The government of South Sudan will have military drills tomorrow, The government plans to use this event to showcase their newly acquired military prowess and skills.
The event, according to a statement from the South Sudan army, will involve the use of different weapons as well as aircraft and helicopters in the drills which will be carried out at Gorom.
A newly acquired Air defense system is one of the weapons the government will be showcasing.
The war games will also be used to taste new recruits who have been trained as deep assault paratroopers. They were trained by instructors from Egypt and Uganda to perform airborne landing to seize an enemy’s airfield and retain it until the arrival of the main forces.
The recruits also received an advance reconnaissance detachment training about the Airborne Force held reconnaissance and tactics related to search operations, camouflage blocked and destroyed the command posts of illegal armed formations after seizing bridge-crossing sites in the area of responsibility of the rapid reaction collective forces.
“The SPLA GHQs has announced that the SPLA Military Academy in Gorom shall be conducting live fire exercise on Monday 22nd August from 0600 hours to 1100 hours. The drill is aimed at honing the assault intensity, precision, stability and speed of troops”,
It urged residents of Gorom to avoid the area for their own safety. The direction of fire will be West and Northwest. It also urged the public not to panic.
The recruits shall be conducting the exercise using AK-47 assault rifles, PKM light machine guns and RPG launchers, the army’s statement further stressed.
The Opposition has however dismissed this show of force saying it is intended to intimidate them.