Military of China, force comment.
Military of China, force comment.

data for: two U.S. Chinook helicopters in southern Afghanistan’s Kandahar air base to land. Xinhua News Agency/Agence France

The Voice of China “concept of military evening peak,” reported: the evening of August 5, local time, the Afghan national security forces and NATO troops in Wardak province to start cleaning up the tower Taliban action. NATO helicopter crashed in the region, killing 30 U.S. soldiers, including 38 deaths, including.

later, the Afghan Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident. High U.S. government officials said the helicopter crashed after being hit should the. As the helicopter was shot down mostly to the scene carrying reinforcements Navy Seals special forces, called the U.S. military’s most elite forces.

So, the sacrifice of those soldiers fighting for the overall U.S. military strength mean that the future operational model for the U.S. military will have what effect? Related topic, the reporter interviewed the Academy of Military Science researcher Du Wenlong.

helicopter has advantages of speed and jumping frequently involved in combat

According to statistics, since 2005, NATO has a total of 5 helicopter from the more serious crashes, nearly 50 U.S. soldiers were killed.

Du Wenlong that, although there are some performance limitations of the helicopter, but with the Army ground combat vehicles compared to the dual advantages of speed and jumping.

in NATO countries, heavy transport helicopter carrying capacity and flight range of any helicopter can not replace, but carry than the larger, the body is very large, the helicopters reach 15 meters in length, should be said to be a monster.

flying more slowly, the ground can easily be targeted by anti-aircraft weapons. Speed ??is generally about 200 km per hour, far less than the rate of fire of anti-aircraft weapons.

it is generally the way to take low altitude flight, the distance from the ground is very limited, to all be able to create a lot of antiaircraft fire weapons shooting opportunities. Helicopter noise is too loud, but this huge noise and roar, you can hear more than ten kilometers away, this is a self-exposure.

despite the frequent failure of the helicopter, but that does not lower the frequency of use. The Army is now the main operations, including the implementation of some of the special forces operations, the motor as the main form, requires speed, ground vehicles do not have the helicopter has the advantage of speed; helicopters and combat vehicles than it goes beyond the barriers capacity is also very powerful. Therefore, the frequent use of helicopters is an important reason for this is, and now all Army ground combat vehicles, compared with a speed advantage, with benefits beyond the barriers.

“crash” of U.S. combat capability Zhu’a little effect

in Afghanistan, the U.S. military to deploy more than 10,000 from a total of Special Forces officers and soldiers, more than the other theaters of war. The U.S. military believes the special forces in reconnaissance, infiltration, and captured the enemy leader’s work played a significant role.

Du Wenlong that the crash, the overall combat capability of U.S. forces in Afghanistan will not have much impact. Currently, the U.S. troops in Afghanistan is still very large, despite the withdrawal of a part, but the main and major combat units, are still stationed in Iraq, and a variety of combat operations.

but from the special forces operations point of view, the greatest impact. Because the size of U.S. special operations forces, the number is relatively small, the so-called elite. These soldiers formed by the special team ability may be some impact. For example, the impact on morale. This U.S. Qunsiqunshang events, whether in Iraq or in combat operations in Afghanistan, are very rare. Taliban overnight with such a capability, whether it is coincidence, or accident, the morale of U.S. special forces will be relatively large impact.

other is a U.S. special forces operational pattern. Because key personnel from the U.S. for the Taliban, it is important to see action figures Soujiao basically plays a key role by the special forces, and this role in the future to turn this into the Afghan forces to bear. The present case, after special training of elite U.S. troops in combat missions to complete this process, are likely to suffer significant losses. If the individual to the Afghan military to carry out this task, the likelihood of success of how high will cause the outside of the doubt and concern.

U.S. special forces combat mode may change

U.S. Information Services U.S. Department of Defense has revealed that, with the final U.S. withdrawal from Iraq deadline approaching, nearly 六成 ??U.S. military equipment has been withdrawn from Iraq, the rest are scheduled to gradually withdraw before the end of the year.

Du Wenlong that U.S. special forces for future combat mode will crash changed.

U.S. military operations throughout the affected models. Now shrink from about 19,000 U.S. troops focus on the Taliban leaders or al-Qaeda leader’s crackdown, the main mode is the special forces by helicopter for rapid attack. Relatively well-developed intelligence network in the case, if we follow this protection is not strong, their ability to survive with limited means of transport to carry a large seal member or members of other combat forces, to attack the target, then the probability of success will be decreased.

Taliban after this incident, it may focus on the development of such an attack mode. The U.S. Special Forces operations for the entire model, the incident occurred due to relatively large changes.

In addition, the withdrawal of U.S. troops in or about to withdraw from Afghanistan in the process of this training for Afghan forces, have probably strengthened the need to adopt a new approach to deal with frequent domestic terrorist activities. (中广网 Beijing on Aug. 9 news reporter Ji Mengnan)

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