Kek Rearmament Program

The Kek Rearmament Program was a initiative to completely overhaul the defunct armed forces of the Kekstantinople Republic, formerly the Kekistani Armed forces, into a revitalised and modern armed force. To achieve this, the program was slated to take roughly the same amount of time as the Kek Reconstruction Scheme would, roughly 8 years. Since the new republic has a significantly smaller population and smaller industry compared to its predecessor, it took on a qualitative approach to the build up of the new armed forces, aiming to implement the most modern and advanced systems to make up for its lack of quantitative manpower and production. The new equipment was as follows:

### TYN-75

The TYN-75 is a plasma based, multipurpose rifle that was developed by the same company that had produced the TYN-60, using principles off of said rifle to produce the arguably most advanced gun of its time. The rifle chambered a 150 “gram” plasma bolt, enriched with Ashtronium to increase deadliness and effective range, this was assisted by a smoothbore breach since rifling technically wasn’t required for pure plasma shots. The plasma bolts were stored in standard magazines of 15 bolts, with the standard rifle variant being able to use semi-automatic and automatic firing options. To prevent the rifle camber from melting, miniaturised cryo-freezing systems keep the camber super cooled, though it did tend to cause excessive fumes from prolonged automatic firing. The rifle also would come with different variants to suit specialised units, with variants including Sniper, Light Machine Gun, Shotgun, and Carbine variants being produced.

### SOA-78

The SOA-78 is the direct descendant of the SOA-65, making it the second generation combat suit employed by the Kek armed forces. The suit improved upon its predecessor by incorporating a cybernetic exoskeleton within the suit, which allowed for the enhanced movement of the soldiers in command of such suits, as the exoskeleton allowed for an average sprinting speed of 25-30 kmph, along with the ability to climb up walls and cliffs and withstand falls of up to 5 metres via shock absorption. Like it’s predecessor, the suit is equipped with automatic medication in the event of significant injury to the wearer, along with stimulant substances to enhance the wearers senses. The system also includes a miniature ashtronium-powered fusion reactor to power the exoskeleton and the majority of the suits automatic functions, along with emergency battery packs in case the fusion reactor is compromised. The suit also includes ballistic armour, which is a able to deflect smaller caliber bullets like regular body armour, but also absorb minor plasma hits, increasing soldier survivability.

### KPC-76

The KPC-76 was a radical new design compared to its contemporary predecessor vehicles. Unlike the KPC-70, the new APC model was a hover craft, being suspended in the air with 4 large repulser thrusters mounted where tires would traditionally be placed. It had been decided to use such a propulsion technology as it had some advantages attached to it, the main ones were that not using tires meant significantly less friction when moving, allowing for speeds higher than traditional vehicles, with a second advantage being that it would be immune to conventional anti vehicle mines. The vehicle had a similar amount of armour as its contemporaries, along with being able to house 16 troops within a singular vehicle, along with having 3 crew members, a driver, gunner, and communications. On top of the vehicle was a 20mm plasma auto cannon, which could be alternatively equipped with an anti-tank rocket launcher, or duel plasma machine guns.

### T-75

The T-75, similar to the KPC-76, was a completely new design for the Kekstantinople armed forces, being the descendant of the T-70 Templar. The T-75 employed the same Plasma Railgun system found on the T-70, along with mounting a duel auto cannon system similar to the previous model. Similar to the KPC, the T-75 was a Hovercraft, with it being able to reach race car-like speeds, something unheard of in many tanks, as a result of this, an unconventional approach was taken with the removal of the turret, which was deemed necessary as shooting broadside could seriously endanger the hovering ability of the craft, along with agile turning speeds allowing for adequate compensation for a lack of a turret. The T-75 also had 2 variants, the first being a Self Propelled Gun (SPG), which was a mobile artillery platform featuring a plasma artillery cannon, the second variant being a Self Propelled Anti Aircraft Gun (SPAAG), which had a duel weapons platform, featuring both a plasma chain gun and surface to air missiles.

### AM-78

    The AM-78 “Long Dart” is the first Kekistani aircraft to break hypersonic speed in atmosphere. Being the descendant of the AM-65, the new aerial combat drone was designed with an emphasis on speed and stealth, with the design being narrow and streamlined for high speeds. The aircraft has swing wings, which during takeoff, landing, and combat are folded out for manoeuvrable and stability, whilst when folded in make a delta wing for extremely high speeds. The aircraft has an internal weapons bay to store weapons whilst at high speed, but can also have weapons on the outside, it is also equipped with duel forward facing plasma cannons. The aircraft is capable of space flight, which can be attributed to its ashtronium-powered engine, which in atmosphere works as a conventional engine, but changes to a rocket engine when ascend to and whilst in space. The highest speed ever achieved was Mach 5.1, but this was the absolute maximum, with a cruising speed of between Mach 3.5-Mach 4 being preferable. The drone also had a reconnaissance variant, which was useful thanks to its exceptional speed at doing recon and its ability to outrun hostile defences.

### KAA-78

The KAA-78, also known as the Steel Shield System, is a sophisticated AA system developed as a way to effectively defend the Republics territory from any Air, Naval, Surface, and Space threats. The system was first designed in the fallout of the Lich War, with the first destruction of Kekstantinople by meteor being determined to have had occurred due to lack of effective air defence, but the project stalled in the wake of the Kollapse, with it not being restarted until 2076, and it was finally implemented in 2078. The defence had 2 main weapons types: Firstly was a Hypersonic Missile known as the KHM-75, it was designed to strike against Naval Targets and Space Targets, with the missile able to go Mach 5.5 maximum, it was an effective defensive measure in direct response to the shortcomings of the Lich War as previously stated. Secondly was a more traditional Missile called the KAAT-73, which was a point defence AA missile, that was designed to rapidly intercept and destroy hostile aircraft, along with being able to intercept hostile missiles launched.