This operation's target was the US Navy, with the US Navy's Sixth Fleet as the primary focus.
This naval fleet, which had participated in the Libyan War, the Gulf War, the massive airstrikes against Yugoslavia, and the Iraq War, had lingered in the Mediterranean Sea year-round. It was the most active of all US Navy fleets. The United States dared to openly interfere in the political situations of the Middle East and Southeastern Europe precisely because of this fleet. Headquartered in Naples, Italy, it was nicknamed the "Mediterranean Police," and its counterpart rival was the Russian Black Sea Fleet.
After Salomon delivered his speech in Hungary, this fleet began to move. The Intelligence Department and the Praetorian Guard used reconnaissance satellites to track the Mediterranean fleet's every move. Combined with General Hale's intelligence, the City of Immortals had even obtained the naval roster and weapon serial numbers. If the United States had not feared Latveria's ability to strike orbital satellites and begun working to counter that threat, airstrikes might have descended on Latveria and Hungary the very day after the speech. This fleet posed a major threat to Latveria. Relying solely on air defense systems was not safe enough. If Latveria wanted Serbia's cooperation, then the Sixth Fleet's Mediterranean battle group had to be destroyed.
After Salomon's Assault Transport formation landed, he immediately strode into a bunker surrounded by numerous anti-aircraft guns and air-defense missiles, escorted by Hammurabi and other armed Sisterhood personnel. This War Council bunker, located deep in the mountains, had been built during the Latverian Liberation War. It was only twenty kilometers from the Latverian militia camp at the time, yet no one except senior officers knew its location. Once the Latverian Civil War ended, the newly completed bunker was immediately put into service. The Military Affairs