naptu2: Hercules C130


The Charlie 130 is the workhorse of the Nigerian Airforce (indeed a workhorse for Nigeria). In the old days, when super eagles players flew to matches on board the presidential jet, supporters club members often flew to match venues aboard a Nigerian Air Force Hercules C130.

Air force C130s have also been used to convey NTA News outside broadcast van to Liberia for the inauguration of Eileen Johnson Sirleaf, carry presidential limousines to states that the president is visiting and carry the corpses of prominent national figures to their hometowns for burial.


President Yar'Adua's corpse is being loaded aboard a C130

It can be used to carry troops, armoured fighting vehicles, parachutists, etc.

Why can't Nairaland front page this? This is a very important topic and can make the difference between our life and death of African people around the world.

It is funny how we front page when America is going to bomb Syria but nt when Congo is getting invaded by proxy or the CAR. SMH

igbo2011: Where are the tanks, aircraft's, ships, missiles, bombs, planes, guns, body armor, helmets, bulletproof vests made by us? Right now foreign countries make most of our equipment. How would we defend ourselves if they don't supply us with the products we need? Would we be able to fight off invaders?

Gone are the days of establishing Military real estates i.e. territories during warfare. The paradigm shift from occupying territory was reviewed to body counts as early as the vietnam war. American Generals were required to obliterate the communist threat and not occupy Vietnam. The solution: Body Counts.

The victors of a global war will be those who inflict the highest body count. Nigeria will be engaged only for her resources and if strategy may demand her location as a forward offensive base.

But rest assured world war 3 isn't about to happen on the account of the Syrian conflict. The Syrian conflict has a much deeper secular root tied among Arab and Persian conflicts going back on the death of their prophet.

Mr. Naptu why are you showcasing crappy military hardware

@naptu

you mean naija is still flying those horrible migs?
chai!

I wonder what cap28 would think about htis.

[size=14pt]CAC/PAC JF-17 Thunder[/size]



The PAC JF-17 Thunder or CAC FC-1 Xiaolong is a light-weight, single-engine, multi-role combat aircraft developed jointly by the Pakistan Air Force, the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) and the Chengdu Aircraft Industries Corporation (CAC) of China. Its designation "JF-17 Thunder" by Pakistan is short for "Joint Fighter-17", while the designation "FC-1 Xiaolong" by China means "Fighter China-1 Fierce Dragon".

The JF-17 can carry a variety of missiles and bombs, including air-to-air and air-to-surface missiles, supplemented by a 23/30 mm GSh-23-2 twin-barrel autocannon. It is powered by a RD-93 or WS-13 afterburning turbofan, and has a top speed of Mach 1.8. The JF-17 is slated to become the backbone of Pakistan Air Force (PAF), complementing the F-16s as well as the J-10Bs (on order) within its aircraft ranks and is also expected to fill the duties of aerial reconnaissance, ground-attack and interception.

Pakistan has already started induction, and has plans to induct around 250 units. The JF-17 will replace Pakistan's ageing fleet of A-5C, Mirage-III, Mirage-V, and F-7P/PG by 2015. The first squadron was inducted in the Pakistan Air Force in February 2010. In China it is in an evaluation phase (passed design appraisal).

Many countries like Azerbaijan, Iran, Egypt, Turkey and Venezuela have expressed interest in purchasing the JF-17 Thunder.

The JF-17 was primarily developed to meet Pakistan Air Force's (PAF) requirement for an affordable,[18] modern multi-role combat aircraft as a replacement for its large fleet of Dassault Mirage III/5 fighters, Nanchang A-5 bombers, and Chengdu F-7 interceptors. It was also to have export potential as a cost-effective and competitive alternative to significantly more expensive Western fighters.

Potential customers

Egypt is currently discussing a deal with Pakistan to co-produce the JF-17 for the Egyptian Air Force. The Azerbaijani Air Forces has negotiated with China for the purchase of several dozen JF-17s, worth approximately $16–$18 million each. The Sudanese Air Force is also reported to be negotiating for 12 aircraft. The Air Force of Zimbabwe reportedly ordered 12 JF-17 in 2004, but there are no current sources that confirm payment or intent of delivery. In 2008 several other countries including Bangladesh, Iran and Nigeria were identified as potential buyers. In early 2010 it was reported that China had been in talks with around 5 to 6 countries on the JF-17, some of whom had sent air force pilots to test-fly the fighter. Algeria, Argentina, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Egypt, Iran, Lebanon, Malaysia, Morocco, Nigeria, Sri Lanka and Uruguay showed interest in the fighter plane.

However, the market for this type of aircraft is believed by some analysts to be limited. As of November 2012, the JF-17 has yet to achieve any export orders; AVIC has also conducted presentations of their developing Shenyang J-31, which is intended as a cheaper alternative to the F-35. Argentine officials at the 2013 Paris Air Show said that they have had multiple discussions with Chinese officials over potential co-production of the Chengdu Aircraft Corporation (CAC) FC-1/JF-17 multirole combat aircraft. The discussions are the first formal effort that could lead to the co-production of a modern Chinese fighter in Latin America. FAdeA officials said the co-produced FC-1 could be called the 'Pulqui-III', recalling FAdeA's Pulqui-II, Latin America's first swept wing jet fighter.

[size=14pt]Chengdu J-10[/size]




The Chengdu J-10 is a multirole fighter aircraft designed and produced by the People's Republic of China's Chengdu Aircraft Industry Corporation (CAC) for the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF). Known in the West as the "Vigorous Dragon", the J-10 is a multirole combat aircraft capable of all-weather operation. So far, only the PAF has signed a contract making it the only export contract for the J-10.

Development

The program was authorized by Deng Xiaoping who allocated ¥ 0.5 billion to develop an indigenous aircraft. Work on Project #10 started several years later in January 1988, as a response to the Mikoyan MiG-29 and Sukhoi Su-27 then being introduced by the USSR. Development was delegated to the 611th Institute, also known as the Chengdu Aircraft Design Institute and Song Wencong was nominated as the chief designer, he had previously been the chief designer of the J-7III. The aircraft was initially designed as a specialized fighter, but later became a multirole aircraft capable of both air to air combat and ground attack missions.

The J-10 was officially unveiled by the Chinese government in January 2007, when photographs were published by Xinhua News Agency. The aircraft's existence was known long before the announcement, although concrete details remained scarce due to secrecy. A J-10 prototype was speculated to have crashed during flight test. In the official announcement Xinhua News Agency and the PLA Daily denied such rumors, and listed this as one of the test pilots' accomplishments.

The prototype "J-10 01" was rolled out in November 1997 and first flown on 23 March 1998 in a twenty-minute flight. Aerodynamic performance trials were carried out until early December 2003; aerial refuelling tests were also completed during this time. During the trials the aircraft exceeded several design requirements.[vague] The last part of the test flight programme, the live firing of air-to-air missiles, was carried out from 21 December 2003 to 25 December 2003.

AVIC plans to market an upgraded J-10 for export, most likely the J-10B, once development is complete. Several countries have shown an interest in the type.

Four J10 fighter jets were exhibited to potential customers at the Yangcun Air Base in China

"I believe the vendors know how to put it across to whoever the buyer is," said K Gambo, military attache from Nigeria, who said his country might consider buying from China.

"With good bargaining the price can come down."

Fighter jets of similar design

The J-10 bears some resemblance to the Dassault Rafale, the Saab JAS 39 Gripen, and the Eurofighter Typhoon, in addition to the Mikoyan-Gurevich Ye-8, the Chengdu J-9 and the Israeli IAI Lavi. Lavi is popularly described as having most similar canard-configuration to the J-10.[16] News articles have claimed that some of the Lavi's technology had been sold to China by the Israelis, an allegation denied by both China and Israel. The general designer Song Wencong said that J-10 was a development of the indigenous J-9 which preceded the Lavi. This was echoed by a PLAAF's major Zhang Weigang in a 2012 interview.

In 2006, the Russian Siberian Aeronautical Research Institute (SibNIA) confirmed its participation in the J-10 program; SibNIA claimed to have only observed and instructed as "scientific guides", while its engineers also believed the J-10 was not only based on the Lavi, but also incorporated significant foreign technology and expertise.

A summary before I continue. You asked the question, "If there is World War III, how will Nigeria defend itself?". Now there are assumptions in that question and in subsequent posts. The questions below will address those assumptions.

1) Why will anybody attack Nigeria?

2) Who will Nigeria's opponent be?

3) Who will Nigeria's allies be?

4) Who will Nigeria's opponent's allies be?

The term "world war" makes some believe that every nation in the world fights during a world war, but that's not necessarily true. There were several countries that were neutral during WW1 and WW2. Some countries took sides, but never experienced battles (there were virtually no conflicts in South America during WW1 and WW2).

Furthermore, we need to ask, "who will Nigeria's opponent be?" Will it be Benin, or Togo, or Ghana, or North Korea, or Brazil, or France, etc? The answer to that question will determine how Nigeria defends itself.

Who will Nigeria's allies be? In my next post you will see that Nigeria fought against Cameroon in World War 1. Nigeria was part of the British Empire and so Great Britain was its ally. Nigeria received significant military assistance from Britain. Kameroun was part of the German Empire and thus received significant military assistance from Germany. The British were allies of the Burmese and thus Nigeria was a Burmese ally. Nigerian soldiers fought and died in Burma during the 2nd World War. Nigeria is currently a US ally and you can see from my post above that the US gave Nigeria a warship (NNS Thunder/USCG Chase). Sierra Leone is an ally of Britain and you'll remember that the British sent forces to Sierra Leone to resolve their civil war. Similarly the americans sent in soldiers to liberate their ally Kuwait when it was invaded by Iraq. So the answer to the question, "who will Nigeria's ally be?" will determine how Nigeria will defend itself.

Who will Nigeria's opponent's ally be? I guess you should already know why this question is important.

[size=14pt]The Second World War[/size]

During the Second World War, the Regiment served in many parts of the world and played a distinguished part in the defeat of the Italians in East Africa and the Japanese in Burma. The Royal West Africa Frontier Force provided the largest colonial expeditionary force to leave any colony and it was a West African division which was the first ever to be entirely supplied by air. The following paragraphs give, but a brief outline of the most complex and diverse operations in which the Nigeria Regiment took part.


Troops of the Nigeria Regiment, 3rd West African Brigade (Thunder), boarding a Dakota Transport plane (circa 1943).

At the outbreak of the war, the Nigeria Regiment consisted of five regular battalions with supporting arms and services. In the early part of 1940, plans were made for the move of the 1st West African Brigade to East Africa. The Brigade consisting of 1st, 2nd and 3rd battalions, Nigeria Regiment, 1st Light Battery, 1st Field Ambulance, 1st Infantry Brigade, Signals, and the 1st Field Company, R.E.; left Nigeria on June 3rd, 1940, together with a Gold Coast brigade. After taking part in the defence of Kenya, these brigades distinguished themselves in the Abyssinian Campaign. The Gold Coast brigade secured the west bank of the Juba after defeating the Italians at Bulo Erillo, whilst the Nigerian Brigade, by the capture of Merca, played an all-important part in the capture of Mogadishu. On February 13th, 1941, in company with the 22nd East African Brigade, the Nigerian Brigade advanced on Brava.

Despite their training in bush warfare based upon the lessons of the First World War and their short training in mobile warfare, they covered 600 miles between Mogadishu and Harar in twenty-six days, pushing the enemy before them and taking a number of guns, machine guns and prisoners. In the opinion of experts, this advance was the most rapid in the history of the East Africa Campaign.

The Brigade returned to Nigeria on September 5th, 1941 when it received an enthusiastic welcome and it provided the leaven of war-trained men for the great Expeditionary Force which was later to take part in the final defeat of the Japanese in Burma.

In 1940 it had not been anticipated that further troops would be required except for reinforcements and no further units were raised in the earlier part of the year. On the collapse of France in May and June, 1940 however, it was immediately decided to expand the Royal West African Frontier Force on a large scale and an extensive recruiting campaign was started. By the end of 1941 the Nigeria Regiment had, apart from other services, raised thirteen battalions.

These wartime battalions were built around a nucleus of 150 men from the old Reserve Battalion. The 7th Battalion came into official existence on June 8th, 1940 and from a cadre of this battalion a few months later and by local recruitment, the 12th battalion was raised.

Meanwhile the Reserve Battalion had moved to Enugu where the 9th Battalion, which was originally composed chiefly of Nigeria Police (including officers) with a few regular soldiers, was raised: after some time, some of the police were recalled and the battalion on its arrival at Sokoto in January 1941, (after a few months in Calabar) absorbed a large proportion of local recruits. At the same time, the battalions which were at first to make up the 6th Battalion, the 4th Brigade Group, were being formed at Kaduna and the 6th Brigade group was being established in Sierra Leone with the 4th and 11th Nigerian Battalions under command together with a Sierra Leonean and a Gambian battalion and mostly Sierra Leonean supporting arms and services.

In the early months of 1914 the 3rd Brigade Group consisting of 7th, 9th, and 12th Battalions, 3rd Light Battery, 3rd Brigade Group Company W.A.A.S.C, was formed with headquarters at Zaria. Later the 9th Battalion transferred to the 4th Brigade Group at Kaduna and the 6th Battalion came from that group to join the 3rd.

The 81st and 82nd West African Divisions were then formed for service in India and Burma. The Nigeria Regiment provided the 1st (West African) Infantry Brigade (1st, 2nd and 3rd Battalions) the 3rd (West African) Infantry Brigade (5th, 9th and 10th Battalions) whilst the 4th and 11th Battalions had gone to Sierra Leone as part of the “mixed” 6th (West African) Infantry Brigade. When the Divisions went to India, the 11th Battalion remained in Sierra Leone and the 8th Battalion in Nigeria as holding battalions: the 13th Battalion was eventually disbanded and used to strengthen the 8th. In addition to these units with them supporting arms and services, the Royal West African Frontier Force also raised 43 Pioneer Companies and other group of 20 Garrison Companies which saw service in the Middle East, Palestine, Morocco and Sicily.

On their arrival in India in 1943, the 3rd (West African) Infantry Brigade was detached from the 81st (West African) Division and came under the command of General Wingate who was forming a “Special Force” to carry out the Second Chindit campaign. The remainder of the two divisions took part in the campaign in the Arakan.

A detailed and authentic history of the 1st (West African) Infantry Brigade in the Arakan has been published in “A Short History of the 1st (West African) Infantry Brigade in the Arakan 1944-45”.

It has been seen how the brigades came into being and that the history of the Arakan campaign is available for the students of the roles played by the 1st and 4th Brigades, but this account would be woefully incomplete, as there is nothing published without some special preference to the 3rd and 6th Brigades. The two West African Divisions were made up as follows: The 91st from the 3rd Nigerian Brigade Group, the 5th Gold Coast Brigade and the 6th Brigade with the 4th battalion of the Nigerian Regiment and Brigade groups from Sierra Leone and the Gambia and their supporting services, the 82nd from the 2nd Gold Coast and 1st and 4th Nigerian Brigades and the Nigerian Recce Regiment which became one of the greatest thorns in the Japanese side in Burma.

The original role of the 3rd Brigade was defence against Vichy French to the north and north-west of Nigeria and training was pursued with a view to fighting in open country and orchard bush. A similar role was the part of the 6th Brigade in Sierra Leone.

In August 1914, the 3rd Brigade Reconnaissance Company was formed and by January of the following year it had become a complete unit with a full complement of equipment. Meanwhile the first Auxiliary Group was being formed in Ibadan. They were originally W.A.A.S.C and enlisted as first-line carriers trained to arms and as stretcher-bearers: their services earned much praise later on in Burma and in Nigeria they undertook important duties on works of construction.

Training was interrupted intermittently from the middle of 1941 due to supposed threats of French invasion. The most important of these alarms was at the time of ‘Richelieu’ incident at Dakar and the last at the time of the British and American landings in North Africa in November, 1942. At that time, a brigade with a squadron of Free French Tanks was massed along the northern frontier of Nigeria ready to start a counter-offensive if the Vichy French should attack. All however, went off peacefully.

Following exercises in January 1943, the news of the future employment of the West African Expeditionary Force was divulged and from then onwards till embarkation there was feverish activity. Training in thick jungle fighting was carried out at the Olokemeji Battle School and in swamp fighting around Lagos.

On September 27, 1943 the brigade embarked at Lagos and landed in India on November 5, 1943.

The 3rd Brigade which was detached from the 81st (West African) Division was introduced to a very specialised form of warfare. Shorn of its Field Battery, Recce Squadron, Group Company and Auxiliary Group, the remaining units were reorganised into ‘columns’ two to each battalion. The columns were trained for long range penetration. Equipped with unfamiliar weapons including flame-throwers and carrying their heavier weapons on mules they were required to operate behind enemy lines dependent on air-supply drops and living for long periods on the rations they carried in their packs.

The brigade went into action alongside British and Ghurkha troops in March 1944. The Special Force’s object was to establish itself in the heart of Burma on the Japanese lines of communication supplying the Japanese forces including Assam and those retreating slowly in front of General Stilwell’s Chinese-American Army advancing on Myitkina from the north. Third Brigade’s initial role was to hold ‘fortresses’ on the lines of communication, based on which other columns operated against the Japanese.

The six Nigerian columns, having being flown into Burma from Assam, were concentrated near Mawlu in two fortresses, ‘Aberdeen’ and ‘White City’, 6th Battalion was at the road and rail block at White City, and 7th Battalion was allocated a mobile role in the White City area. White City was almost immediately subjected to a very strong Japanese ground and air attack which was successfully resisted during the whole of April. In May it was decided that Special Force should move northward to join forces with General Stilwell. White City, was evacuated, a column of 12th Nigeria Regiment being the last to leave and the brigade moved northward, fighting a series of actions on the way.

Concentrating in the area near Mogaung at the northern end of the “Railway Corridor”, later to be the main axis of the final victorious southward thrust into Burma, the brigade mounted a series of attacks on a strong Japanese defence position known as “Hill 60”. This position had orders to resist to the last man and succeded in holding out until eventually reduced by the British 36th Brigade heavily supported by artillery and air craft. Third Brigade had almost succeeded in capturing the feature on one occasion and only failed through lack of artillery and air support.

By this time the brigade had suffered heavy casualties. It had fought in the most appalling conditions through the heaviest rain for four months, living on hard rations – sometimes lucky to get five days rations in a week – and seldom having a roof over its head. When hill 60 had been taken, the brigade was therefore withdrawn and after a period of recuperation, started training again in Central India at the end of 1944 for a further campaign. This time, the three battalions were divided up among composite brigades of British and Gurkha troops, with whom the Nigerians established excellent relations.

The third Chindit campaign did not, however, materialise. The successful British advance in Burma had made long-range penetration no longer necessary or practicable, so Special Force was disbanded

Reorganised once more on orthodox lines, the brigade joined the 81st (West Africa) Division in an arear near Madras, where training was commenced for a sea-borne invasion of Malaya.

The 6th Brigade, including the 4th Battalion, Nigeria Regiment and the 6th Light Battery and a Field Survey Section, were in August 1943, the first West Africa troops to land in India. After training they proceeded to the Burma frontier area in the Arakan and before the end of the war, the 4th Battalion was established over the frontier on the headwaters of the Kaladan River valley which was the scene of its operations for nearly 14 months. The 4th Battalion was supplied entirely from the air , whilst a jeep track , known as “West Africa Way”, was constructed behind it through what seemed impossibly precipitous country. This remarkable feat covered no less than 73 miles. The rest of the Brigade and a Gold Coast brigade (the 5th) together forming the 81st Division, from which the 3rd Brigade had been detached to serve with the Chindit under General Wingate, followed and together were the first large force ever to be supplied entirely by air.

In the early months of 1944 the brigade advanced down the Kaladan valley as a left flank guard to the main 15th Indian Corps’ attack on Akyab. This attack for various reasons failed and though the 4th Battalion reached further south that year than any other large body of troops on the whole front. The division had to withdraw with the rest of the corps; after delaying tactics supported by detachments of the Reconnaissance Regiment, which up to this time had been undertaking aggressive landing operations along the coast towards Akyab, it held positions near the frontier throughout the monsoon and so forestalled the much vaunted Japanese advance on Calcutta.

The 4th Battalion led the return to Burma after the Monsoon by driving the Japanese off the precipitous slopes of Frontier Hill and the brigade advanced again down the Kaladan and parallel valleys. So successful was this outflanking movement, which was joined in January 1945 by the 82nd West African Division and resulted in joint capture by the two West African Divisions of Myohaung, that little resistance was put up in Akyab to the rest of the Corps. After the capture of Myohaung, the 81st Division, including the 6th Brigade, returned to India for rest and further training for an attack on Malaya, but an armistice was signed before this was launched. During the operation in the Kaladan Valley, the troops lived and fought in extreme jungle conditions, the only adjuncts of civilisation in the way of weapons, food, clothing, or shelter, being what they could carry themselves or what could be dropped from the air they faced these conditions for months on end in a way no other troops were ever called upon to do for such long periods. They acquitted themselves well and played a major part in driving the Japanese out of the Arakan.

The end of the war came before the West African Divisions could carry out their plans for the attack on Malaya and so, after a period of rest and vocational training in India, they returned to their home countries in 1946 with a record of which they could be well proud.

The Japanese were usually contemptuous of their foes and the following extract from a captured Japanese war diary is therefore worth recording.

The enemy soldiers are not from Britain but from Africa. Because of their belief, they are not afraid to die, so even if their comrades have fallen they keep on advancing as if nothing had happened. It makes things rather difficult. They have an excellent physique and are very brave, so fighting against these soldiers is somewhat troublesome.

The following are some of the honours won by Nigerian troops of the Royal West African Frontier Force during the Second World War 1939-1946: Distinguished Conduct Medal, 8; Military Medal, 58; British Empire Medal, 20; Mention in Despatches, 243; Certificates of Good Service, 39; Act of Gallantry, 1.

Myohaung Day ( January 24th) is the annual day of remembrance in honour of Nigerian soldiers killed in Burma. November 11th of each year is the annual commemoration day of Nigerian soldiers killed in the two World Wars.

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@naptu

you mean naija is still flying those horrible migs?
chai!

No, Obasanjo sold them off (I was sad when he did that. I remember those MiGs from Independence Day flypasts. I know that they are old, but I had an emotional attachment to the MiGs and Jaguars).

Basically Babangida practically grounded our air force. Obasanjo started a programme of reorganising the air force. He sold off the MiGs and some of the Jaguars, bought Chengdu F7 Ni (a version of the F7 that was developed for Nigeria) as a stop gap measure and planned to buy better plans. Unfortunately he left office before he could complete the programme (and a similar programme for the navy).

The programme continued, but rather than patronising western companies, as Obasanjo had planned, we are now getting equipment from China. The stealth corvettes for the navy are currently being built and we are in talks with them about purchasing the JF-17 Thunder and J10 aircraft.

We've also continued the policy of producing armaments locally with NNS Andoni, the Amebor series of drones, the Igirigi and other APCs, etc.

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A Vickers Mk.III Eagle tank at the Victor Kure Firing Range, Armoured Corps Centre, Bauchi 17 May 2012 (picture from Beegeagle's blog)

My take is, if a World War should breakout! Nigerian territory(same as the Arabian Peninsula) would be highly sought after by all Parties!
Let's not forget most of the War machines used primarily run on Oil (except for a few Nuclear-powered Aircraft Carriers),thus for logistical reasons, securing a stable supply is paramount!
2ndly, War is a Game of Numbers! A Country of 120million is a Force to reckon with no matter how weak it is in terms of Hardware!
Let's not forget Russia relied almost solely on numbers during WW2!
3rdly, we are vocal in World Politics thus making us attractive bait to countries who would want to poke us on the side to see how Hard we really claim to be! Don't be surprised to see Francophone incursions into Nigerian Territory with or without Approval from France!
4thly, Military Blockades of Ports to Prevent Dealing with the Enemy would become rife thus affecting our Trade and Economy!
So invariably, we would be drawn into the Conflict!

Funny enough, most African Countries are not organized enough to fight a War of Resistance against a Common Enemy ( except Ethiopa, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Eritrea etc)hence we would crumble easily!
Food is d major weapon that wud be used to Defeat us!
Poor Knowledge of Bunkers and Tunnelling techiques wud work against us!
But who knows? War can be very unpredictable!
A Crumbling country could suddenly be transformed into a Formidable State when faced by External aggression!
Most of d States that fought the WW2 were worse than Nigeria after being decimated by WW1 and d Great Depression!

My Fingers are Crossed!

I aint much of an analyst but I love ur work here, Guyz! Naptu! Thumbs up!

^^^^^

Thanks very much.

Hmmm..., if WWW111 occurs, I hope by that time we have a smart, intelligent and diplomatic President. A President who sees joining the war as the last option. A President who is not easily controllable by the so-called 1st world countries. A President that's not trigger happy. Above all, a selfish President that think first of our interest.

luvmijeje: Hmmm..., if WWW111 occurs, I hope by that time we have a smart, intelligent and diplomatic President. A President who sees joining the war as the last option. A President who is not easily controllable by the so-called 1st world countries. A President that's not trigger happy. Above all, a selfish President that think first of our interest.

I think you are the first person to use the magic word on this thread - "diplomatic".

naptu2:

I think you are the first person to use the magic word on this thread - "diplomatic".

And I hope, I'm not the only that think that way.

Naptu2's posts are always so informative and enlightening..NL's resident encyclopedia.....I believe our long years of military rule led to the the degradation of our military....however, the last decade has seen a reorganization of the armed forces....we certainly are not yet there but at least we're making efforts to build a modern fighting force

Sorry OP, but Nigeria is still owned by Britain and the so called Nigerian army is not really an army, but a migard extension or police force meant to safeguard resources for her majesty and her associates.

That is why you have military rulers in military regimes, and military rulers in civilian regimes because that is what it is about.

Unfortunately because perhaps you have been watching the news about countries but together by their forefathers unlike yours, you somehow feel you are like them but you are not..

You are allowed to believe you are free because you can buy shayo and go to Dubai from time to time and dance to quack singers like Davido who repeat the same lines throughout their "songs", but when that WW3 comes, you and your black Nigger Area padi are not important to be on the agenda....



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