Union Armed Forces

The Union Armed Forces, better known for its full name, the Union Federal Armed forces (UFAF), is the military and police force of The Irenatta Union. The UFAF is the main driving force behind the Union of Saint Lyon.

See UAF Organization for details on troop organization.

### Requirements

To join the UFAF, a person must pass three tests, the physical examination, an intelligence examination, and a standardized examination.

### Benefits

All past and present UFAF personnel, regardless of rank, obtain the right to vote, speak freely, print their opinions, and hold elected office. All personnel also get lifetime free healthcare and welfare. All benefits may be revoked if a person commits a crime.

### Union Military History

See full article here: Union Military History

## Branches

There are four branches to the UFAF, the Army, the Navy, the Skyforce, and the Intelligence Division.

### The Army

The Army has the duty to conduct ground-based operations. There are 20 million active Army Personnel.

### The Navy

The Navy has the duty to transport army troops and to conduct sea-based operations. There are 2.5 million active Navy Personnel and 2,500 ships.

### The Skyforce

The Skyforce has the duty to provide air superiority over ground and naval operations, as well as to strike static enemy targets. There are 1.5 million active Skyforce Personnel and.

### The Intelligence Division

The Intelligence Division has the duty to conduct military research, conduct espionage, and to provide logistics and data for all military operations. There are 1 million active Intelligence Division personnel.

## The Weapons

The UFAF uses a variety of military weaponry.

### Vehicles

3 m width
3 m height
 M2005 Mobile Command Center
3 m width
3 m height
M1985 MANPAD
M2000 RPG
9 Logistics and Command Personnel

### Submarines

* Number: 500
* Displacement: 10,400 tons
* Length: 140 m
* Beam: 14 m
* Draft: 7 m
* Propulsion:
	+ 2x 50 MW PWR Reactor
	+ 4x 8 hr batteries
	+ 4x Internal Propulsor Engines
	+ 1,200 rpm
* Speed:
	+ 64.8 km/h surfaced
	+ 52.2 km/h submerged
* Max Depth: 150 m
* Range: Unlimited
* Compliment: 96 personnel
* Sensors:
	+ Echo 4 Active/Passive Sonar (EAPS)
	+ Maelstrom 5 Weather Radar (M5-WR)
	+ Defender 6 Multi-Use Radar (D6-MUR)
* Detection Ranges:
	+ 404.8 km (weather and aircraft)
	+ 18.4 km - 106 km (5 m - 100 m ships)
	+ 18.4 km (missiles)
* Stealth:
	+ Anti-Radar/Sonar black Coating
	+ Internal Sound Dampening
* Armament:
	+ 8x Laser Point Defense System
	+ 8x 533 mm torpedo tubes
	+ 24x torpedoes
	+ 1x 450 mm coil-gun turret (1,000 km)
	+ 40x 1.3 ton shells
* Aircraft Carried:
	+ 4x drones

### Ekronoplan

* Crew: 1
* Capacity:
	+ 150 troops
	+ 30,000 kg
* Length: 60 m
* Wingspan: 34 m
* Height: 16.4 m
* Wing Area: 330 sq m
* Empty Weight: 100,000 kg
* Max. Takeoff Weight: 140,000 kg
* Fuel: Plutonium
* Powerplant:
	+ 1 MW battery
	+ 3x Mark 1 Ground Effect Turbofans
	+ 1x 20 kW Pressurized coolant Reactor
	+ 1x Thermoelectric generator
	+ Dry Thrust: 120 kN each (360 kN total)
* Maximum Speed: 432 km/h (120 m/s)
* Range: Unlimited (operations restricted to 5,000 km)
* Altitude Range:
* Service Floor: 3 m
* Service Ceiling: 10 m
* Thrust/Weight Ratio: 2.57
* Range to Detection: 30 km
* Electronics/ECM:
	+ Active Radar
	+ Passive Radar
	+ Military Communications Suite
	+ Cyberwarfare Suite
	+ Military-grade Vantablack Coating
	+ Heat/Radar Flares
* Armaments:
 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5f/Lun\_Ekranoplan.jpg/300px-Lun\_Ekranoplan.jpg | Ground Effect Missile Platform

* Crew: 15
* Capacity:
	+ 150 troops
	+ 100,000 kg
* Length: 75 m
* Wingspan: 46 m
* Height: 20 m
* Wing Area: 575 sq m
* Empty Weight: 275,000 kg
* Max. Takeoff Weight: 380,000 kg
* Fuel: Plutonium
* Powerplant:
	+ 1 MW battery
	+ 8x Mark 2 Ground Effect Turbofans
	+ 1x 100 kW Pressurized coolant Reactor
	+ 1x Thermoelectric generator
	+ Dry Thrust: 140 kN each (1,120 kN total)
* Maximum Speed: 558 km/h (155 m/s)
* Range: Unlimited (operations restricted to 5,000 km)
* Altitude Range:
* Service Floor: 5 m
* Service Ceiling: 15 m
* Thrust/Weight Ratio: 2.947
* Range to Detection: 33 km
* Electronics/ECM:
	+ Active Radar
	+ Passive Radar
	+ Military Communications Suite
	+ Cyberwarfare Suite
	+ Military-grade Vantablack Coating
	+ Heat/Radar Flares
* Armaments:
	+ 1x M1930 MG (500 internal rounds)
	+ 3x Double AShM
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* Crew: 15
* Capacity:
	+ 150 troops
	+ 200,000 kg
* Length: 100 m
* Wingspan: 62 m
* Tail Stabilizer Span: 42 m
* Height: 22 m
* Wing Area: 775 sq m
* Empty Weight: 240,000 kg
* Max. Takeoff Weight: 550,000 kg
* Fuel: Plutonium
* Powerplant:
	+ 1 MW battery
	+ 10x Mark 3 Ground Effect Turbofans
	+ 1x 200 kW Pressurized coolant Reactor
	+ 1x Thermoelectric generator
	+ Dry Thrust: 150 kN each (1,500 kN total)
* Maximum Speed: 558 km/h (155 m/s)
* Range: Unlimited (operations restricted to 5,000 km)
* Altitude Range:
* Service Floor: 5 m
* Service Ceiling: 15 m
* Thrust/Weight Ratio: 2.727
* Range to Detection: 33 km
* Electronics/ECM:
	+ Active Radar
	+ Passive Radar
	+ Military Communications Suite
	+ Cyberwarfare Suite
	+ Military-grade Vantablack Coating
	+ Heat/Radar Flares
* Armaments:
	+ 2x Dorsal Triple 150 mm Coilgun Turrets
		- 30 Tungsten Shells
	+ 1x Ventral Twin 150 mm Coilgun Turrets
		- 10 Tungsten Shells
	+ 4x M1930 MG (500 internal rounds)
	+ 2x Sextuple ASROC Launchers
 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Taganrog\_Beriev\_Aircraft\_Company\_Beriev\_Be-2500\_%28model%29\_IMG\_2050\_1725.jpg/300px-Taganrog\_Beriev\_Aircraft\_Company\_Beriev\_Be-2500\_%28model%29\_IMG\_2050\_1725.jpg | Ground Effect Autonomous Ekronoplan

* Crew: 15
* Capacity:
	+ 1,000,000 kg
* Length: 125 m
* Wingspan: 180 m
* Tail Stabilizer Span: 42 m
* Height: 30 m
* Wing Area: 4,000 sq m
* Empty Weight: 1,500,000 kg
* Max. Takeoff Weight: 2,500,000 kg
* Fuel: Plutonium
* Powerplant:
	+ 1 MW battery
	+ 6x Mark 4 Ground Effect Turbofans
	+ 1x 500 kW Pressurized coolant Reactor
	+ 1x Thermoelectric generator
	+ Dry Thrust: 200 kN each (1,500 kN total)
* Maximum Speed: 900 km/h (250 m/s)
* Range: Unlimited (operations restricted to 5,000 km)
* Altitude Range:
* Service Floor: 10 m
* Service Ceiling: 20 m
* Thrust/Weight Ratio: 0.48
* Range to Detection: 35 km
* Electronics/ECM:
	+ Active Radar
	+ Passive Radar
	+ Military Communications Suite
	+ Cyberwarfare Suite
	+ Military-grade Vantablack Coating
	+ Heat/Radar Flares
* Armaments:
	+ 4x M1930 MG (500 internal rounds)
	+ 4x Sextuple ASROC Launchers
		- 96 ASROC missiles
	+ 4x Quadruple AShM Launcher
		- 384 AShM Missiles
	+ 4x AAM Launchers
		- 32 AAM Missiles

### Aircraft

* Crew: 1
* Length: 22 m
* Wingspan: 15.4 m
* Height: 6 m
* Wing Area: 64 m
* Empty Weight: 17,000 kg
* Loaded Weight: 26,000 kg
* Max. Takeoff Weight: 35,000 kg
* Fuel: Plutonium
* Powerplant:
	+ 1 MW battery
	+ 2x Mark 3 VTOL Engines
	+ 1x Pressurized coolant Reactor
	+ 1x Thermoelectric generator
	+ Dry Thrust: 84 kN each (168 kN total)
* Maxinum Speed:: Mach 2.507 (3,096 km/h, 860 m/s)
* Range: Unlimited (operations restricted to 5,000 km)
* Service Ceiling 18,000 m
* Rate of Climb: 500 m/s
* Thrust/Weight Ratio: 6.92
* Maximum g-load: 15 g
* Electronics/ECM:
	+ Active Radar
	+ Passive Radar
	+ Military Communications Suite
	+ Cyberwarfare Suite
	+ Military-grade Vantablack Coating
	+ Heat/Radar Flares
* Armaments:
	+ 1x M1930 MG (500 internal rounds)
	+ 14x hard points
		- 8x AAM
		- 2x AShM
		- 4x ARM
	+ 10x Ordinance Stations
		- 4x ATM
		- 4x Incendiary Explosive
 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/MV-22\_mcas\_Miramar\_2014.JPG/300px-MV-22\_mcas\_Miramar\_2014.JPG | Eagle VTOL Transport

* Crew: 4
* Length: 18 m
* Wingspan: 14 m
* Rotor Diameter: 12 m
* Height: 6.75 m
* Overal Width: 26 m
* Empty Weight: 15,500 kg
* Loaded Weight: 23,000 kg
* Max. Takeoff Weight: 28,000 kg
* Capacity:
	+ 24 troops
	+ 9,000 kg cargo
* Fuel: Plutonium
* Powerplant:
	+ 1 MW battery
	+ 2x Mark 4 VTOL-Rotation Engines
	+ 1x Pressurized coolant Reactor
* Maxinum Speed:: 600 km/h (167 m/s)
* Range: Unlimited (operations restricted to 5,000 km)
* Service Ceiling 7,500 m
* Rate of Climb: 12 m/s
* Electronics/ECM:
	+ Active Radar
	+ Passive Radar
	+ Military Communications Suite
	+ Cyberwarfare Suite
	+ Military-grade Vantablack Coating
	+ Heat/Radar Flares
* Armaments:
	+ 2x M1930 MG (500 internal rounds)
	+ 14x hard points
		- 4x AAM
 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/North\_American\_X-15.jpg/300px-North\_American\_X-15.jpg | Multipurpose Drone

* Crew: 0
* Length: 20 m
* Wingspan: 10 m
* Height: 4.2 m
* Wing Area: 27.35 m
* Empty Weight: 7,000 kg
* Loaded Weight: 16,000 kg
* Max. Takeoff Weight: 16,000 kg
* Fuel: liquid propellant
* Powerplant:
	+ 1 MW battery
	+ 1x rocket engine
	+ 2x Rocket Boosters
	+ Dry Thrust: 350 kN
* Maxinum Speed:: Mach 5.89 (7,275 km/h, 2020.8 m/s)
* Range: 500 km (1,000 km with boosters)
* Service Ceiling 100 km
* Rate of Climb: 300 m/s
* Thrust/Weight Ratio: 50
* Electronics/ECM:
	+ Active Radar
	+ Passive Radar
	+ ECCM Suit
	+ Remote Guidance
	+ Infrared Sensor
	+ Military-grade Vantablack Coating
	+ Advanced Photo-imagery Suit
* Armaments:
	+ 1x 500 kg Tungsten Nosepoint