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The imperial navy was of paramount importance for the government. Known as the ''Left and Right Tridents of the Qian'', the two Polynesian fleets were one of its most potent tools of state. The lack of investment put them in danger of being overwhelmed by their 'western' counterparts in due time.

==Air force==

The Qian dynasty did not operate any airplanes of its own until the 20th century. Daxian dynasties had previously utilized small balloons with lanterns as a means of military signaling. During the last decade of the 1800's Qian forces operated a number of hot air balloons mainly for reconnaissance and collecting information to create accurate war maps. Later still they were also used to drop improvised bombs on enemy lines but their limited weight capacity and vulnerability to enemy fire made them not very effective in these tasks. Daxian spies had made attempts to secure the schematics for western biplanes but what was procured was usually incomplete. Daxian attempts to build its own biplanes were not successful and ended in at least two reported fatalities. It was not until the years before the outbreak of the [[Second Great War]] that in cooperation with the [[Imperial Aerial Defense Force|Caphirian Air Force]], [[Daxia]] acquired the technological know-how to start building its own planes. The war balloons had been part of the imperial army itself but when biplanes entered production, a new separate branch called the Daxian Imperial Air Force was created. By the time [[Daxia]] entered the war it was operating some seventy biplanes in five squadrons and had around 100 available pilots.

The Qian dynasty did not operate any airplanes of its own until the 20th century. Daxian dynasties had previously utilized small balloons with lanterns as a means of military signaling. During the last decade of the 1800's Qian forces operated a number of hot air balloons mainly for reconnaissance and collecting information to create accurate war maps. Later still they were also used to drop improvised bombs on enemy lines but their limited weight capacity and vulnerability to enemy fire made them not very effective in these tasks. Daxian spies had made attempts to secure the schematics for western biplanes but what was procured was usually incomplete. Daxian attempts to build its own biplanes were not successful and ended in at least two reported fatalities. It was not until the years before the outbreak of the [[Second Great War]] that in cooperation with the [[Imperial Aerial Defense Force|Caphirian Air Force]], [[Daxia]] acquired the technological know-how to start building its own planes. The war balloons had been part of the imperial army itself but when biplanes entered production, a new separate branch called the Daxian Imperial Air Force was created. By the time [[Daxia]] entered the war it was operating some seventy biplanes in five squadrons and had around 100 available pilots who were graduates of the Special Purpose Aviation Institute in [[Mirzak]].

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 The imperial navy was of paramount importance for the government. Known as the ''Left and Right Tridents of the Qian'', the two Polynesian fleets were one of its most potent tools of state. The lack of investment put them in danger of being overwhelmed by their 'western' counterparts in due time.
 ==Air force==
-The Qian dynasty did not operate any airplanes of its own until the 20th century. Daxian dynasties had previously utilized small balloons with lanterns as a means of military signaling. During the last decade of the 1800's Qian forces operated a number of hot air balloons mainly for reconnaissance and collecting information to create accurate war maps. Later still they were also used to drop improvised bombs on enemy lines but their limited weight capacity and vulnerability to enemy fire made them not very effective in these tasks. Daxian spies had made attempts to secure the schematics for western biplanes but what was procured was usually incomplete. Daxian attempts to build its own biplanes were not successful and ended in at least two reported fatalities. It was not until the years before the outbreak of the [[Second Great War]] that in cooperation with the [[Imperial Aerial Defense Force|Caphirian Air Force]], [[Daxia]] acquired the technological know-how to start building its own planes. The war balloons had been part of the imperial army itself but when biplanes entered production, a new separate branch called the Daxian Imperial Air Force was created. By the time [[Daxia]] entered the war it was operating some seventy biplanes in five squadrons and had around 100 available pilots.
+The Qian dynasty did not operate any airplanes of its own until the 20th century. Daxian dynasties had previously utilized small balloons with lanterns as a means of military signaling. During the last decade of the 1800's Qian forces operated a number of hot air balloons mainly for reconnaissance and collecting information to create accurate war maps. Later still they were also used to drop improvised bombs on enemy lines but their limited weight capacity and vulnerability to enemy fire made them not very effective in these tasks. Daxian spies had made attempts to secure the schematics for western biplanes but what was procured was usually incomplete. Daxian attempts to build its own biplanes were not successful and ended in at least two reported fatalities. It was not until the years before the outbreak of the [[Second Great War]] that in cooperation with the [[Imperial Aerial Defense Force|Caphirian Air Force]], [[Daxia]] acquired the technological know-how to start building its own planes. The war balloons had been part of the imperial army itself but when biplanes entered production, a new separate branch called the Daxian Imperial Air Force was created. By the time [[Daxia]] entered the war it was operating some seventy biplanes in five squadrons and had around 100 available pilots who were graduates of the Special Purpose Aviation Institute in [[Mirzak]].
 [[Category:Daxia]]

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