IED

[Tonito]

Me thinks we need to invest in technology to beat this IED thing. If we could have a military satellite for a 24/7 surveillance of areas where the forces carry out their day to day operations, then we can win this war. There must be a full time surveillance of road network used, when someone plants an IED, we can see. If we had drones, things will be even much better, the moment you see those fuckheads planting an IED, just sebd a drone to strike them.
But Kenya being a third world country, my thoughts will just remain a fantasy

[Kwame_the_God]

How can we truly put these people down permanently? Do we need a stable somalia? Do we need to fight corruption in our interior ministry? Do we need to go door to door slaughtering people?

[sani]

@Mawaya

Whether from within or without government should take seriously safety and security of it’s officers in such high risk areas.
Why continue patrols in useless Land cruisers?
We know money APC’s was eaten but that’s no reason to keep losing officers from predictable and identifiable incidents.

Landcruisers being blown by IED’s is good for business. Alshabaab is good for commerce. War is good for business.

[mentor]

The war in Somali will never be won/over, those which we refer to"terrorist" in the NE parts of Kenya are actually Kenyans…
But hey aren’t we supposed to get different results with the same means…

[Kilpatrick]

@spear

Yes we bought 30-40 APC’s for NPS, not all of them can be based in Wajir for patrols. We bought more for KDF and not all of them will be based in Wajir. Mandera, Wajir, Garissa and Lamu all have a need for them.
We need more for sure.

However the APC are not IED proof, better than land cruiser by far but IEDs can also take down main battle tanks. Its what type of IED and size. However that is not important, the big element here is the human aspect of it all. Alshabab has local supporters here. Financiers, Intel gatherers such as patrol routes specifically the cruisers and enablers to plant the device. That’s the big factor here. The cruisers are targeted and its not the first time. We will learn and adapt.

In Iraq and Afghanistan the enemy retreated to IEDs in the mid-term 3-7 years of the insurgency when they couldn’t field an fighting force for direct attacks. They are in decline and next year a big famine is coming.

Its sad and bad when we lose soldiers at border patrolling our territories but its also points to the fact that our borders have active vigilance to keep them safe and in control. They were targeted for doing their duty and protecting us. That makes them hero’s of the nation.

To plant IEDs you need alot of intel. Am sure it’s the locals who provide that to AS.

After an explosion which I believe is remote operated the mofos slip back into the local population. The cycle continues