Details of the Joint Defense Development Agreement

Since his takeover of the government, King Yarl has foreseen the need for independent development of the national defense. As a part of the huge multi-billion load package (that has been finally paid back in full in 1997), in 1973 the King, on the behalf of the National Government, has signed the agreement thereby Attland Defense Authority became entitled to purchase leading tactical defense weapons, and subsequently to the continuing growth of the experience and progress in military industries, to develop new weapon platforms that may be based on the purchased originals.

Thus the National Naval Force received:

• the license to jointly build 4 Missouri-class battleships, with unlimited number of independently developed ships based on the class
• the license to build, and then develop unlimited number of Truxtun (T-class), Long Beach, Bainbridge, and Virginia class ships
• the use of facilities and testing of hostile country look-alike ships, which resulted in development of Udaloy, Krivak, and Sovremennyy class ships

the National Air Force received:

• the license to jointly build, and then independently develop the SR-71 and YF-12, F-4, F-104, XB-70, A-5A Vigilante, F-111 platforms
• the license, buy and independent development rights to develop future high-performance and stealth platforms, which later became F-19. The use of US test facilities at AF bases Beale, Edwards, Groom Lake and others led to unconfirmed rumors of unidentified aircraft and objects in these areas.
• the license to use US Air Force bases for performance and development testing of aircraft which are not subject to the agreement
• the use of facilities and testing of of hostile countries look-alike aircraft, which resulted in development of a platform resembling the Soviet Tu-22
• the US receiving the right to unspecified use of the Attland's independently developed Vandal (plasma-propulsion) military aircraft, which has been exercised by employing Attland pilots in USAF-marked aircraft.