After the UNLF assumed full control of the country, Milton Obote gradually outmaneuvered Museveni and his followers. He sidelined the latter in politics, allowed just 4,000 FRONASA fighters to join the new Ugandan army and had them split up among numerous units, and finally forced the rest of Museveni's private army to disarm. What remained of FRONASA later became the core of the Popular Resistance Army (and later the National Resistance Army) when Museveni launched a rebellion against Obote's new government in 1981. The ex-FRONASA cadres brought much-needed political and military experience with them, and allowed the PRA/NRA to develop a broad supporter base. This contributed to its eventual victory in the Ugandan Bush War.