethal

Less- Lethal

By Region:

North America

Europe

Asia Pacific

Middle East

Latin America

Africa

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By Caliber

Others Segment

The "Others" segment, including calibers such as .357 SIG, .40 SIG, shotgun cartridges, 4.6mm, .308 Winchester, and 5.8mm ammunition, is estimated to account for the largest market share during the forecast period. These calibers offer unique advantages in terms of range, stopping power, and compatibility with specialized firearms, driving their demand among specialized units.

By Bullet Type

Copper Segment

The copper bullet segment is anticipated to dominate the market due to its superior ballistic performance and environmental friendliness. Copper bullets offer enhanced accuracy and performance and are less prone to fragmenting, which is crucial in combat and law enforcement scenarios. Their non-toxic nature addresses environmental and health concerns associated with traditional bullets, further driving market growth.

By Region

Asia-Pacific

The Asia-Pacific region is projected to account for the largest market share during the forecast period. Increasing regional tensions, military spending, and military modernization initiatives drive market growth in this region. Countries like China, India, and Japan are investing significantly in defense capabilities, including the procurement of advanced weaponry and ammunition, to enhance national security and maintain regional power dynamics.

Key Market Players

The Small Caliber Ammunition Companies is dominated by globally established players, including:

Elbit Systems Ltd. (Israel)

Thales (France)

Olin Corporation (US)

General Dynamics Corporation (US)

Nammo AS (Norway)

These companies are key manufacturers and solution providers in the market, securing significant contracts and developing new products to meet the increasing demand for small caliber ammunition. The focus on contracts and new product development underscores the importance of innovation and strategic partnerships in driving market growth.

The global Small Caliber Ammunition market is poised for substantial growth, driven by increasing defense spending, rising geopolitical tensions, and advancements in ammunition technology. Despite challenges such as regulatory restrictions and international control measures, the market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 4.3%, reaching USD 7.0 billion by 2029.

Key trends, such as the adoption of advanced ammunition with enhanced performance and environmental benefits, will shape the future of the market. The presence of major players and continuous R&D investments will ensure the development of efficient, reliable, and sustainable small caliber ammunition, catering to the evolving needs of military and law enforcement agencies globally.

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Germany Anti-Ship Missile Defence System Market Research : Global Economy, By Penetration, Forecast, 2024-2032.

In the ever-evolving landscape of maritime security, Germany stands at the forefront of innovation and technology in the development of anti-ship missile defense systems. With a strategic maritime presence and a commitment to safeguarding its coastal regions and maritime interests, Germany's defense industry plays a pivotal role in providing cutting-edge solutions to counter the growing threats posed by hostile ships, aircraft, and missiles.

The Germany Anti-Ship Missile Defence System Market is characterized by a robust ecosystem of defense contractors, including industry leaders such as ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems, Rheinmetall AG, and MBDA Deutschland. These companies specialize in developing and supplying a wide range of anti-ship missile defense systems, including surface-to-air missiles, naval gun systems, and integrated air defense networks, designed to counter a variety of maritime threats.

One of the primary drivers of the Germany anti-ship missile defense system market is the country's strategic maritime interests and its commitment to ensuring the safety and security of its coastal regions, vital sea lanes, and maritime trade routes. With a strong focus on innovation and technological superiority, German defense contractors work tirelessly to develop advanced solutions that can detect, track, and neutralize potential threats with precision and efficiency.

Moreover, German defense contractors are renowned for their expertise in radar systems, electronic warfare capabilities, and network-centric warfare solutions, which are essential components of modern anti-ship missile defense systems. By leveraging advanced technology and fostering collaboration with international partners, Germany remains at the forefront of innovation in naval defense, ensuring the continued superiority of its anti-ship missile defense capabilities.

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In addition to traditional naval threats, the anti-ship missile defense system market in Germany also addresses emerging challenges such as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), anti-ship ballistic missiles, and other asymmetric threats. By investing in research and development and maintaining a strong focus on technological innovation, German defense contractors are well-positioned to stay ahead of evolving threats and provide effective solutions to safeguard Germany's maritime interests.

Looking ahead, the future of the anti-ship missile defense system market in Germany appears promising, with continued investment in defense capabilities driving innovation and growth. As maritime security challenges continue to evolve, anti-ship missile defense systems will remain a critical component of Germany's defense posture, ensuring the safety and security of its coastal regions and maritime trade routes.

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Aselsan and Turkish Defence Industry Agency Sign Close-In Weapon Systems (CIWS) Contract

It has been announced that a contract worth € 82 million has been signed between Aselsan and and Turkish Defence Industry Agency (Savunma Sanayii Başkanlıqı, SSB) for the procurement of Close-In Weapon Systems (CIWS). Deliveries under the contract are scheduled to take place between 2024 and 2027. In January 2024, Aselsan and SSB also signed a contract for Naval Air Defence systems. According to a statement made by Aselsan on the Public Disclosure Platform (KAP), it was stated that a new contract valuing €15,6 milion and TRY 182.314.702 has been signed between Aselsan and SSB within the scope of Naval Air Defence Systems. The deliveries under this contract are planned to be completed between 2024 and 2027. The GOKDENIZ (Turkish: Aselsan Gökdeniz) complex along with Aselsan ATOM 35mm airburst ammunition is an all-weather-capable Turkish 35 mm dual barrel close-in weapon system (CIWS) developed by Aselsan. It is a CIWS variant of KORKUT Self-propelled anti-aircraft gun. Each GOKDENIZ platform carries a variant of Oerlikon 35 mm twin cannon, manufactured under licence by MKEK. The system's primary purpose is to defend against anti-ship missiles, unmanned aerial vehicles and other precision-guided munitions. It can also be employed against conventional and rotary-wing aircraft, surface ships, small water-crafts, coastal targets and floating mines. The CIWS system, sensors and electronics manufactured by Aselsan. The CIWS can fire up to 1100 rounds a minute up to an effective range of 4 km.

It has been announced that a contract worth € 82 million has been signed between Aselsan and and Turkish Defence Industry Agency (Savunma Sanayii Ba?kanl?q?, SSB) for the procurement of Close-In Weapon Systems (CIWS). Deliveries under the contract are scheduled to take place between 2024 and 2027. In January 2024, Aselsan and SSB also signed a contract for Naval Air Defence systems. According to…

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Strategic Analysis: Market Size and Share of Turret System in 2023

The Global Turret System Market is on the cusp of robust growth, with a projected escalation from USD 19.7 billion in 2022 to USD 22.6 billion by 2027, boasting a steady CAGR of 2.8%. This comprehensive report navigates through the market landscape, unraveling crucial insights into market trends, size, and the driving forces fueling this upward trajectory.

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Market Overview:

Military Modernization Pioneers: The market is fueled by expansive military modernization initiatives worldwide, aiming to augment the endurance, flexibility, and strength of existing armored vehicles. Modernization programs focus on integrating cutting-edge technologies, including main guns, remote weapons, ballistic armor, and composite materials, propelling the demand for advanced turret systems.

Market Dynamics:

Global Military Modernization:

Enhancing Combat Capabilities: Armed forces globally are spearheading modernization programs to elevate the capabilities of armored vehicles. Initiatives include the incorporation of advanced weaponry, ballistic protection, and composite technologies, underscoring the pivotal role of turret systems in contemporary military strategies.

Land Segment Leadership:

Modernized Turret Systems for Land Vehicles: The land segment is poised to lead the market, growing from USD 12.0 billion in 2022 to USD 13.9 billion by 2027. Rising demand for light armored vehicles (LAVs), main battle tanks (MBTs), and infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) equipped with advanced turret systems propels the growth of the land segment.

North America's Dominance:

US Spearheading Growth: North America, led by the US with a commanding 47.9% share, is positioned as a significant contributor to the turret system market. The region's focus on acquiring advanced combat vehicles and military naval vessels, coupled with its role as a global leader in turret system development and export, strengthens its position.

Technology Trends:

Military Modernization Initiatives:

Smart Technology Integration: Modernized artillery solutions with smart technology, automatic laying and loading capacities, and advanced fire control systems (FCS) are at the forefront of military modernization initiatives. Precision-guided munitions and integrated artillery systems contribute to neutralizing threats effectively.

Key Players:

Industry Stalwarts: Major players shaping the Turret System Market landscape include Rheinmetall AG, Moog Inc., Northrop Grumman Corporation, BAE Systems, and Lockheed Martin Corporation. These industry pioneers contribute to trends and technological innovations, positioning the market for sustained growth from 2018 to 2027.

The Turret System Market's ascendancy to USD 22.6 billion by 2027 signifies a transformative phase in military capabilities and technological advancements. Fueled by global military modernization, the market stands as a critical component in enhancing combat effectiveness. With the land segment leading the charge, propelled by the demand for modernized vehicles, and North America spearheading innovation and adoption, the market is poised for remarkable growth. This report serves as a comprehensive guide for stakeholders, providing deep insights into the trends, dynamics, and key players shaping the future of the Turret System Market. As nations invest in cutting-edge technologies to fortify their military prowess, the Turret System Market emerges as a linchpin in modern warfare strategies, paving the way for a dynamic and resilient defense landscape.

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Norway Made a Historic Exception in a 60-Year-Old Arms Export Rule - Technology Org

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Norway Made a Historic Exception in a 60-Year-Old Arms Export Rule - Technology Org

Norway, like pretty much all countries, has a set of rules about the export of products of its surprisingly big defense industry. Those rules exist so that this country could export its weapons and ammunition without accidentally becoming a party to an ongoing conflict and would not sell its weapons to dangerous non-state organizations. For example, Norway has stipulated that its defense industry cannot transfer weapons to countries at war. Like Ukraine

But now, starting January 1, 2024, the Norwegian government allows direct sales of weapons and other defense industry products to Ukraine.

The Naval Strike Missile (NSM) is one of those Norwegian weapons that could be sold directly to Ukraine now. Image credit: Department of Defense via Wikimedia

“In the extraordinary security situation resulting from Russia’s war of aggression, it is crucial that we continue to support Ukraine. Support for Ukraine is important for Norwegian and European security. We must plan for the possibility that the illegal war of aggression may be prolonged. The Government has therefore decided to permit direct sales of weapons and defense-related products from the Norwegian defense industry to Ukraine,” said Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide.

It is noted that this policy change means that Norwegian companies can apply to the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs for an export license for the direct sale of arms and other defense products to Ukraine.

Previously, this was not allowed because Ukraine is involved in an active armed conflict and only the Norwegian government itself could supply arms and ammunition to it, not the country’s defense industry companies. That is, the commercial sale of weapons was not possible at all due to a policy established as far back as 1959.

That policy, by the way, has not changed now – Norway simply made an exception for Ukraine due to these extraordinary circumstances, which are the Russian invasion. Other countries at war will not yet be able to buy weapons directly from Norwegian companies.

Export licenses for direct sales of defense products to Ukraine will be considered on a case-by-case basis. All applications will be carefully evaluated to ensure that guns do not end up in the wrong hands. Norway and NATO need to make sure that sensitive technologies don’t end up in the hands of Russia if these weapons end up being captured on a battlefield.

NASAMS in Lithuanian service. Image credit: Lithuanian MoD via Wikimedia

You’ve never heard of the Norwegian defense industry? Well, it is quite rich, actually. You might have heard of NASAMS air defense systems. This name is an acronym – NASAMS stands for Norwegian Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System.

The Naval Strike Missile (NSM), used by Norway, Poland, Malaysia, Germany, the United States, Japan, Romania, Canada, Australia and Spain, was originally called Nytt sjømålsmissil, because it is also Norwegian. Norway also makes the Protector RWS, which is a remotely controlled weapons station – basically, a remote turret for various machine guns and missiles.

All of these products are made by the Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace company, but there are smaller companies too and now they will be looking into selling their stuff to Ukraine.

Source: Regjeringen.no

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Anti Drone Market Share 2029

The global anti drone market size was USD 1.34 billion in 2021. The market is projected to grow from USD 1.58 billion in 2023 to USD 6.95 billion in 2029, exhibiting a CAGR of 23.55% during the forecast period.

This information is provided by Fortune Business Insights, in its report titled, “Anti Drone Market, 2023-2029.”

COVID-19 Impacts:

Rise in Number of Unauthorized Drones During the Pandemic Resulted in More Investment in Anti Drone Technology

In the midst of social isolation and other government rules to contain the virus, the COVID-19 pandemic caused a dramatic trend in the increase of drone use for various applications. About 865,505 drones were registered in the U.S. as of October 2022.

The threat posed by rogue drones increased along with the unprecedented growth in the number of drones during the pandemic. As drones can fly low, it may be challenging for radars to detect them. The deployment of drones by both state-sponsored and non-state actors has led to a rise in the prominence of C-UAS technology among defense organizations worldwide.

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Segments:

Interdiction Segment to Be the Fastest Growing Segment Due to Development of Advanced Technology to Counter Drones

By method, the market is segmented into detection and interdiction. Among these, the detection segment dominated the global anti drone market share in 2021. Detection segment held the largest market share in 2021.

Rise in Use of High Energy Lasers Will Propel the Market Growth

Based on technology, the market is classified into RF analyzer, acoustic sensor, optical sensor, radar, RF jammer, GPS spoofer, high power microwave device, nets and guns, and high energy lasers. The RF jammer segment accounted for the largest market share in 2021.

Rise in Ground Based Systems to Propel the Growth of the Segment

Based on platform, the market is segmented into ground based, UAV, and handheld. The ground-based segment accounted for the highest market share in 2021.

Report Coverage:

The report offers a detailed study of the market and a keen examination of the major segments of the market. It provides an in-depth analysis of key players and their insightful strategies to spur the market growth for monetary gains. It also shares tangible insights which guide business owners with their investment perspective. The regional dynamics and how they shape the market in an upward curve are presented in the following report. Moreover, COVID-19 impacts have been added for additional information and how it is expected to affect the demand for the product in the near future.

Drivers and Restraints:

Increasing Defense Spending by Governments to Drive the Anti Drone Market Growth

More anti drone systems will be required in the future to combat rogue drones, as the conflict in Ukraine has revealed. The U.S. Department of Defense has budgeted USD 668 million for counter drone technology development and USD 78 million for the purchase of such technology by the end of the following year.

The Indian armed forces have given new orders totaling USD 1.5 billion to Indian businesses for counter drone technologies. Additionally, a contract for a domestic counter drone naval system was signed by the Indian Navy with Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL).

Regional Insights:

North America to Dominate Backed by the Presence of Key Players

In 2021, the market was led by North America. The North America market was value at USD 0.44 billion in 2021 and is anticipated to expand at a moderate CAGR during the anticipated period. Key participants in the military industry's presence have been credited with the growth.

Due to increased investment in anti-drone technology and rising defense expenditures, the market in the Asia Pacific region is anticipated to develop at the greatest CAGR over the forecast period. The category is anticipated to rise as a result of the region's increased international border protection and airport security measures.

Increased investment in defense-related upgrading and the purchase of cutting-edge defense systems from other regional nations are both credited with contributing to Europe's economic prosperity.

Competitive Landscape:

Key Players Sign Significant Contracts to Make Remarkable Changes in Market

The players operating in the market often employ numerous tactics that will aid the market growth and product demand. Among the pool of strategies, one such notable strategy to expand the business prospect is signing multimillion contracts with government bodies and securing a profitable revenue for their own company.

Key Industry Development:

September 2021: The Indian Navy engaged in a deal with Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) for supply of indigenous comprehensive naval anti drone system with hard kill as well as soft kill capabilities.

List of Key Players Mentioned in the Report:

Raytheon Technology Corporation (U.S.)

Lockheed Martin Corporation (U.S.)

Israel Aerospace Industries (U.S.)

DroneShield (Australia)

Detect Inc (U.S.)

Dedrone Holdings Inc. (U.S.)

Liteye Systems Inc. (U.S.)

Elbit Systems Ltd. (Israel)

SaaB AB (Sweden)

Thales Group (France)

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Bubblegum Black: For A World Without Gold - Chapter 5 is now live!

In this chapter... shit gets real. Like, it's even more real than was thought previously possible, with a new fight scene and the introduction of an Anti-Knight Saber powersuited-cyborg kill team, all in the winding decks of a cargo ship lost at sea. That kind of real.

AG Fabrikraft: A wholly original megacorporation I drew up for this fic, one of several that will be a part of the Concern. To exposit in here without expositing out in the main fic, Fabrikraft is a cross-Scandinavian industrial titan, funded with the last of the Norwegian Sovereign Wealth Fund's oil money (petrochemicals are barely used now for, like, anything unless there's political reasons to keep them around) to make a giant focused around industrial, commercial, and consumer-grade additive manufacturing. There might be a bit of Chinese money in there, too, the same way the Chinese own Volvo IRL, but if there is it's laundered through too many intermediaries for anyone to tell. Most people in the 2060's know Fabrikraft as a sort of bastard cross between IKEA and Walmart, rapidly printing and assembling anything a consumer could want on-site or in the comfort of a consumer's home. Furniture, appliances, toys, weapons (print-a-gun vending machines are a depressingly common sight on American streets), feedstock-based food, things like that. Nothing as complex as a Boomer or even a neuromorphic computer, but Fabrikraft tech is used pretty prolifically in light industry to build parts of a whole. More and more, creators and inventors are turning to Fabrikraft's ManaCast network to provide blueprints for objects and gizmos to people around the world - from my CAD system to your CAM system, basically. The big catch is that Fabrikraft owns every blueprint uploaded to ManaCast, no exceptions, and as such they will copy and genericize anything developed by smaller organizations, then promote their own cloned products to kill competitors. Since their business is based on turning the ethereal into the physical, they're behind serious IP restrictions on digital content worldwide. No competition is allowed. So... yeah. That's Fabrikraft. Hopefully they're a cleverer Evil Megacorp business model than the kinds that usually populate cyberpunk settings.

A Brief Note On The Lagoon's Construction: I never did cover this, did I? Well, I'm covering it now, to detail that the Black Lagoon in this timeline is not a century-old WW2 Elco torpedo boat. However, it fulfills a very similar function by virtue of being a slightly larger Fast Attack Craft from World War Three. So! The Black Lagoon. A Halcyon-class Fast Attack Craft with light-stealthy features, a fancy fiberglass-and-armor hull, and two main weapons: An eight-shot HASh-M missile launcher, and an anti-air / anti-drone swarm laser gun. It was originally meant to be a cheap, semi-autonomous way to deliver ship-killing missiles into the heart of Chinese naval fleets around the Pacific Rim, either acting as an escort for bigger ships like cruisers and carriers or to damage the bigger ships on the enemy's side. In other words, it filled the same function as a WW2 Elco torpedo boat, but with more range and more survivability. Now, how did Dutch get his hands on one of these? Who knows. I've got secret backstories planned out for pretty much everyone of note except Dutch for this fic. Man's a goddamn enigma. Too bad.

Aaditri Nath: This a Bengali name, IIRC, with Aaditri being a derivative of the name of the goddess Lakshmi. Nath is just a surname. I think. I don't remember what exactly what was going through my mind beyond 'find a good Bengali name for this ship' for... reasons. You'll see in the next chapter.

More Details About the Space Development Bubble: Yeah, this is a sci-fi plot beat I'm pretty proud of, inspired by old-timey financial crises such as the South Sea Bubble, when the sinewy structure of capitalism was still mutating and evolving with a mix of a certain kind of technocynicism. So, since there's no real room to exposit on what happened in the mainline fic (though I had plans to do so in previous abandoned projects), let's go for it. So! It's after World War Three, and the financial system where Chinese and American debt (government bonds) are the bedrock of the global financial system is kaput. Both empires have spent nearly five years fighting each other to a bloody standstill and accelerating climate change beyond reasonable limits (while also making it clear that fossil fuel infrastructure is infinitely more fragile than renewables, so the one good thing that comes from the war is accelerating the death of petrogarchy), and no one wants to trust their money. So now there's a big void in the global financial system, and even if Cold War Two is gearing up, and even if Belt and Road / IMF financial imperialism is no longer really feasible, there still needs to be a bedrock guarantee in investor portfolios. What to do? Enter the Space Public Development Corporation, a semipublic / semiprivate conglomerate of space agencies and aerospace companies, washing their wartime excesses with Muskian 'planet's fucked let's go to Mars' rhetoric. Given nearly a trillion in seed funding, they propose a simple plan to get even more money to build a fully-fledged Lunar Colony by 2069, a fully-functional Space Elevator a little before or after that, and Lagrange Point O'Neil Cylinders by the end of the century. Armstrong Bonds: Invest now, and within decades you'll have your money back in kind, ensured by orbital manufacturing and asteroid mining's infinite bounty. So once earnest space exploitation (not exploration lol) starts to pay dividends to some people around the 2050's or so, the SPDC becomes an inadvertent anchor of the global financial system. And once the SPDC becomes dependent on GENOM for Boomer labor for orbital and lunar development, that just extends GENOM's power. One could track this, so it's said, by the way Anchorpoint went from an industrial town, a megastructure disguised as a city, to a city with luxury and financial districts for the rich and powerful to enjoy the promise of the future. And then, on July 20th, 2069 - a century from the lunar landing - the grand opening of the Lunar Expo and Tranquility City is bombed. The entire colony just goes up. What follows is a secretive week known as Orbit War One, a mess of battles between the SPDC's assets and rampant Boomers hellbent on disassembling those assets. The lunar massdriver is almost hijacked to Moon-is-a-harsh-mistress major Earth cities; the skeletal Lagrange point space stations go down for the count; satellites both military and civilian are vaporized. In other words, trillions of dollars in investments are just gone. And it gets worse, because then a cascade of leaks reveal how behind schedule and over budget most of the big development projects are, how many lies have been told, how the SPDC has become one big pyramid embezzlement scheme. Suddenly Armstrong bonds are worthless, the cyberpunk equivalent of the US or China defaulting on their debt in the present. Suddenly deflation is starting to set in, because there is no other stable anchor for hyperfinancialized capitalism. Suddenly a lot of people don't have the money they were promised. Why do I like this as a plot point? Because I think cyberpunk writers dealing with megacorps seem to think that megacorps and quasifeudal capitalism are a stable, unmovable system. It isn't. Witness the 2008 crash, witness Japan and now China's real estate bubbles, witness any number of points where faith in capital's wisdom lead to collapse.

Sail Kite: This is a real thing, launching giant parasail-shaped kites out into the air to 'sail' the titanic cargo ships that are key to the delivery of goods in our globalized world, and thereby reduce their emissions.

Huginn / Muninn: Avimorph 'drones' are basically birdlike Boomers that can hover like hummingbirds despite their size, replacing quadcopter drones everywhere. Huginn and Muninn are Nene's surveillance drones that she uses to scope out an area if the Sabers have 'prep time', to borrow a phrase from Batman fans, named after the ravens that sat on Odin's shoulders, from Norse Mythology. Nene named them thus not because of any connection to the Nords, but out of sheer chunni energy. Awhile back, by the way, I had a very stupid idea: Fujoshi Nene. "I have written half a dozen friendfic doujins about Leon and Daley, they have sold impossibly well at Neo-Cyber-Comiket, you cannot stop me."

The Anzio: Yes, 20mm Vulcan anti-materiel rifles are real. No, a real-life Anzio would not be the kind of thing you could run across a slippery deck with, they're fuckin' huge and I mentally scaled them down to the size of a Barrett fiddy-cal for this fight scene. I am genuinely sorry for this inaccuracy, but the scene still works regardless. I think. I might be wrong. I have been wrong about my own writing before, ask anyone who's ever read Divine Patronage.

The Zombie Squad: So! Here we have the Evil Knight Sabers Be Like moment, framing a Sinister Squad of Supervillains who can oppose the Sabers so that the Saber-oriented fight scenes aren't just fighting various teams of Boomers. So let's break them down. First off, the name came from one of my favorite Chapo Trap House episodes, where they review Stallone's Cobra, a film where the Super Cool Cop Man is on something called the 'Zombie Squad', which in turn was inspired by spec-op-ish squads of Belgian police who would practice vigilantism. Nasty stuff, but cool to the 80's attitude of 'why don't the cops just kill all the bad guys'. Yeesh. But the name takes on extra dimensions here, not just because of the ancient Egyptian god names (the pantheon is called the... Ogdoad, or something like that? I forget) referencing a culture obsessed with death, but because, in case you haven't noticed, all the ZS members refer to each other as corpses of one sort or another. Now, as to the identity of each squadmember? I'll reveal them bit by bit, trickle by trickle, but I'll give you a hint for now: No Member Is An Original Character. That's right, they All Come From Crisis And Lagoon Genre-Adjacent Properties, If Not The Properties Themselves. Moreover, They Have All Died Once. The hunt is on. See if you can figure out who's who! Message me if you know! Or just hang out in the BGC Discord where I'll probably spoil it all very aggressively.

Squad Suits: Heavily based off of this image from the Bubblegum Crisis EX RPG expansion, which itself used pre-production concept art willy-nilly:

Anyway, take away the tread feet and specialize each mech a bit and that's the approximate size and shape of a Squad powersuit.

Piledriver Weapon: I have not played Armored Core 6. Yet.

Ba Xing Chong: Yes, that is a reference to the gun you get when you kill Adam Smasher in Cyberpunk 2077, the homing explosive-slug volley gun that might as well be a minimissile launcher, which it essentially is here. And, yes, it's mounted under something very close to the MK.31 HMG from Cyberpunk 2077, although not really that. Intersections with CP2077 / 2020's world and BGC2069 are, as evinced by my two abandoned projects Witch of Tranquility and Handful of Dust, still very much present here. Ugh, I need to orphan or delete those projects someday, they're a mark of immense shame for me.

Koko Hekmatyar: Whoo boy. I've set myself a challenge here. That's right, folks, Jormungand's Koko Hekmatyar, charismatic arms dealer, megalomaniac, and probable shotacon (ick), is one of the main villains of this fic, the shadowy face of GENOM's involvement with the sinister plot to take over Roanapur! And that's right, folks, I haven't seen Jormungand and don't really plan to anytime soon, because it looks somewhat drab as an anime absent Koko! But look. Plenty of Lagoon fics will drag Koko into their shenanigans just for funsies. Bullets, the fic I reviewed so highly awhile ago, just throws her in there like that to make more jokes, mostly at her expense. So is it a big deal if I throw her in there to perform the role of maniacal antagonist? I don't think it is. We'll see more of her in chapters to come, though. Make no mistake about that. Her goals are her own, and her power is unmistakable. She might have left Daddy's company, but she still wields forces that can level nations and lesser empires.

I should also mention that Chapter 6 might not come out until after my usual monthly posting deadline, just so people aren't surprised. I had plans for the chapter, wrote a great deal of them, then scrapped them when I realized they didn't work, so now it's back to the drawing board. Ah well.

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Rising use cases in the metaverse and artificial intelligence (AI) are opening up new windows to different sectors. Defense News, a political and News provider, reported that the German military is leveraging the technologies to enhance their capabilities. GhostPlay, an endeavor for AI-based decision making, is providing them with necessary apparatus to examine different aspects of their systems. Metaverse And AI Could Be a Deadly Combination  GhostPlay uses military simulation to identify potential shortcomings. Moreover, it employs self learning artificial intelligence at its heart. The German Defense Ministry funded the project to galvanize the research sector into action. GhostPlay programmers claim to have created digital twins of would-be battlefields. CEO of a German AI manufacturer involved with the metaverse endeavor 21strategies, Yvonne Hofstetter, explained the potential of the initiative to Defense News. She said, “If the assignment were to recreate Lithuania for a simulation, coders would fan out to copy the environment “down to the last leaf” using satellite photos and local authorities’ databases on everything from housing, infrastructure and vegetation.” Defense News also mentioned that researchers have begun implementing the project’s idea of AI decision making to existing military equipment. AI decision making can enhance hit Rate and consequently the chances of survival, as explained with reference to Germany’s Flakpanzer Gepard, a self-propelled anti-aircraft gun. The Gepard fleet is reportedly accumulating dust in Germany. The nation sent 46 from the cluster to war-torn Ukraine. It can mirror actions of enemy weapons according to Defense News with Hofstetter adding that, “There is enough info … kind of scary, really.” AI is Ahead of the Metaverse In Terms of Adoption Artificial intelligence and metaverse integration could unfurl new possibilities for several industries. AI has the capacity to fill virtual worlds with loads of content. Extensive usage of generative AI over the past year has shown that even small amounts of data can produce a large variety of unique content. The Ohio State team is training first responders for extreme events using the metaverse, the state’s independent newspaper The Lantern reported. A simulated environment can upskill them to deliver life-saving aid. In October 2022, the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) entered the metaverse. In July 2023, Will Knight of American magazine Wired reported on the naval forces’ use of artificial intelligence. Knight highlighted the US Navy’s (Task Force 59) usage of AI and Robotics, technologies that can change the face of battle. There are nearly 400 Million monthly active users (MAUs) in the metaverse. Notably, a better part of this population is underaged. AI, in contrast, is way ahead with nearly 77 percent of devices equipped with artificial intelligence. Big tech companies including Microsoft, Meta Platforms, Google and more are coming up with a range of AI solutions.

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Global Naval Gun System Market was valued at USD 7.25 Billion in 2021 and is expected to reach USD 9.71 Billion by the year 2028, at a CAGR of 4.25%.

Naval Gun System Market- Global Size, Share & Industry Trends | IMR