Building Up the Brikvanian Armed Forces

Brikvanian army personnel training in Mount Bulia, north of Briktown. The build up of the Brikvanian army has been rapid and smooth.

The Armed Forces of Brikvania (AFBv) will spend about $1.2 billion Brick Dollars on equipment and weapon to improve Brikvania's defence capabilities.The defence expenditure will cover conscription and purchase of new weapons and equipment.

The AFBv confirmed that large part of the money will be spent on new armoured vehicles produced by the Kingdom of Fabu, which has just started manufacturing the VL-200 armoured vehicles for its infantry troops. Each VL-200 is equipped with a machine gun and anti-tank/air missile. Sources said that the Brikvanian Defence Ministry is considering to purchase 250-300 of VL-200 armoured vehicles.

The Kingdom of Lego has recently manufactured a new generation of air defence system. Code-named BRAD (Bricks Regional Air Defence), the new air defence system could track and engage hostile warplanes, missiles and drones for up to 300 km. The cost of each unit is very expensive, about $25 million Brick Dollars. 

Brikvania is interested to purchase the BRAD system, but the Kingdom of Lego will only sell the system to NARTO countries.

​With the election victory of Rito Wingo who has taken the Prime Minister post, it is not known if Kingdom of Lego will continue to provide military assistance to Brikvania.

Brikvania is also looking at strengthening its navy. Currently it has 2 small patrol boats. The 2 patrol boats however are no match for the current Malatian Navy which has 8 frigates.

"We need to strengthen our defence quickly because Malatia is always a threat," said a Brikvanian military officer.

Regional intelligence officials have expressed concerns that Malatia is slowly building up its military again.