Talk:Armed Forces of Ecuador

False information
An incredible amount of information in this article is false, particulary that about Ecuadorian-Peruvian relations. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.121.54.56 (talk) 21:51, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

Agree. False information in relation to conflicts with Peru. Please revise information as it might mislead uninformed people that come to this site as a source of unbiased information. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kalex19 (talk • contribs) 02:27, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

the military history of ecuador is ridiculous just read "THE EVIL PERUVIAN ARMY DECIDED TO STEAL AMAZONIAN TERRITORY BLAH BLAH BLAH"

lol!!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 200.54.195.90 (talk) 16:29, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

Numbers and statistics
The exact numbers and statistics of Ecuadorian troops and quantity of their equipment is difficult to access, since this type of information is kept rather "secret" by the Ecuadorian government itself. Various "official" and "unofficial" sources provide often different information.

Therefore I decided to go with the more "realistic" numbers. Example: It is rather easy to access information about how many "Gazelle" helicopters were purchased by the army in the past, but rather difficult to get up-to-date news about their current numbers. In this case I would focus on information providing smaller numbers, considering that Ecuador has not purchased any further "Gazelle" helicopters and that since them some crashed (or got lost). Another important issue is that Ecuadors military budget is not very big and one can only imagine that not all aircrafts, etc. are fully functional.

This approach will be used also to other statistics mentioned example, troop numbers etc. One has to keep a "down to earth" approach if sources vary. Any opinion? Thanks Ulan76 (talk) 21:06, 24 March 2009 (UTC)

Numbers and statistics
Whilst adding numbers and statistics or altering, please provide up-to-date references and do not destroy the page presentation! thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ulan76 (talk • contribs) 07:32, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

Corrections
Greetings, I'll made several corrections in the history section of this article, because was full of myths and lies about the conflicts between Peru an Ecuador, and its also needed an article about the Ecuadorian Navy. --Cloudaoc (talk) 06:30, 12 July 2009 (UTC)

FALSE CORRECTIONS
Hi Cloudaoc, I checked out your "corrections" and must say: What was wrong initially? Inserting words like "full hated" and stating that the previos text consisted of "lies" doesn't state YOUR neutrality. On the other hand the amount of planes lost by peru during the last conflict was correct, why did you cancel it? Since you've changed the article I better hope that you can provide decent sources instead of getting involved in political brush ups.... —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ulan76 (talk • contribs) 22:20, 5 August 2009 (UTC)


 * I'll beg you pardon? I'll never used words like "full hated", perhaps i'll missed to remove that ones but they aren't mine. About the lies, that's the correct word, the Ecuadorian Air Force never achieve air superiority (that`s one example of "lies"), and funny, you ask me for sources, but the original article shows no one, i'm only showing the facts as they are, and if you wan't to accuse me of vandalism or lack of neutrality, you must do it better than this. Greetings. --Cloudaoc (talk) 15:55, 6 August 2009 (UTC)

cleanup tag (Feb 2010)
The articles has many issues with it so I'm not going to list them all here (most are obvious): There is a quite a bit more, so if you have any questions, feel free to ask me on my talk page. Griffinofwales (talk) 19:13, 17 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Refs should be formatted correctly using cite web or similar templates
 * The article needs to be rephrased (it is clear that a non-native English speaker wrote it)
 * The POV needs to be removed

Hi, I'm the non-native English speaker, sorry :-) theres nothing I could do about that. What is a POV? Thanks Ulan76 (talk) 22:05, 1 May 2010 (UTC)

POV removed ;-) Ulan76 (talk) 21:02, 6 May 2010 (UTC)

Possible sources for article (moved from external links section)

 * CIA factbook about Ecuador's Armed Forces
 * Study on the most recent Colombo-Ecuadorian border conflict PDF
 * Ecuador, Landmine Monitor Report 2008
 * A Comparative Atlas of Defence in Latin America, 2008 Edition on Ecuador
 * 2008 up-to-date Orbat about Ecuador's aircraft within the FAE, AEE and ANE
 * Ecuador orders 30 Leopard 1 V Tanks from Chile
 * Ecuador upgrades its submarines in Chile
 * Ecuador acquires seven Hal Dhruv helicopters
 * Ecuador acquires seven Hal Dhruv helicopters
 * Ecuador orders 24 Super Tucano Light Combat aircraft
 * Ecuador orders 24 Super Tucano Light Combat aircraft
 * Ecuador orders six Israeli UAVs
 * Ecuador's intention of buying Israeli UAVs and upgrading some of its Kfir fighters to C10 standard
 * Ecuador acquires Chinese Radar System for the northern border with Colombia
 * Ecuador's Military Budget going up by 25% in 2008
 * New high-speed Patrol Boats for the Ecuadorian Coast Guards
 * Ecuador's new command structure as well as current relationships with its neighbor Colombia
 * TIME Magazine Colombian insurgency in Ecuador
 * Report of the Cenepa Conflict
 * The Army Aviation Wing
 * FAE, AEE and ANE
 * TIME Magazine South America's most troubled border
 * Jane's Ecuadorian Navy Report
 * A Comparative Atlas of Defence in Latin America 2008, produced by Canada's Department of National Defence
 * Superior Military School ELOY ALFARO
 * Official site of ESMA: Superior School of Military Aviation COSME RENNELLA B
 * Superior Naval School COMMADANTE RAFEl MORAN VALVERDE
 * United Nations Training Centre "Ecuador"
 * Argentinian strategy page with up-to-date news about the Ecuadorean Armed Forces
 * Ecuador upgrades its naval capabilities with two used frigates and new patrol vessels
 * Ecuador upgrades its naval capabilities with two used frigates and new patrol vessels
 * Ecuador upgrades its military hardware
 * Restructure of the Ecuadorian Armed Forces in 2009

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