ugo4u:

It won't takeoff in the first place, the weight of the drone(because of the IED) will surpass lift.
NB Moreover BH drones are glorified Toys/spycams.

Depends on either the tonne of the IED or the payload of the drone. Yes, right now BH drones can probably not carry IEDs, but with the current momentum...UAV technology is something that any talented engineer can tinker with,and we cannot assume BH doesn't have talented engineers...in a year or so, they may start using rigged drones to harrass our bases.

Solution:

We really need to put these BH guys on the defensive. The fact that they use spy-drones to monitor our military formations shows that they are confident,cohesive and tactical. It also show that they occupy ground, because the types of drones they currently use possess very limited operational range; the proximity to control node would surely be nearby the bases being spied. Such boldness is alarming.

We need to strengthen the NA aviation with more helicopters, so that as we are dislodging the enemy from Point A, we are already flying ahead to cut off their escape at Point B.

MRAPs are needed to stop current spates of ambushes.

Aaaah, ah don tire for this thread o, i didnt come here to read thesame line over nd over, person be doing like a programmed bot.

Toju200:
I nor know oo because they manage buy SU30 na SLBMS will not allow us here

They are Indian Air Force cast-offs upgraded by Belarus, which isn't saying much. I will pick the JF-17 block 3 over those any day.

Edward
@DonKlericuzio
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7h
Heavy fighting around Baga & Mile 4 for 3 days has resulted in the killing of more 46 #ISWAP Jihadists & death of bout 23 Nigerian soldiers & 5 Tchadienne soldiers.
The #ISIS affiliate seem to have lost a senior comdr said to av later died at Kuroskauwa after flee 707 NASF ambush

23 Nigerian Soldiers to 46 terrorists KIA. The ratio is too close, what are we getting wrong?

Litmus:


23 Nigerian Soldiers to 46 terrorists KIA. The ratio is too close, what are we getting wrong?

It's hard to tell,only those at the TOW,with situational awareness of the magnitude and dimensions of this insurgency can truly say what exactly the problem is. But one thing is for sure,our bases are very poorly protected.

bidexiii:


Dumb people of your type will read such articles.
It's people like you will write articles why super tucano is a bad COIN assets and NAF CATCHES UP WITH SAAF with numbers of aircrafts/types etc.
Dude I write military articles and videos; they are not dump like yours, go check if you want...

Hmmmm really? I never knew. Why didn't you inform me on time so I can retire. Why? Besides you sound like a petulant kid.." I write military too they are not dump blabla"
Do yourself a favour, don't even go there. The more you talk writing articles the more apparent your ignorance is. I will reiterate, you My friend do not have what it takes to translate the thoughts in your head into writing bevause there is nothing there. Not once have you answered my question in detail....besides acting like a baby. I ain't got to engage you in a dick measuring contest. You are bitter because I have somehow managed to disrupt you in your fetish...it's I'm.. you can go back to posting dead bodies and burnt out pick up trucks now...I'll take your advice and retire from writing more articles so dumb people won't have to read it.

QuietMynd:
Aaaah, ah don tire for this thread o, i didnt come here to read thesame line over nd over, person be doing like a programmed bot.

Ehen..the missing member of the gang has arrived. You and your deluded buddies can carry on

QuietMynd:
Aaaah, ah don tire for this thread o, i didnt come here to read thesame line over nd over, person be doing like a programmed bot.

Of course not...You came here to satiate your fetish...You can continue now.. more pictures of dead and mutilated people and latest public announcement.

Let me add my lengthy 2 cents on the NAF issue...

You guys have fought enough over the matter...
I'll repost directly from Divergent Options.
Please understand that the solution to our operational 'deficiencies' isnt just about buying aircraft A and aircraft B.
-----

Options for the Nigerian Air Force to go on the Offensive in the Counterinsurgency War


National Security Situation: The counter-insurgency war in Nigeria has prevailed for seven years; causing untold hardship to the citizens of the region, devouring a great number of financial resources as well as precious unrecoverable lives[1]. The much sought-after victory has continued to elude the Nigerian Military despite its determined efforts to triumph over the terrorists. In the conflict, the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has been criticized severally for being absent in the war efforts due to unavailable capable weapons platforms[2].

Date Originally Written: May 15, 2019.

Date Originally Published: July 22, 2019.

Author and / or Article Point of View: The author writes from the perspective of a seasoned regional defense technology analyst focusing on Africa. The article is written from the point of view of the Nigerian Air Force decision-makers considering using modern technologies to sustain the counter-insurgency war, as well as offering options on the building of aerial capabilities in order to degrade the terrorist elements.

Background: Since the 1970s, the NAF has largely lost its capability to conduct full-scale conventional warfare against near-peer adversaries. This loss has directly affected its ability to wage a successful counter-insurgency (COIN) efforts against Boko Haram and the Islamic State[3].

The Nigerian Air Force’s emphasis on utilizing cost-effective aerial platforms such as trainers aircrafts pressed into service in the frontlines has left the force with fewer capable platforms to properly prosecute the COIN war. However, with the insurgents’ ever-changing combat and survival tactics coupled with the increasing regional security uncertainties, the NAF began examining new approaches in meeting its constitutional mandates, even with its shrinking budget[4][5].

Significance: When the Nigerian Air Force cannot undertake its mandates due to limited aerial capability, the counter-insurgency efforts cannot be sustained. The military echelon will find it difficult to perform optimally, for instance, the NAF’s various Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) platforms are critical in providing valuable information on the enemy’s disposition, troops strength and composition. Also, the NAF’s strike and attack aerial apparatus are seen as the Nigerian Military’s de facto ‘far-reach’ capability; first to see the enemy, first to strike the enemy and first to report the enemy’s position. The Nigerian Air Force is simply the fulcrum that ties all the components involved in fighting the war, its role cannot be over-emphasized[6].

Option #1: The NAF distributes its platforms and combines them with an integrated observation system.

The NAF disperses rather than concentrates its forces, relying on new weapons, sensors, training, and tactics to defeat the aggressors. Distributed lethality is becoming the newest paradigm shift in offensive combat, aimed at ensuring joint force contribution[7].

This option would ensure the NAF controls the battlefield; which enables deterrence of aggression, power projection, as well as providing theatre security. This concept relies largely on resilient networks to coordinate the activities of all in-theatre airplanes spread over vast areas of landmass as seen in Nigeria’s northeast region. Every aircraft (offensive and otherwise), unmanned aerial vehicles and helicopters are a potential sensor and shooter in the shared effort, but the ability of the enemy to detect, track and adapt is greatly complicated.

While West African based terror organizations lack a credible anti-air / aerial-denial capability, when NAF campaigns are organized around using just light attack aircraft, Unmanned Combat Aerial Systems (UCAS) and attack helicopters, it doesn’t take a lot of thought for the enemies to figure out what to target. But when an offensive campaign is waged by diverse aircraft (fighters, trainers, transport, helicopters, UCAS, etc) scattered over many miles, the enemy is challenged in determining where to focus its response.

This strategy could contribute to regional deterrence, enhance the survivability of the force in wartime, and get more value out of each warfighting asset.

Risk: As with all new changes especially in the defense sector, misusing money is always an issue. However, a staggered approach to implementation could be proposed. Instead of procuring new platforms, little bits of technology could be added to each platform. Such an approach would glue together the aerial platforms, sensors, and weapons, and these incremental improvements would be a step in the right direction. Furthermore, the NAF engineers have shown countless times that they are quite adept at rejigging non-offensive platforms into highly potent warfighting machines.

Additionally, adapting the NAF for distributed lethality requires it to restructure its tactics, training and warfighting tools to a new way of waging war. This new way of war’s most important items are weapons, networking, and sensors with increased offensive reach, integrated precision munition, improved battlespace awareness, and high-mobility training.

Gain: This option would increase battlefield coherence, tactical units synergy, and also the possibility of integrating more features like a battlefield ‘friendly force tracker’ in the future. The overall picture is one of a force that will likely gain reconnaissance assets with wider operational range; communications links that better support timely targeting of threats; procedures to optimally pair weapons with targets in a distributed environment; precision munitions with greater over-the-horizon capability.

Option #2: The NAF focuses on persistent ISR, real-time target data sharing and rapid reaction engagement.

Another option is to dedicate the Nigerian Air Force’s ISR assets in a persistent deployment mode whereby multiple ISR platforms are deployed to the forward edge of the battlespace for a longer period of time. These ISR platforms will be tied to a theatre-wide real-time target data sharing network (or data link similar to South Africa’s Link ZA or the United States’ Link 16) to instantaneously transmit the target’s data (location and imagery) to standby rapid reaction assets deployed in Forward Operating Bases[8][9].

Risk: With the ever-shrinking defense budget, deploying multiple aircraft for a long period of time drastically increases the operational cost. The amount of money needed to keep military aircraft airborne or in constant high-alert mode is considerable. Moreover, an increase in deployment or sortie rate results in aircraft downtime and the maintenance time required. With the NAF currently being deployed in multiple fronts, Option #2 could result in security lapses in some areas in the country. However, UCAS could be especially useful in closing some of the gaps identified.

Gain: Option #2 offers the benefits of a quicker engagement time since the time required from target detection to engagement is significantly reduced. With this in mind, surprising attacks from terrorists are lessened. Furthermore, the decision-making process in target engagement is also reduced because the burden would be passed on the field commanders, thereby lessening the strain on the command and control process.

Other Comments: None.

Recommendation: None.

Endnotes:

[1] Gillian, L. ( 2018, January 24), The impact of the Boko Haram insurgency in Northeast Nigeria on childhood wasting: a double-difference study. Retrieved May 16, 2019, from https://conflictandhealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13031-018-0136-2

[2] Leadership Newspaper. ( 2017, June 29), Distractions On The Path To Glory: The Nigerian Air Force Experience. Retrieved May 16, 2019, from https://leadership.ng/2017/06/29/distractions-path-glory-nigerian-air-force-experience/

[3] Ekene, L. (2018, June 28), AIR SUPREMACY: Has the Nigerian Air Force lost its teeth? Retrieved May 16, 2019, from https://www.africanmilitaryblog.com/2018/06/air-supremacy-has-the-nigerian-air-force-lost-its-teeth

[4] Vanguard Newspaper. (2017, November 16) War on Terror: Airforce converts L-39ZA Albatross jets to fighter aircraft. Retrieved May 16, 2019, from https://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/11/war-terror-airforce-converts-l-39za-albatross-jets-fighter-aircraft/

[5] Sadique Abubakar. (2018, December), Air Power And National Security Imperatives. Retrieved May 16, 2019, from https://leadership.ng/2018/11/20/air-power-and-national-security-imperatives/

[6] Chris Agbambu. (2017, May 28), Nigerian Air Force Has Played Significant Role In Tackling Insecurity. Retrieved May 16, 2019, from https://www.tribuneonlineng.com/94666/

[7] U.S. Naval War College. (2015, October 10), ‘Distributed Lethality’ concept gains focus at NWC. Retrieved May 16, 2019, from https://usnwc.edu/News-and-Events/News/Distributed-Lethality-concept-gains-focus-at-NWC

[8] Reutech Communications. Link ZA. Retrieved May 16, 2019, from http://www.reutechcomms.com/linkza/

[9] Defense Web. (2010, January 18) Link ZA: Fact File. Retrieved May 16, 2019, from https://www.defenceweb.co.za/resources/fact-files/fact-file-link-za/?catid=79%3Afact-files&Itemid=159

rka2:


Good, at last. Thank you. Now back to photos please of our military before we are exterminated by our neighbours and don't have any more to share.

Maybe we can post theirs

How does that make sense?

lionel4power:
Let me add my lengthy 2 cents on the NAF issue...

You guys have fought enough over the matter...
I'll repost directly from Divergent Options.
Please understand that the solution to our operational 'deficiencies' isnt just about buying aircraft A and aircraft B.
-----

Options for the Nigerian Air Force to go on the Offensive in the Counterinsurgency War


National Security Situation: The counter-insurgency war in Nigeria has prevailed for seven years; causing untold hardship to the citizens of the region, devouring a great number of financial resources as well as precious unrecoverable lives[1]. The much sought-after victory has continued to elude the Nigerian Military despite its determined efforts to triumph over the terrorists. In the conflict, the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has been criticized severally for being absent in the war efforts due to unavailable capable weapons platforms[2].

Date Originally Written: May 15, 2019.

Date Originally Published: July 22, 2019.

Author and / or Article Point of View: The author writes from the perspective of a seasoned regional defense technology analyst focusing on Africa. The article is written from the point of view of the Nigerian Air Force decision-makers considering using modern technologies to sustain the counter-insurgency war, as well as offering options on the building of aerial capabilities in order to degrade the terrorist elements.

Background: Since the 1970s, the NAF has largely lost its capability to conduct full-scale conventional warfare against near-peer adversaries. This loss has directly affected its ability to wage a successful counter-insurgency (COIN) efforts against Boko Haram and the Islamic State[3].

The Nigerian Air Force’s emphasis on utilizing cost-effective aerial platforms such as trainers aircrafts pressed into service in the frontlines has left the force with fewer capable platforms to properly prosecute the COIN war. However, with the insurgents’ ever-changing combat and survival tactics coupled with the increasing regional security uncertainties, the NAF began examining new approaches in meeting its constitutional mandates, even with its shrinking budget[4][5].

Significance: When the Nigerian Air Force cannot undertake its mandates due to limited aerial capability, the counter-insurgency efforts cannot be sustained. The military echelon will find it difficult to perform optimally, for instance, the NAF’s various Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) platforms are critical in providing valuable information on the enemy’s disposition, troops strength and composition. Also, the NAF’s strike and attack aerial apparatus are seen as the Nigerian Military’s de facto ‘far-reach’ capability; first to see the enemy, first to strike the enemy and first to report the enemy’s position. The Nigerian Air Force is simply the fulcrum that ties all the components involved in fighting the war, its role cannot be over-emphasized[6].

Option #1: The NAF distributes its platforms and combines them with an integrated observation system.

The NAF disperses rather than concentrates its forces, relying on new weapons, sensors, training, and tactics to defeat the aggressors. Distributed lethality is becoming the newest paradigm shift in offensive combat, aimed at ensuring joint force contribution[7].

This option would ensure the NAF controls the battlefield; which enables deterrence of aggression, power projection, as well as providing theatre security. This concept relies largely on resilient networks to coordinate the activities of all in-theatre airplanes spread over vast areas of landmass as seen in Nigeria’s northeast region. Every aircraft (offensive and otherwise), unmanned aerial vehicles and helicopters are a potential sensor and shooter in the shared effort, but the ability of the enemy to detect, track and adapt is greatly complicated.

While West African based terror organizations lack a credible anti-air / aerial-denial capability, when NAF campaigns are organized around using just light attack aircraft, Unmanned Combat Aerial Systems (UCAS) and attack helicopters, it doesn’t take a lot of thought for the enemies to figure out what to target. But when an offensive campaign is waged by diverse aircraft (fighters, trainers, transport, helicopters, UCAS, etc) scattered over many miles, the enemy is challenged in determining where to focus its response.

This strategy could contribute to regional deterrence, enhance the survivability of the force in wartime, and get more value out of each warfighting asset.

Risk: As with all new changes especially in the defense sector, misusing money is always an issue. However, a staggered approach to implementation could be proposed. Instead of procuring new platforms, little bits of technology could be added to each platform. Such an approach would glue together the aerial platforms, sensors, and weapons, and these incremental improvements would be a step in the right direction. Furthermore, the NAF engineers have shown countless times that they are quite adept at rejigging non-offensive platforms into highly potent warfighting machines.

Additionally, adapting the NAF for distributed lethality requires it to restructure its tactics, training and warfighting tools to a new way of waging war. This new way of war’s most important items are weapons, networking, and sensors with increased offensive reach, integrated precision munition, improved battlespace awareness, and high-mobility training.

Gain: This option would increase battlefield coherence, tactical units synergy, and also the possibility of integrating more features like a battlefield ‘friendly force tracker’ in the future. The overall picture is one of a force that will likely gain reconnaissance assets with wider operational range; communications links that better support timely targeting of threats; procedures to optimally pair weapons with targets in a distributed environment; precision munitions with greater over-the-horizon capability.

Option #2: The NAF focuses on persistent ISR, real-time target data sharing and rapid reaction engagement.

Another option is to dedicate the Nigerian Air Force’s ISR assets in a persistent deployment mode whereby multiple ISR platforms are deployed to the forward edge of the battlespace for a longer period of time. These ISR platforms will be tied to a theatre-wide real-time target data sharing network (or data link similar to South Africa’s Link ZA or the United States’ Link 16) to instantaneously transmit the target’s data (location and imagery) to standby rapid reaction assets deployed in Forward Operating Bases[8][9].

Risk: With the ever-shrinking defense budget, deploying multiple aircraft for a long period of time drastically increases the operational cost. The amount of money needed to keep military aircraft airborne or in constant high-alert mode is considerable. Moreover, an increase in deployment or sortie rate results in aircraft downtime and the maintenance time required. With the NAF currently being deployed in multiple fronts, Option #2 could result in security lapses in some areas in the country. However, UCAS could be especially useful in closing some of the gaps identified.

Gain: Option #2 offers the benefits of a quicker engagement time since the time required from target detection to engagement is significantly reduced. With this in mind, surprising attacks from terrorists are lessened. Furthermore, the decision-making process in target engagement is also reduced because the burden would be passed on the field commanders, thereby lessening the strain on the command and control process.

Other Comments: None.

Recommendation: None.

Endnotes:

[1] Gillian, L. ( 2018, January 24), The impact of the Boko Haram insurgency in Northeast Nigeria on childhood wasting: a double-difference study. Retrieved May 16, 2019, from https://conflictandhealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13031-018-0136-2

[2] Leadership Newspaper. ( 2017, June 29), Distractions On The Path To Glory: The Nigerian Air Force Experience. Retrieved May 16, 2019, from https://leadership.ng/2017/06/29/distractions-path-glory-nigerian-air-force-experience/

[3] Ekene, L. (2018, June 28), AIR SUPREMACY: Has the Nigerian Air Force lost its teeth? Retrieved May 16, 2019, from https://www.africanmilitaryblog.com/2018/06/air-supremacy-has-the-nigerian-air-force-lost-its-teeth

[4] Vanguard Newspaper. (2017, November 16) War on Terror: Airforce converts L-39ZA Albatross jets to fighter aircraft. Retrieved May 16, 2019, from https://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/11/war-terror-airforce-converts-l-39za-albatross-jets-fighter-aircraft/

[5] Sadique Abubakar. (2018, December), Air Power And National Security Imperatives. Retrieved May 16, 2019, from https://leadership.ng/2018/11/20/air-power-and-national-security-imperatives/

[6] Chris Agbambu. (2017, May 28), Nigerian Air Force Has Played Significant Role In Tackling Insecurity. Retrieved May 16, 2019, from https://www.tribuneonlineng.com/94666/

[7] U.S. Naval War College. (2015, October 10), ‘Distributed Lethality’ concept gains focus at NWC. Retrieved May 16, 2019, from https://usnwc.edu/News-and-Events/News/Distributed-Lethality-concept-gains-focus-at-NWC

[8] Reutech Communications. Link ZA. Retrieved May 16, 2019, from http://www.reutechcomms.com/linkza/

[9] Defense Web. (2010, January 18) Link ZA: Fact File. Retrieved May 16, 2019, from https://www.defenceweb.co.za/resources/fact-files/fact-file-link-za/?catid=79%3Afact-files&Itemid=159

In a nutshell it is a crime against humanity that this war has been prolonged for 13 year's because of corruption. If the attacks are carried out im the nations epicentre was Abuja or the Niger Delta Nigeria would have gone scorched earth. But people are too busy looking for loopholes for quick profit. No empathy for the plight of troops on the ground who lose their lives for what? You cannot emphasis on this point without them insulting your generation. They are like kids...they came to play. ...What a bunch of schmuck some people are.

GeneralFarouq:

Guy. Want to read a novel ba... Just allow the guy to go jeje... Just imagine 5 pages past just loaded with stories...

Read novel lol. Guy i spend hours...sometimes an entire day researching before writing articles and postings you are talking novel......and when you say 5 pages what do u mean? What are you alluding to anyway?

Odunayaw:
Colombia, Ecuador,Dominican Republic's (etc) Air force is credible. Lies just to push point.

Unfortunate

Ecuador fly some pretty formidable fighter jets!!

Litmus:


23 Nigerian Soldiers to 46 terrorists KIA. The ratio is too close, what are we getting wrong?

Only Mortars or higher could have caused such devastation

If the whole thing is true

jln115:
Ecuador fly some pretty formidable fighter jets!!

what? Cheetahs?

Hmmmm really? I never knew. Why didn't you inform me on time so I can retire. Why? Besides you sound like a petulant kid.." I write military too they are not dump blabla"
Do yourself a favour, don't even go there. The more you talk writing articles the more apparent your ignorance is. I will reiterate, you My friend do not have what it takes to translate the thoughts in your head into writing bevause there is nothing there. Not once have you answered my question in detail....besides acting like a baby. I ain't got to engage you in a dick measuring contest. You are bitter because I have somehow managed to disrupt you in your fetish...it's I'm.. you can go back to posting dead bodies and burnt out pick up trucks now...I'll take your advice and retire from writing more articles so dumb people won't have to read it.

Of course you have some dumb shit stuff in your head.
Give us some of your miserable compilations, am sure same shit you'll put together in your junk articles.
And hell yeah am posting dead bodies of those blood suckers on this thread, if you don't like it create one and let's see how you post your dumb videos/contents, the same thread you claim it sucks you still post your wack videos and find time to post your delusional comments.
Stop portraying yourself has been moronic

Toju200:
this guy eehh see ur mouth #Current size fleet 11 Alpha jet and 9 f7 who told you did u go and count.... NAF has been doing very well in counter insurgency operation since and we are still upgrading we are expecting 5 AW101/139 helicopters, unknown number of jf17,12 super tucano,8 MI35 gunships and perhaps the yahbon flash drones we don't know if they are already here... We operate Earth observation satellites,Tin sheild radar, Mobile Early warning radar, Advance ELINT/ISR aircraft which is second to none in Africa on the part of Alpha jet we have more than 11 four of which are highly upgraded,We have the world class tsaigumi Drone,the upcoming Armed drone, the possibly weaponise NAFSA eagle, Angola is no where near..... We have the CH3 drone I can keep naming if u want

We are also getting L-39ZAs upgraded to NG standard and buying some cheap NGs, that's an extra 8 to 12 aircraft for cheap. Nigeria is piling on more Alpha jets every year which should continue so as to handle quick reaction, within-border COIN operations till 2025 because of the sheer operation advantages that NAF has in that aircraft type over any airforce in the world. Alpha jets also rain accurate bombs and SNEB rockets on the heads of Boko Haram. Forget all the irrelevant falsehood about lack of PGMs. Accurate delivery is possible without PGMs.

On the JF 17, what brain dead cretin suggested Nigeria was buying 3 aircraft only?. Look at the budgets from 2015, use a calculator. Nigeria is getting a squadron. We have about paid for six aircraft already by my calculations.
The nonsense suggestions about high maintenance, costly operated aircraft like SU 30s, MIG 35s et.c which are completely useless against Boko Haram are also irritating. Boko Haram is are actually hoping NAF goes that route. The air operations will be costing Nigeria N3 trillion a year alone in fuel and spare parts, they will win due to economic collapse alone. Russia used SU 25s and SU 30s against Taliban in Afghanistan, they left the place in tears. Some one kindly tell me how many sorties Chadian SU 30s, MIG 29s and Nigerien SU 25s have successfully done against Boko Haram in the last few year?. A Chadian defence planner would tell you those aircraft were actually bought more to address external threats than Boko Haram.

Toju200:
this guy eehh see ur mouth #Current size fleet 11 Alpha jet and 9 f7 who told you did u go and count.... NAF has been doing very well in counter insurgency operation since and we are still upgrading we are expecting 5 AW101/139 helicopters, unknown number of jf17,12 super tucano,8 MI35 gunships and perhaps the yahbon flash drones we don't know if they are already here... We operate Earth observation satellites,Tin sheild radar, Mobile Early warning radar, Advance ELINT/ISR aircraft which is second to none in Africa on the part of Alpha jet we have more than 11 four of which are highly upgraded,We have the world class tsaigumi Drone,the upcoming Armed drone, the possibly weaponise NAFSA eagle, Angola is no where near..... We have the CH3 drone I can keep naming if u want

Mobile early warning radar ?

Most early warning radars r fixed.

nemesis8u:


Mobile early warning radar ?

Most early warning radars r fixed.

We do have an EW mobile radar I can't remember the name

bidexiii:




Tnx man

Nope....it's the only photo of the LMG I've got but it must be new in our inventory.

Seen it with DSS guys

Toju200:
We do have an EW mobile radar I can't remember the name

Is it that hard to admit one is wrong ?

Let me show u some early warning radars

In the 4th pic entire building is actually a single complete radar.

Early warning radars have ranges greater than 1000 km upto 6000 km.

Early warning radars are required by ABM ( anti ballistic missile ) systems .

nemesis8u:


Is it that hard to admit one is wrong ?

Let me show u some early warning radars

In the 4th pic entire building is actually a single complete radar.

Early warning radars have ranges greater than 1000 km upto 6000 km.

Early warning radars are required by ABM ( anti ballistic missile ) systems .

Yeah I know but I saw it on this thread during the week I didn't take not but I might be wrong sha

In a nutshell it is a crime against humanity that this war has been prolonged for 13 year's because of corruption. If the attacks are carried out im the nations epicentre was Abuja or the Niger Delta Nigeria would have gone scorched earth. But people are too busy looking for loopholes for quick profit. No empathy for the plight of troops on the ground who lose their lives for what? You cannot emphasis on this point without them insulting your generation. They are like kids...they came to play. ...What a bunch of schmuck some people are.

You didn't get what lionel4power stated, did you?

In a nutshell it is a crime against humanity that this war has been prolonged for 13 year's because of corruption. If the attacks are carried out im the nations epicentre was Abuja or the Niger Delta Nigeria would have gone scorched earth. But people are too busy looking for loopholes for quick profit. No empathy for the plight of troops on the ground who lose their lives for what? You cannot emphasis on this point without them insulting your generation. They are like kids...they came to play. ...What a bunch of schmuck some people are.

Nobody, you didn't get what lionel4power stated, did you?

Odunayaw:
what? Cheetahs?

yes

Now the dust has settled, we await the reincarnation in the next month or so of SLBMS and his wingman (who has his own agenda) if the doomsday scenario hasn't happened.

jln115:
yes

okay

Oluwatobi Akindele



The family of Ayo Oluwaniyi , the wife of one of the soldiers , who allegedly stole N 400m they were escorting , has lamented the arrest and detention of the woman and her three children by the Nigerian Army in Ondo State .

It was gathered that 37 -year -old Ayo and her children were arrested after her husband , Gabriel, was identified as one of the five soldiers alleged to have stolen the money they were escorting from Sokoto to Kaduna.

A family member , who spoke to our correspondent on condition of anonymity, said Ayo and her children were being detained at the 32 Artillery Brigade, Owena Barracks , Akure.

She stated that they had been denied access to family members , adding that the family was worried about Ayo and her children’ s state of health .

The PUNCH had reported that five soldiers were confirmed to have stolen the money while on escort duty from Sokoto to Kaduna in the first week of July .

The former General Officer Commanding, 8 Division , Nigerian Army , Sokoto, Maj . Gen . Hakeem Otiki , had reportedly asked the soldiers to escort the money and deliver it to a Very Important Person in Kaduna.

The 8 Division spokesperson , Lieutenant Audu Arigu, had confirmed the incident , saying investigation had commenced and identified the runaway soldiers as Corporal Gabriel Oluwaniyi , Corporal Mohammed Aminu and Lance Corporals Haruna , Oluji Joshua and Hayatudeen Abubakar.

Army sources stated that the runaway soldiers turned in their rifles and abandoned their mobile phones at the Infantry Corps in Jaji , Kaduna State , before they escaped.

One of the sources said , “ Investigations so far showed that this was not the first time that the escort soldiers had conveyed such a huge amount of money for the officer . The soldiers all left their mobile phones in the vehicle , which has made tracking them difficult. ”

The Oluwaniyi family source stated , “ Ayo ’s husband is a soldier and he was deployed in Sokoto State . We learnt that that was not the first time they were escorting money on the instructions of their boss , so they decided to abscond with the money .

“ We learnt that they dropped their uniforms , guns and phones. It was through Ayo husband ’s phone that they got her number . They probably sent the information to the division here in Ondo and that was how she was arrested . We learnt that the wife of the other four soldiers had escaped.

“ It ’s been two weeks since Ayo and her children have been in detention . They won ’ t allow us to see them and they did not allow them to change clothes ; they just kept on telling us that she was not being maltreated . We are worried; one of her children is just about a year old .

“ They said the victims were being detained because they could not find her husband and probably she was in touch with him. She said she had not seen or heard from her husband , but they said maybe he would come out if Ayo and her children were held . We cannot speak with her; it is one of the soldiers guarding her that we speak to. ”

When the Brigade ’s Assistant Director , Army Public Relations , Captain Victor Olukoya , was contacted, he said he was not at the base, adding that he would get back to our correspondent when he returned.

“ I am not on the ground at the moment , I am attending a course . Anything you want to say , wait till I come back ; I will let you know when I come back ,” Olukoya stated .




https://punchng.com/stolen-n400m-army-detains-fleeing-soldiers-wife-children/

BabaOwen:
Oluwatobi Akindele



The family of Ayo Oluwaniyi , the wife of one of the soldiers , who allegedly stole N 400m they were escorting , has lamented the arrest and detention of the woman and her three children by the Nigerian Army in Ondo State .

It was gathered that 37 -year -old Ayo and her children were arrested after her husband , Gabriel, was identified as one of the five soldiers alleged to have stolen the money they were escorting from Sokoto to Kaduna.

A family member , who spoke to our correspondent on condition of anonymity, said Ayo and her children were being detained at the 32 Artillery Brigade, Owena Barracks , Akure.

She stated that they had been denied access to family members , adding that the family was worried about Ayo and her children’ s state of health .

The PUNCH had reported that five soldiers were confirmed to have stolen the money while on escort duty from Sokoto to Kaduna in the first week of July .

The former General Officer Commanding, 8 Division , Nigerian Army , Sokoto, Maj . Gen . Hakeem Otiki , had reportedly asked the soldiers to escort the money and deliver it to a Very Important Person in Kaduna.

The 8 Division spokesperson , Lieutenant Audu Arigu, had confirmed the incident , saying investigation had commenced and identified the runaway soldiers as Corporal Gabriel Oluwaniyi , Corporal Mohammed Aminu and Lance Corporals Haruna , Oluji Joshua and Hayatudeen Abubakar.

Army sources stated that the runaway soldiers turned in their rifles and abandoned their mobile phones at the Infantry Corps in Jaji , Kaduna State , before they escaped.

One of the sources said , “ Investigations so far showed that this was not the first time that the escort soldiers had conveyed such a huge amount of money for the officer . The soldiers all left their mobile phones in the vehicle , which has made tracking them difficult. ”

The Oluwaniyi family source stated , “ Ayo ’s husband is a soldier and he was deployed in Sokoto State . We learnt that that was not the first time they were escorting money on the instructions of their boss , so they decided to abscond with the money .

“ We learnt that they dropped their uniforms , guns and phones. It was through Ayo husband ’s phone that they got her number . They probably sent the information to the division here in Ondo and that was how she was arrested . We learnt that the wife of the other four soldiers had escaped.

“ It ’s been two weeks since Ayo and her children have been in detention . They won ’ t allow us to see them and they did not allow them to change clothes ; they just kept on telling us that she was not being maltreated . We are worried; one of her children is just about a year old .

“ They said the victims were being detained because they could not find her husband and probably she was in touch with him. She said she had not seen or heard from her husband , but they said maybe he would come out if Ayo and her children were held . We cannot speak with her; it is one of the soldiers guarding her that we speak to. ”

When the Brigade ’s Assistant Director , Army Public Relations , Captain Victor Olukoya , was contacted, he said he was not at the base, adding that he would get back to our correspondent when he returned.

“ I am not on the ground at the moment , I am attending a course . Anything you want to say , wait till I come back ; I will let you know when I come back ,” Olukoya stated .




https://punchng.com/stolen-n400m-army-detains-fleeing-soldiers-wife-children/

The main question people should ask about this issue is that, why did the Nigerian army physically move such an amount

And the excuse the Nigerian army gave on why they are still detaining that man family is an all time low

We're just lying to ourselves about practising democracy. It's illegal to just detain a fleeing suspect relation, they even detained the guy children
If snowden is a Nigerian, all his family members will be in jail now until he return to Nigeria

Henry240:

You see how ineptly fraudulent you are?

Nigeria's Dasuki 'arrested over $2bn arms fraud'

Mr Dasuki is accused of awarding phantom contracts to buy 12 helicopters, four fighter jets and ammunition. He denies the allegations.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-34973872



There's no way you can claim to be mentally alright, it's just not possible. You suffer from Dissociative identity disorder, this is a fact.

making spurious allegations like a raving lunatic.

What is all this? boy I think you are going over the edge with your agitated insult. That is the most insensitive and stupid thing to say. If this is the kind of personality you have in afraid to say you will never make progress in life. People like you are cursed and as such will probably live and die a life of hardship if he is innocent. It is beneath you to descend this low. You no try at all guy. This is some bleeped up shit men. Work on yourself o, people like you will never make it in life. You owe him an apology but I see he's gone already. Take my advice guy...that's very bad.

This comment made me LOL when I saw it, ignorance no go kill that Ventura wey write this comment

"We should know there is a problem when an infantry trained soldier rises to become chief of army staff"
The guy was referring to buratai the Dubai landlord

Ehen..the missing member of the gang has arrived. You and your deluded buddies can carry on

Coward nd the cycle continues.
We re expecting u to resurface in the future when u tired viewing in guest mode.
Wasting usernane like a kid