Two Brikvanian Radar Stations Destroyed: Air Strike Suspected

Brikvanian troops inspecting a damage radar station along the southern coast, some 30 km from Briktown.

Two coastal radar stations along the Brikvanian coast were destroyed last night in an air strike suspected to be hit by the Kingdom of Lego's warplanes. No casualty was reported in the attack.

So far no country has officially claimed responsibility for the attack, although Brikvanian officials pointed their fingers to the Kingdom of Lego.

Loud explosions were heard from the two radar station sites around midnight last night, with police and fire engines rushing towards the scene afterward. It took the firemen some two hours to control the flame from the burning radar stations.

The residents nearby informed that they heard warplanes flying at low level shortly before the loud explosions. The Kingdom of Lego operates the stealth FL-37 warplanes which could operate at low level without being detected by radar.

"I was sleeping and suddenly heard a loud jet sound and then followed by a few explosions", said a local resident.

The areas around the two radar sites were cordoned off, as police and military investigators began combing the sites for evidence.

The two radar stations were newly installed by Malatia, but their deployments were criticised by the Kingdom of Lego as a security threat. As a result, Prime Minister Rito Wingo suggested the Kingdom of Lego reserved the right to strike at the radar stations.

In reacting to the airstrike, King Brik II of Brikvania went on the radio and assured his subjects that all necessary precaution are being taken by the government to deal with any threat from the Kingdom of Lego.

The King announced: "I have instructed the Defence Ministry to review the deployment of our military forces for the security of Brikvania. Although we have an agreement with the Kingdom of Lego of not deploying our military inside our Legolis Province, this attack on our sovereignty cancels the agreement. I have also instructed the Foreign Ministry to cease all negotiation with the Kingdom of Lego on the issue of transferring Legolis Province to the Legos". 

Security officials from the Defence Ministry informed that all air defence units have been put on alert, and while there is currently no plan to deploy troops from the Armed Forces of Brikvania (AFBv) inside Legolis Province, talks are being held with the Provincial Government to step up security along the border with the Kingdom of Lego.

Under the Agreement with the Kingdom of Lego on the Legolis Province, Brikvania agreed to discuss the transfer of that province to the Kingdom of Lego as demanded by Wingo, and also not to deploy AFBv troops inside the province. Security in the province is being manged by the Police and the lightly-armed Provincial Security Forces of the Legolis Province.