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The armed forces of the Grand Duchy of [[Maanenland]] are the responsibility of the Maanenic Ministry of Territorial Security on behalf of the [[Duke of Cliffton]]
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| bgcolor="#ff2222" align="center" colspan="2" | '''Armed Forces of Maanenland'''
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| align="center" colspan="2" |[[]]
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| align="center" colspan="2" | '''Personnel'''
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| Availability <br>(males age 15-49)
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| Fit for military service <br>(males age 15-49)
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| align="center" colspan="2" | '''Expenditure'''
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| [[Maanenic Pound]] figure <br>(FY04/05)
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| 137,985,374,962
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| [[United States dollar|US Dollar]] figure <br>(FY04/05)
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| 150 billion
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| Percent of [[Gross domestic product|GDP]] <br>(2005)
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| unkown
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| align="center" colspan="2" | '''Strength'''
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| align="center" colspan="2" | [[Royal Maanenland Army]]
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| [[Wikipedia:Main Battle Tank|Main Battle Tank]]s
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| [[Wikipedia:Infantry fighting vehicle|Infantry fighting vehicle]]s
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| [[Wikipedia:Armoured Personnel Carrier|Armoured Personnel Carrier]]s
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|-
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|[[Wikipedia:Artillery|Artillery]]
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| 
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|-
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|[[Wikipedia:Aircraft|Aircraft]]
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|-
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| Personnel (Regular Army)
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| Personnel ([[Maanenic Home Guard]])
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| align="center" colspan="2" | [[Royal Maanenic Maritime Defence Force]]
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| [[Wikipedia:Ballistic Missile Submarine|Ballistic Missile Submarine]]s
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| 2
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|-
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| Fleet [[Wikipedia:Submarine|Submarine]]s
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|17
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|-
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| [[Wikipedia:Aircraft Carrier|Aircraft Carrier]]s
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|2
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|-
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| [[Wikipedia:Helicopter Carrier|Helicopter Carrier]]
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|0
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|-
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| [[Wikipedia:Destroyer|Destroyer]]s
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|35
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|-
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| [[Wikipedia:Frigate|Frigate]]s
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|50
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|-
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| [[Wikipedia:Patrol boat|Patrol Boat]]s
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|22
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|-
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| [[Wikipedia:Amphibious Assault ship|Assault Ships]]s
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|15
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|-
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|[[Wikipedia:Minesweeper (ship)|Minesweeper]]s
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|21
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|-
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|[[Wikipedia:Survey vessel|Survey Vessels]]s
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|4
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|Aircraft
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|104 [[ASW-010]]
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|70  [[SAB-040]]
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|15  [[SAB-041]]
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| Personnel (Regular)
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| Personnel ([[Royal Maanenland Maritime Defence Force Reserve]])
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| align="center" colspan="2" | [[Royal Maanenland Fleet Auxiliary]]
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|[[Wikipedia:Tanker|Tanker]]s
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|[[Wikipedia:Resupply ship|Resupply ship]]s
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|Tanker/Resupply ships
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|[[Wikipedia:Aviation training ship|Aviation training ship]]
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|Repair ship
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|[[Wikipedia:Amphibious Assault ship|Amphibious Assault ship]]s
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|Strategic lift vessels
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| align="center" colspan="2" | [[Royal Maanenland Aeronautical Defence Force]]
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| Aircraft
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| Personnel
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'''The armed forces of the Grand Duchy of [[Maanenland]]''' are the responsibility of the [[Maanenic Ministry of Defence]] on behalf of the [[Duke of Cliffton]]. The position of Commander-in-Chief is shared between the [[Civil Rankings of Maanenland | Lord Lieutenant]] and the Crown.
  
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== Air Force ==
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The Maanenic Armed Forces' responsibility is to protect the territorial integrity of Maanenland and the strategic interests of the duchy wherever they may be in the world. The armed forces remain fully neutral of any defence alliance.
  
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The Air Force of [[Maanenland]] is known as the '''Royal Maanenic Aeronautical Defence Force''' or but in common usage is usually shortened to '''ADF'''. The Air Force is the junior service of the Maanenic forces and is the weakest with many of it's responsibilities given over to the navy.
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Investment in the forces remains relatively high with most investment going into technological superiority over sheer force alone.  
  
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=== History ===
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Maanenland officially has no nuclear weapons but has the technological capbilities and existing infrastructure to launch a nuclear attack. Most military strategists agree that the nation could build nuclear weapons almost as soon as the order is given. In January 2006 the [[Maanen Reporter]] newspaper reported that the submarine fleet was to be 'urgently equiped' so far the government has said it 'refuses to comment on strategic matters whether true or false'.
  
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Unlike many air forces around the world the ADF was not formed to defend the soverign airspace of the nation but instead to police it. The primary concern of the government was that aircraft could be armed and used to attack civilians and vital freight aircraft thus holding the companies to ransom. Fears were also raised as they were being used by members of the public to fly over areas and observe national secrets.
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== Branches ==
  
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So the [[Duke of Cliffton | Duke ]] passed a royal warrant decrying that the police were to be given aircraft to patrol the skies for so called "air pirates" under the name of the ''Air Constablurary'''.
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*[[Royal Maanenic Maritime Defence Force]]
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*[[Royal Maanenland Army]]
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*[[Royal Maanenland Aeronautical Defence Force]]
  
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Other events in the surrounding regions hi-lighted the growing importance of using military aircraft to disrupt and destroy any army . This fact was not lost on what was then called the '''Ministry for Territorial Integrity''' and a second royal warrant was issued ordering the creation of an "Sky based force to counter the threat from enemy airborne operations" which still at this time considered mainly of airships loaded with bombs. The very first aircaft was delivered later that year at a civilian airfield on the outskirts of [[Cliffton]] (today's van Maannen International Airport) and was designated No.1 squadron. The job of policing the civil airways was still retained , and still is , by the police authorities.
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== Associated Organisations ==
  
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Over the next decade a massive nationwide laying of military airfields and procurement of aircraft occured mainly to ease the paranoia of a public that were terrified of being "chased down the street by an enemy aircraft" as was said by one local. Thousands of people died building outposts and navigation beacons on some of the most remote and treacherous areas of the nation. After advancements with radar and jet engines came about the number of bases sank lower and lower with most bases being sold onto city administrations for use as civil airports which unwittingly unleashed an explosion in civil aviation , especially in the remotest parts of the shires.
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*[[Maanenland Special Operations Executive]]
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*[[Maanenland Observer and Civil Defence Corps]]
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When the nuclear age dawned military planners were excited about getting an airborne nuclear deterrent , this was however bitterly resisted by the general public and many key figures in the government and military. In order to leave the door open for quick armament an order was placed for a nuclear bomber designation ABN-001 (Air Bomber Nuclear) which is still in operation in service today and could be immediatly equiped with a nuclear weapon.
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*[[Maanenland Supreme Defence Council]]
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Afer numerous security treaties with it's neighbours and the escalating costs of new jet fighters the emphasis switched to having a few technologically advanced all round interceptors placed at key locations along the border . It was decided that most military action would occur at sea so when the first aircraft carrier RMDF Maanenland was set sail military planners decided to move a large percentage of the aging ASF-002 and AFB-004s onto the deck of the aircraft. As the Maanenland Air Force was small at the time it was not a problem . It was invisiged that a war across the borders was very unlikely wheras a war involving the maritime fleet around the world was more probable.
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The ADF still has a serious shortage of fighter bombers available for regional conflict on land , it was designed so that fighter bombers would fly off the carriers and onto conventional bases should the unlikely occur.
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=== Equipment ===
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==== Air Superiority Fighters ====
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* No.1 ([[Cliffton Duchy ]]) Squadron
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25 [[ASF-010]]
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* No.2 ([[New Westminster]])
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17 [[ASF-011]]
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* No.3 ([[Stretford]]) Squadron
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10 [[ASF-010]]
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* No.4 (Soverign) Squadron
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3 [[ASF-010]]
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* No.5 ([[Calder]] Borderland) Squadron
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10 [[ASF-010]]
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* No.6 ([[Kingsborough]] Squadron)
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2 [[ASF-010]]
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* No.7 ([[(Oakshire]]) Squadron
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5 [[ASF-010]]
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* No.8 ([[Ternpool]]) Squadron
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7 [[ASF-009]]
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==== Fighter Bombers ====
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* No.8 (Bethune) Squadron
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2 AFB-006
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=== Support ===
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*No 9. (Duke's Flight) Squadron
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1 SPT-005
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1 LPT-002
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*No.10 (Newport) Squadron
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1 AAF-002
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=== ADF Regiment ===
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*No.11 (Maanenland) Squadron
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60 GAA-026
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== Navy ==
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The  '''Royal Maanenic Maritime Defence Force''' is the senior service of the Grand Duchy , it's current responsiblities are the defence from naval attack of the Maanenland mainland from the sea. It's other responsiblities are to protect offshore oil installations , protect fisheries vessels and most importantly to defend ships of the '''Merchant Navy of Maanenland'''.
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=== Surface Fleet ===
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==== Frigates ====
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*RMDS New Westminster
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*RMDS Cliffton
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*RMDS Westport
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==== Destroyers ====
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*RMDS Portland Province
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*RMDS Ternpool Province
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*RMDS Dycan Province
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==== Patrol Craft ====
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*RMDS Island of St. Albion
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*RMDS Calder Valley
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*RMDS Chesterford River
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*RMDS Scampton
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*RMDS Holling
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*RMDS Warford
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*RMDS Lakeland
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==== Minesweepers ====
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*RMDS Dolphin
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=== Sumbarine Fleet ===
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*RMDS Victorious
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*RMDS Valiant
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=== Naval Air Force ===
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*RMDS Henri van Maanen
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- 50 SAB-40
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== Army ==
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The '''Army of the Duchy of Cliffton''' or '''Royal Maanenland Army''' is the middle of the services in Maanenland. The army has long suffered from a lack of investment and technological advancement by subsequent governments. It remains the weakest of the armed forces with army commanders often having to call support from the other services in order to effectivly run operations.
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=== Infantry ===
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*9,0012 in various regiments.
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=== Tanks ===
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*412 - TNK-011
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*14  - TNK-012
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=== Infantry Veichles ===
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*817 - GIV-012
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*12  - GIV-009
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*3  - GIV-004
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=== Artillery ===
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*300 - ART-005
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=== Helicopters ===
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*12 - ATH-006
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*20 - AAH-009
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== Civil Defence Squadrons ==
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The '''Maanenland Observer and Civil Defence Corps''' enjoys the greatest percentage of military spending. It's primary responsibility has always been to warn of an expected invasion or attack by an enemy force. It's secondary responsibility is to protect as best they can the cities and industries of Maanenland , in this respect it's responsibilties usually overlap those of the fire brigade and policing operations during wartime. It is responsible for the running of the '''National Radar Defence Net''' which monitors all traffic around and in the borders of Maanenic airspace. It is best known however for being the organisation that runs the '''Emergancy Broadcast Network''' and running of siren systems from chemical spills to nuclear attack.
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=== Wartime Personell ===
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*819 - Observers/Scientists
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*212 - Radar post officers
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*100 - Infrastrucutre engineers
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*12  - Liason officers
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* 1121 - Automatic Rifles
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* 300  - Terrain Rover Defender Veichles
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* 3    - Sentinel drones
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== Special Forces ==
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The '''Maanenland Special Operations Executive''' is comprised of a small contingent of around 30 troops (exact numbers are unknown) which have been highly trained to deal with special operations outside the borders of Maanenland. It's activities around the world are kept clandestine as are the identities of the officers who work for them. Very little is known about the organisation , even it's base remains top secret with only high ranking officers in the MOD aware of it.
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== Commissioners of the Lieutenancy ==
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Although Commissioners of the Lieutenancy are primarily a civil service function they have a small contingent of an army that is designed to protect the democratically elected government and the capital from attack. Under Maanenland law the [[Duke of Cliffton | Head of State]] is banned from entering the capital administrative area. If he/one of his officers enters [[New Westminster County]] then the commissioners can legally open fire and/or remove them from the territory , however they are dwarved by the army of the Duke and so mostly only serve a ceremonial function.
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=== Personell ===
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300  - Lieutenantancy Border Regiment (based on the Maanenland side of the border)
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20  - Security Officers of the Lieutenancy (based in the capital)
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[[Category:Maanenic Armed Forces]]

Latest revision as of 23:00, 7 February 2007

Armed Forces of Maanenland
[[]]
Personnel
Availability
(males age 15-49)
Fit for military service
(males age 15-49)
Expenditure
Maanenic Pound figure
(FY04/05) 		137,985,374,962
US Dollar figure
(FY04/05) 		150 billion
Percent of GDP
(2005) 		unkown
Strength
Royal Maanenland Army
Main Battle Tanks
Infantry fighting vehicles
Armoured Personnel Carriers
Artillery
Aircraft
Personnel (Regular Army)
Personnel (Maanenic Home Guard)
Royal Maanenic Maritime Defence Force
Ballistic Missile Submarines 2
Fleet Submarines 17
Aircraft Carriers 2
Helicopter Carrier 0
Destroyers 35
Frigates 50
Patrol Boats 22
Assault Shipss 15
Minesweepers 21
Survey Vesselss 4
Aircraft 104 ASW-010
70 SAB-040
15 SAB-041
Personnel (Regular)
Personnel (Royal Maanenland Maritime Defence Force Reserve)
Royal Maanenland Fleet Auxiliary
Tankers
Resupply ships
Tanker/Resupply ships
Aviation training ship
Repair ship
Amphibious Assault ships
Strategic lift vessels
Royal Maanenland Aeronautical Defence Force
Aircraft
Personnel

The armed forces of the Grand Duchy of Maanenland are the responsibility of the Maanenic Ministry of Defence on behalf of the Duke of Cliffton. The position of Commander-in-Chief is shared between the Lord Lieutenant and the Crown.

The Maanenic Armed Forces' responsibility is to protect the territorial integrity of Maanenland and the strategic interests of the duchy wherever they may be in the world. The armed forces remain fully neutral of any defence alliance.

Investment in the forces remains relatively high with most investment going into technological superiority over sheer force alone.

Maanenland officially has no nuclear weapons but has the technological capbilities and existing infrastructure to launch a nuclear attack. Most military strategists agree that the nation could build nuclear weapons almost as soon as the order is given. In January 2006 the Maanen Reporter newspaper reported that the submarine fleet was to be 'urgently equiped' so far the government has said it 'refuses to comment on strategic matters whether true or false'.

Branches

Associated Organisations

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