What Kind of Armies Should Sahelian Countries Have? #Sahel #Mali #Niger #burkinafaso #barkhane
What Kind of Armies Should Sahelian Countries Have? #Sahel #Mali #Niger #burkinafaso #barkhane
A discussion of the kind of armies the countries of the Sahel should have.
Books discussed here:
Goya/Touchard, “Une révolution militaire africaine,” https://amzn.to/4gFeNv9
Barlow, “Composite Warfare,” https://amzn.to/3PeHVx5
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You ahould do a video on Nigerias Military, they have the largest in sub saharan Africa.
This is the kind of topic I'm interested in!
Edit: It was not that informative though. Too simple.
The interesting thing is, as a member of the Swedish Home Guard, some of these issues and solutions seem to have overlaps even here.
Thanks for this. Proof that web is not just justified by cat videos and maybe Wikipedia. Impressed, frankly, by your consideration of Barlow's points of view. I thought I was the only person to have read his book. His emphasis on the "Pillar Support Group" stands, to me, in direct contrast to the common meme of 'Barlow=Executive Outcomes, Executive Outcomes=evil, QED..etc'. '
Incredible. I just discovered the channel and that is awesome. Especially this emission. I'm sad that those kinds of mines so useful are not knowing by our dirigeants. So sad.
if some of these countries can't maintain a Hilux how do the maintain a helicopter?
On the air threat- while the ECOWAS threat to intervene militarily in Niger (and Mali promised a counter-intervention if they did) fell flat- it demonstrates that interstate war is not off the table in Africa. The use of Rwandan SAMs against Congolese CAS aircraft is a great example. COIN might be the most common threat, but for some actors SAMs make sense – maybe not S300s though. Something mobile and short/medium range
How effective do you think someone forming a new paramilitary force in Somalia would be? as a way to fight the AQ boys?
Composite Warfare is a good read.
I actually dont think anti aircraft capabilities are useless as countries are slowly replacing legacy aerial systems with big drones and I think such system may somewhat be useful
Given the (under)performance of Russian Airdefense in the Middle East, S-300 would probably be still useless if there was a serious Air Threat.
Were you in mali when the raddisson attack happened?
Pleaae do a video on the nigeria military please
What does low-budget air mobility look like? Like with the motorbikes and stuff, can you adapt civ helicopters? A civ helicopter is still a lot compared to people without a helicopter.
Most nations who aren't the USA are in some way constrained to "good enough" armies.
I think it's important to measure against what the regional neighbours can do, not some blue sky goal.
Will you do a video on the status of SANDF ?
Can you please do one on Haiti? We are lacking such expert analysis on these subjects. I would love to know what a Haitian Army could've been.
France and the CIA failed in the Sahel disgustingly so they advice is like throwing a pile of shyt in Africa's face. With a farrrrr superior army France lost the Sahel because it had no will to win afterall they and the CIA support the same terrorists we fighting. France was just using their military as a tool over its colonies and not for warfare. The best advice you can give Africa is to let them figure it out by themselves without a big brother white supremacy interference mentality.
Why do you trust them more than Jane’s or IISS? What is wrong with them?
This really unique. Please more analysis of less spoken of countries!
Your comments on the limiting factor of heat are fascinating. Extreme weather conditions can cause as many casualties as enemy actions. I’ve seen men faint and nearly die due to heat exhaustion when on exercise with the military.
Wouldn’t disagree with anything you’ve said here
Good video (as always), but… What about coup proofing? Losing to terrorists in the bush is annoying to the regime (and foreign patrons) but probably not immediately fatal to the regime. Losing to a coup or urban unrest is a fiasco for the regime.
You should update the map you are using, your country already recognized the sovereignty of Morocco on it's western regions😊
Excellent video as usual!
Please consider explaining acronyms and abbreviations (even just put a textbox with the translation) as it is not always obvious for non specialists and non anglophones. I've spent a long time wondering what COIN is for example, and it distracts from the point
It's not related to this video, but thought it might be of interest to you. In a recent lecture, the chief of staff of the French navy answering a question on autonomy said that french frigate could work without crew. That's at 1: 30 :00 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbJau7J-Bng
Thanks for this, this is my favorite presentation you've done. I think US policy makers would do well to have that same self-reflection you had.
You really should try to do some collab with guys like perun or good time bad time to grow your audience! This channel is critically underrated
This was cool.
I'd like to see your take on capabilities "Sub-Saharan" (i really dislike that term)nations should have in their militaries.
I like this. Perhaps an entire series about suitable armies in different regions.
The big issue for these nations is, I think, budget and recruitment (and corruption at all levels). At the end of the day, as you point out, the improvement of their manpower quality in training would already be a great improvement regardless of procurement.
Also the use of long range UAVs would come in handy at least for territory surveillance / reconnaissance.
Thanks for the video. 🙂
Nice video more like this!!
Thank you Michael, another excellent piece of analysis and overview here, which really highlights the uniqueness of operating in that type of environment. Can I ask if you will be doing some analysis in the future on the BENELUX nations?
Fascinating. I find it amazing the Russians and Chinese are moving into Africa to fill the voids being left by the French in places like Mali to support the local militaries.
Having a tank or air force would be great, but when you don't have the knowledge and parts to keep them running, what good are they? Take that money and buy a few Toyotas, mount some heavy weapons, and you have a mechanized unit in days. It's not they don't want those nice shiny things, it's that they are not the right tool.
Please do a video on Congo DRC military and one on Rwanda military please and also the current conflict with the M23 please
Algérie has a beefy air force, 130+ strike fighter craft. They are potentially a client for the SU-57. Russian rubbish but not nothing
Composite Warfare finally getting the attention it deserves.
I am a big fan of Eeben Barlow's theories on warfare which have proovenly worked in reality twice already. And three times if you count STTEPs intervention in Nigeria