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The Netherlands is to commit four Boeing AH-64D Apache attack helicopters, unmanned air vehicles and 90 commandos to the UN mission in Mali until the end of 2015.
To perform operations in the African nation's northern region, the Dutch contingent will be tasked with providing intelligence and reconnaissance services on behalf of the commanding officer of the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in Mali (MINUSMA). To be based at an airfield in Gao, the Apaches will also provide close air support for ground troops, including providing strike cover against rebel forces if required.
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The Dutch government says its military participation in Mali is expected to cost approximately €51 million ($69 million) per year.
With a total personnel strength of 380, the Netherlands' detachment will be the second-largest European contribution to MINUSMA after France. The UN says its mission in Mali currently comprises around 5,200 troops from almost 30 nations, but will more than double in size by mid-2014.
http://http://www.flightglobal.com/n...ission-392624/
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Originally posted by RoyalGreenJacket View Postperhaps our new policy of 'Overseas Prevention and Intervention' will increase our role and numbers there also when we switch fire from Afghan.
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Originally posted by ropebag View Postbank on it - LAND is desperate to get boots on the ground and to form a joint partnership with FCO and DFID so as to fend off the RN and the Crabs come the next SDSR. being strictly fair to LAND, they are also deeply worried about skill-fade and moralé, and SIS have been honking off about Saharan Africa for years.
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Originally posted by Fridge Magnet View PostA British led Battalion with an Irish Coy as part of it would be lovely..."It is a general popular error to imagine that loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for it's welfare" Edmund Burke
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Originally posted by ias View PostSurely an Irish led Battalion, with a British Coy, would be better...
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Originally posted by RoyalGreenJacket View Posthow would we all get there?"He is an enemy officer taken in battle and entitled to fair treatment."
"No, sir. He's a sergeant, and they don't deserve no respect at all, sir. I should know. They're cunning and artful, if they're any good. I wouldn't mind if he was an officer, sir. But sergeants are clever."
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Originally posted by morpheus View PostIrish C17s and Hovertanks out of abbeyshrule airforce base!
On a more serious note, I'd be happy to serve with and under most so long as we retained our baseline Rules of Engagement.
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