Royal Vietnamese Military

Royal Vietnamese Military is Vietnam's national defence force consisting of four service branches: Royal Vietnamese Army (RVA), Royal Vietnamese Navy (RVN), Royal Vietnamese Air Force (RVAF), and the Royal Vietnamese Marines (Royal Marines).

The Royal Vietnamese Military was founded in its current state in 1802 under the reign of Emperor Gia Long of the first Nguyen dynasty. Since the late-20th century, the Royal Vietnamese Military has had undergone a massive modernisation and expansion. Today, it is considered one of the most powerful and technologically advanced militaries in the world.

The current Commander-in-Chief is King Nicholas.

Operations
The Royal Vietnamese Military is tasked in regional and allied peacekeeping, power projection, counter defence, and search and rescue. While the Royal Vietnamese Military is nuclear-powered it is not nuclear-armed, but still, nuclear-capable per the 1976 Asia Denuclearisation Pact, signed by all Western-allied nations in Asia.

Currently, the nuclear-powered RVS Hue supercarrier is stationed in the South China Sea along with two Imperial-class destroyers and the 43rd, 76th, and 113th aerial attack squadrons. The RVA has the 107th and the 109th divisions stationed in Africa assisting with UN peacekeeping missions. Members of the 52nd, 67th, 112th divisions of the Royal Marines are stationed in the Middle East assisting with NATO operations in the region.

Royal Vietnamese Army (RVA)
The Royal Vietnamese Army can trace its origins back to 1777 as a guerilla force after Nguyen Anh fled to Siam following the capture of Saigon by the Tay Son army. After the overthrow of the Tay Son dynasty in 1802, the guerilla force was rebuilt and have served the Nguyen dynasty since 1802 then known as the Vietnamese Imperial Army. Following the coronation and genesis of the Second Nguyen dynasty, the army was renamed for the second time.

The RVA is home to the Royal Commandos, one of the most elite special operations units in the world.

Royal Vietnamese Navy (RVN)
The Royal Vietnamese Navy was officially founded in 1802 by new Emperor Gia Long when the emperor bought 10 Chinese junks from the Chinese Emperor. There is one remaining original Chinese junk ship still seaworthy, while not commissioned for service it does sail with the modern Royal Vietnamese Navy vessels on special occasions.

Like the RVA, the RVN is home to elite special operations units: Alpha Company, Delta Company, and Omega Company of the Special Navy Rangers.

Royal Vietnamese Air Force (RVAF)
The Royal Vietnamese Air Force founded in 1960 with the introduction of the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II into service. Since then, the RVAF have developed their own air superiority fighter, the RAE VF-12A Dragon and its variants. The RVAF currently has a capacity of 1,350 aircraft, not including support aircraft. The exact number of VF-12A Dragons in production and service is classified.

Royal Vietnamese Marines (Royal Marines)
The Royal Vietnamese Marines, now a separate service branch was originally under the direction of the Royal Vietnamese Navy. The Royal Vietnamese Marines began as a recon unit of the RVN in 1904 and played a big role in defeating the Nationalists in the Vietnamese Civil War. Following the coronation of King Thomas, the king made the RVM a separate service branch in 1958 by royal decree.

The Royal Marines houses Marine Special Forces Alpha, a key component of Vietnam Special Forces Command.

Vietnam Special Forces Command
The Vietnam Special Forces Command is an executive-level military authority that has specific oversight of the Royal Vietnamese Special Forces. The King as Commander-in-Chief has the final authorisation of action(s) of the Spec Forces. Within the Vietnam Special Forces Command, the King is counselled by the heads of the Spec Forces and the Chairman of the Royal Generals of the Armed Forces. While the King has full use of the Royal Commandos, Special Navy Rangers and their operation units, and Marine Special Forces Alpha, the severity of action will typically dictate which unit is tasked.

Firearms
The Royal Vietnamese Military uses Vietnamese developed and manufactured firearms supplied by three of the country's arms manufacturers: VDA Inc, Minh Defence Systems LLC., and NT Defence Dynamics LLC. VDA and Minh Defence have provided the military weapons since 1907 and 1925 respectively. Currently, NT Defence Dynamics holds the largest single military contract: supplying all branches with variants of their full-size and compact NTDD 9mm Zenith Mk-V handgun. VDA and Minh Defence have contracts supplying specific branches and individuals units with assault and sniper rifles. Currently, the VDA SCRR assault rifle is contracted to all Vietnamese Spec Ops.

Ships
In 2015, King Peter ordered the construction of a new supercarrier-class to rival that of the United States' new Ford-class carriers. In 2017, the new Kings-class carrier was approved by Parliament with 10 ordered. The first, the RVS King Thomas is scheduled to enter service in 2021. The Kings-class ships will serve alongside the current Hue-class ships until the latter ships reach decommissioning age.

Submarines
The RVN operates a fleet of fast attack and nuclear-capable submarines. The Dynasty-class fast attack submarines are considered one of the most capable in the world, the Royal-class nuclear submarines are considered one of the most lethal due to advanced EMP capabilities; and sonar, sound, and visual detection.

Tanks
In the second quarter of FY2020, the Defence Ministry announced the winner of the Next-Gen Armoury Vehicle competition, VDA. VDA will receive a ƒ50 billion government contract to mass-produce the VDA MT-22 concept, later renamed the XT-CDC Tiger III which will be the Kingdom's next main battle tank.