It was the era of asymmetrical warfare, of fighting groups like the Taliban which lacked aircraft and heavy armour and had few beyond-line-of-sight weapons. "Many countries, Canada included, saw a change in the kind of conflict they would be involved in from the mid-90s through to the mid-2010s," says retired vice-admiral Darren Hawco, who was head of force development for the Canadian Armed Forces.Ĭanadian soldiers help a comrade, center, get on a helicopter after he was injured in an IED blast during a patrol outside Salavat, in the Panjwayi district, southwest of Kandahar, Afghanistan on June 7, 2010. It wasn't replaced in part because the Taliban didn't have an air force. Once, Canada possessed more guided anti-tank missiles and had stocks of shoulder-launched guided anti-aircraft missiles.Ĭanada's last portable surface-to-air missile was retired in 2005. Canadian forces possess very few guided anti-tank missiles and none of the shoulder-fired variety that have been used so successfully by small mobile teams of infantry hunting and ambushing Russian armour in Ukraine.Ĭanada also lacks the shoulder-launched Stinger missiles that have been used to down Russian aircraft. The audio looks to be an intercept of a Russian officer calling superiors to report the ambush and death of regiment commander /Fyk3jao7mL- is the first major war between developed countries in a long time, and war planners everywhere are studying it closely.įor Canada, one lesson stands out. Incredible drone video of a Russian tank column ambush reportedly from 6th regiment near Brovary Region, Kyiv oblast.
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