Following the order of President Gustavo Petro to reactivate offensive operations (March 21, 2023), against eThe ‘Central General Staff’, in Cauca, Valle and Nariño, the Military Forces had been carrying out several intelligence operations to locate the nerve centers of the classified residual organized armed group.
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“The Phantom plane of the Air Force that has the latest technology for intelligence operations, –heat sensors, wide angle lenses, night vision-, had been carrying out overflights in the area for a month,” the source explained.
Along these lines, I point out that intelligence managed to document how the dissidents “They carried out activities related to drug trafficking and how they went from the Micay Canyon to the Plateado, loading and unloading drugs.. “The epicenter was detected as a mother or base camp, the same one that was attacked.”
Military Forces in use of the Spike.
Photo:Military forces
The target: camp detected
And given the prohibition of carrying out Beta or bombing operations, it was decided to attack by land with high-powered artillery.
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Colombia negotiated 8 years ago with an Israeli company for a number, “which for national security is not provided with Spike missiles, the same ones that were used in this Thursday’s operation.”
These intelligent missiles “make it possible to precisely program the firing angle, which covers from 200 meters to five kilometers and therefore, it is precise, and it minimizes collateral damage.”
From Brazil, the commander of the Military Forces, General Helder Giraldo Bonilla, assured EL TIEMPO that, “the use of these distinctive capabilities of the Military Forces Their main objective is to protect the lives of communities that are threatened by dissidents in this region of the country.“.
Military Forces and the Spike
Photo:Military forces
The Spikes
Spikes are defined as a portable anti-tank missile, which covers a distance of one kilometer in six seconds.
It has a modern infrared guidance system, which is a frequency associated with heat.
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Its factory is Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, founded in 1948 in Israel, specialized in aircraft, missiles and electronic defense.
This portable missile can be installed on a tripod or stable base that allows for configuration and precision. It weighs about 14 kilos and its warhead is a “tandem loading“, meaning that it performs two detonations.
A first hits the target and affects the structure and the second – around 10 seconds – is activated and opens the structure, referring to an armored car.
Furthermore, the offensive operations have led to the submission of 29 dissidents to justice.
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