Kolumbien

[Schneemann]

Die FARC scheint weiter recht aktiv zu sein - nachdem, wie im vorangegangenen Posting beschrieben, ein Helikopter mit einer Drohne zum Absturz gebracht wurde, scheint die Organisation nun mit Drohnen Angriffe auf Flusspatrouillen zu unternehmen.

FARC allegedly attacks third Colombian Navy river patrol boat with drones

A Colombian Navy (ARC) Heavy Riverine Support Patrol Boat (Patrullera de Apoyo Fluvial Pesados: PAF) was attacked on 23 August with grenades launched from drones presumably operated by Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia – Dissident (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia – Disidente: FARC-D), ARC confirmed to Janes .

This is the third such attack – the first being in November 2024 and the second occurring in July 2025, according to the ARC. The 23 August attack occurred in Puerto Leguízamo, Putumayo department, in the southwest of the country, at night, amid night-time patrols of waterways by the ARC.

This new attack demonstrates the intention to test the resilience of the vessels – their armour and potential vulnerabilities – and to regularly harass the support, surveillance, and control operations the craft carry out against groups such as the FARC-D, National Liberation Army (Ejército de Liberación Nacional: ELN), and Gaitanist Army of Colombia (Ejército Gaitanista de Colombia: EGC – also known as Clan del Golfo), and as a development of the new combat tactics employed by these groups, the ARC told Janes. [...]

https://www.janes.com/osint-insights/def...ith-drones

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