Despite the huge size of the Clone Defence Forces it is struggling to contain just one uprising (on Miliaris) and is in real trouble as Teriatri 7 has also caught alight. Indeed, a few months ago a squadron of combat helicopters was redeployed to Miliaris from... Teriatri 7!
An unnamed senior CDF officer has told colleagues that the Clones' land and air forces are too geared to facing peer opponents and not fighting rebels armed with drones, rifles and rockets. He said, "We have thousands of front line fighters and tanks but we are lacking in counter-insurgency."
Admiral Anderson is understood to have ordered production of K58 and K85 COIN aircraft to be increased. A new version of the Tapir infantry fighting vehicle optimised for internal security (J5HSX) is being rushed into production.
