词条 | Saif Sareea II |
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Exercise Saif Sareea II, Arabic for "Swift Sword II", was a major military exercise in September and October 2001 involving the military of the United Kingdom and Oman. It was the largest single deployment of UK forces since the Gulf War.[1] Over 22,500 personnel, 6,500 vehicles, 21 naval vessels, 49 fixed-wing aircraft and 44 helicopters were deployed; compared with the previous largest force of around 5,000 personnel.[2] In addition over 11,000 Omani forces took part. Objectives
ResultsThis exercise illustrated a number of problems in the British Army; the traditional "make-do" attitude to shortages of modern equipment and essential spares fell down in the face of the Omani weather.
Some of these problems - mostly with Challenger 2 and the AS-90 self-propelled gun were fixed in time for the invasion of Iraq in 2003. Some equipment performed extremely well in the operation.
A report by the National Audit Office stated that "given that the joint rapid reaction forces are intended to be able to operate anywhere in the world, it is a concern that the MoD does not hold sufficient stocks of desert combat suits to equip the Forces." Despite these myriad problems, the MoD called the exercise a "success" and said that "the key point of major exercises is that they allow us to identify the challenges our forces might face when actually operating in such testing conditions. We have made comprehensive arrangements for identifying lessons and, where necessary, we will make improvements to our equipment and procedures."[4] EquipmentRoyal Air Force
Royal Navy
British Army
References1. ^Operation Veritas - Armed Forces deployments: The Armed Forces Minister's statement in the Commons 2. ^{{cite web|title=Top Guns|url=http://www.oeronline.com/php/2001_may_june/main2.php|work=Oman Economic Review|publisher=United Press and Publishing, LLC|accessdate=9 May 2011|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615160901/http://www.oeronline.com/php/2001_may_june/main2.php|archivedate=15 June 2011|df=}} 3. ^BBC World news, 16 January 2003; Soldiers 'having to buy own kit' 4. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 {{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1403194/Tanks-guns-and-boots-all-failed-Army-in-desert.html|title=Tanks, guns and boots all failed Army in desert|author=Philip Johnston|publisher=The Daily Telegraph|date=1 August 2002|accessdate=18 March 2016}} External links{{commons category|Exercise Saif Sareea II}} 6 : Military of Oman|British military exercises|September 2001 events|October 2001 events|Oman–United Kingdom relations|21st-century military history of the United Kingdom |
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