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| rdfs:label | - 2010 Botswana Standardization Plan (1983: Doomsday)
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| rdfs:comment | - The Botswana Standardization Plan was a series of trials and competitions in early 2010 between several Botswanan companies to decide which company would receive government funding for their projects. The Plan was originally proposed under the government of Ian Mmusi who wanted to standardize all of Botswana's military equipment and replace the old USSR equipment they were still using, As well as being a publicity stunt the plan had a practical undertone, The equipment being used by the army at the time was unsuited for desert combat and was two heavy to be used on the salt flats.
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| abstract | - The Botswana Standardization Plan was a series of trials and competitions in early 2010 between several Botswanan companies to decide which company would receive government funding for their projects. The Plan was originally proposed under the government of Ian Mmusi who wanted to standardize all of Botswana's military equipment and replace the old USSR equipment they were still using, As well as being a publicity stunt the plan had a practical undertone, The equipment being used by the army at the time was unsuited for desert combat and was two heavy to be used on the salt flats. The idea was originally discarded when Festus Mogae came to power but by January 2010 his transport minister had suggested that they bring back the trials, not only to improve Botswana's military but to also improve the Botswanan Air Force and trains.
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