Somali Pirates Seize Cargo Ship With 24 Aboard

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Originally Posted by Raptor1

Oh, and don't forget that while you're devoting your resources to doing all this, the enemy divisions might be making mincemeat of your front lines.

Well this would not be the entire army.... just read on...

A large conventional unit attempting to pass through the lines to attack somewhere is much more liable to being detected, both before and on the way there.

Being detected and having the enemy being able to react to it is two different things. As I specified a while back a primary target is the enemy C4 systems. If the enemy's ability to communicate and coordinate its army is broken then if one unit detects the attack but is unable to relay that information then the larger defending force can be bypassed.

Airborne and airmobile forces can be shot down by aircraft and SAM sites, ground units counterattacked and destroyed by mobile reserves. And these forces would still fighting at a disadvantage because they don't have heavy equipment or easy resupply.

Its not a question of not having heavy equipment or lack of supply. Such items do fit within the doctrine on a larger scale, a mobility focused mechanized division would for example not have large numbers of hard to transport and supply MBTs but rather lighter APCs with ATGM launchers or ATGM teams.

I'm not saying special forces, guerrilla, airmobile units and the like are useless, they are far from it. But if you devote all your resources to try to raid the enemy army's command and logistics without actually engaging and defeating it, you won't be achieving much.

Its less about the use of those specific units and more the general mind set. Lighter, rapid deploying units over heavy mechanized units. Air dropable armor over ones that need to be transported by ship or to an airbase. At sea smaller faster multi-purpose vessels.

Think of it as structuring all units like the Army's Stryker Brigades, capable of getting anywhere in the world in 96 hours and equipped to handle any mission required.