abstract:Fireforce is a variant of the tactic of vertical envelopment of a target by helicopter-borne and parachute infantry developed by the Rhodesian Security Forces during the Rhodesian Bush War. Fireforce counter-insurgency missions were designed to trap and eliminate ZANLA and ZIPRA insurgents before they could flee.
Although the Yugoslav government and Slovenia agreed to a cease-fire and are expected to hammer out a secession agreement in the next three months, no formal cease-fire is in force in Croatia.