What are the Military Capabilities of Sierra Leone?
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From Wikipedia:\nMilitary branches: Army (RSLAF)\n\nMilitary manpower - availability:\nmales age 15-49: 1,228,664 (2003 est.)\n\nMilitary manpower - fit for military service:\nmales age 15-49: 596,617 (2003 est.)\n\nMilitary expenditures - dollar figure: $10.26 million (FY02)\n\nMilitary expenditures - percent of Gross domestic product: 1.5% (FY02)\n\nSierra Leone's military is infamous for the use of child soldiers.
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The uniform.  The posture.  The knowledge of what they're training is like.  The fact they are willing to go and face fire for our country.  Confidence.  All very sexy stuff.\n\n...From the halls of Montezeuma, to the shores of Tripoli......\nWe will fight our country's battles on the land by air or sea..........
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To be a target for the locals to kidnap.  My trips to that wonderful country have been busy with trying to find a way around the corruption, in-fighting, threats and keeping your self healthy.  \n\nI would say keeping the production of oil moving and keeping the government Officials well supplied in what they need to keep you operating with out Military interruptions.  The lack of Military presence and sometimes the presences of the military keep the operations from moving.  \n\nNothing in Nigeria works like other society in the world. If you can make a project or operations work there you can go anywhere.
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Israel's army, man for man is among the best.Their number is small,but they make up for that with superior training and a lotta good technology.It's true that every male over 18, puts 2 yrs in the IDF(Israeli Defense Force).Their reserves are trained to be combat ready in under 8hrs.It's serious business for them.The S. Korean ROK Marines are in the same situation, and are no less capable(in my mind anyway)\n  As for superpower status;I think not even though they are believed to have both tactical, and strategic weapons.I think "armed to the teeth. and then some"is more accurate.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/country_profiles/1043014.stm\nhttp://www.voanews.com/english/2006-10-28-voa20.cfm\nhttp://www.globalpolicy.org/security/issues/ivorindex.htm
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Impossible to measure.  Your answer is most likely a country with no central government.  There are African nations that are eternally in governmental flux as power is shifted amoungst rival warlords.
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http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/policy/army/fm/\n\nlist of FM's.
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Ivory Coast. They have a very good attacking capability.
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-Highly skilled with gurella warfare\n-Funded mostly by external governments (Viet Cong by the Soviets, Iraqi by Syria and Iran)\n-Willing to die for their cause\n-Smart enough to know that they can't win militarily, so they have to resort to alternatives to sway US public opinion against the war\n-Targeted civilians as part of the campaign (although civilians are now the FOCAL point of the Iraqi insurgents)
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B-1 Mission Capabilities:  With its speed and maneuverability, the B-1 can penetrate low- to medium-risk threat areas and easily integrate into composite force packages.With three weapons bays, the B-1 is capable of mixed weapons loads,providing multiple target coverage from the same delivery platform.  The B-1’sperformance is optimized for low-altitude, high-speed flight using a mode that permits automatic terrain-following flight, making all weather, nightintrusions into enemy territory possible if the situation demands low-altitudepenetration.  As a result of the Nuclear Posture Review, B-1s are no longer tasked to perform nuclear missions.The B-1 operates in the high subsonic or supersonic speeds from 200feet (terrain following) to mid-30,000 feet range.\n\nB-2 Mission Capabilities: The B-2 employs low observable technology to penetrate medium to high threat enemy air defenses, holding high value targets deep inside an adversary’s territory at risk.  B-2 LO capability enables warfighting CINCs to task the B-2 to attack high value targets early in the campaign to destroy anddisrupt enemy air defense and C2 networks and assist in halting enemyforces.The B-2 operates in the high subsonic region at altitudes varying from200 feet (terrain following) up to 50,000 feet to employ all weather GPS guidedweaponry.\n\nB-52 Mission Capabilities:  The B-52H aircraft continues to fulfill the primary role of a conventional and nuclear standoff weapons carrier, with a secondary mission of delivering firepower in a low threat environment.  The B-52 carries the most diverse payload of all the bombers. Situational awareness upgrades will allow the B-52 to continue to employlong-range cruise missiles outside threat ranges, and permit employment of shorter-range missiles and direct attack munitions in air superiority/supremacy environments. \n\n Based on current operating procedures, attrition models, and service lives, the total bomber inventory is predicted to fall below the required 170 aircraft fleet by 2037.
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Rank...Country\n1...East Timor\n2...Somalia\n3...Sierra Leone\n4...Malawi \n5...Tanzania
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British Special Air Service. A special forces unit formed in the Libyan desert during world war two, made up of highly trained four man squads who worked behing enemy lines blowing up airfields, troop convoys, etc etc.\n\nCalled the Special Air Service Brigade to fool the germans into thinking it was a much larger force.\n\nFought in the Malayan and  Borneo campaigns in the 50's and 60's and became expert at Jungle fighting and defeated both the communist guerrilas and Indonesian insurgents.\n\nFought in the desert campaigns in Oman in the 70's with distinction, and also developed a counter terrorist role in Northern Ireland.\n\nFamously stormed the Iranian Embassy in London live on T.V after terrorists occupied the building and held the Iranaian diplomats hostage. All the terrorists were killed except one.\n\nWas the model for the U.S Delta force after a U.S Green Beret officer was seconded. Delta and SAS still swap officers on secondment.\n\nSaw distinguished service in action in the Falklands, Sierra Leone, both gulf wars, South America (anti drugs ops) and has trained special forces units around the world.\n\nMade up of four "squadrons" A, B, D, and G and recruits across the British and commonwealth armies, mainly from the parachute regiment except G squadron which recruits exclsively from the Guards.\n\nThe Royal Marine equivalent is the SBS Special Boat Squadron and is similar to the SEALS.\n \nIs now the most highly specialised special forces unit in the world.
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Ashanti was one of the few African states able to offer serious resistance to the European invaders. Britain fought four wars against the Ashanti kings between 1826 and 1896 (the Anglo-Ashanti Wars), one of which was notable as the first conflict in which the Maxim gun was used. In 1900, the British finally subdued the kingdom and named it the Gold Coast colony. A much-loved figure in Asante history is Yaa Asantewaa, a leader of the resistance against British colonialism in 1896.
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THE WARRIOR/UK.\nLength 6.3 m \nWidth 3.03 m \nHeight 2.8 m \nWeight 24 t \nSuspension torsion bar \nSpeed 75 km/h road\n? km/h off-road \nRange 600 km \nPrimary armament 30 mm L21A1 RARDEN cannon \nSecondary armament L94A1 coaxial 7.62 mm chain gun\n7.62 mm machine gun \nArmour  ? mm \nPower plant Perkins V-8 Condor\n550 hp (410 kW) \nCrew 3 (commander, gunner, driver) + 7 troops \n\n\nTHE BRADLEY/US\nCrew 3 \n 2 Cavalry Scouts 6 Infantry Dismounts  \nLength 21'2" \nWidth 10'6" \nHeight 9'9" \nWeight 50,000 lbs \nRoad Speed 45 mph \nRange  300 miles \nEngine Cummins VTA-903T water-cooled 4 cycle diesel.  \nArmament 25mm cannon (Chain-gun)\n7.62 mm coaxially mounted machine gun\nTOW missile launcher with twin tubes.
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Afganistan, Australia, Turkey, India, I think.\n\nhttp://bcsia.ksg.harvard.edu/publication.cfm?program=ICP&ctype=article&item_id=1340
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A competent government, access to sufficient natural resources and a great industrial base, a population large enough to sustain a large military force, a great educational system, and the will to become a superpower.
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yes they do and there army is equipped with material that is state of the art.  They mostly operated in coordination with the Belgium army  ( Korea, SFOR,IFOR, etc) .  For the moment they do have troops in Afghanistan and I belief also in Lebanon