Odunayaw:
If I wasn't aware of the exploits of some of NAF boys in AFSF (especially the 1st set) I'd have join people to call them unserious (due to their gravitation to media).

Well, Since they're not "exposing" any thing, We gaze on their pix!

EVarn:
80% of how many aircrafts in total?. I am not bashing our country, it's just the truth. We blundered with the jaguars, granted, we had an embargo on us,but on the long run,we shouldn't have left them to rot. Now we don't have enough trainers.

Even the Albatross we are talking about were just recently revamped when the war began.Poor maintenance is killing us in this country, and if not for the present CAS that is doing quite well,we wouldn't have moved even this much forward.

Odunayaw:
In a Doccie shown on NTA by The Army, I saw the Gatling guns being fired on a range with a tripod. I think Jake posted a pic two years back.

Meanwhile, the answer given to you by the other fellow is the best bet for us.

Tobiloba2407:


you sure you saw a gatling gun? how recent is the video

Xbee007:

And this as well.
https://www.nairaland.com/3220297/technical-discussions-international-military-equipments

shadowprimezero:

You might also want to post here

https://www.nairaland.com/1386870/african-militaries-security-services-strictly/1871

bidexiii:


Yeap the NA bought gattling/chain guns some years back and it first surfaced on a NA documentary on NTA. He never said in a recent video, two years back !

Tobiloba2407:


i remember NTA and buratai , talking about gatling guns and it was even in the news, and i actively paid attention, but never for 1 saw a picture or video of the gatling guns.

bidexiii:
Algeria Interesting new development from ANP - MDN publishes report of domestically-produced Dzayer 54 (based on UAE Yabhon United 40) and Dzayer 55 (based on UAE Yabhon Flash 20) type drones targeting militant infrastructure, seemingly in northern Algeria on 29 April.

Sizzorkay:
And Nigeria need the help of a foreign country for this? Really? wow, unless we have some serious mental retardation issues, this is something a county like Nigeria can do on her own, if it needs to, there is no need bringing in the UK or US for such
And if we want to but can't, then we've got ourselves a sad country

Toju200:
pls any news about the ichoku combat drone..it's been long o...even the NAFSA eagle Aircraft

Covert1:


The Jaguar was basically a political decision and died a political death. And would you stop the gloating. Everyone knows where we are coming from and where we are now. No need taking the shine out of the NAF.

It's been noted oft you make sensational and nigh sentimental remarks for no reason only I think you want to be heard. Not just you but other arm chair wanna be soldiers cum military & security experts.

To clear your doubts. Military planners look at threats in a given region both present and future ones and based on those threats and associated dynamics make assessments for necessary procurements factoring budget, costs, maintenance, supply, training. And of course not everything on the list gets approved by the powers that be as we have seen with different administrations but the core of it of course is met.

Take for example Nigeria in West and Central Africa. With all the Boko Haram, bandits and criminality plaguing the land it is still the regional hegemon politically, economically and militarily. Speaking in military terms it has the oil, money and human capital to fight, sustain and win a war against all of its neighbors combined. In real terms by combat capabilities today the armed forces of Nigeria can roll over any of these countries in a conventional war.

I continue to maintain that we are better armed and trained than we ever were in our history. The only area I find the missing point is the current leadership and I don't just mean the service chiefs with the exception of the Air Chief, I mean the president. It is the prerogative of the president to sack and appoint competent leadership for the military something in dire need of presently for critical thinking, new impetus, new ideas and fresh eyes on the battle space. Hence I submit we have an apparent absentee president whose ineptitude smacks to high heavens thus clogging the wheel of bringing this terror insurgency to a swift end.

Now we will take the Air Force as an example of what is working in the current Order of Battle. Had to say the above for clarity and perhaps end your pessimism. The NAF inventory is currently over 80% active and expecting to induct 4++ generation warplanes that obviously will be game changing. The Tucano with its loiter ability and sensor-to-kill time span is a beast in the air. The JF-17 especially the Block 3 changes the air superiority question from Cape to Cairo. However, Abuja faces no threat and I repeat no threat from Cairo, Algiers or Pretoria and these are the only three states capable of trying anything silly from within Africa. So save the breath on twin engines for now.

The NAF is looking at cost effective measures to meet current threats and bridge the gap for force protection and projection within Nigeria, the waters of the GoG down to Angola and the sub-region. For ground attack and CAS the Alpha Jets, L-39s and other subsonic aircrafts in the hands of NAFs very skillful and young fighter pilots are still adequate in a low threat environment and the results in the North-East speaks for itself regardless of BHT strategy of remaining and propaganda.

For Air Defence & Interdiction and in some cases for CAS the NAF's relatively new F-7s near squadron strength with its excellent radar, avionics suite and panoply of weapon systems, easy to maintain, nimble size and fast turn rates in all weather along with ground based radars, satellite capabilities, excellent pool of the finest pilot skills can meet the current threats we face and even potential threats for another decade or more. Don't expect the F-7s to be phased out even with the arrival of new platforms.

This should settle the nuances.

EVarn:


Look, I am not interested in making comments just to be "heard"(as you put it),neither do I care much for the pointless task of being an arm-chair security expert. Might I be so bold as to remind you(and others of like mind) that people hearing my opinions on issues neither adds a single kobo to my bank account nor grants me the coveted gift of immortality. So why do you think I would waste so much of my precious time trying to rack up the volume of posts I have here?.


If your opinion differs from mine,I will accept it and tell you why I think you are wrong. That doesn't mean I am a pessimist or unpatriotic or trying to put down the military.

I have always believed,and still do,that the Nigerian military is grossly under-funded,under-armed,and lacking in discipline. If you choose to deceive yourself all in the name of blind patriotism or some sense of superior knowledge, I say goodluck. Far poorer countries like Sudan,Chad,Senegal,etc are better equipped than our military, especially the army.


If Nigeria does not curtail this BH insurgency in the nearest future,more countries in the region will become affected,and begin taking extraordinary measures(measures that could challenge our sovereignty). It is a fact devoid of selective myopia.

At least the "absentee" President has succeeded in ordering various military hardwares that will increase our capabilities; releasing money,and at least having most of the money used for what it is meant for. That shows an ineptitude far lesser than what we had previously,we can only hope that the ineptitude continues to reduce as subsequent leaders come in. Afterall, if the ineptitude of the current C-in-C stinks to high heavens,one can only wonder to what altitude the stench of the ineptitude of the former reached.

I hope we both agree on the issue of patriotism, I am beyond a patriot,I am a nationalist. You have a different view on things, I accept that. Allow me my own views. Thank you.

Covert1:


Every military is underfunded. The Nigerian military is not under-armed and lack discipline. The errors of a few does not make the whole. You see, there you go with sensational remarks that don't hold up to scrutiny.

Pls tell us which military hardware this president has ordered. The military is a continuous entity and what you see especially for the air force or navy has been in the pipeline since the advent of democracy from the Obasanjo years. The military has short term, medium term and long term acquisition plans. So tell us what this president ordered and pls don't mention the GULMA.

I hear you say poorer countries like Senegal et al, are better equipped than Nigeria. You see where you got no clue? Cos you hear high sounding armaments without knowing with what sub-munitions these countries acquire them. Most are stripped down weapons by their suppliers who are lobbied by regional and foreign powers to maintain the balance of power in the region. So Sudan is better armed but on its watch South Sudan split and is now a sovereign state and Darfur still in rebellion. Didn't see Sudan in game changing contact with the enemy. Didn't hear that about Biafra though, MEND, Liberia or Sierra Leone. Senegal is better armed but Nigeria brought the game changing hard assets that sent Jammeh scurrying from the state house in Banjul. And what was it that Senegal deployed that the lone NN stealth warship off the waters of Gambia and the NAF couldn't have used for target practice obliteration in a few hours or in days to make sure.

You are looking in the wrong places. Start looking at the real force posture in actionable terms. You really think those countries can stand a war with Nigeria then we just end the conversation to have even mentioned Chad that we whupped twice and would do so again if necessary seven days a week and twice on Sunday.

We are in a fratricidal war beyond the known asymmetric text book war. Boko haram I continue to say comes to die not fight. If BHT existed elsewhere in Africa it would long since have succeeded in caving out it's own Islamic Caliphate in Northern Borno which is its stated goal and something which the finest men and women of the Nigerian Armed Forces has stopped from happening against all odds. This deserves commendation and not your apparent bias which still questions your stated claim of being a 'nationalist'.

Again, the evidence of governance in Nigeria after the last four years speaks for itself and points to the fact from any objective observer that the current president is on AWOL, incompetent and does not deserve that high office of C-in-C and executive president of Nigeria.

Indeed everyone including you are entitled to an opinion but that doesn't make them accurate.

I rest my case.

EVarn:
Believe me, I will very much like to emulate you; it can be very addictive and ego boosting to bask in former glories. Fortunately,I choose instead to take the harsher alternative of accepting the truth of the matter.


Trying to paint this BH insurgency as a conflict that is beyond the comprehension or capabilities of the human race, so as to justify the sorry state of our military is not a sincere thing to do. We have had(and still have) nations on this continent who have fought more terrible assymetric insurgencies than BH. Those countries are still standing today.

I bid you goodluck and hope you don't get too demystified. On my part, I think we nationalists owe it to our people and to the brave men and women who have payed the supreme sacrifice due to the poor situation of things,to speak the truth.

Tobiloba2407:


you sure you saw a gatling gun? how recent is the video

doziex:


Well, if we are so smart and know it all, how come the evidence on the battlefield shows otherwise.
It takes humility to properly assess your areas of weakness, then seek assistance from those who have demonstrated strength in those areas.

You should check out the defensive hesco structures British army engineers built for the Lebanese army on their Syrian border

EVarn:


Far poorer countries like Sudan,Chad,Senegal,etc are better equipped than our military, especially the army.

Sizzorkay:
...they know what you know and more,...What made you an expert in this and the actual professionals clueless?

fabselad:
SAD to say Cameroon lost 16 soldiers yesterday during a BH or ISWAP attack.