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As a major military power, the Kiravian Federacy openly possesses {{wp|CBRN|nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons}} and weapon delivery systems, and continues to actively conduct research and development in all three weapons classes. | As a major military power, the Kiravian Federacy openly possesses {{wp|CBRN|nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons}} and weapon delivery systems, and continues to actively conduct research and development in all three weapons classes. Deployment of the latter two classes in warfare is illegal under the [[Code of the League of Nations]] 3.2.2, though the Kiravian government maintains that its continued research activities are for the purpose of defence against an aggressor's chemical and biological weapons and complies with international law. Kiravian governments past and present have been highly opaque about the details of their WMD programmes, and official information released on the topic is widely regarded as unreliable. | ||
==Nuclear Weapons== | ==Nuclear Weapons== | ||
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===Nuclear Programme History=== | ===Nuclear Programme History=== | ||
Two nuclear programmes proceeded in parallel in the [[Kiravian Union]] (from 21116) and the rump [[Kiravian Federal Republic]] (from 21124), as part of a broader worldwide process of nuclear proliferation. The Kiravian Union's programme was undertaken to provide a deterrent against invasion by capitalist powers, while the KFR programme had dual goals of deterring against a hypothetical amphibious invasion of [[Æonara]], [[Atrassica]], or [[Porfíria]] by the Kiravian Union, as well as aiding in {{Project National Glory}}. | Two nuclear programmes proceeded in parallel in the [[Kiravian Union]] (from 21116) and the rump [[Kiravian Federal Republic]] (from 21124), as part of a broader worldwide process of nuclear proliferation. The Kiravian Union's programme was undertaken to provide a deterrent against invasion by capitalist powers, while the KFR programme had dual goals of deterring against a hypothetical amphibious invasion of KFR-held [[Æonara]], [[Atrassica]], or [[Porfíria]] by the Kiravian Union, as well as aiding in {{wp|Project National Glory}}. Given these priorities, both programmes focused on the development of strategic weapons, though the KFR worked with [foreign country] to amass a small arsenal of {{wp|tactical nuclear weapons}} for the purpose of defending Kiravian [[Cusinaut]] from aggression by surrounding native Cronite states. | ||
Both governments conducted most of their nuclear tests at sea, though the Kiravian Union had surface test sites in the Miradèt Desert and extreme northern [[Koskenkorva]]. The KFR used underground facilities in the mountains of [[Umcara|Umcara State]] and the Saxalin Islands for much of its research and at least five final-stage tests. | |||
===Nuclear Doctrine=== | ===Nuclear Doctrine=== | ||
Kiravian nuclear doctrine has always been reactive and focused on self-preservation. Prime Executive [[Kexarin Rénkédar]], under whose tenure the Federacy solidified its second-strike capability, grimly described the effort as “[O]ur hypothetical last stand. It exists to ensure that if Kiravia and the enemy devastate each other beyond recognition in a nuclear holocaust, there will be a handful of Kiravians left standing and zero enemy nationals.” His successor, Irasur Mérovin, echoed this sentiment, saying “Nuclear issues are existential issues. By obtaining nuclear arms, we have definitively secured our island continent against invasion. If we ever deploy them, it will be because we have no alternative, but make no mistake, if we discharge nuclear arms in combat, it will be, and must be, to annihilate the enemy.” | Kiravian nuclear doctrine has always been reactive and focused on self-preservation. Prime Executive [[Kexarin Rénkédar]], under whose tenure the Federacy solidified its second-strike capability, grimly described the effort as “[O]ur hypothetical last stand. It exists to ensure that if Kiravia and the enemy devastate each other beyond recognition in a nuclear holocaust, there will be a handful of Kiravians left standing and zero enemy nationals.” His successor, Irasur Mérovin, echoed this sentiment, saying “Nuclear issues are existential issues. By obtaining nuclear arms, we have definitively secured our island continent against invasion. If we ever deploy them, it will be because we have no alternative, but make no mistake, if we discharge nuclear arms in combat, it will be, and must be, to annihilate the enemy.” | ||
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==Biological Weapons== | ==Biological Weapons== | ||
The Kiravian Federacy acknowledges that it possesses weaponised biological agents and the means of deploying them, that it maintains ongoing research into biological warfare. Beyond this, negligible information about the Kiravian biological weapons programme has been disclosed by government sources, and spokesmen for the Defence and Security Executives have categorically refused to comment as to what agents the Federacy possesses or is researching, where research is taking place, and how or against whom such weapons might be used, except for assurances that any deployment would be in self-defence. Most available information has come from sporadic leaks. | [[File:David Boswell Reid laboratory.jpg|thumb|Pen-and-ink drawing of a Kiravian Army Medical Corps laboratory in [[Kannur]].]] | ||
The Kiravian Federacy acknowledges that it possesses weaponised biological agents and the means of deploying them, and that it maintains ongoing research into biological warfare. Beyond this, negligible information about the Kiravian biological weapons programme has been disclosed by government sources, and spokesmen for the Defence and Security Executives have categorically refused to comment as to what agents the Federacy possesses or is researching, where research is taking place, and how or against whom such weapons might be used, except for assurances that any deployment would be in self-defence. Most available information has come from sporadic leaks. | |||
Classified [[Kiravian Defence Executive|Defence Executive]] documents released by the {{wp|hacktivist}} website [[AkbarLeaks]] in 21204 show that the Kiravian Army Medical Corps' Research & Development Wing has conducted experiments studying {{wp|lassa fever}}, {{wp|hantaviruses}}, {{wp|diphtheria}}, {{wp|tularaemia}}, {{wp|Coccidioides immitis}}, and a mysterious agent called "(Bola Remix)" (parentheses in original), believed to be a modified strain of {{wp|ebola}}. The official {{wp|zine}} of the [[Minor Kiravian Political Parties#Civilian Ecological Party|Civilian Ecological Party]] published an article alleging that the Defence Executive is developing {{wp|entomological warfare}} capabilities, and has conducted field tests on at least two occasions since the end of Kirosocialism at sites in [[South Kirav]]. | |||
A number of unverified sources have claimed that the Federacy is investigating or may even possess prototypes of “ethnospecific” bioweapons effective only against specific populations, while others have speculated that Kiravian bioweapons research is more likely focused on agricultural targets. | A number of unverified sources have claimed that the Federacy is investigating or may even possess prototypes of “ethnospecific” bioweapons effective only against specific populations, while others have speculated that Kiravian bioweapons research is more likely focused on agricultural targets. | ||
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