Australia to Allow Women to fight in the front line and special forces

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Jun 15th 2011, 12:25 am

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Re: Women on the front-line in Afghanistan?

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I don't see the Australian army as a real military, fighting force except for the SAS and their commando battalions. They are more like a peace keeping force. They cannot even deploy their Blackhawk helicopters in Afghanistan as they are not combat ready (bought a cheap version). Where are their Tiger attack helicopters?

The Hawke and Keating years did the damage. The left wing of Labor had the power to demilitarise the Military, and did so.

When the first real test in the Howard years came up - Timor - there was absolute chaos.

Jun 15th 2011, 12:36 am

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Re: Women on the front-line in Afghanistan?

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Agree, that's why I left.

They cost too much money for them to deploy only to be shot down.

The Longbow Apache costs a lot more, and the US, UK, Netherlands deploy them in Afghanistan. I don't think any have been shot down, although some have crashed.

Jun 15th 2011, 12:47 am

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Re: Women on the front-line in Afghanistan?

Rather than the front line deploy them as the commanders.

Would reduce the conflicts as troops of both sides get sent in the wrong direction

Jun 15th 2011, 1:32 am

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Re: Women on the front-line in Afghanistan?

They'd have to make the tank parking spaces bigger.

Jun 15th 2011, 1:35 am

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Re: Women on the front-line in Afghanistan?

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They'd have to make the tank parking spaces bigger.

One of the great things about a tank is that you can park it pretty much anywhere - ideal for women drivers

Jun 15th 2011, 1:36 am

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Re: Women on the front-line in Afghanistan?

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One of the great things about a tank is that you can park it pretty much anywhere - ideal for women drivers

Erm, but even tanks struggle with verticle walls.

Jun 15th 2011, 1:39 am

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Re: Women on the front-line in Afghanistan?

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The Longbow Apache costs a lot more, and the US, UK, Netherlands deploy them in Afghanistan. I don't think any have been shot down, although some have crashed.

But the US, UK and the Netherlands are happy to put their money where their mouth is. Australia just want a few helos for appearances but to put them into action is just too unpalatable with the overly-PC public.

Jun 15th 2011, 1:40 am

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Re: Women on the front-line in Afghanistan?

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One of the great things about a tank is that you can park it pretty much anywhere - ideal for women drivers

But they'd be driving in the wrong direction. Good for the enemy!

Jun 15th 2011, 1:42 am

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Re: Women on the front-line in Afghanistan?

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I think we just crashed one of our few Chinhooks. I don't know the circumstances though, flyng over there can be very difficult at times and all nations have lost helicopters in accidents.