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| MQ-9 Reaper launches the AGM-114 Hellfire missile (Picture I) |
There was news, that the United States or someone in the government has told lies to people about the situation and reasons, why U.S forces have been used weapons in that area. The reason for the lies might be otherwise caused the very fast analyzes of intelligence data. And if the analyzes are made with hurry, the situation would be very different than what is the base of the solution to use force. But otherwise, the western leaders might want to secure that area because of they afraid that growing influence of China might cause the risk for security operations in that area.
Of course, the military base in Middle-East allows China to begin long-range missions for their air force in the global operations area. The problem of China have been that they don’t have had military bases for supporting their global operations. This means that if some long-range bomber would get damages in turbines, that aircraft needs emergency landing sites or it would be in trouble. In this kind of operations, the long-range bombers and other strike planes would fly from the mainland. And the support aircraft, what are mainly airborne tankers would operate from those bases.
When we are thinking about the fate of Libyan and Iraqi dictators, we must say that nobody misses them. They self-caused the situation, that attack to those countries were able to make. And the open breakings of human rights justified those air strikes. The situation in the global political field is very complicated, what means that the analyzes before actions must be done very carefully. Of course, there have been used inhumane weapons in Syria, and one of the most feared weapons is FAE or thermobaric explosives, what would destroy victims lugs and inner organs.
But the reason why those weapons are used is that the has radius of pressure effect can be defined very sharp. And the kill ratio of that weapon type is about 100 if the targeted person would be in killing radius. Today the British Ministry of defense have prosecuted that they have used AGM-114 N "Hellfire" missiles with their drones, what are equipped with FAE-warheads. But those type of anti-personnel weapons is used also by Russian troops.
The thermobaric explosives are effective against normal buildings and vehicles, but the smooth and aerodynamic shape of the target would decrease the effect of the pressure wave. This weapon is very effective against living force, but as we know that many nations have those FAE weapons in their stockpile. They are quite lightweight and that's why the bazookas have sometimes that kind of warheads. They are also shown their effect against underwater tunnels, where would be pumped mixture of acetylene and oxygen. After that, there would be thrown a couple of torches, and that would destroy entire tunnel system. FAE ammunition is problematic, because of their possible leaks, what makes them ineffective in the real situation.
Those weapons are inhumane like all other weapons on the Earth are. War is the inhumane thing and this is the sad but true in real life. The war on terrorism is the thing, what have always before justified using any weapons, what military leaders want to use. This kind of war has been marketed to the people as the "police action" against non-uniform combatants. And in this case, the international contracts like Geneva-contract are not sustained. Also, use of chemical weapons has been before justified as the legal action, if they are used against guerrilla or "nonuniformed combatants", who are classified as criminals.
We must remember that the Geneva-contract is protecting combatants only in the international conflicts, and in national conflicts like civil wars are combatants without the protection of the law, and when we are looking this thing very cold-blooded, are the military forces justified to execute every guerrilla, what they find. And this is the problem with international law. Those laws are made for protecting the winners, and many modern conflicts are leaving without their jurisdiction. There have been situations that two states were in the conflict that way, that they were supporting guerrillas on opponents area, what have caused bloodshed and traumatic situations were human rights have systematically broken. But the international community has been unable to stop those actions because those situations are classified as "domestic conflicts".
Sources:
http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-drones-syria-using-controversial-vacuum-bombs-478492745
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmRASCHJe2Q
Picture I
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