OOC: I am writing under the assumption that this summit is not taking place under the eye of television cameras, reporters, and the like. If it is, those parts which Thatcher asks to have remain off the record will be regarded as not having been said. I am also assuming that the summit is timelocked to November 23, 2020, as that is the date on the first post; anything listed as scheduled to happen between then and the present can be assumed to have occurred as stated.
Thatcher shuffled through the papers she had brought with her until she found the one she sought. "According to the writeup I brought with me," she said, "And, of course, every military briefing I've ever attended, the Tytorian Royal Armed Services remain in peak condition, ready for any direct contemporary threat. The Tytorian Royal Army, for instance, is at the same level of preparedness as ever. The Royal Army presently has a limited number of troops in Merina serving as Council of Albion-sanctioned peacekeepers and observers within the developing peace process there. A few elements of the Tytorian Royal Marine Corps are there as well, mainly serving as part of the security details of Council inspection teams in Merina's ports.
"Similarly, the Tytorian Royal Air Force is at the top of its game as well. There is talk within the Ministry of the Air Force about resuming the acquisition of the
Tri-Star AS-60 Raven, with the goal of eventually phasing out the older
AS-51. Air Marshal Sir Thomas Grant, the Royal Air Force's commanding officer, is adamant that this is necessary to fully bring Tytorian air power out of the 20th century and into the 21st, but a decision has not yet been made in that regard. I would also like to give you all advance notice, and I expect this to remain off the record, of a coming project to develop a new strategic bomber (OOC: either
this or
this; I haven't decided) to succeed the aging
SB-82; this will be announced sometime later this year, but we do not expect to bring the first into service until 2022 at the earliest.
"Finally, and this can now be on the record, the Tytorian Royal Navy is, as you are undoubtedly aware, in the process of modernizing its submarine force. The Royal Navy plans to commission the first two members of the
Remembrance class of attack submarine in a joint ceremony on December 28th of this year, with the remaining three boats under construction to be commissioned starting in mid-February, 2021. The Admiralty is considering proposals for additional
Remembrance-class boats to replace other older submarines in the fleet, a second
Monarch-class aircraft carrier, and perhaps a new class of frigates or destroyers; none of these ideas are classified as of now, but as none has been adopted, this does not constitute a formal announcement.
"Beyond the peacekeeping deployment in Merina, Tytor is engaged in no military operations of significance at present. Each branch of the Armed Services is engaged in standard procedures devoted to Tytorian national security. I have intentionally not touched on the strategic deterrence aspects of the Royal Air Force and the Royal Navy, as I do not feel that this is the time or place for it; I will, however, gladly instruct the Armed Services to provide details of such to the Cross-Straits Treaty Organization if its members desire my government to do so."