Kiravian Armed Forces: Difference between revisions

==Service Branches==

There are three primary branches of the Kiravian Armed Forces: The Federal Army, Federal Navy, and Cutter Service. The Army Aircorps is responsible for military aviation and remains organisationally integrated with the Federal Army, as does the Marine Corps.

[[File:Lithuanian jagers during exercrise.jpg|thumb|Kiravian Army Rangers]]

The largest of the Kiravian armed forces in terms of personnel and expenditure, the Federal Army operates the Federacy's capabilities for ground, air, and amphibious warfare, as well as most of the Federacy's strategic arsenal, including nuclear and conventional missiles, cyber-warfare, and electronic warfare. As vast ocean distances have protected the [[Great Kirav|Kiravian island continent]] from most serious threats of invasion for most of history, the Army's role has mainly been expeditionary since the end of the [[Continental War]], with state and territorial forces shouldering much of the burden of suppressing domestic insurrections and securing the homeland. The Army ...large scale expeditionary operations during the Great Oceanic Wars and the Tropical Sea War. Under Kirosocialism, the Army was recast in a more strictly defencive role, undertaking a considerable buildup in manpower and weaponry in order to deter foreign aggression against the Federacy's major land masses. In the post-Kirosocialist era, the Army has seen a few major overseas deployments, including the Echo Islands Wars and the Puritan Cross Intervention, but has increasingly seen its overseas activity limited to brief special forces, aerial, and amphibious operations in support of Kiravian foreign policy and the [[KATI]] alliance.  

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.

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 Airforce's inventory of combat aircraft is concentrated heavily in long-range bombers and interceptors.^{[''[[Should have been|source?]]'']}  

The '''Kiravian Army Marine Corps''' (''Festin Kurraxiskya Kiravix Hérsask'') or '''Corps of Currackmen''' is a specialised force within the Kiravian Army that provides ground combat and other services in support of naval operations. The Currackmens' Corps primary role is {{wp|amphibious warfare}}, coastal defence, and missions such as {{wp|maritime boarding operations}} that involve man-to-man combat at sea. Currackmen play an important role in protecting the Federacy's far-flung territorial holdings, manning the majority of garrisons in Kiravia's smaller island colonies. They also provide security at Kiravian naval installations.

===Maritime Cutter Service===

The [[Maritime Cutter Service|Cutter Service]] is an agency of the [[Kiravian Maritime Executive|Federal Maritime Executive]] rather than the Federal Defence Executive, it nonetheless remains a component of the Kiravian Forces under the law. The Cutter Service has a diverse mission profile that includes search-and-rescue, immigration/customs, and law enforcement duties in the Federacy's territorial and internal waters, as well as primary garrison responsibility in certain strategic waterways such as the [[Straits of Ilánova]] and the [[Æonara Sound]]. The Cutter Service trains and plans for combat missions as part of the Federacy's contingency plans for an invasion of [[Great Kirav]].

[[File:DayTechnologies2017p1-27.jpg|thumb|[[Hiterna]] Mechanised Infantry]]