frumentius:
Some bad news out of the DRC:

2 Hinds belonging to FARDC crashed around midday on Friday in bad weather. 2 Rooivalk were sent out to locate the choppers. Both helicopters came to rest on the slopes of Mount Mikeno, about 500m apart. Five personnel (2 Congolese and 3 Russians crew members) in total were rescued from the Mi-24 crash sites. The rescue operation took place at around 15:00UTC. 2 Rooivalk provided overwatch, 1 Oryx hoisted the crew with another in support. Three of the occupants of the FARDC Mi-24s were wounded and airlifted to Goma.

The 2 Hinds were part of 4 that were refurbished in Ukraine in 2012.

GreenandGold:


How do 2 Hinds crash simultaneously?

frumentius:

Early assessment is mid-air collision or ground proximity up in the mountains, apparently. When I was there, none of the Russian birds, whether Congolese, Ukrainian, Indian, Bangladeshi etc, would fly in bad weather. This comes after the Ugandan Islamist ADF used an IED to target a vehicle transporting Congolese Hind pilots and crews.

Obostone:


Same vest Ghana use, at least I think so. Did we buy it from Nigeria, any info.

GreenandGold:
The irony here is that, Hinds crashed and Rooivalks were sent to look for them.... These were the Rooivalks that were rubbished coz Hinds were "superior" by our Nairalanders.

Anyway, not interested in a debate - it's nighttime here. I'm out.

Henry240:
Nigerian Navy SBS

jakeporeshenko:

Can you spot that cameraman in the background? Videos like this don't get released to the public and I wonder why.

Patchesagain:


Whats the story with these things?

Odunayaw:
I can't compose a story but its lesson is [b]dont be stupid when making deals[\b]

Obostone:


I think I am correct. Check the list of countries Ghana buys defense equipment from, Nigeria has been added.

NafeesaAA:


We have 2 indigenous manufactured drones with no weapon capability.....named Gulma & Amedo (high resolution cameras only)

Henry240:
Crowds of Gambian waving the Nigerian flag.

NafeesaAA:
How true is this ?

Chengdu F7 air guard is a fighter interceptor and can't be used for counter insurgency operations against Boko Haram. They can't fly below 8.000 ft operationally.

NafeesaAA:

The 2 ATR surveillance planes were bought by GEJ from France, the 2 Fokker 27 used before and bought by Shagari were discrepit.

NafeesaAA:

T55 Tanks
Are you joking,those pieces of smoking irons are almost 30 years old.

193 Otokar Cobra was purchased by OBJ from Turkey. They were meant as scout cars and ALL of them didn't carry military grade Armour.

Before GEJ we had 2 operational Mi-24. GEJ bought 6 more and 4 continue to be on back order.

GEJ acquired 16 T72 Tanks from Ukraine via Poland.

MI-17 ISN'T an assault helicopter....its a UTILITY HELICOPTER,but tripods can be mounted on the doors to accommodate GPMG (Get your facts right)

GEJ purchased 2 AW139 medium lift and anti submarine helicopter for the Navy.

3 Super king utility helicopter bought from the US.

MT-LB personal carrier from Ukraine.

Mil-17 Helicopters from (6 fully paid for and awaiting delivery)

Before GEJ, only 3 aero-39 trainers were active. He reactivated 14 of them and are currently being used as low flying attack crafts.

(high resolution cameras only)

Henry240:


Bro, Wikipedia isn't a reliable source for some of the detailed information we need. We could have sold Ghana something else, until there is verifiable evidence, I don't think we sold Ghana those vests.

NafeesaAA:


GEJ reactivated 9 Alpha jets during his administration.

We only had ONE working heavy transport jet.... the G. 222. GEJ fixed and activated the 3 C 130 with help from US military AFRICOM.

4 Shaldag fast patrol crafts were purchased from Israel.

Defender coastal patrol boats purchased from the US.

More than 30 Lerici and lantra class patrol boats purchased from Vietnam and Hong Kong. (PMB received and commissioned 16 of them last month)

5 AW 109 utility helicopters purchased from Italy.

NNS Unity and NNS Centanial built and bought by GEJ via China.

41 BTR 4 infantry fighting vehicle with NBC protection capabilities from Ukraine.

120 CS VPE MRAP infantry vehicles from China

5 Casspir 3 MRAP from South Africa.

40 Reva MRAP from South Africa.

6 RM 70 Artillery from Yugoslavia.

****And get your FACTS straight.

Nigeria has 12 drones from China... The Yangon flash and the CH3

We have 2 indigenous manufactured drones with no weapon capability.....named Gulma & Amedo (high resolution cameras only)

Henry240:


...GEJ did not purchase the ATR Survelliance planes, it was late President Ya'Ardua who did...

frumentius:


It befuddles me when you guys obsess over so-and-so bought or did not buy xyz, in reference to state/military purchases. To my ears, it sounds as if you guys equate people who govern to people who rule. Here, we'd never say, for example, that Mandela/Mbeki bought Gripen, Hawks, Meko frigates, Agusta light helis or Type-209 submarines. Those were taxpayer purchases on behalf of the SAAF and SAN.

frumentius:


It

Bottom line: people should never be praised simply for doing their jobs.

Henry240:


It's all politics. I believe it's not so in your country because only the ANC has been in power since the fall of Apartheid.

It didn't used to be this way when it was all PDP. However since the election in 2015 it began to be a major campaign issues especially with regards to the current security situation in the Northeast.

I don't think it's a bad thing, as it allows for scrutiny in the defence sector. Above all is the corruption issue. We want to know what these politicians bought with the billions of dollars budgeted for defence each political term.

*Also means you ensure civilian primacy over the armed forces by elected leaders not wearing unearned military costumes !

GreenandGold:


So Hinds can't fly in bad weather?

overhypedsteve:
these are the kind of pictures that we want to see. Gentlemen there you have it, The Nigerian Backed Intervention in the Gambia have led to the removal of the Gambian Dictator Mr Yahaya Jammeh and for this reason the Gambian people cannot hold back their joy as they wave the colors of our nationhood. There is nothing anybody can say about it. Gambia is a textbook example of how to remove a dictator peacefully.

Henry240:

We don't use the T-55 tanks any longer. The last time a T-55 was used operationally in Nigeria Was The 80s.

Patchesagain:

Tinfoil:
Africaken, you must be proud of KDF, looks like the put up a good fight and did some real damage to shabbab

giles14:
50 % of wot ur reply to nafeeesa post is false but for the purpose of not to derail the thread, make man just close eye.