Talk:Military of Somaliland

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first I am a somalilander person, and i would like to talk about somaliland at the side of millitary.

so, somaliland is a country which is located in horn of africa, although it is not recognized but somaliland is the top group countries in africa, which is said to be the best stable in africa what ever at the side of terrorist and at the side of peace although there are so many wars, but somaliland is now stable developed country looking for its neighbour countries which were peacefull when the war is going on somaliland.

in 1991 when somaliland returns back its independence from the eagle government which determinates and wants to made the native peaple in somaliland make like what hitler made in the Esrealians and became failure somalilands peaple were made decisions to be the best country in horn of africa, and its going on untill now, and you can see how the peaple of somaliland develop there lands and make stable and also made somaliland a place where the eyes of the world focus in all horn of africa.

eventual although the peaple of somaliland made all these thingsl, there was a good government which made the process of developing the country.there is well trained soldiers who keep and care of there land ,who are citizens that can never turn thier back to the enemies even if they became weak and if most of them day the young peaple of somaliland originaly have the process of beeing solders and assissting their brothers.

[edit] Overhaul

I daresay this article needs a complete overhaul, especially given the ever-fractous nature of the political situation that geographically surrounds Somaliland. I doubt I'm the only person with a cursory interest in the region and leaving out information about such a vital political entity seems ridiculous. The article as it stands is, as far as I can tell, completely made up from rumour and gossip slanted heavily in favour of a militarily powerful Somaliland.

I've tried kick starting the process by getting some reasonable figures regarding the Somaliland military. I found some documents regarding renovation of the military (from 1995) prior to any theoretical reunification which cites the number of military personnel active within Somaliland to be 40,000 at that time, with plans to reduce it to 10,000 when the economic situation dictated. I presume since then the situation has changed dramatically, but it's a better figure than the rather large 150,000 plucked out of thin air. [1]

Since I'm not prone to editing Wikipedia articles, I'll probably leave the bulk of the editing to others but before I do anything else, I'm going to remove the pictures as a matter of urgency since they're, frankly, silly. The 'USS Somaliland' does not exist and even if it did, it wouldn't have anything to do with the Somaliland military. The entire naval section should be removed for now and replaced when some information is available.

I would not want to be accused of butchering the page, but anything below 'Weaponry' should really be removed due to lack of any evidence, the fact it's drivel, the poor formatting, etc.

Of minor interest is a US government document I found in relation to the missile capabilities of Somaliland referring to their potential possession of coastal defense missiles. Can't find the link again for the life of me. I'll see if Britannica '99 has any useful information. Searching typical US and UK sources hasn't brought up much since the international community does not officially recognise Somaliland. -Rushyo