"Today, the Sixth Fleet commander announced that the fleet had entered DEFCON 3."
"The Defense Command Headquarters established the Automated Robot Combat Force, directly subordinate to the Joint Chiefs of Staff. President Ellis declared that the move was intended to secure the Gulf of Aden and its surrounding shipping lanes, and harshly condemned the Africa Union for supporting Terrorist organizations."
"Some critics claimed that the move bypassed a congressional vote and ran counter to the legislative direction Congress had shown in the AMF-13 Act."
"General Ross has returned to his homeland. Local voters welcomed the hero's return and lined the streets to greet him. Who knew what kind of treatment he had received at the hands of the barbarians?"
"General Ross has yet to explain the videos of him attacking civilians, and has not even given an interview. The military has remained silent on the matter."
"Some international relations scholars believe the Africa Union's move is intended to defuse the situation, but clearly our president doesn't see it that way. This will affect routes passing through the Gulf of Aden, the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait, the Suez Canal, and the western Indian Ocean."
"An estimated 10% of global trade supplies will be affected, particularly oil and natural gas resources shipped from the Middle East to Europe and the Americas."
"Large-scale supply chain disruptions will slow economic growth in major economies, which could further worsen the situation."
The robot walked through Galkayo Port.
The Africa Union had released Ross. This might have eased the situation to some extent, but no one knew just how much.
Because, in reality, the situation was still worsening.
As a poor country that had gone decades without a stable government or environment, its buildings were already dilapidated, and what passed for a port relied entirely on natural conditions.