41.   Vehicles will drive around, rather than over, fragile sand dunes during amphibious landings.

42.   Under the exercise environmental protection plan, the amphibious landing can only take place at high tide to minimize damage to seagrass beds.

43.   Conventional estimates say amphibious landings require at least three-to-one numerical superiority to stand a chance of victory.

44.   The war games were to hone skills in jungle warfare, tactical night flying and amphibious landings as well as search and rescue.

45.   The US-South Korean command has said Foal Eagle involves rear-area preparedness exercises, command and control response, amphibious landings and anti-air and ground defence.

46.   MacArthur, now the UN supreme commander, ordered an amphibious landing behind North Korean lines.

47.   Military strategists estimate that an amphibious landing generally requires a three-to-one superiority in troop numbers, as well as command of the skies.

48.   The Egyptia armed forces on Friday ended four days of wargames which included exercises by chemical warfare units and amphibious landing exercises simulating a crossing of the Suez Canal.

49.   The exercises, to be known as Edged Mallet, will involve an amphibious landing by US Marines positioned off the Kenyan coast.