MacCaulay
Banned
Turkey (deploying in '91, '97, '03, '10) can't commit much - most likely troops from III Corps of First Army (the Turkish component of NATO's Rapid Deployment Corps). Not sure what would arrive in a month.
Colombia committed a single 1000-man battalion in the first Korean War, and might be able to commit troops in '73 - probably a force of similar size, deployed in a month.
I'm wondering if perhaps non-combat units might be more important from Turkey and Colombia, especially since in the 1980s and 1990s both of them are fighting significant wars of their own against guerilla groups and narco forces.
What do those countries have for shipping capacity? It strikes me they might not have ROROs to move that stuff on their own.
I like that. Indonesia would be in, definitely. They're like Australia: lift capacity is there for infantry, and the political will would definitely be around.In 2010, Indonesia probably would deploy 1st Infantry Division from its strategic reserve corps, with the 17th Airborne Infantry Brigade arriving in a week or two and the rest arriving within a two-month timespan.
That's a very interesting proposition. In the mid-70s and early-80s, the South African Defense Force and SAAF hadn't yet been worn down by the war they were fighting in SWAT and Angola, and they did actually have lift capacity in case they should have to make an amphibious assault somewhere on the coastline of Africa.South Africa committed a squadron of fighters in the first Korean War; might a similar commitment be made in '97, '03 or 2010?
It might not be out of the realm of possibility for the South African government to make some sort of "we do this, you give us cash and weapons"-deal to build up some good will in the eyes of the world.