Armed Forces of Zahava

Uniformed Services

 * Imperialis Exercitus
 * Imperialis Armada
 * Aeronautica Imperialis

General Staff
The General Staff is the joint command organ and the headquarters for which all the Zahavan armed forces answer to. The general staff is headed by the Chief of the general staff. The Chief of the General Staff reports directly to the minister of war, and indirectly to the monarch, prime minister and cabinet. The Prime minister and cabinet select the the Chief of the general staff based on recommendations from the minister of war, and the monarch confirms the appointment. Generally the Chief of the general staff serves a term of four years, but the government may vote to extend their service every year after their initial term to a maximum service length of eight years. The current Chief of the general staff Rav Ra'al Avichai Mandelblit who is in the second year of his term.

The general staff serves as the chief operations command with primary duties being studying and planning of the strategic aspects of warfare and drafting of battle plans or campaigns. Additionally the general stuff oversees the recruitment, mobilization, formation, training and administration duties it delegates to the military district commands.

Intelligence
Intelligence gathering for the Zahavan Armed Forces comes from a variety of sources. Military intelligence comes from the Madda while additional intelligence comes from the Imperial Directorate for External Security of Zahava and the Imperial Directorate for Interior Intelligence of Zahava.

The Madda is broken down into a number of departments, and into regional bureaus, each with its own specific responsibilities. Each department and each regional bureau has its own analysis bureau, which analyzes the data and information gathered for its parent department before passing on their report to the relevant organs. The departments of the Madda are as follows:

Responsible for analysis of information collected by other departments and submitting reports to the General Staff and ministry of war. Additionally every month or as needed Department I in an internal classified publication issues reports on "Foreign Military trends" to all combat commands. Responsible for collection of military intelligence, through the use of in Zahavan embassies abroad, clandestine special agents deployed to gather intelligence, and the analysis of information publicly published in foreign countries. Department II also specializes in the collection of scientific and technological information. Responsible for the training and recruitment of intelligence personnel, as well as counter-espionage activities. Responsible for Liaison activities with Zahavan allies, and the coordination with foreign intelligence networks. Also serves as liaison department for work with Zahavan civilian intelligence and security entities. Responsible for the monitoring of of foreign armies and producing finished  (SIGINT) based on the military information collected. Responsible for ECM and Radar, and the collection of (ELINT) as well as the development and implementation of Responsible for the acquisition and interpretation of  Responsible for administration of all detention facilities of the Madda, and rooting out disloyal military personnel.
 * Department I -
 * Department II -
 * Department III -
 * Department IV
 * Department V
 * Department VI
 * Department VII

Service
The military service is held in three different tracks: Regular service – mandatory military service which is held according to the Zahavan Conscription law Permanent Service – military service which is held as part of a contractual agreement, these are the full time professional soldiers Reserve service – a military service in which citizens are called for active duty of at most a month every year, for training activities and ongoing defense activities and especially for the purpose of increasing the military forces in case of a war.

Women
Women have served in the medical and logistics services since 1960. Until 1991 women were restricted from serving in certain services and combat roles, since 1991 women have been permitted to serve in all functions of service without restriction so long as they are capable of meeting the same requirements and standards as males in the same role.

Mission
The Mission of the Zahavan Armed Forces as outlined in the constitution is as follows:
 * To defend the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the nation, and to defend its population against foreign or domestic armed aggression.
 * To render assistance in the case of natural catastrophes and disasters of exceptional magnitude, and engagement in international crisis response operations.
 * To support national policy and protect Zahavan interests
 * To Protect the Monarch of Zahava

Doctrine
The Zahavan General Staff at the Royal War College in conjunction with representatives of the ministries of War, Interior, Public Security and Foreign Affairs with additional input from the Directorate for External Security and the Central Directorate for Interior Intelligence produce a every four years, which is broken down into three parts, the report is known as the National Defense Brief and is submitted to the Monarchy and Zahavan National Security Council.

Part one lists what are believed to be the most immediate threats to Zahava, proposes policies to minimize or eliminate these threats. What is currently being done to eliminate or minimize the threats, and what systems or procedures are inadequate. The Second part lists projects which the joint general staff wish to see developed, as well as what the projected costs for each program will be. The last part of the report outlines the current military budget and provides extrapolations giving a general idea of what the military budget required, proposed, and desired would be for the next four years. Coupled with reports from the various other ministries the national defense brief determines the structure of funding until the next report.

The National Defense Brief is a highly classified document, although sanitized versions of the report are submitted to the media and disclosed to the public.

Part I
Immediate Threats:


 * Cyber warfare attacks carried out by individuals or hostile states against state and private infrastructure

Part II
Policies and Means to neutralize threats to the State


 * Further development and integration of existing cyber warfare monitoring and defense systems, Establishment of Specialized military network warfare forces, Further development of offensive cyber warfare and intelligence systems. Establishment of new cyber warfare and intelligence research and education centers

Weapons and Equipment


Some of Zahava's military equipment is imported, and used as is, or adapted for Zahavan use such as. Zahava has also developed its own independent weapons industry, which has developed weapons and vehicles such as the

Zahava has also produced a number of remote controlled weapons platforms, which can include machine guns, grenade launchers, and anti-tank missiles on a remotely operated turret attached to various vehicles or fortifications. The Zahavan armed forces also posses a number of sophisticated unmanned aerial vehicles used for observation and reconnaissance, and possess advanced combat engineering equipment from armored bulldozers to ground based robots and other mine or explosive clearing vehicles.

The Zahavan armed forces also has several large internal research and development departments, and it purchases many technologies produced by these Zahavan security industries. Many of these developments have been battle-tested in Zahava's numerous military engagements with neighboring countries or rebel groups, making the relationship mutually beneficial.

Chemical and Biological Weapons


Since the early 1900's the Zahavan armed forces have researched, developed, and produced a wide variety of biological and chemical weapons agents, with production peaking in the 1970s. Until 2015 it was believed the stockpiles of such weapons were being destroyed, however the government, under pressure following a security leak has acknowledged one facility for the purpose of producing, and storing stockpiles of chemical agents. The government has not commented on the size of its chemical or biological weapons stockpile, nor has the government disclosed which chemical and biological agents it has produced or possess.