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In my (rather weak) defense, I'm in the middle of another cybersecurity competition, keeping my skills (skillz?) tuned up for the defense of the cyber realm.
But that got me thinking earlier this week that Slabovia has more of a military presence than we really claim to. If you believe our outward statements, we mainly just have a Navey (sic) and a Maroon Corps. But we also have SCENTDROP (our cybersecurity force), drones, a trained and capable space force in BARFleet, and a nascent Space Maroon capability. We're currently seeing in various world conflicts that drones are rapidly changing the face of combat, the US military has created a "Space Force" to prosecute war in that domain, and a couple of years ago Canada created a separate Cyber Command within their military structure (led by Major General Dave, who I've known since he was Officer Cadet Dave).
What I'm driving at, I think, is that micronations can't compete with macronations in the traditional military space - the cost of a single destroyer would collectively bankrupt pretty much all of the micronations, much less being able to pay to fuel and arm it. But where we can maybe "compete", or at least be near-peers, is in the emerging military sectors of cyber, drone, and space.
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| The ship's crest of the USS Don Quixote, the flag ship of BARFleet |
