[quote][b][url=/v3/forum/histoire-et-actualit%C3%A9s-45/topic/conflit-en-irak-et-en-syrie-169/?post=103432#post-103432]nico2[/url] a dit le 13/08/2014 à 20:15 :[/b]

Pour une fois, je vais poster un lien menant vers un article plutôt positif, pointant les faiblesses de l’État Islamique (EI).

[url=http://online.wsj.com/articles/michael-pregent-and-michael-weiss-exploiting-the-isis-vulnerabilities-in-iraq-1407884145]Exploiting the ISIS Vulnerabilities in Iraq[/url]

[quote]The Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham, aka ISIS, captured hundreds of millions of dollars of U.S. military equipment as the Iraqi Security Forces fled the terrorist group's advance on Mosul in June. The result is that ISIS now has some very sophisticated weapons it is using to take and hold territory in Syria and Iraq.[/quote]

Les journalistes se sont longuement attardés sur cet état de fait, à savoir que l'EI s'est emparé de matériels militaires US de qualité :

Chars (M1 Abrams), Camions, Véhicules (MRAP, Humvees...), pièces d'artilleries (Howitzers)...

Cependant, les auteurs s'attardent eux sur un point nullement évoqué dans les grands médias :

la question de la maintenance de ce matériel sophistiqué :

[quote]The first ISIS vulnerability is their weaponry. After U.S. military forces withdrew from Iraq at the end of 2011, U.S. contractors performed maintenance on the equipment left behind. Those contractors are no longer in the country.  (...)[/quote]

Oups.  :mrgreen: 

[quote]we estimate that ISIS has less than a total of 30 working M1 Abrams tanks and howitzers that are either self-propelled or towed behind trucks (based on our knowledge of how the Iraqi army is equipped and what divisions were in the north). 

These are the weapons that gave the Islamic State the advantage over the Peshmerga in recent firefights. Yet ISIS does not have the highly trained maintenance crews that are necessary to keep these weapons in good working order. 

The same problem exists for its armored Humvees and Mine Resistant Ambush Protected personnel carriers. Without maintenance, these captured U.S. vehicles and weapons will break down. [/quote]

C'était évident, mais il fallait penser à le rappeler !

Last but not least :

[quote]The heat and image signatures for U.S. and Russian equipment are well known to American fighter pilots and most, if not all, of the heavy weapons systems remaining in Iraq can be easily destroyed from the air.[/quote]

Conclusion : il n'y a plus à tergiverser à mon avis.[/quote]