Brazil - Encrypted Phone Call To Argentina

[Moe]

Sitting in his newly remodeled study, chomping on a high lit Cohiba, sifting through papers and generally growing frustrated looking for things, Brazilian President Victor Romero decides to call his Friend President Herrero of Argentina.

The Brazilian Cyber Team encrypts the call and when he is told it s safe to pick up, he jabs a finger at the button designated for Argentina.

"Hello, this is President Romero. May I please speak with President Herrero? I will hold."

 

[Naio90]

The call would be put directly to the President on a private line.

"Victor, my friend, how are you? Please, have my private number. We can talk or chat over Telegram, its quicker that way."

President Herrero would give the brazilian leader his specially encrypted cellphone number."

 

[Moe]

"I'm doing great, Mr. President. Good idea to exchange numbers, especially if we just want to send a quick message. And here is my number."

President Romero would also share his encrypted phone number with the Argentine President.

"Remodeling the Presidential den has been time consuming for me, and I think I may have lost a few papers here and there, but I am ready to start to get back to work.
Last time we spoke we ready to launch our first joint exercise, and our first mission under the Argentina/Brazil Quick Reaction Force banner.

We also should finalize our plans concerning the refurbishing of the two Brazilian aircraft carriers. I have contacted the French recently and believe I may be able to purchase the Dassault Rafale carrier variant."

 

[Naio90]

"I understand our 4 warships already reached Natal and are awaiting instructions to join the brazilian ships out at sea. We put a lot of interest in this Joint Quick Force.

Also, regarding the Clemenceau-Carrier Upgrade package, i re-send you the specs. We estimated the cost to be 7bn, right? Afterwards upgrading each unit would cost about 7 to 8% of that cost."

Clemenceau Upgrade Package

Clemenceau-Class Upgrade Project:​

Displacement: 40,000t
Length: 265 m (869 ft) (290m flight deck)
Beam: 31.7 m (104 ft)
Draught: 8.60 m (28.2 ft)
Propulsion: Nuclear Powered INVAP RN1 (4 shafts - 4 screws)
Power: 210,000kW
Range: Unlimited distance; 20–25 years
Speed: TBD based on Argentinian Nuclear Power Systems
Range: Infinite with Nuclear Power
Complement: 2000 (Including air group)

Aviation facilities
Angled flight deck (allowing concurrent landings and takeoffs)
Flight Deck surface: 290m
Main runway lenght: 91.44m
Catapults: 2 Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch Systems (EMALS) - Jet blast deflector
Fresnel Lens Optical Landing System
Universal launching – landing systems, allowing different aircraft manufacturers to operate.
Emergency services
Arresting wires: 4
Hangar Bay: 26m width, 8m hight and 190m lenght. 180m in length and 22m-24m in width, and occupies a total area of 3,900m2. Capacity forup to 44 aircraft, spare jet engines, fuel tanks and other heavy equipment. It is divided in four zones by sliding safety doors.
Elevators: 2 high-speed, aluminum hydraulic, located surrounding the Hangar Bay and connecting it with the flight deck. Each can lift around 80,000kg up to the flight deck in 9 seconds and has space for 2 fighters.
Maintenance sector: located at the end of the ship, with open space for engine testings.

Aircraft capacity
- Hangar Bay space for 44+ aircraft, plus limited on-deck parking.
- Sample load out: 24 fighters, 14 helicopters, 6 radar aircraft.
- Fighter, support fixed wing and helicopter operations.
- Flight deck and strip on the port side. Helicopter pads and decks to the off the starboard quarter.

Command Center (island)
- Radar and communication systems
- Primary Flight Control Area
- Ship command center
- Operational rooms

Facilities
- Berthing compartments (for all personnel, divided per sectors)
- Multiple galleys, mess-halls, living-quarters etc.
- Dry and wet storages, freezer rooms.
- Air conditioning.
- Onboard desalination plant

Systems
INVAP Naval AESA
INVAP Maritime OTH Radar
INVAP LR3DR
INVAP OTH ELINT
INVAP Ar-IFCS-TI
INVAP SATC Radar
INVAP SSNR (Surface Search &Navigation Radar)
INVAP Torpedo Decoy STT1
INVAP Naval Decoy Launching System

Armament (Distributed around the ship)
x6 CITEFA Colibri
x8 CITEFA Linea
x2 cells CITEFA Rufian
x12 12.7mm machineguns

On Board Storage capacity
- 3,500m³ gallons of jet fuel
- Food for 2,000 for up to 90 days
- Water 900,000 gallons storage capacity, complemented and supplied through desalinization plant.

 

[Moe]

"Correct again, Mr. President. The Admiral's on the ground will take care of the day to day operations and report back. The group of islands they are using as part of the exercise are the Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago. We would like to propose a base there. A joint base. It sits 1000km directly Northeast of Natal. We would like the base to be able to accommodate, 1 carrier, 20 warships and 3 subs. We propose building a 2500m runway and enough hangars for for 24 combat jets and 10 helicopters. We also wish to have a wing of at least 12 bombers on site as well, especially our Xian-H6 bombers.

We are planning to put a Battalion of 1000 marines on the island group as well as well as a Club M Coastal Battery, radar Station and SAM Battery, possibly the Pantsir 2 we already employ.

I would be open to any suggestions, and would hope you would be willing to contribute some of your formidable airpower on the island as a "Mid-Atlantic Quick Reaction Squadron."

 

[Naio90]

"We are very interested in the strategic potential of this Atlantic base, mostly because of the importance of monitoring maritime and aerial traffic coming and going to and from what we consider our "mare nostrum", the South Atlantic. The extra-continental powers holding colonies there are always a concern for us.

This airbase would be perfect for stationing Anti-Shipping and Maritime Patrol Aircraft."

 

[Moe]

"I think we can even go one step further and think about possibly building artificial islands. A string of three or four throughout the Atlantic. My Army Corps of engineers as well as the private sector investigating where, when and how much a potential string of islands may cost. perhaps you can do the same and call me back when you have some information or ideas?"

 

[Naio90]

"That is indeed an idea we mentioned more than once within our Government. Multiple defense specialists and analysts suggested the idea of creating advanced monitoring and resupply stations in the atlantic oceans to help counter the potential threat of foreign powers operating there without the proper surveillance of the argentine navy.

I will try to speak with the proper specialists and see if we can come up with a better idea for potential islands and even an approximate cost"

 

[Moe]

The largest Belmonte is not large enough to accommodate a 3500 meter runway for hangars for jets. Belmonte island is roughly 5.3 meters square. I suggest we build an artificial runway on the western side of the island. Using the space we have on Belmonte Island we can store anywhere from 75 -100 hangars for fighters and or bombers. As well as the necessary space for radar installations, control towers, barracks for troops and pilots, trenches, SAM and Ballistic missile batteries.

Challenger Island, Nordeste Islet and Cabra island can be used as a series of ports for our North Atlantic fleet. Enough for a Carrier fleet to reside full-time in. Enough for a sub base.

 

[Naio90]

"I think the international situation has now improved, and economically speaking we could move on with the construction of this naval base. Argentina will provide one of our secret developments, the Petrel Long Range Maritime Radar. This strategic OTH radar has the capacity to detect and track ships at a distance of up to 3,000nm. Locating it at this point would neable us to monitor almost all maritime traffic crossing the Atlantic Ocean from north to south and viceversa.

Modern warfare doctrine includes aerial and ballistic strikes as one of the most frequent maneuvers before any other land or naval strike. We should take this into account at the moment of fortifying the islands."

 

[Moe]

"Yes, of course, We will be able to provide 1 Arrow 3 ballistic missile system. The Arrow 3 can fire 6 missiles that have a range of up to 2,400 km. They can be reloaded within an hour. We will also provide a battery of 5 BUK3 SAM's which have a range of 70km and can engage air sea and land targets. We will need to acquire some Surface to ship missile defenses as well, but remember this will be a naval port as well, so we will have ships that can combat enemy ships.

But I do believe at this point we need to talk overall construction at this point and how it should or can be accomplished. The 5 islets have a combined emerged area of about 11,500 square meters, or about one and a half football pitches, it is not a lot, but we hear the Chinese are doing the same and they are just starting with coral reefs.

Will will need to dredge all of the areas surrounding the 5 islets first and then using dredgers we can, using the sand from the islets seabed, place sand on the existing rocky islets, and then place thick layer of rocks are on that. Finally, a thick layer of cement is added to the first two layers. Once this is completed we can then flatten out the entire island we have just completed and continue to expand on it.

The small size if the archipelago is to our advantage as it should not take long time to fill in the gaps between each of the islets, once they are dredged.

The longest part will be to dredge and fill the cove between all of the main islets. But time is on our side.

 

[Naio90]

"What would be the estimated cost for this particular project? If it is within reasonable numbers, Argentina is more than willing to fund its part of the deal. WIll it have some kind of environmental impact? Do we have some local fauna or flora we should we aware of, in case environmentalist groups hear of this plan? ALso, should we keep this development secret to certain degree? It is only time until the media hears of this, due to its large scope."

 

[Moe]

We estimate the cost of the project to be 5 billion dollars. We believe the project can be completed in a year's time, given that we already working with 15,000 m2 of land to which we can build on. Thankfully, flora or fauna or nearly absent from the islands. The islets are mainly rocks, however they are mostly barren, except for some sea algae and fungi that can tolerate the salt spray. The only animals are seabirds. Brazilian fisherman fish the islets for tuna, my government will just have to come to an agreement and compensate them.

I believe the cost is worth the potential of the base. As you said we will be able to monitor the entire Atlantic ocean from here. With the proposed airbase it will be like a permanent aircarft carrier and a heavily defended one. With the naval we will be able to launch any naval or relief operations almost anywhere in the world, from Africa to Europe.

 

[Naio90]

"Should Argentina finally clear its part of the 5bn, we would feel more comfortable with a clear Agreement signed by both parties, stating the joint use of this base, due to its strategic importance and high cost. Would that be okay with you?

Also, we have information that colombian authorities have contacted you (their call was not encrypted or secret). We are eager to hear more about their political position and foreign policies. Please, if you can, could you share more information about them? We will eventually contact them as well."

 

[Moe]

"I believe the base, though stationed in Brazilian waters, will absolutely be a joint Argentine/Brazilian Base. We believe this to be a truly be a collaboration between two friends. We are completely ready to share all resources with you. We envision a base with up to 75 fighters and bombers, a helicopter wing, and a UAV wing. The make up of those is entirely dependent on what each country can provide. As you have heard me say before, the naval aspect of the base would make room for an entire Carrier group, plus a small sub base. We would also like to garrison at a 1000 Marines on the base. The main point is that we can balance each other.

I believe one thing Argentina could provide would be a battery of four DF-21 missile systems. Yes, it would pull a battery from Argentina, but given the location, this would actually extend Argentina's footprint. We should also acquire a battery of 4 or 5 S-300 or S-400 SAM's. We have been working the SEUOSS about acquiring S-400's from them.

As far as Columbia, yes, we did receive an unencrypted message from them. We have responded with an encrypted phone call.
@Naio90

 

[Moe]

"Unfortunately, Columbia has not replied to our call, so we will just continue to hope more governments will rise up and join us in restoring the pride and power of our great continent. A few months ago you told me Brazil would be able to procure a loan of 10 billion dollars to assist with a military purchase that will increase the capabilities of both of our countries.

France is currently producing 100 Rafaele Dassault M's that we can employ on the two air craft carriers we are going to refurbish with your assistance and arms industry."

@Naio90

 

[Naio90]

"The loan offer still stands. If my memory is right, it had a repayment clause with a delay of 6 months and then they were monthly installments right? Do you remember of how much each month? That is for us to redact the contract so that we can sign and transfer the money asap.

The Rafale is a very fine and modern aircraft, which will significantly improve your combat capabilities."

 

[Moe]

"The loan would be repaid at a rate of 1 Billion dollars a month, if there more in the Brazilian treasury, we will of course try to speed up the process and extra amounts when we can. And oh, by the way, perhaps later we can talk about the after action report from our joint naval exercise. I am sure there are things to improve upon. But it is a great initial step in our bilateral defensive alliance."

 

[Naio90]

"Great, once we sign the contract, we will transfer the money." The contract would privately be faxed.

LOAN CONTRACT
Between the
Republic of Argentina
and the
Federative Republic of Brazil

​

1. The Republic of Argentina, through the Central Bank of the Republic of Argentina, agrees to loan to the Federative Republic of Brazil the total amount of $10,000,000,000.00 USD with a total interest rate of 0%.

2. The Federative Republic of Brazil is free to employ the total amount of the loaned money, mentioned in point 1, freely.

3. The Federative Republic of Brazil agrees to return the loaned sum of money to the Republic of Argentina in monthly installments of $1,000,000,000.00, beginning on the sixth month after the signing of the present contract.

4. In case of the Federative Republic of Brazil presenting internal political inconsistencies that could lead to the dissolution of its national Government, the Republic of Argentina can automatically reclaim the remaining amount of loaned money immediatly.


For the Republic of Argentina: _____________________________
For the Federative Republic of Brazil: ________________________

 

[Moe]

For the Federative Republic of Brazil: President Victor Romero

With the contract signed, it would be encrypted and faxed back to Argentina.

With that said, please give me your thoughts on the proposed naval base. Also, the Dassaults are ready to be delivered today for the Carriers.