Viewpoint wrote:Nikitas wrote:In this age of computer driven warfare many of the old tenets are changing. And in any case I wasn ot referring to a clash between Cyprus and Turkey in my previoius post. What I said is that if there are technical developments around which change the nature of warfare, ie cancel out the advantage that the air force provides, then the negotiating table changes without eiither side actually owning these new weapons. FOr the simple reason that both sides realise that their armies are outmoded and outdated and they change their attitude during negotiations.
This time round the new technical advances are cheap enough for all nations to buy and the changes to warfare are going to be major. Celldar is a passive radar system that covers an area the size of Cyprus for the cost of a simple laptop computer, and that is just one example. Ask any pilots you know how they feel about being tracked on radar they cannot detect and you will know the effect of this simple device.
SO dont everyone get patriotic about who has and has not proven their military might. All nations have victories AND DEFEATS on their scoreboards. There is not a single nation I can think of that has not suffered defeats in its history.
If that makes you feel safer good for you but never forget that Turkey is a force to be reckoned with never under estimate her, it cost you dearly in 1974 and if 800.000 GCs have not learned their lesson and provoke Turkey she will take the necessary action to put in your place EU or no EU. This goes for any nation who provokes war they cannot then cry wolf when they get beaten to a pulp. If thats what you want for your people go ahead and try it...but I do not recommend it.
As I said to another TC fool waving a stick the other day...
Be careful what you wish for TC man because today both Turkey AND the RoC have firepower coming out of their ears, and unfortunately it is YOUR community that is the little meat dangling in the middle so if it ever comes to that I doubt you’ll have a community left. Here, open your eyes and learn...
http://www.army.gov.cy/index.php?id=227