Terrorism. Part-Two.

Adaption.

The movies like 'Black Hawk down' allow us to see how various groups use their vehicles to fit heavy guns, but it is in the news footage that we glimpse some of what appear at first hand to be silly adaptions. Most common guns are between 12.7 to 20mm and sometimes in pairs.

If they work, they will be used and if not then attempts to capture the real 'McCoy will be made. The problems with this type of small unit warfare is that bulky items such as MBT and other tracked vehicles eventually have to be abandoned, just because they are hard to hide.

Many modern armies around the world employ spacial forces in their counter-measures operations, such the U.S. Seals, Russian Spetnatza and the British SAS. All of these, plus a few others have improvised vehicles that are light to meet their limited capability of lightening strikes. 

It is perhaps only the Israelis who operate, as a disguised army and have the best world-wide reputation for being effective.

Corvettes and Frigates.

Future?

Which navies around the world still operate Corvettes, and do they not all employ Frigates of varying sizes?  

Since the second world-war (1939-45) many navies have developed greatly with many advances in missile systems over guns and sonar. Meanwhile there has also been many new advances in the gathering of electronic intelligence and systems for counter attack.

What is the differences between a Frigate and a Corvette?
Has it more to do with their role in the theatre of warfare.

Today some navies, if they are not just called defense forces employ the Corvette for inshore patrol, with a bit of a punch. While the Frigate is more of a real warship, missiles, air defenses, Helicopter facility and torpedo tubes.