@gavvet,
My personal believe war never wins! And it's costly! But it makes inventions and it makes innovation also! But, it crash everything in few minutes of time! That's how I feel about any kind of war!
Your personal experiences of this border war shared very well! "Military Aircraft were a common sight and Large military convoys were not infrequent." After 30-40 years from this incident you still remember what happened at that time! Just imagine it's how impacted on your mind set! You still remember it! I wish to read your next article which can describe about another great mission launched by SA military front!

Cheers~