SANDF, US ARMY IN EASTERN CAPE WAR GAMES The South African National Defence Force and US armed forces will conduct a joint exercise in the Eastern Cape, the SANDF says. Captain Jaco Theunissen said the militaries would share technical expertise during the exercise, which would start on 24 July and end on 5 August, and would involve 5,000 soldiers. Sapa reported. All branches of the SANDF will be involved - the army, air force, navy, and military health services. Theunissen said the exercise would recreate “a human support intervention in an unstable country”, a simulation of what is “currently happening in a lot of countries in the world, especially in the African continent”. He said the war games would include scenarios of warring factions destabilising the country, and forces having to fight against rebel groups. The SANDF was recently involved in a fatal skirmish with rebel forces in the Central African Republic in which 15 soldiers were killed.
Posted on: Fri, 12 Jul 2013 10:00:52 +0000