Monday - March 07, 2011
Interesting Military Reading
My brother emailed me a link to StrategyPage.com, and there are any number of interesting reads there. Here are links to just a few of them.
- Egypt invades Libya on the sly?
With large parts of his army changing sides and going over to the rebels, Gadaffi has taken to hiring Taureg tribesmen as mercanaries.Egypt has apparently sent some of its commandos in to help out the largely amateur rebel force. Wearing civilian clothes, the hundred or so Egyptian commandos are officially not there, but are providing crucial skills and experience to help the rebels cope with the largely irregular, and mercenary, force still controlled by the Kadaffi clan.
This is nothing new for the Tuareg, who have been serving as mercenaries for Kadaffi since the 1970s. But now thousands of them are being hired.
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In Libya, most of the 45,000 man army has either joined the rebels or deserted. The security services (80,000 men of the Revolutionary Guard, Peoples’ Militia and secret police) have also suffered desertions. Worse, but these guys are trained to bully and terrorize civilians, not fight a war. Kadaffi desperately needs some kickass fighters who don’t mind killing Libyan civilians.The Tuareg have a lot of experience in the violence department.
- Somali islamofascist forces taking a beating
March 6, 2011: In Mogadishu, the 8,000 AU (African Union) peacekeepers have pushed back al Shabaab, and seized several compounds the Islamic radicals were using as bases. The peacekeepers have about half their troops in action, and have suffered some 200 casualties in the last two weeks. Al Shabaab suffered over five times as many, including at least 500 dead. The Islamic radicals have been calling in reinforcements since the AU/TNG (Transitional National Government) offensive began in late February, but most of the new gunmen arriving were inexperienced, and took heavy casualties during their first encounters with the AU troops. Total casualties, including civilians, are closer to 2,000 dead and wounded. Al Shabaab is suffering heavy losses as it tries to counterattack and retake lost positions.
- 3rd generation thermal sites reaching troops
Compared to TWS I, the new versions are about a third lighter, and use standard AA batteries.
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Even during combat, troops have found local Iraqi or Afghan shops selling AAs, and were able to keep their electronic gear going as a result.
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Thermal sights are particularly popular because they also identify any warm machinery, at long distance, by detecting heat, and they can be used in caves ... as well as in situations like sandstorms and fog. - NorKs forming special squads to fight corruption, because nobody will give them food knowing that it either gets sold or co-opted.
Meanwhile the NorKs are also stockpiling food while people starve so that they can have a big party when ‘lil Kim takes over from daddy.In the midst of all the violence bluster from the north, comes more discreet pleas from diplomats for food. The North Koreans quietly imply that renewed food aid could be monitored, to insure that it got to those who needed it, and not diverted to the military, or sold (in North Korea or China), to provide the government with needed cash. Most donors have stopped supplying food to North Korea because of these diversions, while North Korea explains the lack of free food with loud announcements that it would no longer accept such donations, because they were not needed. But malnutrition is widespread this Winter, the coldest in decades. A lack of fuel makes the suffering worse.
It is believed that the government wants lots of food available for when young Kim Jong Un succeeds his sickly father, Kim Jong Il. It is customary for such occasions to be accompanied by distributions of free food, to put people in a good mood about the change of rulers.
Posted by Drew458 on 03/07/2011 at 10:22 AM
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