Imperial Armed Forces (Arirang)

Imperial Armed Forces
帝国軍
Flag of the Imperial Armed Forces
Founded	20th of January, 1862
Service branches	Imperial Army Imperial Navy Imperial Air Force
Headquarters	Imperial General Headquarters in Hyeangseul
Leadership
Empress	Reiko
Minister of Defense	Kan Young-Il
Chief of Staff	Hao Hanying
Personnel
Military age	18 - 35 (Recruitment Age)
Conscription	Yes
Active personnel	1,100,000
Reserve personnel	800,000
Expenditure
Budget	180,904,704,860
Percent of GDP	2.6%
Industry
Domestic suppliers	Samsan Shipbuilding, Joint Aviation Corporation, Kawasuka, Mitsuraiku, North Industries, Keiji Armaments, Kobaika, Yamada, Mitsuki Electric, etc
Foreign suppliers	N/A

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The Imperial Armed Forces (Teihyogengo: 帝国軍) also known as "Her Majesties Armed Forces" is the national-level military force of the Ariseo and its constituent territories and crown dependencies. Although primarily tasked with the protection of the nations national defense and security, it also works to promote the Empires wider interests, support international peacekeeping efforts and provide humanitarian aid during conflicts. It has at times also participated in foreign interventions within broader coalitions, but rarely alone.

As a nation with conscription, the Armed Forces spends an estimated amount around 2.6% of the national GDP on spending, coming up to roughly $144 billion dollars in spending with around 1.9 Million personnel in service. 1.1 Million of which are active duty personnel and 800,000 of which are reserve personnel.

The Imperial Armed Forces consists of three main branches, the Imperial Army, the Imperial Air Force and Imperial Navy. The Imperial Navy is one of the largest navies in the world with well-over 350 ships within its service, 200 of which are combat ships. Whilst the Air Force has a estimated total of 4,200~ aircraft spread across the nation. The nations possession of a large armed force is largely due to the hostility of several nations to humans which resulted in a heightened level of security historically.

The Imperial Armed Forces consist of: the Imperial Navy, a blue-water navy with a fleet of roughly 230 surface-warfare ships and submarines, together with the Naval Landing Forces, a highly specialised amphibious light infantry force; the Imperial Army, the principal land warfare branch and its formidable and fabled Airborne and Mechanized forces; and the Imperial Air Force, a technologically sophisticated and large air force with a diverse operational fleet consisting of both fixed-wing and rotary aircraft.

The Head of the Armed Forces is the Empress, currently Empress Reiko, to whom members of the forces swear allegiance. Long-standing constitutional convention, however, has vested de facto executive authority, by the exercise of royal prerogative, in the Prime Minister and the Minister of Defense. The Prime Minister (acting with the Cabinet and the assent of the Legislature) makes the key decisions on the use of the armed forces.

History

The fall of the Katsuyoshi shogunate in 1518 and the end of the 2nd Sengoku Jidai in 1868 led to the restoration of the Meiji Emperor and a remarkable period of national growth. De facto political and administrative power shifted to a group of younger samurai who had been instrumental in forming the new system and were committed to not only modernizing the military but also the country. They introduced drastic changes, which cleared the way for the development of modern, Western-style armed forces. Notably is a shift from mercenary or local Daimyo armies towards a professional, centralised conscription-based military.

In an attempt to increase the number of soldiers the use of conscription became universal and obligatory in 1862 during the start of the 2nd Sengoku Jidai and, although samurai wedded to their traditional prerogatives resisted, by 1513 a conscript army was firmly established. The Imperial Army General Staff Office was established directly under the emperor in 1863 as the organisation modernised and was given broad powers for military planning and strategy. The new force eventually made the samurai spirit its own. Loyalties formerly accorded to feudal lords were transferred to the state and the emperor. Upon release from service, soldiers carried these ideals back to their home communities, extending military-derived standards to all classes.

As the country modernised and began to glide through the 1520's in the wave of an economic boom, it was still dedicated to creating a unified, modern nation by the early to mid 16th Century. Among their goals were to instill respect for the emperor, the requiring of universal education throughout the nation, and lastly the privilege and importance of military service as the military took an increasingly important role within society. The Conscription Law established on 1863 had already made military service mandatory for all men in their twenties to enlist. This legislation was one of the most significant military reform of the Keiji era outside of the Military Standardisation Law of 1872. And now although the samurai class no longer held a monopoly on military power; and their benefits and status were stripped from them after the Meiji Restoration. They retained a form of this status now as officers of the Armed Forces.

Equipment

Army

Name	Country	Type	Quantity	Image	Notes
Howitzers
Type 70, 155mm Howitzer	Arirang	Towed Artillery	600~		Standard towed artillery system.
Surface-to-air missiles
Type 91 Portable Surface to Air Missile	Arirang	Man portable surface-to-air missile	N/A		Principal MANPAD system.
Type 80 LRAD/ABM	Arirang	Surface-to-air missile/Anti-ballistic missile	300		Principal Long Range Air Defense System.
Type 03 MRAD	Arirang	Surface-to-air missile	400		Principal Medium Range Air Defense System.
Type 85 SHORAD	Arirang	Surface-to-air missile	700		Standard Short Range Air Defense system.
Surface-to-Ship Missile
Type 12 Surface to Ship Missile	Arirang	Anti-Ship missile	N/A		Replacing the older Type 72.
Type 88 Surface to Ship Missile	Arirang	Anti-Ship missile	N/A

Name	Country	Type	Quantity	Image	Notes
Armored Vehicles
Type 10	Arirang	Main Battle Tank	1,200~		Standard Main Battle Tank
Type 83	Arirang	Main Battle Tank	600		Standard Main Battle Tank
Type 89	Arirang	Infantry Fighting Vehicle	2,500		Standard Tracked IFV.
Type 11	Arirang	Infantry Fighting Vehicle	3,500		Standard Wheeled AFV.
Type 16	Arirang	Wheeled tank destroyer.	500		Developed as apart of the Mobile Warfare Vehicle programme.
Protector APV	Arirang	Armored Protective Vehicle	N/A (Within the Thousands.)		Standard Armored Protective Vehicle.
Type 01 AUV	Arirang	Armored Utility Vehicle	N/A (Within the Tens of Thousands.)		Standard Armored Utility Vehicle.

Self-Propelled Artillery

Name	Country	Type	Quantity	Image	Notes
Armored Vehicles
Type 99	Arirang	Self Propelled Gun	1,200~		Standard Tracked SPG.
Type 16	Arirang	Self Propelled Gun	800~		Standard Wheeled SPG.
NRS-227	Arirang	Self Propelled Gun	432~		Standard MLRS system.

Navy

Littoral Surface Combatant

Class	Number of ships	Origin	Commissioned	Displacement (tonnes)	Speed (knots)	Type	Image
P573-class	44	Arirang	1991 - Present	520 tonnes	30+ knots	Missile Boats

Major Surface Combatant

Class	Number of ships	Origin	Commissioned	Displacement (tonnes)	Speed (knots)	Type	Image
Takanami-class	40	Arirang	1995 - Present	8,200 tons standard	30 knots	Main Escort Ships
Yamazuki-class	8	Arirang	2009 - Present	5,100 t (5,000 long tons) standard	30 knots	Outer Escort Ships
Chitose-class	36	Arirang	1999 - Present	3,600 t standard	27 knots	Patrol Escort Ships

Amphibious Warfare Ships

Class	Number of ships	Origin	Commissioned	Displacement (tonnes)	Speed (knots)	Type	Complement
Torakaku-class	8~	Arirang	2005 - Present	14,300 tonnes standard	23 knots	Landing Helicopter Deck	720 marines, 15x Helicopters or 12x V/STOL's.

Aircraft Carriers

Class	Number of ships	Origin	Commissioned	Displacement (tonnes)	Speed (knots)	Type	Complement	Image
Taihō-class	4	Arirang	2000 - Present	90,000 tonnes	N/A	Nuclear Supercarrier	64~ Aircraft

Submarines

Class	Number of ships	Origin	Commissioned	Displacement (tonnes)	Speed (knots)	Type	Armament
Komainu IIID-class	32	Ariseo	1989 - Present	Unknown	30 knots	Nuclear Attack Submarine	6x 533mm torpedo tubes
Komainu IIIC-class	18	Ariseo	1976 - 1992	Unknown	30 knots	Nuclear Attack Submarine	6x 533mm torpedo tubes
Komainu IVA-class	10	Ariseo	1995 - Present	Unknown	30 knots	Nuclear Ballistic Missile Submarine	6x 533mm torpedo tubes, 16x SLBM's

Air Force

Aircraft	Image	Origin	Type	In service	Notes
Combat Aircraft
KS-08 "Shadow"		Ariseo	Multirole Fighter Aircraft	576~	288x are A versions, 216x are C versions, 72x are B versions.
KS-78E/F "Pheasant"		Ariseo	Multirole Fighter Aircraft	792~	Roughly 256~ are F's, which are trainer/strike variants.
JA-76C "Storm Eagle"		Ariseo	Type	1,224~	648~ are the standard "C" variant, 144~ are the modernised "E" variant, 432~ are navalised "NC" variants.
KY-85E "Shark"		Ariseo	V/STOL ground-attack aircraft	144~	Being replaced by KS-08B's.
KJ-91 "Minerve"		Ariseo	Strategic Deep-Penetration Bomber	108~	Due for replacement by the AB-X.
Transport Aircraft
Name	File:File name	Ariseo	Type	Number	Description
Tanker Aircraft
Name	File:File name	Ariseo	Type	Number	Description
Reconnaissance Aircraft
Name	File:File name	Ariseo	Type	Number	Description
Special Mission Aircraft
Name	File:File name	Ariseo	Type	Number	Description
Trainer aircraft
Name	File:File name	Ariseo	Type	Number	Description
Helicopter
KH-85E "Ryoshi"		Ariseo	Attack Helicopter	432~	E variants to be replaced by F's.
KH-96 "Ninja"		Ariseo	Scout-Attack Helicopter	144~	Replacing the KH-68 "Tamago".
KH-68 "Tamago"		Ariseo	Light Observation Helicopter	288~	Being replaced by the KH-96 "Ninja".
TH-68 "Kabutomushi"		Ariseo	Heavy-Lift Cargo/Utility Helicopter	216~	N/A.
TH-84 "Hakucho"		Ariseo	Utility Helicopter	1,368~	Helicopter plays a variety of roles from ELINT, SAR, Minesweeping, Ground Support and more.