Ironcastle Armed Forces
Ironcastle Armed Forces | |
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Service branches |
Ironian Federal Army Ironian Federal Marine Corps Ironian Federal Navy Ironian Federal Air Force Ironian Federal Coast Guard Civil Defense Force |
Headquarters | High Command HQ, Aelcrest |
Leadership | |
Commander-in-Chief | President Bradley Lister |
Secretary of Defense | Gordon Johnson |
Chairman of the Join Chiefs of Staff | Royle Braddock |
Manpower | |
Military age | 17 with parental consent, 18 voluntarily, 40 maximum |
Conscription | No |
Active personnel | 714,463 |
Reserve personnel | 1,135,632 |
Expenditures | |
Budget | $659 billion |
Percent of GDP | 5.48% |
Industry | |
Domestic suppliers |
IronCorp New Contia Arms Gormann & Walsh |
Foreign suppliers |
Banana Federation Scuro |
The Ironcastle Armed Forces are the federal armed forces of Ironcastle. They consist of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard and Civil Defense. The President of Ironcastle is the Commander-in-Chief, and helps form military policy with the Ironcastle Department of Defense, a federal executive department, acting as the principal organ in which military policy is carried out.
The armed forces were initially formed in 1601 by the Constitution, under the name of the Grand Army of Ironcastle. Since then it has been involved in a multitude of wars, including the Border Wars, the Sibarian War, the First Great War, the Second Great War, the Damanian War and the Seabersian Border Conflict. The United Military Act 1946 provided the framework for the modern Ironian military, clearly defining the role of each branch of the military.
The Ironian military is the third largest in Moneylania, following Xianuan and Sibaria. Manpower is drawn from volunteers, although comscription may be used in defending Ironcastle itself. As of 2028, the military had an operating budget of $659 billion. The Ironcastle Armed Forces maintain a significant logistics capability, provided by a multitude of air, land and sea assets. In addition, Ironcastle operates a nuclear triad, operating bombers, nuclear submarines, and intercontinental ballistic missiles.
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