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Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by AugustineAgain: 4:26am On Jun 14, 2013
Fighter Pilot:

Sir those are not spy satellites, else we would have not known anything about their existence. Spy satellites are launched clandestinely and nobody should know if they are there. those satellites serves the interests of everybody, both civilians and military.

a spy satellite has no fixed definition in english language, but its function is the basis for calling it by that name.
webster dictionary of its old definition calls it a satellite that detects nuclear explosion, that is an out-dated cold war definition about their secret launch or classified existence. wikipedia gave the new modern definition as a satellite that does reconnaissance (finding information about the enemy or an environment), very simple, please dont come and complicate it. google is your friend.

any satellite that has capability to see things without being noticed, is a spy satellite by function, by default.

**DSTV movie entertainment satellite is NOT included.

**Nigerian multi-purpose satellites watching B.oko H.aaram and Mali Al-Quaeda rebels in war zones and reporting their operations to nigerian army command and control headquaters, are included.

nigerian satellites are multi-purpose. south africa has NO satellite functioning as at today. truth we cannot change until year 2017.

dont give yourself high-blood pressure, nigerian satellites are not peeping into your bathroom ! grin

nigerian military is the only force in all africa that can fight war with the full aid of satellite to see all the secret movements of enemy air, land and sea forces to gain advantage of victory over nigeria's enemy


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Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by Nobody: 4:34am On Jun 14, 2013

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Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by AugustineAgain: 4:53am On Jun 14, 2013
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[size=16pt]nigerian satellite NigeriaSat-2 gives real-time information of enemy movements on earth[/size]

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"A redundant pair of SGR-10 (Space GPS Receiver-10) is used providing real-time PVT (Position, Velocity, Time) data.


Each receiver has two antennas ensuring excellent coverage of the GPS constellation throughout the orbit and across the wide range of slew angles that NigeriaSat-2 allows. A recursive orbit estimator runs on the OBC that uses the GPS PVT data to maintain up-to-date estimates of the orbit ephemeris. This allows NigeriaSat-2 to accurately project forward its own trajectory and make timing and attitude corrections prior to image capture to ensure accurate targeting."

WEB LINK SOURCE

(paragraph of fig 5): https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/n/nigeriasat-2

Below is the image of an american airport captured by nigerian new generation high resolution satellite. Any warship attempting naval blockade of nigerian ocean waters will be seen, targeted, bombarded in real time and sunk to sea bottom by nigerian military.

nigeria can use land based artillery, or simply buy some land based radar/GPS satellite guided YJ-82 or YJ-12 anti-ship missiles with long range up to 500km in a few weeks from China, and launch them from nigerian coast land to sink all enemy warships to sea bottom.


no naval blockade of nigerian ocean waters can succeed, it will be the end of that invading navy for ever.

Image of the American Salt Lake City Airport at 2.5 m resolution captured by NigeriaSat-2 in Sept. 2011 (image credit: NASRDA, SSTL)

.Agaugust

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Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by andrewza: 4:59am On Jun 14, 2013
Augustine Again: .

[size=16pt]nigerian satellite NigeriaSat-2 gives nigeria real-time information of movements on earth[/size]



A redundant pair of SGR-10 (Space GPS Receiver-10) is used providing real-time PVT (Position, Velocity, Time) data.


Each receiver has two antennas ensuring excellent coverage of the GPS constellation throughout the orbit and across the wide range of slew angles that NigeriaSat-2 allows. A recursive orbit estimator runs on the OBC that uses the GPS PVT data to maintain up-to-date estimates of the orbit ephemeris. This allows NigeriaSat-2 to accurately project forward its own trajectory and make timing and attitude corrections prior to image capture to ensure accurate targeting.

weblink source (paragraph of fig 5): https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/n/nigeriasat-2

Below is the image of an american airport captured by nigerian satellite. Any warship attempting naval blockade of nigerian ocean waters will be seen, targeted, bombarded in real time and sunk to sea bottom by nigerian military.

Image of the American Salt Lake City Airport at 2.5 m resolution captured by NigeriaSat-2 in Sept. 2011 (image credit: NASRDA, SSTL)




Since when is it real time. And satlites have used GPS for years now.
Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by andrewza: 5:02am On Jun 14, 2013
Augustine Again:

a spy satellite has no fixed definition in english language, but its function is the basis for calling it by that name.
webster dictionary of its old definition calls it a satellite that detects nuclear explosion, that is an out-dated cold war definition about their secret launch or classified existence. wikipedia gave the new modern definition as a satellite that does reconnaissance (finding information about the enemy or an environment), very simple, please dont come and complicate it. google is your friend.

any satellite that has capability to see things without being noticed, is a spy satellite by function, by default.

**DSTV movie entertainment satellite is NOT included.

**Nigerian multi-purpose satellites watching B.oko H.aaram and Mali Al-Quaeda rebels in war zones and reporting their operations to nigerian army command and control headquaters, are included.

nigerian satellites are multi-purpose. south africa has NO satellite functioning as at today. truth we cannot change until year 2017.

dont give yourself high-blood pressure, nigerian satellites are not peeping into your bathroom ! grin

nigerian military is the only force in all africa that can fight war with the full aid of satellite to see all the secret movements of enemy air, land and sea forces to gain advantage of victory over nigeria's enemy






You do know SA operats satlites and the SANDF makes use of them from time to time. So nigeria is not alone.
Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by andrewza: 5:10am On Jun 14, 2013
Hezron Lorraine: oga go bury ur face in congo.didn't he-Jacob Zuma(rockhead) admit to having intimate affair with an hiv-positive woman knowing fully well her status.but he ain't got the aids cause as he said he just took a shower and washed off.
It ain't a new thing Zuma can put his 2 inch pencil stick in anything.


How does that make him a molester.
Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by AugustineAgain: 5:23am On Jun 14, 2013
andrewza: Since when is it real time. And satlites have used GPS for years now.

y_ou have an unknown thinking p_roblem that south african doctors are not able to diagnose, try a natural cure herbalist

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Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by AugustineAgain: 5:25am On Jun 14, 2013
andrewza: You do know SA operats satlites and the SANDF makes use of them from time to time. So nigeria is not alone.

show us weblink source to prove that south africa has satellites functioning today for use by its military.


i begin to pity y_our w_ife...how does she cope with y_ou ? or both of y_ou think and tell open lies the same craaaaazy way ?

south africa does not hide its equipment, even before you get any technology its photo is already available for all to see on internet. the satellite you want to launch in 2017 is already detailed on internet even before you source the money. south africa likes to talk more than her mouth can produce words. in that country, words speak louder than action.

south africa has no satellite today, or you show us a weblink source as proof with current date year 2013.
Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by AugustineAgain: 5:26am On Jun 14, 2013
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[img]http://www.sstl.co.uk/getattachment/c55c8836-e43f-49d1-9edb-d2d43f79e42c/Singapore-Port?width=636[/img]


watching nigeria's near coast and far distant ocean, nigerian satellite NigeriaSat-2 gives real-time information of enemy movements to the military for combat operations against all enemy forces in real-time accuracy.

QUOTE :

"A redundant pair of SGR-10 (Space GPS Receiver-10) is used providing real-time PVT (Position, Velocity, Time) data.


WEB LINK SOURCE

(paragraph of fig 5): https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/n/nigeriasat-2


nigeria can use land based artillery, or simply buy some cheap land based radar/GPS satellite guided YJ-82 or YJ-12 anti-ship missiles with long range up to 500km in a few weeks from China, and launch them from nigerian coast land to sink all enemy warships to sea bottom.


no naval blockade of nigerian ocean waters can succeed, it will be the end of that invading navy for ever.

.Agaugust

China's new export....land based anti-ship missile with long range 500km

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Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by AugustineAgain: 5:30am On Jun 14, 2013
Tumisang: Naaigerians are so "mighty" and "great" yet a day never goes by without one of their own creating a thread about SA. Why the need to always compare yourself with the one you consider to not be on your level?? ??

its actually the other way round, the lizard nation of pretoria comparing herself with the crocodile nation of abuja, both are reptiles, but different category.

music : me and you no dey for the same category (2x), no be same category oh.....fela kuti

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Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by AugustineAgain: 5:38am On Jun 14, 2013
andrewza: Since when is it real time. And satlites have used GPS for years now.

sorry sir, but you are not educated enough or intelligent enough to re-write the change the facts of science to suit your own private opinion. please go back to school, its never too late. thanks

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Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by AugustineAgain: 5:43am On Jun 14, 2013
andrewza: You do know SA operats satlites and the SANDF makes use of them from time to time. So nigeria is not alone.

your countrymen like @saengine and @defenceweb have not told the above lie and falsehood, because they want to avoid public embarrassment. try copy them, be wise.
Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by andrewza: 5:47am On Jun 14, 2013
Augustine Again:

show us weblink source to prove that south africa has satellites functioning today for use by its military.

i begin to pity y_our w_ife...how does she cope with y_ou ? or both of y_ou think and tell open lies the same craaaaazy way ?


I posted 2 seprated sources.

1 showing how a SA satlite took pics of japan after the 2011 earthquake and another detaling the use by SANDF in CAR. Not my fault you blind to the truth.
Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by andrewza: 5:49am On Jun 14, 2013
Augustine Again:

y_ou have an unknown thinking p_roblem that south african doctors are not able to diagnose, try a natural cure herbalist

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Has uasual when you have no anserw you try any tactics to ignore it. Please anserw the qustion it is now part of a ever growing list of qustion the fools refuse to anserw.
Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by andrewza: 5:54am On Jun 14, 2013
Augustine Again: .

[img]http://www.sstl.co.uk/getattachment/c55c8836-e43f-49d1-9edb-d2d43f79e42c/Singapore-Port?width=636[/img]


watching nigeria's coast and ocean, nigerian satellite NigeriaSat-2 gives real-time information of enemy movements to the military for combat operations against all enemy forces in real-time accuracy.

QUOTE :

"A redundant pair of SGR-10 (Space GPS Receiver-10) is used providing real-time PVT (Position, Velocity, Time) data.


WEB LINK SOURCE

(paragraph of fig 5): https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/n/nigeriasat-2


nigeria can use land based artillery, or simply buy some land based radar/GPS satellite guided YJ-82 or YJ-12 anti-ship missiles with long range up to 500km in a few weeks from China, and launch them from nigerian coast land to sink all enemy warships to sea bottom.


no naval blockade of nigerian ocean waters can succeed, it will be the end of that invading navy for ever.

.Agaugust

China's new export....land based anti-ship missile with long range 500km



Either you don't under stand the sytem those satlites employ or you don't know what real time means.


Don't talk about what nigeria could buy. I could just has easly say SA could by long range ship to shore missiels.


It all so seems non of you seem to under stand what a blockade is. It is just the sytem of blocking access of ships to your harbor. We could do that with mines launched from a sub. They cost about 500 rand to make.
Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by AugustineAgain: 5:54am On Jun 14, 2013
andrewza: I posted 2 seprated sources.

1 showing how a SA satlite took pics of japan after the 2011 earthquake and another detaling the use by SANDF in CAR. Not my fault you blind to the truth.

you posted 2 out-dated sources, south africa's satellite expired in september 2012 and is now a useless piece of metal junk roaming about in space like a lost hunting dog !

weblink source for current year 2013 not old year 2011 :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SumbandilaSat


stop telling lies in the face of open evidence and proof that you are lying, dont they teach you about honesty and integrity in south africa ? morals make a great nation, not only money !

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Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by andrewza: 5:59am On Jun 14, 2013
Augustine Again:

your countrymen like @saengine and @defenceweb have not told the above lie and falsehood, because they want to avoid public embarrassment. try copy them, be wise.

Then who liked the 2 posted I posted give sources of SA satlites and there uses.
Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by andrewza: 6:02am On Jun 14, 2013
Augustine Again:

you posted 2 out-dated sources, south africa's satellite expired in september 2012 and is now a useless piece of metal junk roaming about in space like a lost hunting dog !

weblink source for current year 2013 not old year 2011 :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SumbandilaSat


stop telling lies in the face of open evidence and proof that you are lying, dont they teach you about honesty and integrity in south africa ? morals make a great nation, not only money !


I gave the companys web site and a news articaly that is not even a month old.
Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by AugustineAgain: 6:11am On Jun 14, 2013
andrewza: Don't talk about what nigeria could buy. I could just has easly say SA could by long range ship to shore missiels.

It all so seems non of you seem to under stand what a blockade is. It is just the sytem of blocking access of ships to your harbor. We could do that with mines launched from a sub. They cost about 500 rand to make.

your military training is poor. every nation at war will buy new weapons to counter new threats, quote source the law that says "no country shall buy new weapons during a war". try read war history and learn.

if that your submarine runs out of torpedoes during war, wont south africa buy new topedoes ? nigeria built up a whole combat air force of 54 jet fighters and jet bombers during B.iafra war when the new threat came because B.iafra was attacking nigeria with weapons nigeria does not have....combat aircraft B-26 Bomber, then nigeria in the war time purchased very many Mig-17 jet fighters to counter the new threat.

as at now nigeria has not yet bought some types of weapons because there is no such threat and we dont need them now. when the need arises nigeria will buy and use any type of weapon we need. that is how most wise military in the world plan today and execute tomorrow if there is need. why has south african navy not bought 300 new and modern fast attack coastal gunboats like nigerian navy ? you said you dont need it.


south africa has only 4 good warships, and it take one day to sink them, but many years to replace them with new.
nigeria can buy 100 cheap chinese long range anti-ship missiles in few weeks against only 4 south african warships, no navy admiral will stay and be hit with 100 missiles in one hour, he will either run or he will R.I.P.

lay mines in nigerian sea, for nigerian navy minesweepers ships to sweep away like a housewife cleaning her kitchen floor. south african waters can be counter-mined too. i say be smart, nobody in war has monopoly of hitting without being hit back. you also forget that you are mounting a naval blockade 5,000km away from your home base. seleka is your teacher.

that is the reality of life, face facts and dont keep on thinking about what south african military can do to an enemy without thinking of what the enemy will do in retaliation against south africa. seleka's shocking attack and victory should have taught you a big lesson of life, i hope.

that south african naval blockade 5,000km away from her homeland is doomed to fail, and it will provoke a counter attack from nigeria, and pretoria/soweto/johannesburg will not recover for very many years.


Agaugust


photo of one of the many B.iafran air force combat aircrafts in the 1967 war against nigeria

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Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by AugustineAgain: 6:12am On Jun 14, 2013
andrewza: Then who liked the 2 posted I posted give sources of SA satlites and there uses.

....some F00LISH people who wish to deceive you.

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Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by AugustineAgain: 6:15am On Jun 14, 2013
andrewza: Has uasual when you have no anserw you try any tactics to ignore it. Please anserw the qustion it is now part of a ever growing list of qustion the fools refuse to anserw.

....your growing list of F00LISH questions for which i do not have F00LISH answers.

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Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by andrewza: 6:23am On Jun 14, 2013
Augustine Again:

your military training is poor. every nation at war will buy new weapons to counter new threats, quote source the law that says "no country shall buy new weapons during a war". try read war history and learn.

if that your submarine runs out of torpedoes during war, wont south africa buy new topedoes ? nigeria built up a whole combat air force of 54 jet fighters and jet bombers during B.iafra war when the new threat came because B.iafra was attacking nigeria with weapons nigeria does not have....combat aircraft B-26 Bomber, then nigeria in the war time purchased Mig-17 jet fighters to counter the new threat.

south africa has only 4 good warships, and it take one day to sink them, but many years to replace them with new.
nigeria can buy 100 cheap chinese long range anti-ship missiles in few weeks against only 4 south african warships, no navy admiral will stay and be hit with 100 missiles in one hour, he will either run or he will R.I.P.

lay mines in sea, for minesweepers to sweep away like a housewife cleaning her kitchen floor. south african waters can be counter-mined too. i say be smart, nobody in war has monopoly of hitting without being hit back. seleka is your teacher.

that is the reality of life, face facts and dont keep on thinking about what south african military can do to an enemy without thinking of what the enemy will do in retaliation against south africa. seleka's shocking attack and victory should have taught you a big lesson of life, i hope.



It noth against what countries could and could not do. We are comparing them has they stand now. Right now SA spends 1.2% to 1.5% of the GDP on defense(one of the lowest in levels in africa yet our budget is only beaten by egypt amercain aid budget). You think it will stay that in a war. But we are comparing them has they stand.


Did you know the valour can replace the 76mm with a G6 155mm tauuret with a auto loader. That it can carry 16 extra VL missiels of any type, be fited with LEO 150 Active protecstion sytem, extra extra extra. Point is for this comparisine I used a block standard valour with only a nother 16 SAMs

So don't do the we can just buy this and that because even then you will loose. There is more capital in SA than nigeria to spend.
Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by AugustineAgain: 6:48am On Jun 14, 2013
andrewza:
It noth against what countries could and could not do. We are comparing them has they stand now. Right now SA spends 1.2% to 1.5% of the GDP on defense(one of the lowest in levels in africa yet our budget is only beaten by egypt amercain aid budget). You think it will stay that in a war. But we are comparing them has they stand.

Did you know the valour can replace the 76mm with a G6 155mm tauuret with a auto loader. That it can carry 16 extra VL missiels of any type, be fited with LEO 150 Active protecstion sytem, extra extra extra. Point is for this comparisine I used a block standard valour with only a nother 16 SAMs

So don't do the we can just buy this and that because even then you will loose. There is more capital in SA than nigeria to spend.

dont dance around with funny ideas like a deer on drugs. when your valour warships came to nigerian waters they came with 76mm gun to attack, is it inside the nigerian waters you will be changing their guns to 155mm ? or you will borrow nigerian lagos shipyard/dockyard to refit bigger guns ? you forget that you are waging war 5,000km away from south africa home base ? you drink beer from bucket today again ?

fix 155mm guns on a warship built for 76mm gun recoil and you will k.ill your warships by yourself before nigeria attacks you. dont you know basic science ? Newton's 3rd Law Of Motion in Physics says "action and reaction are equal and opposite" so that 155mm gun will fire shell forward and recoil gun backwards and begin damage to that warship that is carrying the oversized gun beyond manufactures specification limits. even the GV6 Rhino chassis on its own is a victim of heavy recoil of a 155mm gun, that is the problem of heavy guns on a platform and towed artillery escapes the recoil problem.

even my first simulation compared south african navy blockade vs nigerian military counter attack using what we both have already, and south africa will still lose. you were not expecting my attack to come from nigerian army artillery, you own simulation says nigeria will attack south african warships with NNS THUNDER, ARADU, F-7JETS, ALPHA JETS, etc.

i just proved to you that in real war the enemy will surprise like seleka rebels did. the nigerian space satellites and new spy balloons plus too many 15 nigerian coastal radar stations (10 from israel 5 from america ) are far more than enough to locate, track, target and bombard to sink all south african valour warships in a 2 minute shelling surprise attack that they never expected.

50 long range palmaria mobile artillery, 70 Bofors Haubits and 200 D-30 towed artillery are more than enough to sink only 4 warships by firing in rapid 2 minutes 4,000 widely spread out HEAT rounds and high explosive armour piercing shells...no navy will every survive that. coastal based artillery guns are a ship k.iller and feared anti-ship weapon anytime anywhere.


when the valour ships sink, your submarine will be recalled back home to defend south africa against nigerian counter attack because the best south african warships are sunk to sea bottom....except the admirals in pretoria are F00LS then they will not recall those submarines back home. if the admiral is a F00L he can keep the south african submarine that is running out of fuel in nigeria waters waiting until nigerian ATR-42 Surveyor maritime patrol aircraft get fitted with the modern and sophisticated anti-submarine search and d.estroy equipment same as the ATR-72 ASW, and nigeria sinks the south african submarines to sea bottom also, and pretoria has no real naval power anymore ? that is reality of war in real life, you enemy will think, plan, strategize, and react to all your moves.

lastly i will tell you that in reality of life if south african navy blockades nigerian waters before our 4 new stealth guided missile warships arrive from china and china to mount nigerian navy defence fleet against south africa, the next thing nigeria will do is to quickly buy chinese long range anti-ship missiles and sink all those south african warships. if you are the nigerian chief of naval staff, wont you do the same ? think now, and stop being childish. no rich country like nigeria with over $60 Billion cash reserve will sit down and watch itself being pushed around when it can buy cheap 100 chinese anti-ship missiles for just $150 million peanut money.


go sit down men !

please dont disturb me again with this F00LISH adventure of a south african naval blockade of nigeria, it will end in a disaster, and the failure starts with the fact that south africa has NO, i repeat NO single satellite to spy and do recce against nigeria. south african navy will be fighting a wide area ocean war blind as a bat, not able to see beyond the small area where each ships can manage to see, is that how they fight modern day war ? south africa without a satellite today is like a world war II 1940 military in a wide area or distant from homeland war.

no wonder south african army did not see Seleka rebels mobilizing, deploying, and advancing against them untill the rebels were face to face with them in close combat.

now that blind bat eyed south african military wants to mount naval blockade 5,000km away from home against a major african military power like nigeria ? rubbish and heaps of rubbish called an idea !


please come back to debate this issue when south africa may have a functioning satellite in year 2017



Agaugust


nigerian army has 50 of this powerful Palmaria mobile long range artillery guns among its different type of artillery weapons totaling about 1,000


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Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by Thiza: 7:23am On Jun 14, 2013
The latest available figures on United Nations peacekeeping deployment numbers put South Africa at number six, a long way behind number one Ethiopia, which has more than 6 300 troops currently in field in Africa.

The East African country tops the list of troop contributors from the continent at 6 369, followed by Rwanda (4 213), Nigeria (4 142), Ghana (2 573) and Egypt with 2 561, all ahead of South Africa’s 1 756. The seventh largest African troop contributor to UN peacekeeping operations is Senegal with 1 311 with Tanzania coming in at number eight with 1 059.

The country with the largest current overall involvement in UN peacekeeping operations worldwide is Pakistan with 1 228 more troops deployed than Ethiopia’s 6 369 and 5 841 more than South Africa. The south Asian country has a total of 7 597 soldiers wearing blue berets and helmets. Bangladesh (6 921), India (6 736) and Nepal (3 564) are the other major troop contributors from the Asian region with South American country, Uruguay (2 118), next best on the list.

The international body is currently running 15 peacekeeping operations and one special political mission at various levels with half of them in Africa.

They are: MINURSO in Western Sahara, MINUSMA in Mali, MONUSCO (DRC), UNAMID (Darfur), UNISFA (Abyei, Sudan), UNMIL (Liberia), UNMISS (South Sudan) and UNOCI (Cote d’Ivoire).

Other UN peacekeeping operations are in Haiti, Afghanistan, the Golan Heights, Cyprus, Lebanon, Kosovo, India and Pakistan.

In total 77 702 soldiers are deployed worldwide on UN peacekeeping missions and operations with 12 553 police and 1 844 military observers as support.

Cost-wise the UN has approved resources totalling $7.33 billion for the July 2012/June 2013 financial year to be spent on all its peacekeeping operations worldwide. UN member states still have to put $1.83 billion into the world body’s coffers to reach the budgeted figure.

South Africa currently has military personnel deployed for peacekeeping and related tasks in Africa, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), in Darfur and aboard a frigate in the Mozambique Channel. A South African National Defence Force (SANDF) contingent will be part of the UN Intervention Brigade in the DRC, which for the first time in UN peacekeeping history, has an offensive mandate to actively stop the M23 rebel group. The Brigade has already started patrolling the DRC and will expand to at least 2 500 troops from South Africa, Malawi and Tanzania.

South Africa’s commitment to peacekeeping and stabilisation in Africa, compared to the other African countries with troops deployed for that purpose, places it 9th out of 24 major contributors (who have deployed a company or more), in terms of the actual number of troops deployed, according to defence analyst Helmoed Romer Heitman. South Africa ranks 22nd out of 24 in terms of the number of troops deployed relative to economic strength,
Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by Thiza: 7:25am On Jun 14, 2013
The chief of the Nigerian Navy and his South African counterpart have urged greater cooperation between African navies for the sake of collective security and economic prosperity, during a meeting earlier this week.

The Chief of Naval Staff of the Nigerian Navy, Vice Admiral Dele Ezeoba, arrived in South Africa as a follow-up to the bilateral defence agreement that emerged during President Goodluck Jonathan’s visit to South Africa in May. Ezeoba met with his South African counterpart Vice Admiral Johannes Mudimu in Pretoria on Monday.

The two chiefs called for greater cooperation amongst African navies, with Ezeoba calling for naval cooperation to promote economic development, reports Nigeria’s Daily Times. “If we are able to enforce the [proposed maritime] legal framework, it would allow for mutual cooperation by way of training, joint training and exercises by ensuring that we enforce the rights of innocent passage as captured within the framework of free navigation. All these will promote the economic development of our continent and ensuring that our maritime bases are safe for other purposes,” he said.

Mudimu said that collaborative naval exercises would help improve the capabilities of African navies while at the same time keep the continent secure.

“The South African Navy and the Nigerian Navy are among the biggest navies in Africa. So, we need to do things together in the area of training and in the area of port visits,” Mudimu is quoted by the Voice of Nigeria as saying. “We have done this before and we need to continue and build more of it. Through these navies coming together, we can mobilize the smaller navies on the continent and say 'look, in partnership we have a chance of succeeding'.”

“The desire to build a very strong navy for the protection of the coast of Africa is very paramount. Currently we observe how the African coast is exploited by outsiders…if we ourselves as African navies don’t articulate the position of how we need to protect the coast of Africa, we become vulnerable,” Mudimu was quoted by Voice of Nigeria as saying.

South African Navy Director of Naval Personnel, Rear Admiral Asiel Kubu, said that the cooperation between South Africa and Nigeria was “long overdue,” and could assist in the development of the continent.

Ezeoba later toured the Southern African Shipyards (SAS) facility in Durban, where the company is currently refurbishing South African Navy strike craft and converting them for the offshore patrol role. Four vessels are being converted. He told SAS that that Nigeria could partner with the company over ship construction and maintenance
Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by HezronLorraine(m): 7:28am On Jun 14, 2013
souldust: what i cannot understand is why an SA, who just came into the continent at the end of their injustice and illegality aka apartheid, should claim they are the mouth piece, the "big bros" (trying to steal people's title), the almighty and the saviour of Africa! They say this like Africa only came into existence when SA got tired of its unfortunate illegality translated apartheid.
Hezron Lorraine: SA vs Nigeria:as a nigerian.the battle of most influencial,I'll say it goes to Nigeria.south african history as an african frontier or power nation still traces back to Nigeria's strong support for the liberation of black south african during the apartheid regime.Nigeria gave its all by making its foreign policy an open gate to champion south africa's rise in africa.the economic strenght of sa surpasses that of nigeria but that doesn't make her influential on every economic course in africa,why.take a look,the level of development in sa is nothing compared to what is presently available in nigeria.but proposed developments in Nigeria is a centre of attraction to the world.Nigeria contested tightly for the world bank presidency race unchallenged by any other african gaining support and backing for the seat.Nigeria has a high rate of FDI and currently a non-aligned enviable bilateral relations with countries all around the world.africa's richest man and woman are Nigerians.economic influnce isn't reliant on success or stability of a country but on the impact it has.Nigeria's big brother status is ever ringing and her participation in the democracy of less priviledged,under-developed and developing african nations has got her international reckoning and supremacy on the continent.Nigeria's voice comes first and has more strength than sa in africa.this is championed in the african union,ecowas and other platforms.Nigeria is still a first pick for a Permanent seat in UNSC.our current security instability notwithstanding isn't a detterring factor for the seat.with the current state of jona's mistake.the reception he would get in the uk would still be more welcoming than that of jacob zuma.Nigeria represents the true africa of struggles and survival not a south african society that depended on the masterplan of previous white supremacists.Nigeria is the true african mouthpiece and the soon to be african superpower.Migeria is more influential than Sa in all ramifications.

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Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by Thiza: 7:30am On Jun 14, 2013
PROUDLY SOUTH AFRICAN

Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by Thiza: 7:32am On Jun 14, 2013
PROUDLY SOUTH AFRICAN

Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by HezronLorraine(m): 7:34am On Jun 14, 2013
andrewza:


How does that make him a molester.
the little I know of his dirty shameless lifestyle.I can deduce he's a nymphomaniac.
Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by AugustineAgain: 7:35am On Jun 14, 2013
Thiza: PROUDLY SOUTH AFRICAN
why dont you talk to people here bros ? any reason ? try to exchange ideas and discuss freely with other gentlemen her on this topic mr THIZA. thanks
Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by Nobody: 8:00am On Jun 14, 2013
bangdarey: south africa av nuclear weapon alright but do they av technololy to use it dat is term of weapon but in term standing army we look in direction of nigeria.
Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by AugustineAgain: 8:28am On Jun 14, 2013
Fighter Pilot: With honour sir http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_High_Performance_Reconnaissance_Light_Aircraft.

which honour sir ? your fake weblink above cannot be opened, it does not exist. south africa nhas not built any jet engined aircraft, even your DENEL Rooivalk helicopter gunship you have been boasting of since page 1 of this thread, is flying with an imported engine built in France....south africa only welded metals together to build the helicopter body and electronics.

will your helicopter fly without the engine made in France and sold to you ? please manufacture another lie sir, this one is a penalty shot played over the bar, no goal grin

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