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Post by Korvalis on Jul 2, 2022 20:42:31 GMT
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KORVALIS SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHES ZORYA II SPACECRAFT Cosmonauts on board the Zorya II have successfully reached orbit, circling 250 miles above the earth's surface. They are beginning the process of constructing an international space station, which President Zelenska hopes will usher in an age of peace, prosperity, and cooperation between all nations. |
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Post by Korvalis on Jul 2, 2022 23:02:15 GMT
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HORRIFIC SCENES IN TEST BUNKERSPresident Zelenska spoke in a press briefing this afternoon about the horrific scenes found in the test bunkers constructed by the previous government 70 years ago. Evidence of mass murders, mass suicides, cannibalism, and starvation were found in all 12 bunkers. All 2,500 human remains have been recovered and given proper burials.
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Post by Korvalis on Jul 3, 2022 6:35:35 GMT
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PEOPLE'S LIBERATION NAVY REVEALS ARSENAL SUBMARINESThe Korvalis People's Liberation Navy has revealed 5 Perun-class arsenal submarines currently under construction by Korvalis Steel Works. The Perun-class arsenal submarines are intended to become the flagships of the People's Liberation Navy's five submarine fleets. Serving the role of an underwater battleship, they are equipped six torpedo launchers and an impressive 512 (8x64) vertical launch bays. Fleet Admiral Yuryi Kovalenko, Chief of the People's Liberation Navy, had this to say. "During our brief civil war and wars against Romanic, we faced issues of our guided missile vessels quickly depleting their cruise missile inventory, leaving us to rely on stealth bombers while they re-armed at sea or in-port. The concept behind the arsenal submarines is to serve as a sort of undersea battleship, capable of unleashing a massive salvo of hypersonic cruise missiles against our foes without the need to re-arm so often. Most importantly, they will be used as deterrents alongside the People's Liberation Air Force's Pazuzu aerial warships."
PEOPLE'S LIBERATION AIR FORCE REVEALS FIFTH PAZUZU UNDER CONSTRUCTION
Korvalis Aerospace Industries has revealed plans to construct a fifth Pazuzu by month's end.
Chief of the People's Liberation Air Force, General Anastasyia Melnyk, stated "Originally, we only had plans for the four Pazuzus. But after the re-organization of our forces to focus on the five geographic areas of responsibility across the globe (editor's note: the five locations are Northern, Eastern, Southern, Western, and Central)
it was decided a fifth Pazuzu was needed for adequate deterrence."
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Post by Korvalis on Jul 8, 2022 15:05:04 GMT
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AIRLINER CRASHES AFTER TAKEOFF, NO SURVIVORS
At 9:55 am, an airliner departing from Ziezów International Airport crashed minutes after takeoff. All 269 passengers and flight crew were killed. Authorities are investigating the accident and are attempting to locate the flight recorder, also known as the black box. President Zelenska expressed her deepest sympathies to the families who lost loved ones on the flight
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Post by Korvalis on Jul 8, 2022 23:41:40 GMT
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AUTHORITIES DETERMINED CAUSE OF PLANE CRASH
Authorities have recovered the flight recorders and determined that an autopilot failure and pilot error led to the deadly accident earlier today. According to the cockpit recorder and flight data recorder, the autopilot failed just minutes after takeoff at 5,000 feet above ground level, leading to the aircraft to slowly bank left and pitch downwards.
The crew saw that the instrument panel was indicating a descending turn, but failed to realize that the autopilot had malfunctioned. Instead, the crew believed that their instruments were at fault, leading to impact one minute and nine seconds following the autopilot failure.
According to their logbooks, the captain had over 4,500 flight hours, and the first officer had nearly 2,000 flight hours.
Weather reports from this morning indicated instrument flying conditions (IFR) existed, with overcast skies with a low ceiling and fog limiting visibility to less than half a mile.
President Zelenska has mandated that airlines provide refresher training to their airline pilots to prevent such a tragedy from occurring again. President Zelenska will also attend a vigil being held tonight in Ostrodańsk in memory of those who perished from the accident.
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Post by Korvalis on Jul 11, 2022 0:34:14 GMT
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BLACK MOUNTAIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OPENS
The People's Republic of Korvalis announced this evening that the Black Mountain Research Institute (BMRI, for short) will be opening tomorrow morning. The BMRI is a vast civilian research complex for nearly every conceivable field in science, technology, and engineering.
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Post by Korvalis on Jul 14, 2022 19:10:39 GMT
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KORVALIS TO WITHDRAW FROM ROMANIC FOLLOWING AGREEMENT
The People's Republic of Korvalis has achieved agreeable terms with the Romanic Imperium, and the Korvalis People's Liberation Forces are closing down their bases and preparing to ship back home. The terms of the agreement are as follows:
-Reduction of its WMD inventory from 25,000 to no more than 500
-Reduction of its ICBM inventory from 33,000 to no more than 1,500
-Reduction of its long range missile inventory from 100,000 to no more than 10,000
-Allowing inspectors from a neutral country of Romanic's choice to inspect the stockpile once every six months and ensure the stockpile hasn't exceeded the limits
President Zelenska stated that the reduction of arms will still allow Romanic to possess nuclear and conventional deterrence against outside threats, but without the doomsday amount that could wipe the population of the planet several times over.
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Post by Korvalis on Jul 15, 2022 23:42:37 GMT
KORVALIS NEWS NETWORK KORVALIS PEOPLE'S LIBERATION FORCES UNDERGO REORGANIZATION
The Korvalis People's Liberation Forces High Command is reorganized to 7 different Unified Combatant Commands, each covering a different area of responsibility: Northwest, North Central, Eastern, Far East, South Central, Southern, and Central Commands. Each Combatant Command will have assets from the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, and Strategic Rocket Forces. The new structure can be seen here: www.nationstates.net/nation=korbalis/detail=factbook/id=1733449The Korvalis People's Liberation Forces also unveiled new rank insignias, to take effect immediately: www.nationstates.net/nation=korbalis/detail=factbook/id=1694720Finally, a tri-service (Army, Navy/Marines, and Air Force/Strategic Rocket Forces) Honor Guard and Precision Drill battalion has been formed, with each branch providing a company of their finest Honor Guards and a company of their best precision drill teams. |
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Post by Korvalis on Jul 15, 2022 23:43:14 GMT
KORVALIS NEWS NETWORK CENTRAL COMMITTEE EXPANDS IN SIZE
The Central Committee has voted to expand its membership from seven members to 52. It is now comprised of the Chairman of the Central Committee (President Zelenska), Deputy Chairman of the Central Committee (Aleksandr Nykolaichuk), 20 Ministers, and 30 Committee Members representing their respective oblasts. www.nationstates.net/nation=korbalis/detail=factbook/id=1683907 |
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Post by Korvalis on Jul 16, 2022 5:15:49 GMT
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UNMANNED ROCKETS, MODULES LAUNCHED INTO ORBIT
Cosmonauts on the Zorya II have so far received five modules that have been launched into orbit. The Korvalis People's Space Program estimates that 40 total modules will have to be launched before the International Space Station is completed. The People's Republic of Korvalis invites other nations with a space program to participate once the ISS is completed.
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Post by Korvalis on Jul 16, 2022 19:20:44 GMT
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PRESIDENT ZELENSKA NOW PRESIDENT-FOR-LIFE
The Central Committee has voted 51-0-1 to elect President Karina Zelenska as President-for-Life, with Zelenska as the sole abstaining vote. President Zelenska enjoys a historic 93% approval rating with the general public, and a 98% approval rating with the Communist Party of Korvalis, making her the most popular president in Korvalis's history.
Korvalis's previous president, Yuryi Shevchenko, had a 53% approval rating at the start of his term, which crashed to 7% by the end of his term, allowing Zelenska to easily defeat him during re-election. President Shevchenko's term was marred with corruption, police brutality, scandals, and egregious misconduct.
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Post by Korvalis on Jul 17, 2022 20:27:53 GMT
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KORVALIS RECOGNIZES ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AS CITIZENS
After fierce debates in the National People's Congress, the NPC has voted 243 to 207 to pass a bill recognizing sentient artificial intelligence as human-like beings and therefore capable of holding citizenship. The bill refers to these types of sentient AI's as "Synthetic Intelligence."
The Central Committee signed the bill into law this afternoon.
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Post by Korvalis on Jul 18, 2022 20:59:48 GMT
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KORVALIS SPACE PROGRAM LAUNCHES TELESCOPES
The Korvalis Space Program has launched several modules into orbit containing highly advanced scientific telescopes capable of detecting sources across the electromagnetic spectrum, such as gamma rays, x-rays, and ultraviolet to name a few. The telescopes were developed by the Black Mountain Research Institute, and will be used to observe phenomena such as supernovas, neutron stars, pulsars, black holes, stars, galaxies, planets, and nebulae.
Korvalis is willing to provide unrestricted access to its scientific data and findings for free to the public and other nations.
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Post by Korvalis on Jul 21, 2022 19:09:46 GMT
KORVALIS NEWS NETWORK PEOPLE'S LIBERATION AIR FORCE BEGINS MASSIVE BOMBING CAMPAIGN ON ROMANIC Following the start of the third Romanic Imperium war, the People's Republic of Korvalis has sunk the majority of the Romanic fleet and begun a massive bombing campaign on Romanic military targets utilizing precision guided munitions. Guided missile ships are providing further support by firing hypersonic cruise missiles. Korvalis is aiding its allies of Evergreen Republic and Pac Derman from the air. Rumors indicate that the Special Reconnaissance Unit, codenamed the Black Tigers, is operating somewhere in Romanic territory and providing terminal guidance and battle damage assessment for allied aircraft.
The war began shortly after Korvalan warships fired upon Romanic warships in international waters. Romanic warships began chasing Korvalan warships, attempting to drive them out of internationally recognized waters (defined by the Cramer-John Oceanic Act as beyond 50 miles from a nation's coastline). Korvalan warships fired warning shots at Romanic ships, but they ignored the warning shots and continued attempting to chase the Korvalan warships. Admiral Roman Kravchuk, commanding officer of the Korvalan warships in the area, followed Korvalis's established rules of engagement and opened fire on Romanic ships. Romanic ships pulled back while awaiting further orders, allowing Korvalis to consolidate nearly 150 combat ships (including a hundred hunter-killer submarines) in the AO (area of operations). When Romanic ships returned, they walked right into Korvalis's trap. 400 sailors and a dozen pilots were taken POW and taken to mainland Korvalis.
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Post by Korvalis on Jul 25, 2022 20:21:07 GMT
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PEOPLE'S LIBERATION AIR FORCE LAUNCHES FIFTH PAZUZU
The People's Liberation Air Force has confirmed that it has launched the fifth and final Pazuzu-class aerial warship. It is assisting the other four in maintaining the integrity of Korvalan airspace.
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