Military of the Xheng Dynasty
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Arch-Imperium Military Defense Forces
The establishment of the Arch-Imperium Military Defense Forces was a direct order from the Emperor, the Imperial Proxy and the Prime Minister. The Military Forces were created at the same time as Psionex, at first a privately owned military hardware manufacturer that later evolved into the prime military supplier and manufacturer for the entire Arch-Imperium. At first the logistics of supporting the estimated size of the needed military was exponetial but tax rises and reliance on more automated techniques in technology and resource extraction efficiency allowed for the growth and sustainment of a substantial military presence.
The growth of the Imperial Military was fast and it was intense. Over the course of 10 years, the army quadrupled in size and naval vessels were pouring out of shipyards with blazing speed. The effectiveness of the military experience was proven in a series of wargames and simulations but the military had no need yet to engage in actual armed combat against an enemy nation. The AIMDF was designed to be defensive, guarding the floating cities and Worldships of the Arch-Imperium.
The military philosophy of the Arch-Imperium follows a simple phrase "quality over quantity". They didn't want their military to bear the paper tiger reputation as a large but ineffective beast. Every single soldier is trained to the maximum efficiency allowing for unrivaled performance and equipment is state-of-the-art. Obselete equipment is quickly replaced with higher value and better versions of technology that would be of benefit in the field as well as in practice and drills.
To this extent, the Imperial Stratagem has delegated huge sums of money towards the military services. This puts the Arch-Imperium's armed forces into a high-tech fighting machine and digital technology, satelite systems and other technology help them achieve their goals.
The cost of defense spending in the Arch-Imperium is one trillion taels.
Ground Forces
Estimated Army size:
- ~100,000 Full Time Servicemen
- ~500,000 Reserve Servicemen
- ~2,000 Heavy Tanks
- ~5,000 Medium Tanks
- ~8,000 Light Tanks
- ~13,000 Miscellaneous Ground Vehicles
Aerial Forces
Estimated Airforce size
- ~250 Interceptor-Type Aircraft
- ~200 Fighter/Bomber-Type Aircraft
- ~100 Bomber-Type Aircraft
- ~80 Airforce Transport-Type Aircraft
- ~210 Attack-Type Helicopters
- ~100 Transport-Type Helicopters
- ~400 Auxilary Aircraft/Helicopters
Estimated Naval size:
- ~4 Nuclear Level Aircraft Carriers
- ~80 Cruisers
- ~200 Destroyers
- ~100 Conventional Submarines
- ~40 Nuclear Submarines
- ~200 Patrol Ships
- ~500 Auxilary Ships
Nuclear Arsenal
Public records do not indicate officially what specifically is within the Arch-Imperium's nuclear arsenal.
Espionage
The Imperial Security Institution (ISI) is the security insitution of the Arch-Imperium. The ISI has remarkable autonomy from the government but operates still within the limits of government activity. The ISI is responsible for maintaining security within government facilities as well as espionage and counter-espionage activities throughout the Arch-Imperium and its respected areas of interests. Currently the official number of ISI agents is kept off public records for the protection of the agents as well as public safety.
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