Changing security situation for Ireland

look the olden days of newtrality are gone ireland has to do its part if putin tries too attack europe

To what end realistically? I mean if the international security situation degrades to the point of there being hostile forces in the free 26, then Europe has already fallen and even a PDF funded and equiped to and beyond its wildest dreams would be utterly futile and helpless.

An open confrontation with armour and infantry would be a suicide mission, even against an invader depleted by fighting its way across Europe.

I think our defence forces should be organised, insofar as their military affairs are concerned, to specialise in gureilla warfare against a hostile force. Large armoured vehicles, ships, bases, air defence assets are very expensive sitting ducks against a well resourced invader. A geurilla force however, can melt into the ether, remaining concealed until opportunities present themselves. A gureilla force can pick and choose when to engage.

So DF operational units should be structured as columns with the main weaponry being small arms, MANPADS, shoulder lauched anti armour missiles, off-route anti armour mines, drones for scouting, kamakaze drones, and plenty lightly armoured and unmarked versions of everyday vehicles so that they will blend into the background and not stick out like sitting ducks.

The idea being defence in depth. Let the invaders in. Then attack them shoot & scoot style out of the ether with ambushes, booby traps, remotely triggered mines, assassinations terror weapons (such as hell cannons, massive blasts truck bombs)etc. The objective being not to defeat them militarily, but to terrorise and demoralise them enough to break their resolve to fight. They might occupy territory, but the would not control it.

there would need to be a structure to deposit extensive concealed materiel dumps throughout the countryside to be used by columns.

We have 8751 people in our defence forces. 590 of those roughly are on peacekeeping missions overseas.

no attack aircraft… no air defence or attack capability.

around 80 Mowag tanks, many of which are overseas with our troops on peacekeeping missions. We’d be lucky to have 50 left.

the ‘olden days’ of neutrality are not gone. Simply because we do not have the resources, infrastructure, personnel, money to become non neutral.

if Putin attacks the EU…

we’ve no attack aircraft..ZERO..

We have 6 maritime patrol vessels, ‘patrol’ vessels with limited weapons capability….they’d get blown to fûck.

Us sending 1000 troops to the front line of any fight ? Be like throwing a marble in the ocean… have zero impact.

all very well us saying we need to ‘do our bit’ … be like telling the Cavan footballers with 8 players to go win the All Ireland..

yeah they're trolling nato.

and nato responded.