Re: small powers

--- Oerjan Ohlson <oerjan.ohlson@telia.com> wrote:
> >Besides, compare (for instance) the US Army and the
> >IDF.  IDF has four active duty divisions, US has
> 10.
> >Yet Israel has approximately. . . Hrm, 1/50th the
> >population base of the United States?
> 
> How many reserve and NG divisions does the US have
> which it can and does > send parts of abroad, eg. to
the Balkans? 

6 National Guard Divisions, 15 NG Enhanced Readiness
Brigades, 2 NG Special Forces Groups.  Reserves no
longer include any manuever elements, just support
assets like Engineers (ranging from Combat to Prime
Power), Aviation, etc.	So call it 12-15 worth of
combat troops?

How many > equivalent divisions can  > the IDF raise
in a crisis? 

Nine.

How many of those > divisions can the US and IDF 
> respectively keep in the field if the war lasts for
> longer than two weeks?

That's an interesting question, as full mobilization
of the Zahal requires the able-bodied manpower of
Israel in it's entirety.  

John

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