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The '''Kiravian Armed Forces''' are the military forces of the [[Kiravian Federacy]], comprising the Kiravian Army (which includes the Army Air Corps and Marine Corps), the Kiravian Navy, and the [[Kiravian Littoral Force|Maritime Cutter Service]]. | The '''Kiravian Armed Forces''' are the military forces of the [[Kiravian Federacy]], comprising the [[Kiravian Army]] (which includes the Army Air Corps and Marine Corps), the [[Kiravian Navy]], and the [[Kiravian Littoral Force|Maritime Cutter Service]]. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
The Kiravian Armed Forces | The history of the Kiravian Armed Forces begins with the formation of the Kiravian Navy by the Kiravian Confederation. It was agreed that a single navy financed jointly by the states to protect the Confederation's coasts, commercial interests, and growing overseas settlements would be more effective than the existing naval forces maintained by individual coastal states. | ||
The | The Confederation had no standing army. Small units of professional soldiers were maintained full time under the authority of individual states and at their expense; full-fledged armies were raised by each state when needed. The states were obligated to provide armies to the Confederation in wartime, which would serve under the command of grandees appointed by the Confederal Stanora. | ||
A truly national army was first organised for fight the [[Continental War]], and a standing army under permanent federal command would be established when the new federalist constitution was enacted after the war. | |||
In 1967 AD, during the [[Kiravian Sunderance|Sunderance]], civilian responsibility for both the Army and the Navy was consolidated under the [[Kiravian Defence Executive|Defence Executive]], with the Cutter Service remaining within the purview of the [[Kiravian Maritime Executive|Maritime Executive]]. | |||
Following Kiravian Reunification in 1985 AD, the Armed Forces faced the monumental tasks of adapting to a radically different threat environment and absorbing the personnel and assets of the defunct [[Kiravian People's Army]]. | |||
In the 2020s AD, the Kiravian Armed Forces were a major participant in the [[Final War of the Deluge]], by far their most extensive mobilisation since the First Great War. Although the Kiravian forces ultimately prevailed over [[Varshan]] and would come to occupy the debellated country's eastern third, this victory came at a high cost, exemplified by the prolonged and bloody stagnation of the Kiravian advance during the [[Battle of the Yaviža Gap]]. The war exposed many serious weaknesses, mainly in the Army and particularly in its infantry capabilities, raising grave concerns at the highest levels of the military and government. | |||
In 2026 AD the [[Ilkaśvar administration]] undertook comprehensive reforms to modernise the Armed Forces. These reforms included the reorganisation of the Army Air Corps as a service branch in its own right, the Kiravian Air Force. | |||
==Organisation== | ==Organisation== | ||
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In contemporary times, the Regular Army operates mainly as a colonial and expeditionary force. Since the {{H:title|2010s AD|21190s}}, the vast majority of its overseas deployments have been to [[Punth]], where it has been responsible for the defence and expansion of Kiravian colonies and the application of military pressure upon native Punthite states. Although readiness for and deterrence against a conventional ground invasion of Great Kirav is the Army's paramount responsibility, it has come to rely heavily upon and coördinate closely with the various State Defence Forces and the Army Reserve in this area. Meanwhile, increased attention and funding have been given to special operations and rapid-response (the Army Ranger Corps and Army Marine Corps), army aviation, and technological development in C4ISR, cyber-warfare, electronic warfare, and space in order to adapt to the threat environment of the 213th century and anticipate future challenges to Kiravian security. | In contemporary times, the Regular Army operates mainly as a colonial and expeditionary force. Since the {{H:title|2010s AD|21190s}}, the vast majority of its overseas deployments have been to [[Punth]], where it has been responsible for the defence and expansion of Kiravian colonies and the application of military pressure upon native Punthite states. Although readiness for and deterrence against a conventional ground invasion of Great Kirav is the Army's paramount responsibility, it has come to rely heavily upon and coördinate closely with the various State Defence Forces and the Army Reserve in this area. Meanwhile, increased attention and funding have been given to special operations and rapid-response (the Army Ranger Corps and Army Marine Corps), army aviation, and technological development in C4ISR, cyber-warfare, electronic warfare, and space in order to adapt to the threat environment of the 213th century and anticipate future challenges to Kiravian security. | ||
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The '''Kiravian Army Aircorps''' (''Asûrfestin Kiravix Hérsask'') is the nation's {{wp|air force}}. In the postmodern era, air mobility and aerial superiority are crucial to the Federacy's military strategy. The | The '''Kiravian Airforce''' (''Asûrhérsan''), previously the '''Kiravian Army Aircorps''' (''Asûrfestin Kiravix Hérsask'') is the nation's {{wp|air force|air}}, {{wp|space force|space}}, and {{wp|strategic missile force}}. In the postmodern era, air mobility and aerial superiority are crucial to the Federacy's military strategy. The Kiravian Airforce mission profile includes providing air support (logistical, reconnaisance, and tactical) to the Army's ground operations, patrolling Kiravian airspace, projecting power outward from Kiravian territories into the surrounding seas and nearby continents, and providing the Federacy's capacity for strategic strikes and missile defence. | ||
Keeping with the demands of its mission profile, the | Keeping with the demands of its mission profile, the Airforce's inventory of combat aircraft is concentrated heavily in long-range bombers and interceptors.<sup>[''[[Should have been|source?]]'']</sup> | ||
====Marine Corps==== | ====Marine Corps==== | ||