tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079007316930841006.post7735892291837939442..comments2024-03-23T23:52:14.690+05:30Comments on DefenceNet: Defence News from Sri Lanka: LTTE prepares for final battle in ThoppigalaDefenceNethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11553575476849786179noreply@blogger.comBlogger64125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079007316930841006.post-53237421945477331972007-06-18T18:58:00.000+05:302007-06-18T18:58:00.000+05:30Athsiri, my point is bandanas, etc, are just stuff...Athsiri, my point is bandanas, etc, are just stuff worn in combat. They're not uniform pieces. For instance, you won't see Armoured Corps troops on parade wearing their leather helmets or overalls. It's the same reason infantrymen don't wear fatigues or jungle boots on parade. When the Brit SAS go on parade they wear dress uniforms, not camouflage or Arab headress or cam cream. It's unprofessional.<BR/><BR/>Wouldn't you find it silly if soldiers on parade started wearing ghillie suits, or having leaaves and branches sewn into their clothes like they do in combat? Or if Navy SBS came on paraade wearing flippers???<BR/><BR/>What you wear in combat is for effectivity. What you wear on parade is for effect.<BR/><BR/>I remember in the early '90s, the Sinha Regiment OR Mess wouldn't allow soldiers to wear camouflage fatigues at meals.<BR/><BR/>And, my friend, I'm old enough to have seen that "fcuking LTTE bata-slippered-sarong brigade," overrun a battle-hardened SLA FDL. What they wear in combat doesn't matter a bit if they can fight -- and the Tigers I fought could fight.<BR/><BR/>MBRL, those guys aren't baattle-hardened, they're green-as-grass recruits fresh out of training.<BR/><BR/>The only Tigers who wear sarongs are the ones in Army-occupied areas where they're trying to pass off as civilians. We never saw any of those at EPS.<BR/><BR/>BTW, the Army troops that retook many of the overrun camps in June '90 fought in slippers, shorts, and yes-- sarongs. You can wear a fucking amude in combat if you like, as long as you fight like a soldier.<BR/><BR/>But on parade you look like a soldier -- not like a fucking Arab goatherd.David Blackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17294360142245036352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079007316930841006.post-28633569374625285712007-06-17T22:07:00.000+05:302007-06-17T22:07:00.000+05:30I think tamilnet.com is blocked from the SLT serve...I think tamilnet.com is blocked from the SLT servers. When traceroot function performed it stops from the SLT IP.Lahiruhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18127747819141130813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079007316930841006.post-78406084952701238812007-06-17T20:51:00.000+05:302007-06-17T20:51:00.000+05:30Does the SLDF offer a service type where one could...Does the SLDF offer a service type where one could enlist in one of the forces and offer their services for may be one year and then be released and no dues there after?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08597844417877432197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079007316930841006.post-14483767794103740732007-06-17T20:46:00.000+05:302007-06-17T20:46:00.000+05:30Why do the terrorists wear sarongs in battle? I on...Why do the terrorists wear sarongs in battle? I once saw a picture where they carry either a body or a wounded laid inside the sarong and lifted with a pole also put through the sarong. <BR/><BR/>Looked like a very efficient method carry your wounded and the dead..<BR/><BR/>May be SL forces could adopt something similar.. but not wear sarongs..Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08597844417877432197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079007316930841006.post-88685274397782313732007-06-17T15:16:00.000+05:302007-06-17T15:16:00.000+05:30It's Alvis Saracen. According to the army-guide.co...It's Alvis Saracen. According to the army-guide.com SLA owns 30 of them. If anyone interested with SLA inventory, can hop into the Sri Lanka Army Wikipedia article which contains much more comprehensive info than other internet sources.<BR/><BR/>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvis_Saracen<BR/>http://www.army-guide.com/eng/product588.html<BR/>http://www.armyrecognition.com/europe/Angleterre/vehicules_a_roues/Saracen/Saracen_Angleterre_description.htm<BR/>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lanka_ArmyLahiruhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18127747819141130813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079007316930841006.post-37978184355948336512007-06-16T21:38:00.000+05:302007-06-16T21:38:00.000+05:30This is a request for help from the fellow blog me...This is a request for help from the fellow blog members. Could someone id the APC in this pic and is it by any chance in service with the SLA?<BR/><BR/>http://img511.imageshack.us/my.php?image=buffelapcid2.jpgKanishkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04704213213880732962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079007316930841006.post-88937002991464942882007-06-16T13:22:00.000+05:302007-06-16T13:22:00.000+05:30vp (given his stallinist approach) is going to 1)p...vp (given his stallinist approach) is going to <BR/>1)place obstacles on the road<BR/>2)send suicide bombers in vehicles to ram motorised columns<BR/>3)mine all buildings in the area and explode them<BR/>4)line people up in rows in front of his gun positionsSrilankanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14669706047196092243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079007316930841006.post-5789986238396497422007-06-16T13:15:00.000+05:302007-06-16T13:15:00.000+05:30The biggest problems in taking wanni are going to ...The biggest problems in taking wanni are going to be<BR/>1)the human shield<BR/>2)you are going to find LTTE suicide bombers jumping from every tree at you-let alone the mines<BR/>now bombing them is pointless unless you can kill every LTTE cadre while at the same time saving the population. Taking cities require ground forces and very high casualties.Srilankanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14669706047196092243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079007316930841006.post-51201031163643995732007-06-16T09:48:00.000+05:302007-06-16T09:48:00.000+05:30They look like a bunch of battle hardened worriers...They look like a bunch of battle hardened worriers ready to go to battle. Their look is very demanding and I feel proud them.(LTTE sarong and bata slipper baby brigade ... good point he he he....)<BR/>Anyway hope that these guys are well trained to count the menance force by the mechansized units from lTTE victor unit(RPG dudues).Looks like they are ready.<BR/>I would like to know more about the uniformas and the basic eqipment that the different SL units use compared with LTTE's different units.(FOr this lets forget terrorits waering sarongs...LOL..)Sanathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08459760637560476070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079007316930841006.post-28743671692874941532007-06-16T06:19:00.000+05:302007-06-16T06:19:00.000+05:30David BDude, I personally don't think the bandana ...David B<BR/><BR/>Dude, I personally don't think the bandana and the shooting glove at the passing out parade is out of place. After all, each military unit has worn their battle attire /regalia since there were armies on this planet and I don't see what the freaking fuss is about...for example, just because the Navy boyz wear white gloves at the passing out parade, we know they may not wear the same white gloves in the awesome Dvoras when going for action to pulverize the LTTE "sea guppies"...our boyz in the pics may look like "fucking Arabs" (as you said) with the bandanas, but provided they don't look like "fcuking LTTE bata-slippered-sarong brigade," I think we are OK. As such, here they look menacing...not like a bunch of sissy-pussies that LTTE scum create with their baby-brigades. LMSSAO!<BR/><BR/>:)) :)) :))<BR/><BR/>OaO AsithriAsithrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04088197982256468403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079007316930841006.post-9259010904287941632007-06-16T01:30:00.000+05:302007-06-16T01:30:00.000+05:30outof context here-but is there any chance of Vp,S...outof context here-but is there any chance of Vp,Suppiah being indicted as war criminals in the hague?Srilankanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14669706047196092243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079007316930841006.post-68600122081676183222007-06-15T20:14:00.000+05:302007-06-15T20:14:00.000+05:30A Scientist who loved his country - Dr. Amith Muni...A Scientist who loved his country - Dr. Amith Munindradasa<BR/><BR/>http://www.netdukes.com/article.pdfErangahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06619618118449883710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079007316930841006.post-51209600320724949412007-06-15T20:11:00.000+05:302007-06-15T20:11:00.000+05:30This comment has been removed by the author.Erangahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06619618118449883710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079007316930841006.post-26399536546816952182007-06-15T18:01:00.000+05:302007-06-15T18:01:00.000+05:30This is from that article in Wikipedia, Patriot:"M...This is from that article in Wikipedia, Patriot:<BR/><BR/>"Marcinko served time in federal prison under charges of defrauding the government over the price of contractor acquisitions for hand grenades. Marcinko maintains that he was the subject of a witch hunt; his detractors claim that he was able to beat any other charges with support from powerful governmental figures, as well as underhanded legal tactics.Marcinko details his arrest and confinement in the last chapters of his autobiography."<BR/><BR/>It's extremely difficult to frame someone for fraud or embezzelment in the US.David Blackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17294360142245036352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079007316930841006.post-43600790384241027342007-06-15T17:52:00.000+05:302007-06-15T17:52:00.000+05:30Marcinko's case i think should be a fake. he has s...Marcinko's case i think should be a fake. <BR/>he has some profile<BR/>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Marcinko<BR/><BR/>as i know he's a legend among Navy Seals and and when this case occurs he was working in the ReCell.<BR/>Ya Sri Lankan i feel the sameway.<BR/>coz he's educating his kids and there are secondary level that LTTE is transforming into under pirabhaharan's authority. after this battle there should be some other sources that the everything handed overAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07110350903653713594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079007316930841006.post-82265184547230796682007-06-15T17:15:00.000+05:302007-06-15T17:15:00.000+05:30One thing more-in my books i dont care if a politi...One thing more-in my books i dont care if a politician has got rich in ways that are not strictly legal-PROVIDED HE HAS NOT RESORTED TO MURDER! and a few other limitations like squandering our foreign currency reserves.BUT HE SHOULD DO THE JOB FOR WHICH HE IS APPOINTED BY THE PEOPLE.Srilankanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14669706047196092243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079007316930841006.post-54792350554289839422007-06-15T17:09:00.000+05:302007-06-15T17:09:00.000+05:30As for Mr Prasanna De Silva's services we need him...As for Mr Prasanna De Silva's services we need him badly but not right now.Next objective is secureing east and developing it with the rest of the country while keeping a lid on the LTTE. This human rights propaganda is useless if the east is developed and the people have a decent standard of living right?. This is why this fellow Vp ha s despatched people to destabilise the east..SEE how much developing the east is worrying him?Srilankanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14669706047196092243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079007316930841006.post-77575900886544602782007-06-15T17:02:00.000+05:302007-06-15T17:02:00.000+05:30Yes we have to eliminate all threats.As i said bef...Yes we have to eliminate all threats.As i said before my knowledge of military matters is very rusty.This is what i believe...Even if the war is won militaryly the LTTE will never be destroyed.But it can be dstroyed only in peace time. This is because the MAIN ltte brains are not praba and this Effing barber.the purpose of this military campaign is only to buy as much time as possible because every cause needs both military people (where praba comes into the pic)and "political" people (large number of rich tamils who are engaged in dinning politicians. (assume every human being has a certain degree of crookedness-the crookedness is relative between 2 people).To destroy this LTTE BULLSHIT completely we need sinhalese people who are in comparable situations to those rich tamils. (other than some clowns in SL embassies-i dont believe in most of them because their primary purpose is to educate their kids abroad-who can blame them really).But in peace time we have to safeguard the rights of ALL OUR CITIZENS.Our saviours-1)EDUCATION: Ensuring that lots of our sinhala boys get the opportunity to study abroad and broaden their horizons-( see the deals the president has made with US universities).2)UNITY among our poeple-if your friend is doing better than you in life help him to do better and dont destroy his chances-in the scheme of things this will help you eventually-remember we have 2512 yrs of civilisation).Srilankanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14669706047196092243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079007316930841006.post-82492576384505659512007-06-15T16:40:00.000+05:302007-06-15T16:40:00.000+05:30Patriot, Richard Marcinko was kicked out of the US...Patriot, Richard Marcinko was kicked out of the US Navy for embezzling funds. In other words, he used monies allocated for Seal Team 6 for private use.David Blackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17294360142245036352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079007316930841006.post-524419477466160672007-06-15T16:22:00.000+05:302007-06-15T16:22:00.000+05:30Sri Lankan,But we have to eliminate all the possib...Sri Lankan,<BR/>But we have to eliminate all the possible threats right?<BR/>U said Prasanna De Silva is a great asset, similar thing had happened in USA person called Richard Mercinko who's the founder of NAVY SEALs team Six special counter terrorist unit,<BR/>He performed well and due to his assessments lots of vulnerabilities had been found, that made him to leave the Navy finally.<BR/>Important thing, now he's available for consulting, i don’t know the stories are true but the Mercinko has involved in many cases writing books, knives designing, computer game designing, security consulting and even as a consulter for the Famous TV series 24Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07110350903653713594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079007316930841006.post-38280722730567298042007-06-15T15:11:00.000+05:302007-06-15T15:11:00.000+05:30MI should never be disbanded and sL should maintai...MI should never be disbanded and sL should maintain a resonable force to maintain law and order.The army should be trained in "foreign" institutions...say sandhurst etc.Srilankanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14669706047196092243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079007316930841006.post-15969968793713195592007-06-15T15:09:00.000+05:302007-06-15T15:09:00.000+05:30digressing...the president also needs a booming ec...digressing...the president also needs a booming economy to absorb the "army".They need to know there are plenty of jobs waiting for them when this is over after free training at govt expense. So it is in their interest to finish this off as quickly as possible.Srilankanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14669706047196092243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079007316930841006.post-6429372266596488822007-06-15T15:06:00.000+05:302007-06-15T15:06:00.000+05:30Hello patriot-Hopefuly once the President sorts ou...Hello patriot-Hopefuly once the President sorts out the LTTE he will look at individuals.This is what scares certain people in high places.For them the war is just another money making mechanism.I am not speaking about the average guy who is compelled to take a bribe to ensure the well being of his family.Srilankanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14669706047196092243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079007316930841006.post-40013176902868200742007-06-15T13:49:00.000+05:302007-06-15T13:49:00.000+05:30Hi All,I don’t know this sort of things are alread...Hi All,<BR/>I don’t know this sort of things are already using in here.<BR/><BR/>air force can use flights that can high altitude with very powerful infrared cameras and high level surveillance cameras that might help us to do the job of satellites. Then it would make easy to find the targets like gatherings of tigers and firing Arties etc.<BR/>??<BR/>I mostly agreed with Kanishka.. That we need more intel works here in Sri lanka soil with the highest technology that we can get.<BR/>And it's more important to seek and destroy all the traitors specially sinhala, people like Udugampola and the responsible Heads for traiting hero’s are still free ,those are not good samples.<BR/>Our military had already destroyed this ltte long ago, unless those traitors. So in that case everyone is a suspectAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07110350903653713594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079007316930841006.post-17198468959944780842007-06-15T13:39:00.000+05:302007-06-15T13:39:00.000+05:30Dunno about divers, SL, but they definitely found ...Dunno about divers, SL, but they definitely found at least one suicide boat submerged in a lagoon after the Vakarai battle.David Blackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17294360142245036352noreply@blogger.com