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The Ethalrian armed forces played a key role in establishing the Ethalrian Empire as a prepotent world power in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries. It was defeated by the [[Morstaybishlian Empire]] in the [[Posolic Wars]] and the Ethalrian Empire signed a conditional surrender in the Treaty of Rosalica. [[File:NE parade 2022.png|right|thumb|300px|103rd Infantry Division during the Founding Marches.]] For eighty years Ethalria was out as a world power but managed to stay relevant with pioneering military advances, such as repeating rifles with smokeless powder and early contributions to telegraphic battlefield communication. The [[Great War]] prompted quick development of military equipment; the [[Wikipedia:7.7 cm FK 96 n.A.|7.7 cm FK 96 n.A.]] was the first and [[Wikipedia:7.7 cm FK 16|7.7 cm FK 16]] the last artillery pieces Ethalria developed; they also pioneered automatic small arms like the [[Wikipedia:MP 18|MP 17]] at the end of the war. Ethalria was the first in Aurora to develop airplanes and tanks.
The first nuclear detonation was conducted in 1953 by Ethalria in the [[Azure Sea]]. It was a [[Wikipedia:Nuclear_weapon_design#Implosion-type|implosion-type]] [[Wikipedia:Plutonium|plutonium]] device codenamed ''Scharlachrote Morgenröte''. In the 1970s, Ethalria's Wulesberg Project was a top secret development of a nuclear-capable satellite bombardment weapon codenamed ''Höllenfeuer'' (literally meaning Hellfire) that would pave the way for the weaponisation of space. It was due to launch on 1 February 1975 with the intent to obliterate [[Sani Bursil]] but Ethalria surrendered after ''Kevatuul'', [[Norograd|Noroist Axdel's]] own nuclear-capable satellite was comandeered by a Morst-Embertian black op mission and laid nuclear siege to Ribenstadt, Karinthus,
Today, North Ethalria's military technology is expanded upon by the blueprints and works of both Ethalria's that preceded it. The Howitzer I is the main battle tank; the army utilises an array of armoured fighting vehicles like the [[Wikipedia:FNSS Pars|Großerlöwe]], [[Wikipedia:M110 howitzer|M110 howitzer]], [[Wikipedia:Mowag Piranha|Panzerjäger]] and [[Wikipedia:9K35 Strela-10|Königskobra-5]]. The [[Wikipedia: Streyr AUG|Pfeil AUG]] is the standard issue assault rifle and [[Wikipedia:Axdel Armed Forces#Small Arms|Alkurmeda AP-1]] the standard issue pistol.
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