A 40 year dictatorship on the north coast of Africa falls apart. The country is geographically large, desert and oil rich. Most of the armed forces defect to the popular uprising, but there remains an rump of 3 brigades of mercenaries, elite forces and irreconcilables. They have a small number of russian 4th gen fighter bombers, helicopters and armoured vehicles. They have control of the Capital, the biggest port and 2/3 of the oil infrastructure.
The revolution stalls and the dictator starts to kill the masses to re-establish control.
So what military resources would be required to pacify the situation, arrest the dictator, establish civil order and back an interim government? Could Europe do it? or is Uncle Sam the only one with the resources? Militarily speaking, could a country like Egypt be capable of it?
The revolution stalls and the dictator starts to kill the masses to re-establish control.
So what military resources would be required to pacify the situation, arrest the dictator, establish civil order and back an interim government? Could Europe do it? or is Uncle Sam the only one with the resources? Militarily speaking, could a country like Egypt be capable of it?