People seem to think the Irish DF have the whole 'mine clearance' thing sewn up and this would make up for any other shortfalls in kit in Afghan.
Yes - the Irish DF are very experienced in conventional mine clearance - not in detecting and countering complex IED's designed to take them (as opposed to a third party) out.
We currently detect / disrupt over 80% of IED's encountered. We have had decades of experience in this department (from Northern Ireland to Iraq etc) and we have the worlds best unsung hero - our ECM.
Do the Irish DF have such ECM capability right now? Even the Americans didn't have such ECM in Iraq in 2005 and often used to 'piggy back' our convoys so they could be afforded the protection of the British ECM umbrella.
That's another reason why I'm saying the Irish DF wouldn't be ready for about 2 years - this would give you the time to acquire, fine tune and become proficient in ECM.
PS - for obvious reasons I can't go into any detail on ECM but I'm confident it has saved my life and many others and as much as we hate carrying it - we all appreciate what it does.
Yes - the Irish DF are very experienced in conventional mine clearance - not in detecting and countering complex IED's designed to take them (as opposed to a third party) out.
We currently detect / disrupt over 80% of IED's encountered. We have had decades of experience in this department (from Northern Ireland to Iraq etc) and we have the worlds best unsung hero - our ECM.
Do the Irish DF have such ECM capability right now? Even the Americans didn't have such ECM in Iraq in 2005 and often used to 'piggy back' our convoys so they could be afforded the protection of the British ECM umbrella.
That's another reason why I'm saying the Irish DF wouldn't be ready for about 2 years - this would give you the time to acquire, fine tune and become proficient in ECM.
PS - for obvious reasons I can't go into any detail on ECM but I'm confident it has saved my life and many others and as much as we hate carrying it - we all appreciate what it does.
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