Well that took a while to finish, but here is the latest and newest update to Kingdom of the Netherlands : a alternate star trek timeline.
Part 50 1983January 1st
Michael Rockefeller succeeds Hugh Carey as governor of New York.
January 2nd
Launched from Cape Canaveral Space Center, Florida, Space Shuttle Columbia (OV-102) begins its fifth operational mission and 10th timed in space and the fifth mission to the Skylab space station.
January 3rd
Space shuttle Columbia (OV-102) rendezvous with the Skylab space station and begins its six day mission where it will deliver a new three man crew who will form the Skylab 7 mission.
January 5th
At the close of a two-day Warsaw Pact meeting in Prague, Czechoslovakia, the Soviet Union and its allies offer a nonaggression pact with members of NATO. Among the proposals is a mutual commitment "not to be the first to use either nuclear or conventional weapons."
January 6th
Sixth Kortenaer class frigate, HNLMS Jan van Brakel is launched at de Schelde in Vlissingen, Netherlands.
January 8th
As a "gesture of support," British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher arrives in the Falkland Islands on a surprise visit.
Space shuttle Columbia (OV-102) after six days in space, lands at Edwards Air Force Base, California.
January 9th
The Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs delivers a message to the British Ambassador in Buenos Aires condemning the visit of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher to the Falklands.
January 12th
Japan's Prime Minister Kadomatsu and President of the Republic of China-Nanking Wang Mo-kan conclude a day of talks in Nanking. The Empire of Japan agrees to lend the Republic of China-Nanking more than 8 billion dollars over a five-year period.
January 13th
Following three weeks of negotiations, Israel and Lebanon agree on an agenda for peace talks.
January 17th
Prime Minister of the United Republic of China, Deng Xiaoping concludes a ten-nation tour of Africa.
January 22nd The USS Ticonderoga, the first AEGIS-equipped guided missile cruiser is commissioned after having been christened by Betty Ford on May 16th 1981.
January 26th The Earth Observation Probe (1) sponsored by the United Kingdom, United States and build by the Netherlands is launched from Netherlands space center Guyana.
January 27th Twelfth Japanese Imperial Navy, I-301 class submarine, I-311 is launched.
February 2nd The 1984 United States presidential campaign gets under way, as California Senator Alan Cranston (D) becomes the first candidate to formally announce his bid.
On a 12-day, four-nation tour of Asia, United States Secretary of State George Shultz holds talks with United Republic of China leaders in Xining on a broad range of topics including Republic of China-Nanking, the world economy and United Republic of Chinese-United States trade relations.
February 4th
Portuguese President Antonio Ramalho Eanes dissolves Parliament and calls for new elections on April 25th, the ninth anniversary of the revolution that restored democracy after half a century of dictatorship.
February 7th
Iran invades Iraq, continuing a war that began in 1980.
February 10th
United States Vice-President John Jacob Rhodes completes a 12-day visit to Europe that included stops in West Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, Italy, France, Great Britain and the Netherlands.
February 12th
NASA official’s state that the launching of a space telescope that will let astronomers see to the edges of the universe will be launch in February 1984 despite rumors in the media who claim that the telescope which is named after Edwin Hubble is suffering from manufacturing and testing problems.
February 15th
West Germany and Italy join the British-French space project making it a European effort instead of a two country space project.
February 16th
President Ford reveals that the United States has sent the Roosevelt-class aircraft carrier USS Franklin D. Roosevelt to Egypt for training exercises in light of reported tensions along the Libyan-Sudanese border.
February 17th
Colorado Senator Gary Hart (D) declares himself a candidate for the 1984 Democratic presidential nomination.
February 20th
From the imperial space development agency of Japan, launch site at Uchinoura space center, the University of Tokyo run institute of space and astronautical science, launces the Empire of Japan second X-ray astronomy satellite into space onboard a Tsukuyomi 1 rocket.
February 21st
United States Senator from Minnesota Walter Mondale announces his candidacy for the 1984 Democratic presidential nomination.
February 29th
The third of four ordered Adelaide-class frigates HMAS Hobart is commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy.
March 1st
An overnight ferry, traveling from Canton to Zhaoqing, Republic of China-Nanking, turns over in a thunderstorm resulting in 166 deaths.
March 6th
Current United States Vice-President John Jacob Rhodes announces his candidacy for the 1984 republican presidential nomination.
March 10th
The Council of Netherlands Indie (Dutch: Raad van Nederlandsch-Indië) elects Hendrik Bruin as the new Governor-General of the Netherlands East Indies (2).
March 11th
The Imperial space development agency of Japan, launches from Uchinoura space center their third modified version of the Tsukuyomi 2 rocket which will try to link with the manned Supēsu spacecraft which is to be launched the next day.
March 12th
Imperial space development agency of Japan, launches from Uchinoura space center, their ninth manned spaceflight when the Supēsu juu ichi (11) spacecraft is launched on top a Tsukuyomi 2 rocket reaches Earth orbit and manages to locate the modified Tsukuyomi 2 rocket launched a day earlier. After docking with the modified Tsukuyomi 2 rocket in low orbit, the two Uchuunauts used it to bring their spacecraft into a high-apogee elliptical orbit.
March 13th
After spending three days in space and having completed the second successful docking with a modified Tsukuyomi 2 rocket in orbit the Supēsu juu ichi (11) capsule lands safely in the Sea of Japan, where the imperial Japanese navy, recovers the capsule and the two Uchuunauts on board.
March 15th
The Netherlands ministry of Defense signs an order for 14 Sea Harriers to be built by British Aerospace who are to be operated by the Netherlands Naval Aviation Service onboard the two Rotterdam-class amphibious assault ships which are slated to enter into service somewhere in 1984.
March 18th
Imperial Japanese Navy, Yubari-class destroyer escort, Yubari is commission into the Japanese Imperial Navy.
Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carrier, USS Kitty Hawk and here escort arrive in the Dominion of Singapore where they are to take part in a four day naval exercise with the British royal Navy Audacious-class aircraft carrier, HMS Ark Royal based out of Singapore.
March 21st
During the third day of the joint British-Singapore-United States naval exercise in the Gulf of Thailand the Imperial Japanese Navy, I-301 class submarine, I-307 surfaces directly under USS Kitty Hawk, causing a collision, with minor damage to both vessels.
March 22nd
Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carrier, USS Kitty Hawk departs Singapore after ending its four day naval exercise in the Gulf of Thailand and begins its journey to United States Naval Base at Subic Bay, Philippines for repairs which it suffered a day earlier when the Imperial Japanese Navy, I-301 class submarine, I-307 surfaced directly underneath it.
March 23rd
United states President Ford orders the United States Space Force Command to begin work on a space borne system intended to shoot down hostile intruders from space.
March 25th
Third I-600 class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine, I-602 is launched at Kure naval arsenal, Hiroshima by the Japanese imperial navy.
March 26th
Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke during a phone call with Netherlands Prime Minister Willem Bakker is invited to meet with the Netherlands prime minister in Batavia, Netherlands East Indies on April 6th for a very important discussion concurring joining a Netherlands lead organization.
March 27th
In the Soviet village of Kraskino near the Soviet Union-Japanese Korea border the commander of the Soviet backed, Korean liberation army, General Kim Il-sung during an inspection of the Korean liberation army is wounded when a soldier attacks him with a knife before the General bodyguard’s mange to kill the assailed.
March 28th
The British Nationality (Falkland Islands) Act is passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The purpose of the Act is to grant British citizenship to residents of the Falkland Islands.
March 30th
The Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs sends their second protest in less than three months to the British Ambassador in Buenos Aires in responds to the decision by the Parliament of the United Kingdom to give the residents of the Falkland Islands the British citizenship.
April 4th
Space Shuttle Challenger (OV-103) lifts off from Cape Canaveral on its third flight 14th flight overall of the shuttle program. It deploys a 5,000-pound tracking and data relay satellite intended to provide nearly continuous communication with spacecraft in orbit.
April 6th
At the Hotel of the Governor-General (Dutch: Hotel van den Gouverneur-Generaal), the official residence of the governor-general of Netherlands East Indies located in Batavia the Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke meets with Netherlands Prime Minister Willem Bakker who offers Australia membership into the Amsterdam Space Cooperation Organization and the International Space Treaty Organization.
April 9th
Space Shuttle Challenger (OV-103) concludes its third flight with a smooth landing at Edwards Air Force Base, California.
The Netherlands governor of Netherlands-Alpha Centauri informs the Andorian ambassador, Vulcan ambassador and the Tellarites ambassador that the spaceship the Andorias where spying on last year is an experiment space ship equipped with a cloaking system.
April 13th
High ranking Japanese and Soviet government officials conclude two days of talks in Tokyo without reconciling their major differences. The Empire of Japan wants short range nuclear missiles deployed out of Siberia removed while the Soviet Union wants the same for Japan to remove short range nuclear missiles deployed out of the State of Manchuria.
April 14th
Seventh Kortenaer-class frigate, HNLMS Jan van Brakel is commissioned whit the Royal Netherlands Navy.
April 15th
Batavia Disneyland opens just outside Batavia, Netherlands East Indies.
April 16th
Den Helder-class light cruiser, KNRS Den Haag carrying the trade representative who is in charge of the Netherlands trade office to the Ferengi Alliance begins its eight day journey towards Ferenginar the capital of the Ferengi Alliance.
April 17th
Space Shuttle Challenger (OV-103) is returned to Cape Canaveral Space Center in Florida from California atop the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft where it will be prepared for its fourth time into space.
April 19th
An Argentine human rights organization lists 47 secret detention camps where political prisoners are being interrogated and tortured by the Argentina's military regime.
April 24th
Fifth imperial Japanese navy, Type C5 nuclear-powered attack submarine, I-81 is commission into the Japanese Imperial Navy.
The United States Space Force Command establish the Orbital Defense Initiative Organization (ODIO) which role it will be to design a space born system capable of shooting down any hostile intruders from space.
Den Helder-class light cruiser, KNRS Den Haag arrives in the Ferengi system after traveling eight days to get there. After having paid a parking fey (hundred slips of gold-pressed latinum), KNRS Den Haag is allowed to orbit Ferenginar and begins beaming down the trade representative and his staff to a Netherlands trade office to the Ferengi Alliance complex which was built in the capitol of the Ferengi Alliance.
April 26th
Two Royal Netherlands Air Force Fokker D-24 Tornado Jet fighters crash into each other over the town of Hoogeveen killing both pilots making this the worst D-24 Tornado Jet fighter midair collision sin the introduction of the D-24 in 1955.
April 27th
Den Helder-class light cruiser, KNRS Den Haag departs the Ferengi system after having transferred the Netherlands trade representative to the Ferengi Alliance and with the Ferengi Alliance trade representative to Neterlands-Alpha Centauri onboard begins its eight day journey home towards the Netherlands-Alpha Centauri system.
April 28th
In Argentina, police arrest more than 1,000 demonstrators as people of all ages and classes join in a day of protest against the military junta lead by Leopoldo Galtieri.
Enterprise-class aircraft carrier, USS Enterprise runs aground in San Francisco Bay and is stock for over 5 hours yards from her berth at the Alameda Naval air Station.
May 1st
Violent anti-government protests mark the May Day holiday in cities throughout Poland.
May 4th
The Vatican criticizes Argentina's military government for its hard crackdown against demonstrators who want a return of democratic Argentinean government.
May 5th
The Navy Ministry of Japan approves the Imperial Japanese Navy Technical Department design of the Type C6 nuclear-powered attack submarine who will be the successor to the first-generation Type C5 nuclear-powered attack submarine and the diesel-electric powered I-301 class attack submarine.
Den Helder-class light cruiser, KNRS Den Helder arrives back at the Netherlands-Alpha Centauri system with the Ferengi Alliance trade representative to Netherlands-Alpha Centauri onboard.
Six Vietnamese hijackers asking for political asylum force an Air Viet Nam jet to land in Bangkok, Thailand and are quickly arrested.
May 6th
The Israeli government approves a United States sponsored plan for the simultaneous withdrawal of Israeli and Syrian troops from Lebanon.
May 7th
United States Secretary of State George Shultz visits Syria to seek Syrian assent in the Israeli-Lebanese troop withdrawal agreement.
A delegation from the Empire of Vietnam arrives in Bangkok, Thailand, to negotiate the return of a plane hijacked there two days before.
May 8th
The Empire of Japan performs its twenty-fourth nuclear test when it detonates a 20 kiloton atom bomb in the in the Gobi desert, Republic of China-Nanking.
May 9th
The Ferengi Alliance trade representative to Netherlands-Alpha Centauri has his first meetings with the Andorian ambassador, Vulcan ambassador and the Tellarites ambassador to Netherlands-Alpha Centauri.
May 10th
Japan's Prime Minister Kadomatsu ends a trip that included visits to all six nations that comprise the Greater East Asia Alliance.
May 11th
AZ Alkmaar beats Real Madrid 3-2 (after extra time) to win the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1983 and with it becomes the first Netherlands football club to win the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.
May 12th
The Royal Netherlands military intelligence service director suggest to the Royal Netherlands Space force commander rear admiral J. de Vos to send KNRS ER-4 which has the only working cloaking system install into the center of the Romulan Star Empire to find out what the Romulans are up to sins the last attempt (January 21st 1979) with a class-10 long range stealth probe showed that the Romulan Star Empire was constructing large amount of ships at its ship yards orbiting Remus.
May 13th
Syria rejects a United States-sponsored plan for the simultaneous withdrawal of Israeli and Syrian troops from Lebanon.
May 15th
Vice Chairman of the Communist Party of United China, Li Xiannian, completes visits to Romania and Yugoslavia intended to "convey friendship, study experience, exchange views, and enhance unity,"
May 16th
Former Netherlands Prime Minister Piet de Jong (1965-1973) is appointed Queen’s Commissioner (Dutch: Commissaris van de Koningin) of North Brabant (Dutch: Noord-Brabant).
May 17th
Lebanon and Israel sign a United States-brokered peace agreement, spelling out terms of Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon, conditional on the withdrawal of Syrian forces.
May 19th
A United States Space Force Command a S-1 Darkstar space plane atop a Titan IIIC space booster is launched from its launch base near Clear Space Force Command station, Alaska, United States for a two day mission to photograph Japanese and Chinese-Nanking military fortifications near the demilitarized zone between the United Republic of China and Republic of China-Nanking divided province of Sichuan.
May 20th
President Ford announces that a 1982 ban on the sale of 75 F-16 fighter planes to Israel is being lifted.
May 21st
An S-1 Darkstar space lands at the three kilometer long landing strip located near Clear Space Force Command station. This launch on tow a week of an S-1 Darkstar space plane proves the worth of having a reusable space plane that can be used for reconnaissance, bombing, space rescue, satellite maintenance, and sabotage of enemy satellites.
May 26th
An earthquake measuring 7.7 on the Richter scale strikes Honshu, Empire of Japan, killing 106 people.
May 27th
On the first day of the 35th Paris Air Show which is held at Le Bourget Airport from May 27th to June 5th. Fokker Aircraft introduces their Fokker D-25 I Tornado II Jet fighter (International) which is designed for the international market (3).
May 28th
The 9th G6 summit begins at Williamsburg, Virginia.
HNLMS Alkmaar the first of fifteen ordered Alkmaar-class minehunters is commission into the Royal Neterlands Navy.
June 1st
A Koninklijke Nederlandse-Alpha Centauri Maatschappij (English: Royal Netherlands-Alpha Centauri company, KNACM) (9) spaceship, the Ariel is attack when it is traveling from Alpha Centauri III to Vulcan by an unknown ship. The Ariel is destroyed by the unknown ship but not before its captain manages to send a distress signal out to.
June 2nd
KNRS ER-4 enters the Alpha Centauri III space dock in order to prepare here for a possible top secret cloak mission into the heart of the Romulan Star Empire.
Space Defense Command for Alpha Centauri located at New Batavia space force base, Alpha Centauri III orders Wolf class scout vessels KNRS Panter and KNRS Lynx to move to the location of where the distress signal of the merchant ship Ariel was broadcasted and to look for any survivors.
June 3rd
A Royal Netherlands Naval Aviation Service Fokker F34 Maritime Guardian reconnaissance aircraft near the Cocos Islands captures the first images of a Soviet BOR (Russian: Bespilotnyi Orbital'nyi Raketoplan "Unpiloted Orbital Rocketplane ") as it is recovered by a Soviet ship. The BOR which is the Soviet version of the United States -1 Darkstar space plane has been rumored to be in developed sins the 1970s but until now no picture has ever been made of it.
June 4th
The Imperial Japanese Navy commissions their fourth 120mt long No.324 Large Landing Ship.
Wolf class scout vessels KNRS Panter and KNRS Lynx arrive at the location where the Ariel distress signal was broadcasted but they only find debris of the ship and no sings that any of the Ariel 7 crew has survived.
June 5th
At Space Launch Complex-1 located at the semi-secret United States Space Force Command base of Area 51, the second Independence-class space ship USS Freedom (NP-101), the first fitted with a transporter pad and eight ASS-100 SLAS missiles (4) is lifted into position so that the six Solid Rocket Boosters can be fitted to the 100 meter long nuclear powered spaceship.
June 6th
After two days of searching the system where the Ariel attack happened the Space Defense Command for Alpha Centauri orders Wolf class scout vessels KNRS Panter and KNRS Lynx back home after the two Royal Netherlands Space Force spaceships were unable to find the unknown attackers who attack the Ariel.
June 9th
Elections in Britain give Margaret Thatcher a narrow victory.
June 10th
At the royal Netherlands space force command headquarters located at Netherlands space centre Guyana a decision is made to begin patrolling vital trade routes used by Netherlands ships and those belonging to friendly races in responds to the Ariel attack of June 1st.
June 13th
Arnhem-class destroyer, KNRS Apeldoorn begins its first operational deployment when it is assigned to the Netherlands-Vulcans-Andorians-Tellarites space defends squadron still patrolling the Coridan system where they assist the People's Republic of Coridan space force in defending the Coridan system.
June 14th
Almost two weeks after the Ariel attack the New Batavia Packet Navigation Company (Dutch: Nieuw Batavia Paketvaart-Maatschappij) single ship called Nieuw Batavia on route towards Andoria, Andorian Empire is attack by a unknown ship. However the captain of the Nieuw Batavia and also the owner of the company is not an idiot before he left ha a bought a phasser bank from the black market which he had installed on the Nieuw Batavia. The unknown ship who believes the lone merchant ship is an easy prey is in for a shock when it begins to fire back. In responds the unknown ship leaves having suffered some damages and the Nieuw Batavia continuous onwards to its current destination without notifying Space Defense Command for Alpha Centauri.
June 18th
The fourth flight of Space Shuttle Challenger (OV-103) is launched from Cape Canaveral with a crew of five, including Dr. Sally K. Ride, a physicist and the first American woman in space.
June 19th
New Batavia Packet Navigation Company ship Nieuw Batavia arrives in orbit of Andoria, the Andorian homeworld and capital of the Andorian Empire and the captain sends a transmission to the Netherlands embassy to the Andorian Empire located in the city of Lor'Vela that he has encounter a unknown ship who attacked his ship but that it fled after suffering some damages after the Nieuw Batavia managed to engage it.
June 20th
Last of the six Solid Rocket Boosters are attached to Independence-class space ship USS Freedom (NP-101) and with it the preparations for the launch of the second Independence-class space ship can begin.
The captain and the crew of the Nieuw Batavia after being question by the Netherlands military attaché to the Andorian Empire and after giving a fine of some 100,000 guldens for having a unregistered phasser bank installed sends his report back to the royal Netherlands space force command headquarters, Netherlands space centre Guyana.
June 22nd
Space Shuttle Challenger (OV-103) deploys two satellites and recaptures one with its robot arm in a test of the shuttle's ability to retrieve satellites for maintenance or repair in the future.
June 24th
Space Shuttle Challenger (OV-103) lands at Edwards Air Force Base in California after completing a near perfect mission that began on June 18th.
June 25th
United States Secretary of State George Shultz leaves the United States for a visit to Asia and the Middle East including stops in the Philippines, Netherlands East Indies, Thailand, India, Burma and Pakistan.
June 29th The royal Netherlands military intelligence service having looked into the report send by the Netherlands military attaché to the Andorian Empire concerning the unknown ship attack on the Nieuw Batavia comes to the conclusion the same unknown ship might be behind the destruction of the Ariel. The royal Netherlands military intelligence service also believes that if the ship belongs to who they think they are then the Netherlands needs to respond quickly and with strength in order to prevent more attacks on its merchant ships.
June 30th Noord Brabant-class destroyers HNLMS Limburg and HNLMS Overijssel are decommissioned by the Royal Netherlands Navy. With decommission of these two destroyers of the Noord Brabant-class only four (HNLMS Drenthe, HNLMS Utrecht, HNLMS Rotterdam and HNLMS Amsterdam) remain in service. With the last HNLMS Amsterdam expected to be decommission somewhere in 1985.
July 1st A Republic of China Airways passenger plane (6), en route to Conakry Airport in Guinea crashes into the Fouta Djall Mountains in Guinea-Bissau, killing all 23 people on board.
July 2nd Royal Netherlands space force command headquarters gives orders to Den Helder-class light cruiser KNRS Den Haag and Holland-class destroyers KNRS Zeeland and KNRS Friesland to prepare for a punitive expedition to the Orion homeworld, Botchok (Rigel VIII).
July 4th Space shuttle Columbia (OV-102) lifts off from Cape Canaveral on its fifth flight, the first crew with seven crew, the first American EVA involving a woman (Sullivan), and the first Canadian astronaut (Marc Garneau) onboard.
July 5th Den Helder-class light cruiser KNRS Den Haag and Holland-class destroyers KNRS Zeeland and KNRS Friesland orbiting Alpha Centauri III begin their journey towards the Orion homeworld, Botchok (Rigel VIII).
Space shuttle Columbia (OV-102) rendezvous with the Skylab space station and begins a four day mission where it will deliver a new three man crew (two Americans and one Canadian) who will form the Skylab 8 mission.
July 6th At the semi-secret United States Space Force Command base of Area 51, the Independence-class space ship USS Freedom (NP-101) blast off into space.
July 7th The five United States Space Force Command personal and one Royal Netherlands Space Force officer are beamed onboard the orbiting Independence-class space ship USS Freedom (NP-101). Where they power up here systems for the first time.
July 8th The Royal Netherlands space force officer assigned to operate the transporter onboard Independence-class space ship USS Freedom (NP-101) uses the transporter for the first time as he beams up supplies to the ship which will be delivered to USS Freedom sister ship the, USS Independence.
July 9th KNRS ER-4 leaves the Alpha Centauri III space dock and begins here top secret cloak mission into the heart of the Romulan Star Empire.
Space shuttle Columbia (OV-102) after five days in space, lands at Edwards Air Force Base, California.
July 10th KNRS Den Haag, KNRS Zeeland and KNRS Friesland arrive near the Orion homeworld, Botchok (Rigel VIII). After scanning the system for any treats to the three Royal Netherlands space force ships , it is decided by Commandeur Jacob Klein onboard KNRS Den Haag (flagship) to enter the system. No sooner have the three Royal Netherlands space force ships entered the three ships are attacked by dozens of smaller ships who are easily destroyed by KNRS Den Haag , KNRS Zeeland and KNRS Friesland, after having establish an orbit around Botchok, Commandeur Jacob Klein begins transmitting a message to Botchok surface, that unless in 28 hours (Botchok has a 28-hour day ) the Botchok Planetary Congress , the government of the Orion homeworld, Botchok and of the Orion Colonies as a whole has issued an official apology for destroying the Ariel and having paid damages to the New Batavia Packet Navigation Company for loss they have suffered the Royal Netherlands space force will be forced to begin taking action against the planet.
July 11th The Navy Ministry of Japan submitted Imperial Japanese Navy 22nd Naval Armaments Supplement Program is officially ratified by the Diet of Japan and with the Imperial Japanese Navy Technical Department can begin work on the three new fleet carrier and eight cruisers that will enter into service with the Imperial Japanese Navy.
Having not received any communication from the surface from Botchok, Commandeur Jacob Klein orders that Operation Thunder Strike as he calls it to begin. More than 36 Mark-3 spatial torpedo’s are fired at military targets on the surface and l orbital shipyards.
July 13th The ambassador of the Republic of China-Nanking meets with Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Sir Geoffrey Howe about the future of Hong Kong's after Britain's lease expires in 1997. Foreign Secretary Sir Geoffrey Howe makes it clear to the Republic of China-Nanking ambassador that with the dissolvement of the Republic of China (1912 to 1948) into the United Republic of China, Second East Turkestan Republic, Republic of China-Nanking, Mengjiang united autonomous government, the Republic of China-Nanking cannot be considered the rightful successor to the claim of ownership of Hong Kong after the end of the lease and thus there will be no discussion or negotiations about with them.
July 14th Traveling under cloack , KNRS ER-4 drops out of warp near the Eisn system , the location of Romulans , capital planet of the Romulan Star Empire and its sister planet Remus to begin their top secret observation mission. While the crew of the crew of KNRS ER-4 are beginning their mission they are unaware that a very large Romulan fleet made up of several hundred ships has begun their own mission as ordered by the Praetor of the Romulan Star Empire, Nerom.
Independence-class space ship USS Freedom (NP-101) rendezvous with her sister ship Independence-class space ship, USS Independence (NP-100) where the Freedom uses using here transporter pad beams new supplies to the USS Independence.
On the second day of Operation Thunder Strike the three Royal Netherlands space force ships attack several targets located at Botchok. However the three Royal Netherlands space force ships are unaware that somewhere deep underground the president of the Botchok Planetary Congress and delegates from the four largest nation-states of Botchok (Kulian, Mazak, Tipot and Yuin) after having heated discussions had finally come to an agreement after President Grout the Young manages to point out that as long as these Netherlands ships are in orbit they will not be able to trade with anybody and that whoever takes blame will be compensated by the Botchok Planetary Congress. After the delegates agree to President Grout the Young suggestion a message is send to the Royal Netherlands space force ships that are willing to negotiated compensation to the two companies who suffered losses but in return they want the Royal Netherlands space force ships to end their attacks on Botchok.
July 15th The Philips Family Computer, also known as the Philips Entertainment System (PES), goes on sale in West Europe and North America.
A day after the end of Operation Thunder Strike, the Botchok Planetary Congress President Grout the Young is beamed onboard Den Helder-class light cruiser KNRS Den Haag to discuss the Netherlands terms. Commandeur Jacob Klein knowing from the records onboard the former KNRS Amsterdam that Orions will do anything to get out of an agreement manages with threats and persuasion to convince President Grout the Young that it is in the best interest for the Orion to agree to the Netherlands demands. President Grout the Young feeling that these Netherlands humans are not so easy intimated and for some reasons that his Orion women who he brought along as his escort having no effect on the human crew he decided to agree to pay 500 million dejebbit (50 million Guldens) to New Batavia Packet Navigation Company and agreeing not to attack any Netherlands flagged ship.
July 16th Having achieved their objective the Den Helder-class light cruiser KNRS Den Haag and Holland-class destroyers KNRS Zeeland and KNRS Friesland begin back their five day journey to the Netherlands-Alpha Centauri system.
July 19th Independence-class space ship USS Freedom (NP-101) and Independence-class space ship, USS Independence (NP-101) leave earth orbit and begins a two day trip towards the backside of the moon where the USS Freedom is slated to test fire one of it six ASS-100 SLAS (Space Launch Anti-Ship) missile at a target located on the surface of the Moon.
KNRS ER-4 having gathered as much intel as possible in its five day observation mission of Romulans and Remus departs and begins it journey back to Netherlands-Alpha Centauri system where the Intel will be handed over to the Royal Netherlands military intelligence service for processing.
July 21st Independence-class space ship USS Freedom (NP-101) fires successfully one of its six ASS-100 SLAS (Space Launch Anti-Ship) missile which is armed with a 1-kiloton warhead at a target located on the back side of the Moon.
Den Helder-class light cruiser KNRS Den Haag and Holland-class destroyers KNRS Zeeland and KNRS Friesland arrive back in the Netherlands-Alpha Centauri system.
July 22nd The first Rotterdam-class amphibious assault ship , HNLMS Rotterdam is launched by Amsterdamsche Droogdok Maatschappij.
Independence-class space ship USS Freedom (NP-101) fires successfully its second ASS-100 SLAS (Space Launch Anti-Ship) against a pre-selected target on the surface of the Moon. Several hours later , two of its crew members using the transporter pad onboard are beamed down to the surface , becoming the first American to set foot on the moon sins the Apollo 19 mission in 1975.
July 23rd In the Dominion of Ceylon a group of rebels belonging to the country Tamil minority kill 13 government soldiers, setting off ethnic riots.
Independence-class space ship, USS Independence (NP-101) leaves the dark side of the Moon and heads to earth orbit where a eight man crew and supplies will be beamed onboard from Netherlands space centre Guyana before USS Independence will begin a 30 day travel to Mars where it will drop two astronauts of at the Netherlands operated Mars base Hellas.
July 24th KNRS ER-4 arrives in back in the Netherlands-Alpha Centauri system completing its first cloack mission and proving the value of having cloack installed onboard a royal Netherlands space force ship. While KNRS ER-4 returns to Alpha Centauri III space dock for maintenance , the intel it has gathered in the Eisn system is handed over to the Royal Netherlands military intelligence service agents for processing.
July 25th Independence-class space ship, USS Independence (NP-101) arrives at orbit of Earth. As the transfer of supplies and crew will take several days, the Mars mission is not scheduled to begin until July 29th.
July 26th Having test fired two ASS-100 SLAS (Space Launch Anti-Ship) missile and conducted more than four moon surface missions by its six manned crew , Independence-class space ship USS Freedom (NP-101) heads towards Earth orbit where it will beam two new ASS-100 SLAS onboard to replace the once that it test fired and supplies before beginning its first combat patrol.
July 29th While it sister ship USS Freedom is still in orbit of Earth, Independence-class space ship, USS Independence (NP-101) begins its 30 day travel to Mars.
August 1st After a week of violence, the worst in Dominion of Ceylon sins the 1971 insurgency by the People’s Liberation Front, more than 200 persons are reported killed and 50,000 homeless in clashes between the Buddhist Sinhalese majority and Hindu Tamil minority.
Chad a country which sins 1978 has been seen fighting between the pro-Libyan Chadian Transitional Government of National Unity (GUNT) and a French backed Chadian government escalates when Libyan units and GUNT rebels lose control of the town of Faya-Largeau and with it the possibility that GUNT-Libyan territory in Chad might be split in two by the French backed Chadian National Armed Forces (FANT). In responds Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi orders his air force to bomb Faya-Largeau and to support the GUNT ground forces
Arnhem-class destroyer, KNRS Amersfoort departs the Netherlands-Alpha Centauri system and begins it journey to the Orion homeworld, Botchok (Rigel VIII) where it will collect the 500 million dejebbit ( 50 million Guldens) the Orions agreed to pay as compensation to the New Batavia Packet Navigation Company and the Koninklijke Nederlandse-Alpha Centauri Maatschappij.
August 2nd India, Pakistan, Tibet, Burma, Bangladesh , Ceylon, Bhutan, Nepal, United Republic of China and the Maldives sign in New Delhi treaties concurring "South Asian regional cooperation 'in areas of agriculture , postal services, telecommunications and traffic.
A force of 11,000 Libyan troops, complete with armor and artillery begins to be airlifted into GUNT controlled Chad, to support GUNT forces in an effort to recapture the Chadian National Armed Forces hold town of Faya-Largeau which is being pounded round a clock by the Libyan Air Force bombardment, using Su-22 and Mirage F-1s along with Tu-22 bombers.
August 3rdEarth Observation Probe II is launched from Netherlands space center Guyana.
August 4th While here sister ship the Independence-class space ship, USS Independence (NP-100) is traveling to Mars, Independence-class space ship USS Freedom (NP-101) returns to the dark side of the Moon to begin a second round of testing its ASS-100 SLAS (Space Launch Anti-Ship) missile.
August 5thAustralia becomes the eight member of the Amsterdam Space Cooperation Organization and the International Space Treaty Organization joining Canada, France, West Germany, Netherlands, Italy, United kingdom and the United States.
August 6th Arnhem-class destroyer, KNRS Amersfoort arrives at orbit of the Orion homeworld, Botchok (Rigel VIII). Botchok Planetary Congress President Grout the Young not wanting to test the firepower of the 210 meters long ship sends a message to KNRS Amersfoort that the 500 million dejebbit ( 50 million Guldens) can be beamed onboard. Having the payment worth on gold onboard Arnhem-class destroyer, KNRS Amersfoort departs for the Netherlands-Alpha Centauri system.
After five days of being battered by multiple rocket launchers, artillery and tank fire and continuous airstrikes by GUNT rebels and the Libyan army the Chadian National Armed Forces who held the city of Faya-Largeau with more than 5,000 soldiers is forced out of Faya-Largeau losing more than 1,600 soldier.
The royal Netherlands military intelligence service having analyzed the data gathered by KNRS ER-4 during its cloak mission into the heart of the Romulan Star Empire (July 14th to July 19th) comes to the conclusion that there is no large activity going on in the Romulan Star Empire and that observations made by class-10 long range stealth probe (January 21st 1979) might be false data, as such the royal Netherlands military intelligence service gives a advice in its report that no new measures have to be made for the security of Earth or the Royal Netherlands-Alpha Centauri system.
August 7th Chadian President Hissène Habré speaking on the phone with French President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing urge him to have the French military intervene as the Chadian National Armed Forces will lose against the GUNT rebels and the Libyan army.
August 8th Independence-class space ship USS Freedom (NP-101) orbiting the dark side of the Moon fires one ASS-100 SLAS (Space Launch Anti-Ship) missile at a pre-selected location on the Moon.
August 9th French President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing in a joint statement with United States President Gerald Ford announces that a no-fly zone will be established in Chad in order to prevent the Libyan Air Force from attacking Chadian National Armed Forces who are fighting the GUNT rebels and the Libyan army.
Two crew members of the Independence-class space ship USS Freedom (NP-101) which is still orbiting the dark side of the Moon beam down to the location of the Apollo 18 site (July 22nd 1974 to August 1st 1974) to collect some samples for studying later by NASA.
August 10th 200 French Commandos flying from a French airbase in Central African Republic take control of N'Djamena International Airport, near the capital city of Chad and begin work on securing the airport for the arrival of French and United States aircraft who will patrol the Chadian no-fly zone.
Independence-class space ship USS Freedom (NP-101) leaves the dark side of the Moon and heads to earth orbit where it will beam down several samples it took from the Apollo 18 site and from the missile test.
Arnhem-class destroyer, KNRS Amersfoort arrives back in the Netherlands-Alpha Centauri system carrying enough gold which will be divided between the New Batavia Packet Navigation Company and the Koninklijke Nederlandse-Alpha Centauri Maatschappij for them to buy each a new transport ship.
August 11th Twelve French air force Mirage F1 fighter aircraft and a battery of low altitude (anti-aircraft) Crotale missiles arrive at the French controlled N'Djamena International Airport. Several hours later two United States air force AWACS planes and eight F-15 fighter aircraft also land at N'Djamena International Airport.
The crew of Independence-class space ship USS Freedom (NP-101) which is still orbiting the dark side of the Moon beam up rock samples located at the location where the August 8th ASS-100 SLAS missile test happened (8).
August 12th A Mirage F1 fighter operating from N'Djamena International Airport engage and destroys two unescorted Libyan Air Force Su-22 Ground attack aircraft who were supporting the GUNT-Libyan forces.
Pakistan's President Zia ul-Haq promises national elections and a return to constitutional democracy by 1985.
August 13th A day after two Libyan Air Force Su-22 Ground attack aircraft where shot down by a French fighter, Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi orders his air force to halt supporting the Libyan army and GUNT forces and to withdraw them behind the 15th parallel, extending from Mao to Abéché thereby dividing Chad into a Libyan control Chad territory and a French-United States backed Chad territory.
Independence-class space ship USS Freedom (NP-101) arrives at orbit of Earth.
August 14thFlying at impulse speed in order to hide their movement, Admiral D'koria onboard the massive Romulan War Eagle-class dreadnought IRS Vastari Sanalam (5), flagschip of the Romulan fleet heading towards the supposed home world of the race that destroyed twenty-seven Romulan birds of preys in the Coridan system almost four year ago is informed by one of his officers that another one of his ships had suffered problems. Admiral D'koria knows what that means, by order of the Praetor of the Romulan Star Empire, Nerom all ships that suffer problems are to be destroyed in order to prevent any evidence of the fleet existence from being reveal. Admiral D'koria hopes that his fleet that almost a month ago consist of 300 and now made up of 293 warships of all sizes makes it destination, but due the size of the fleet and the order not to use warp speed his fleet will have to journey for another month before they are in strike range.
A day after he had ordered his air force to withdraw Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi on state television announce that Libyan army and GUNT forces will move behind the 15th parallel into GUNT controlled territory, however he makes it clear that while the Libyan Air Force will not challenge the French-United States imposed no-fly zone they will act if there are attack against Libyan or GUNT ground forces still present in GUNT controlled territory.
August 15th French President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing speaking on the phone with United States President Gerald Ford come to conclusion that as long as Libyan or GUNT forces stay behind the 15th parallel they will not attack them and that the Chadian no-fly zone should remain in effect until at least the end of 1983.
August 16th The tenth and last Texel class runabout named KNRS Sint Eustatius is completed at Netherlands space Centre Guyana.
August 17th The former British-French space project but now a project involving France, United kingdom, West Germany and Italy is renamed the Hermes project. The project which is still in Phase III (final development) is slated to move into Phase VI (manufacture & initial operations) somewhere in 1984 with its first test launch using a yet to be tested Ariane 2 rocket somewhere in 1985.
August 19thRoyal Netherlands Space Force completes their fourth and last Arnhem class destroyer KNRS Almere at Number one Alpha Centauri III ship yard. With this the last Arnhem class destroyer is complete and work will begin on a yet to be replacement for the Wolf class scout vessel who entered into service in the period of 1956 to 1960.
Some 80,000 Argentines march in Buenos Aires to protest the military junta lead by Leopoldo Galtieri with several hundreds of them being arrested by the police.
August 24th Switzerland announces that it will buy 420 West German Leopard II tanks rather than M-1 Abrams tanks manufactured in the United States or T-30 Cougar I manufactured in the Netherlands.
Ten days after the withdrawal of Libyan and GUNT forces behind the 15th parallel now called the Red Line the French and United States operating from N'Djamena International Airport have staidly increase their force (3) in order to patrol the Chadian no-fly zone.
August 25th The United States and the Soviet Union sign a new five-year grain sales pact worth more than 10 billion dollars.
August 26th Doctor Sarina Kopers (4), a teacher at the University of Amsterdam, Faculty of Medicine dies in a car crash.
August 28th With only a day left until the Independence-class space ship, USS Independence (NP-101) arrives at Mars the royal Netherlands space force personal based at Mars base Hellas, the only manned royal Netherlands space force base left in the sol System deactivated the Phobos weapon platform orbiting Mars as a precaution in order to prevent it from firing and destroying the USS Independence by mistake.
August 29th Two United States Marines are killed in heavy fighting in Beirut, the first American combat fatalities in Lebanon.
Independence-class space ship, USS Independence (NP-101) after traveling for more than 30 day travel arrives in orbit of Mars.
August 30th The first nights launch and third operational mission for the Space Shuttle Challenger (OV-103) begins when it is launched from Cape Canaveral Space Center, Florida.
September 1st A Philippine Airlines Boeing 747-200B flight is shot down by a Chinese-Nanking Hongdu J-7 interceptor when it enters restricted airspace covering the island of Hainan, Republic of China-Nanking.
President Ford orders 2,000 Marines to join the 1,370 already in Beirut, Lebanon.
Texel class runabout KNRS Flevoland departs Netherlands space centre Guyana
September 2nd A day after the shooting of the Philippine Airlines flight by a China-Nanking Naval Air Service fighter the United States, Secretary of State George P. Shultz in a press conference about the incident reveals some details of intercepted Chinese-Nanking communications and denounced the actions of the Republic of China-Nanking.
September 3rd Independence-class space ship, USS Independence (NP-101) in orbit of Mars sins August 29th and having deliver their two passengers to the royal Netherlands space force Mars base Hellas begins
September 4th Israel withdraws its troops from central Lebanon, setting off fierce fighting between Christian and Druse militias struggling to control the area.
September 5th Space Shuttle Challenger (OV-103) after six days in space and ending successfully it second mission into space lands at Edwards Air Force Base, California.
United States President Gerald Ford condemns the shooting down of the airplane as the “Philippine massacre", a "crime against humanity [that] must never be forgotten" and an "act of barbarism ... [and] inhuman brutality.
September 6th The Republic of China-Nanking admits to shooting down a Philippine Airlines flight, stating that the Chinese-Nanking Hongdu J-7 pilot did not know it was a civilian aircraft when he fired the missile.
September 7th The Philippine and the United States jointly released a transcript of Chinese-Nanking communications, intercepted by a listening post in the Philippines, to an emergency session of the United Nations Security Council.
The Netherlands national football team wins with 6-0 against Iceland at the Oosterpark Stadion, Groningen, Netherlands in their in qualifying game for Euro 84.
September 8th As renewed heavy fighting between Lebanese groups continues, United States warships off the coast of Lebanon fire for the first time on artillery emplacements in the hills above Beirut that had shelled United States Marine peacekeeping troops near the city.
September 9th A dozen Western governments agree on a temporary ban on commercial flights to the Republic of China-Nanking to protest the downing of the Philippine passenger jetliner on September 1st.
United States Vice-President John Jacob Rhodes begins a seven-nation tour of North Africa and Europe.
September 12th
The fourth and last invincible class aircraft carrier, HMS Indomitable is launched at Swan Hunter at Wallsend, United Kingdom.
The Soviet Union, French Republic, United States and the United Kingdom pass a UN Security Council resolution deploring the downing of the Philippine Airlines flight.
September 16th
United States President Gerald Ford announces that the Global Positioning System will be made available for civilian use.
September 17th
United States naval vessels off the coast of Lebanon begin a bombardment of anti-government military units deep inside Syrian-controlled territory.
September 18th In response to a reporter's question, President Gerald Ford states that his administration is actively reviewing the Kennedy-Khrushchev understanding and the question of whether the ongoing transfer of MiG-23 aircraft to Cuba constitutes a violation of the 1962 agreement.
September 19th Arnhem class destroyer KNRS Almere is moved from Number one Alpha Centauri III ship yard to Alpha Centauri III space dock, so that Royal Netherlands space force space yards operations can begin maintenance on Number one Alpha Centauri III ship yard.
September 22nd France joins the United States bombardment of antigovernment forces in Lebanon after French soldiers in the peacekeeping force are heavily shelled.
United States Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld arrives in the Republic of Burma to discuss increased military cooperation between Burma and the United States.
September 25th The first Japanese produced Mitsubishi Ki-206P Single-seat close air support, ground-attack and anti-ship fighter aircraft is handed over to the Pakistan Air Force (10).
September 27th United States President Gerald Ford, addressing the UN General Assembly, announces a new United States proposal for limiting nuclear weapons.
Argentina's military government passes a law that it says will protect democracy against terrorist activities. Under the new law the military can, among other things, search homes and make arrests without warrants and detain suspected terrorists without filing charges for ten days or informing a judge of the arrest for two days.
A Soviet rocket, bearing two cosmonauts thought to be scheduled to replace the crew in the orbiting Salyut 7, explodes on the launching pad, raising questions about the Soviet Union's ability to reach its announced goal of deploying a large space station by 1990.
September 31st The Warp Propulsion Laboratory (WPL) is established by the United States Space Force Command and NASA which role it will be to build a warp engine capable of reaching warp factor One.
October 6th The Empire of Japan performs its twenty-fifth nuclear test when it detonates a 100 kiloton atom bomb in the in the Gobi desert, Republic of China-Nanking.
October 9th The United Republic of China foreign minister and four others are killed when a car bomb detonates in the capitol of Burma, a vital trade route for the United Republic of China.
October 10th The prototype of the Fokker F39, a 138-seat aircraft takes off for its first test flight from Schiphol airport (11).
October 11th Seventh Kortenaer class frigate, HNLMS Pieter Florisz is launched at de Schelde in Vlissingen, Netherlands.
October 14th A military coup disposes Grenadian Prime Minister Maurice Bishop.
October 15th One United States marine is killed and another wounded when Marine positions at Beirut International Airport came under sniper fire from neighboring Shiite Moslem quarters.
October 19th Former Grenadian Prime Minister Maurice Bishop and a number of his top aides are executed by the People's Revolutionary Army, on orders from a radical new political group known as the "Revolutionary Military Council” who want to replace Bishop's Marxist government with an even more virulent Marxist regime.
October 22nd Japanese Prime Minister Kadomatsu announced to the supreme council that he will step down as prime minster of the Empire of Japan in 1984 after having served as prime minster for more then 14 years.
October 23rd A terrorist driving a truckload of high explosives is killed before he manages to enter the first of a series of barricades surrounding the Beirut airport in Lebanon which is occupied by American marines and French paratroopers who are part of multinational force in Lebanon.
October 24th British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher urges United States President Ford to hold off any intervention of Granada until arrival of British taskforce made up of Invincible-class aircraft carrier, HMS Illustrious and Fearless-class amphibious assault ship, HMS Fearless and escorts arrive. President Ford agrees to the prime minster request as it would look better international if Great Britain joins in the intervention then if the United States intervenes alone.
October 29th
Soviet officials leave Tokyo after the third round in a series of ongoing talks with Japanese officials aimed at eventual restoration of normal relations between the two countries. No progress is reported on Japan s demands that the Soviet Union reduce its military force along the China-Nanking-Soviet border, remove its short range nuclear missiles deployed out of Siberia and stop supporting communist rebels operating in the State of Manchuria and the Mengjiang united autonomous government.
November 2nd
The British task-force consisting of Invincible-class aircraft carrier, HMS Illustrious and Fearless-class amphibious assault ship, HMS Fearless and escorts join the United States Navy task-force consisting of Forrestal-class aircraft carrier, USS Saratoga, Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carrier, USS America and Belleau Wood-class helicopter landing platform ship, USS Nassau and escorts near the territorial waters of Granada.
November 3rd The Reverend Jesse Jackson announces his candidacy for the 1984 Democratic Party presidential nomination.
November 4th
The United States and United Kingdom start Operation Joint Furry when American and British naval and air units invade the island of Granada.
November 6th
Operation Joint Furry ends when the last Grenadian and Cuban forces surrender to the United States and United Kingdom forces on the island of Granada.
November 7th
A day after the United States and United Kingdom had ended operation Joint Furry the death toll of the operation is for the United States: 23 killed and 108 wounded, United Kingdom, 7 killed and 18 wounded and for the Grenadian and Cuban forces, 89 killed and 564 wounded.
November 9th
Third and fourth imperial Japanese navy, Hatsuyuki class destroyers, Mineyuki and Hamayuk are launched.
The United States and United Kingdom veto a UN Security Council resolution condemning the invasion of Grenada as a "flagrant violation of international law."
November 11th
President Gerald Ford becomes the first United states President to address the National Assembly of the United Republic of China.
November 13th
President Ford visits United States soldiers in the demilitarized zone between the United Republic of China and Republic of China-Nanking divided province of Sichuan. He calls the border "Freedom's front."
November 14th
A 25-year old Republic of China-Nanking Air Force squadron commander flies his Hongdu J-7 fighter plane to United Republic of China and under the escort of two United Republic of China Air Force F-5E's successfully lands at Chiang Kai-shek International Airport (12).
November 16th
Alkmaar-class minehunters HNLMS Dordrecht and HNLMS Delfzijl are commission into the Royal Netherlands Navy.
French and United States fighter jets strike at pro-Iranian militia camps in eastern Lebanon who are believed to be behind the failed terrorist bombing on the Beirut airport in Lebanon on October 23rd.
November 23rd
The Soviet Union pulls out of talks in Geneva on intermediate-range nuclear forces to protest the planned deployment of new United States missiles in Western Europe.
November 28th
Launched from Cape Canaveral Space Center, Florida, Space Shuttle Columbia (OV-102) begins its sixth operational, 11th timed in space, 15th flight overall of the shuttle program and the 9th mission to the Skylab space station.
November 29th
Space Shuttle Columbia (OV-102) rendezvous with the Skylab space station and begins its ten day mission where it will deliver a new three man crew who will form the Skylab 9 mission.
December 4th
Aircraft from Forrestal-class aircraft carrier USS Forrestal, USS Independence, Roosevelt-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carrier USS Congress and French Clemenceau-class aircraft carrier, Foch take part in a bombing raid over Beirut, in response to two US F-14 aircraft being fired upon the previous day.
December 7th
The Islamic Republic of Iran and the Empire of Japan sign an agreement in which Iran purchases 16 Tachikawa Ki-205 jet fighters in order for the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force (13) to be able to better counter the Iraq Air Force which is being supplied with advanced fighter-bombers from France and the Soviet Union.
December 8th
Strategic Arms Reduction Talks between the United States and the Soviet Union adjourn in Geneva with the Soviets refusing to set a date for the next round of talks.
December 10th
Space Shuttle Columbia (OV-102) after ten days in space lands without a problem at Edwards Air Force Base, California.
December 12th
Six persons are killed and 63 injured when the United States and French embassies and four other sites in Kingdom of Jordan capitol of Amman are bombed in responds to the United states and the French air attacks against targets located in Beirut, Lebanon.
December 28th
Iowa-class battleship USS Iowa is formally recommissioned at Long Beach, California, The recommissioning of Iowa marks a return of the battleship in the United States navy and whit it the United States navy becomes after the Empire of Japan who still operates three Yamato-class battleships the second country on Earth who operated a battleship.
Notes of interest (numbers can not match, will fix them in due times) (1) The Earth Observation Probe is part of a joint UK Space Agency, NASA and royal Netherlands space force project to study the planet.
(2) The Council of Netherlands Indie (Raad van Nederlandsch-Indië) is a government body which consists of twelve members and the People's Council (Volksraad) which is made up of 30 members from various indigenous groups, 15 Indo-Europeans and 15 from Chinese and other populations.
(3) The Koninklijke Nederlandse-Alpha Centauri Maatschappij (English: Royal Netherlands-Alpha Centauri company, KNACM) operates more than 17 warp capable transport ships who transport goods between Netherlands-Alpha Centauri and the Andorians, Vulcans and the Tellarites.
(4) The ASS-100 SLAS (Space Launch Anti-Ship) missile was developed by LTV Aerospace for the United States Space Command for use onboard the Independence-class space ship.
(5) In 1981 the Netherlands government eased the decades-old ban on weapons exports to other countries, this allowed Fokker to design a version of the Fokker D-25 Tornado II Jet fighter which is a special design version intended for the international market.
(6) Republic of China Airways is the official flag carrier airline of the Republic of China-Nanking.
(7) Vastari Sanalam is Romulan for Wing of Doom.
(8) The ASS-100 SLAS missile is armed with a 1-kiloton warhead and the United States Space Force Command wants to find out what happens when a nuclear detonation occurs at the surface of Moon.
(9) Doctor Sarina Kopers real name is Sarina Kaur, the former head of the Chrysalis Project in and the surrogate mother of Khan Noonien Singh who was given by the royal Netherlands military intelligence service a new life and job after the Netherlands in 1974 decided to end the Chrysalis Project, a scientific project for the genetic improvement of the human race.
(10) The Ki-206P is the Pakistan version of the Ki-206 in use with the Imperial Japanese Army Air Service and the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service with more than 40 ordered by the Pakistan Air Force.
(11) The Fokker F39 is a stretched version of the Fokker F38 Fellowship. A longer version called the Fokker F40 which has 160 to 180 seat capacity is projected for the second half of the 1980s.
(12) Chiang Kai-shek International Airport is located in the United Republic of China capitol of Xining. The other major international airport near the capitol is Xining International Airport.
(13) The Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force will with the delivery of 16 Tachikawa Ki-205 jet fighters be the only country after the Empire of Japan to fly this interceptor. The Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force also operates 8 Chinese- Nanking Xian Y-3 transport aircraft and 4 Japanese Nakajima Ki-123 photo reconnaissance aircraft.
