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2007-10-26 Sri Lanka

Detailed account of the LTTE attack on the SR Airbase

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Posted by Brett 2007-10-26 13:48|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 alot of good news in the WOT today

Posted by sinse 2007-10-26 15:33|| 2007-10-26 15:33|| Front Page Top

#2 What a great read. Thanks!

Posted by gromky 2007-10-26 15:45|| 2007-10-26 15:45|| Front Page Top

#3 It has to be considered a big success for the Tigers, being able to destroy around a dozen aircraft including a surveillance plane.

Posted by Albemarle Cleaque8456 2007-10-26 19:04|| 2007-10-26 19:04|| Front Page Top

#4 Just to piss off Mario, we oughtta supply them with much more

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2007-10-26 19:13|| 2007-10-26 19:13|| Front Page Top

#5 Big victory for the LTTE. StrategyPage says the Beech surveillance plane was responsible for the destruction of the LTTE navy.

Posted by ed 2007-10-26 19:30|| 2007-10-26 19:30|| Front Page Top

#6 Certainly a success, but one borne out of desperation rather than grand strategy. They used up what was probably their "A" team. Black Tigers are suicide units, so they don't grow on trees. Well-trained ones, able to defuse a minefield, would be exceedingly hard to come by, I think. They're attacking the Air Force because the SRAF is bombing the crap out of them. Rather than, say, sending suicide squads to alter politics in the capital, or winning battles in the field, they do this rinky-dinky airbase raid. Damage, to be sure, but doesn't change the outcome of the war that the Tigers are currently losing badly.

Posted by gromky 2007-10-26 20:05|| 2007-10-26 20:05|| Front Page Top

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