gottfried21:
Angolan Special Forces parade
Sorry for derailing...but nobody is talking about the impending implosion of Angola *Drops mic*

How bad are things in Angola right now....i rarely follow much about them

ViceAdmiral:


How bad are things in Angola right now....i rarely follow much about them

I'm hearing talks of a coup,an uprising and even another civil war...But the countriy is definitely deteriorating...Apparently Namibia should expect a mass influx of refugees...And for fighting to spill over into the northern part of the country

agaugust:
Nigerian military's major exercises or war games are not photographed, video recorded, or published if the operation is totally a Nigerian affair with no foreign joint participant. People think Nigeria does not train on large scale, but they regularly do.

Operation OLOGUN META.....year 2009....Nigerian Ex-President Yar Adua watches with a long range binoculars.

"A Brigade of the Nigerian Army, three mother naval cat class-warships – NNS KYANWA, NNS OBULA and NNS NWAMBA - and six squadrons of Nigerian Air Force aircraft are participating in in the exercise. Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Paul Dike, explained that the conduct of the joint exercise was borne out of “the desire to exercise our troops in a tri-service setting.

The exercise involved beach landing operations, riverine operations and insertion of troops, advance quick attack, deliberate attack phase and internal security operations.

Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Paul Dike, explained that the conduct of the joint exercise was borne out of “the desire to exercise our troops in a tri-service setting in year 2009.

The exercise, he said, “will essentially serve as a platform for us to test our intelligence gathering abilities, check the interoperability of our communication facilities as well as testing our Command and Control capability. At the end of the whole exercise, the lessons learnt will be used in improving our operational procedures in current and future operations,” he said.

The Nigerian military last held an exercise of this magnitude in May 2004, when it organised Operation TAKUTE EKPE in Lagos.

The exercise climaxed display of months of operations, weeks of reconnaissance and days of rehearsals. The officers and men involved in JOPEX 09 were involved in beach landing operations, harbour defence, riverine operations and insertion of troops, advance quick attack, deliberate attack phase and Internal Security Operations (ISOs).

The beach landing part of the exercise had commenced last Monday just as the Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Paul Dike was finishing his welcome address. It involved the simulation of naval and combat aircraft bombardments boomed all around the surrounding beachfront, signalling the start of assault on enemy positions."
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Regular = once in 2009?

Henry240:
#Nigeria COIN #CTCOIN #Insurgency

Guy second from the bottom is wearing an old SADF pattern chest rig

Pretty popular amongst operators and americans alike

gottfried21:

I'm hearing talks of a coup,an uprising and even another civil war...But the countriy is definitely deteriorating...Apparently Namibia should expect a mass influx of refugees...And for fighting to spill over into the northern part of the country

Wtf is happening in Angola?

gottfried21:

I'm hearing talks of a coup,an uprising and even another civil war...But the countriy is definitely deteriorating...Apparently Namibia should expect a mass influx of refugees...And for fighting to spill over into the northern part of the country

What's the cause of the insurrection?

Nigerian Navy

Patchesagain:


Guy second from the bottom is wearing an old SADF pattern chest rig

Pretty popular amongst operators and americans alike

Jap, thats the M83 chest webbing, still standard issue in the SANDF!!

Patchesagain:


Wtf is happening in Angola?

The Government has clamped down on what's being reported these days(hence there not being much info on what's happening) There was a video released by Anonymous Portugal earlier this week declaring war on the Angolan Government...I suggest you watch that to get a better picture

Henry240:


What's the cause of the insurrection?

Some High ranking officials and UNITA sympathisers are trying to topple to current Government...that's pretty much all I know

Nigerian Air Force

SANDF

gottfried21:

Some High ranking officials and UNITA sympathisers are trying to topple to current Government...that's pretty much all I know

After so many years of war, I thought the country was on a path to peace and prosperity, apart from the restiveness in Cabinda, the country seems pretty peaceful to me. We also cannot rule out the recent oil slump as a source of fuel for this current insurrection.

Anyway, if it were an english speaking country there would have been a lot more news coverage on some of these issues.

Henry240:
Nigerian Air Force

d AW101 looks kul, still surprised that our beloved president,has not given it Up to d air force

A Turkish convoy, which according to some reports was transporting weapons to terrorist organizations, has been hit by apparent airstrikes in northwestern Syria.
Footage released online by the Istanbul-based Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH) shows plumes of smoke from the burning trucks and people running about in panic. At least 20 trucks were engulfed in flames.

The mission, however, wasn’t sponsored or organized by the IHH, the group said. No organization has as yet confirmed that the convoy belonged to them.

Source: https://www.rt.com/news/323538-turkey-convoy-syria-attack/

giles14:
d AW101 looks kul, still surprised that our beloved president,has not given it Up to d air force

The 101 was always going to replace the 109. It is the 109 that should be transferred to the military or sold.

Henry240:


The 101 was always going to replace the 109. It is the 109 that should be transferred to the military or sold.

i Knw,only dat when d birds were ordered n delivered,everyone Wer sing Dat it should be gifted to b NAF

Henry240:
Nigerian Air Force

Aw 101 is huge

Does the presdent really need a specialized vip helicopter?

jteku:
Aw 101 is huge

Yeah...... I quite agree, it's huge.

andrewza:
Does the presdent really need a specialized vip helicopter?

Yes.

Henry240:


Yes.

Why. Why cant he use a regular helicopter that could then be used for other military roles. It seems like a massive waist to have a helcopter that can now do only one job.

andrewza:


Why. Why cant he use a regular helicopter that could then be used for other military roles. It seems like a massive waist to have a helcopter that can now do only one job.

The Nigerian military cannot spare any helicopter for the President's junketing. There are many reasons why, unavailability, maintenance, competing priorities et al.

The President moves around the country a lot, it makes sense to have his transport available whenever and wherever he needs it.

Henry240:


The Nigerian military cannot spare any helicopter for the President's junketing. There are many reasons why, unavailability, maintenance, competing priorities et al.

The President moves around the country a lot, it makes sense to have his transport available whenever and wherever he needs it.

Then why can zuma his wives, all our senior officers and Minster of defence use our standard helicopters that can then be used for any other task.

Namibia

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Oryx MONUSCO deployment:

Lagos state government commissions Proforce LAVs and armored boats for police

Local Nigerian Ship building


Nigerian company, West-African Shipyards currently building 2 30meters boatss for Nimasa

Namibian police chopper with the Glasgow 2014 baton

stillchris:
Lagos state government commissions Proforce LAVs and armored boats for police

Congratulations to all of us Nigerians.