[Mashood]

Good morning:

"seizing ground like the south bank of the Litani"

I don't think it would be prudent to expose your quick mobile units to this vicegrip...waiting for the main force to arrive in 5-6 days.

[brazzaville]

Good morning.
"I don't think it would be prudent to expose your quick mobile units to this vicegrip...waiting for the main force to arrive in 5-6 days."
The use of Airborne forces is by nature imprudent. Makes one wonder why people volunteer to exit aircraft in flight into enemy country, to fight outnumbered until relieved, doesn't it.

By their nature elite soldiers are perfect for this type of operation. As I wrote before, IDF artillery is in range and the IAF controls the airspace above the battlefield so the risk is lessened considerably. The paras are more likely to take casualties in the cleanup later than in seizing and holding the bridgehead on the river.

What is the distance from the Israeli border to the Litani? I believe it ranges from around 18 to 25 miles down to six miles, give or take a click or so but I'm not sure. What's the rage of a 155? How about an MLRS? What's the speed of a Merkava tank and a Zelda APC, or the range of a Hellfire missile?

I would bet that there will be Masters theses(SP?) written about this campaign.

Michael Frazier