France attack 40 vehicles in Chad airstrikes

[TomSea]

France attack 40 vehicles in Chad airstrikes

France says its air force - working with the army in Chad - has carried out airstrikes against an armed group which had crossed the border from Libya.

A statement by the French military said a fighter jet took off from the capital, N'Djamena, and targeted a column of 40 vehicles with two airstrikes.

Last year, a fledgling rebel movement seeking to topple the Chadian president, Idriss Deby, carried out attacks in the north of the country.

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Most of those people over there, in the Maghreb, in Syria/Iraq too, there's a lot of desert. It always occurred to me, these kinds of vehicle convoys should be easy to hit. Do they move at night to try to avoid detection?

[Smokin Joe]

Most of those people over there, in the Maghreb, in Syria/Iraq too, there's a lot of desert. It always occurred to me, these kinds of vehicle convoys should be easy to hit. Do they move at night to try to avoid detection?

Avoiding detection is one thing, especially from unsophisticated air assets.
IR and thermal imaging are a game changer.

In general, desert travel is cooler at night.  That is easier on men and equipment.

Much of the SAS effort in WWII involved movements at night as well.