saengine:
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Safety measure: gunners moved cos newly-qualified UGVs took to the field. Apparently, the scenario where 12.7 UGVs provided suppressing fire worked well with the Med/stretcher UGVs, though one still needs Medics to hoist bodies onto the UGVs.

Henry240:

Same can be said about UAVs.

UGVs, RPAs and USVs are the future of warfare. With the likelihood of open combat between countries in a conventional war looking all the more unlikely, and unconventional threats always increasing countries would continue to invest in unmanned systems.

The technology required to hack Umanned machines only exist in nation states, not with unconventional forces.

The investment is very wise, it can only get better.

Tell that to the Ugandan Special Forces Team of 8 obliterated by LRA primitives through EW.
The boundary between conventional and unconventional warfare increasingly is held by nation-states, whilst so-called rebels maximise their advantages.
We're going back into the future of guerrilla warfare.

Nigerian army

Nigerian navy

Nigerian Air Force Regiment

Joint Nigerian navy and Brazilian navy exercise.

Nigerian navy ships

NNS Aradu in the Dock

NNS Centenary anchored also.

Nigeria COIN

Nigerian troops backed by Tanks, MRAPs and Heavily armed Guntrucks fetching water.

Nigerian Defence Industry

Tekowi Tactical Patrol Vehicles

Henry240:
Nigeria COIN

Nigerian troops backed by Tanks, MRAPs and Heavily armed Guntrucks fetching water.

very beautiful pix but the soft skins is a eyesore.

It's heart-breaking what's happening in Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi.

https://www.facebook.com/andrew.mlota.5/videos/1748719621896121/

frumentius:
It's heart-breaking what's happening in Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi.

https://www.facebook.com/andrew.mlota.5/videos/1748719621896121/

I nearly wept watching this video. Truly heartbreaking scenes.

Call me ignorant, but this is the first time i'm hearing/seeing natural disasters of this scale in Africa.

I only hear of Cyclones and Tsunamis and Earthquakes in Asia, not Africa. Is this the first time?

giles14:
very beautiful pix but the soft skins is a eyesore.

Well...........

frumentius:
It's heart-breaking what's happening in Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi.

https://www.facebook.com/andrew.mlota.5/videos/1748719621896121/

It is really heart breaking and good job to the south african rescue teams.those guys are really professionals

Nigerian Air Force SOF

Henry240:

I nearly wept watching this video. Truly heartbreaking scenes.

Call me ignorant, but this is the first time i'm hearing/seeing natural disasters of this scale in Africa.

I only hear of Cyclones and Tsunamis and Earthquakes in Asia, not Africa. Is this the first time?

You've missed the previous years when I and other Saffers have posted about cyclones in Moz and SAAF deployments?

List of cyclones making landfall in Mozambique:

Nadia 1994
Bonita 1996
Leon - Eline 2000
Hudah 2000
Dera 2001
Delfina 2003
Japhet 2003
Elite 2004
Flavio 2007
Jokwe 2008
Dando 2012
Funso 2012
Irina 2012
Dineo 2017

frumentius:


You've missed the previous years when I and other Saffers have posted about cyclones in Moz and SAAF deployments?

List of cyclones making landfall in Mozambique:

Nadia 1994
Bonita 1996
Leon - Eline 2000
Hudah 2000
Dera 2001
Delfina 2003
Japhet 2003
Elite 2004
Flavio 2007
Jokwe 2008
Dando 2012
Funso 2012
Irina 2012
Dineo 2017

I usually thought it was "small" flooding, dam flooding like we sometimes have here.

South-African Army

Pakistani air chief flies F16


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uBTXlmjnqQ

frumentius:


Safety measure: gunners moved cos newly-qualified UGVs took to the field. Apparently, the scenario where 12.7 UGVs provided suppressing fire worked well with the Med/stretcher UGVs, though one still needs Medics to hoist bodies onto the UGVs.

I should have been more clear. Was asking what type of weapons system that is. Don't know if my eyes are deceiving me.

The SA Military Command Council comprised of the Chief of the SANDF, Chiefs of Joint Operations, the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, Military Health Services and Defence Inteligence, giving a briefing to the President on search and rescue operations in Mozambique and Malawi.

Mother Nature in the form of Cyclone Idai. No words.

WARNING: graphic video

https://www.facebook.com/fadel.allie/videos/10157418972563643/?t=3

frumentius:


Tell that to the Ugandan Special Forces Team of 8 obliterated by LRA primitives through EW.
The boundary between conventional and unconventional warfare increasingly is held by nation-states, whilst so-called rebels maximise their advantages.
We're going back into the future of guerrilla warfare.

It was Uruguayans not Ugandans.

And it was because they had their personal cellphones on them. Technology to track cellphones is widely available and has been used by organised crime in RSA on a number of occasions.

"Hacking" military grade links is a completely different matter.

patches689:

It was Uruguayans not Ugandans.

And it was because they had their personal cellphones on them. Technology to track cellphones is widely available and has been used by organised crime in RSA on a number of occasions.

"Hacking" military grade links is a completely different matter.

A Ugandan team in CAR also made the same mistake.

I know military grade links are more robust, that's why I said a half-way decent adversary. I know the Saudis are ridiculously inept, but there's one case I'm aware of where the Houthis used a Saudi convoy's electronic footprint to fix them. Now of course the Houthis could've used Iranian know-how, but they're a non-state actor nonetheless.

Nigerian navy SBS

Obangame 2019

Off-Topic

Myanmmar Air Force JF-17B

Sexy

Henry240:
Off-Topic
Myanmmar Air Force JF-17B
Sexy

when is our own coming am starting to lose hope

Soldiers getting their groove on.

https://www.facebook.com/513141502358014/posts/880854412253386/

Texman21:
when is our own coming am starting to lose hope

Let's see before 2019 runs out. The mistake i think we made was purchasing from the Pakistani production line, if we had gone through China, ours would have been delivered.

Although, i'm not really too worried, if delays or small purchase is because we are waiting for the Block 3, that would be even more fantastic.

Nonetheless, the JF-17 is a beautiful aircraft. There are rumors it shot down an Indian MIG-21 Bison, if that is true, it can only improve export prospects for the JF-17.

My problem with buying the JF-17 block 2 is, if we receive them in 2019, we would have to fly them for 30 - 35 years, if not 40. 4gen fighter jets are reaching a stage of obsolescence.

I'd much prefer we get 6 units of JF-17 block 2 and 18 units of JF-17 Block 3. AESA and PL-15 missile. The PL-15 is the Chinese equivalent of the European meteor missile.

Henry240:

Let's see before 2019 runs out. The mistake i think we made was purchasing from the Pakistani production line, if we had gone through China, ours would have been delivered.

Although, i'm not really too worried, if delays or small purchase is because we are waiting for the Block 3, that would be even more fantastic.

Nonetheless, the JF-17 is a beautiful aircraft. There are rumors it shot down an Indian MIG-21 Bison, if that is true, it can only improve export prospects for the JF-17.

My problem with buying the JF-17 block 2 is, if we receive them in 2019, we would have to fly them for 30 - 35 years, if not 40. 4gen fighter jets are reaching a stage of obsolescence.

I'd much prefer we get 6 units of JF-17 block 2 and 18 units of JF-17 Block 3. AESA and PL-15 missile. The PL-15 is the Chinese equivalent of the European meteor missile.

i have seen the pl-15 but what about the pl-9c we have

Kenya Air Force new AW-139 .
It's a good addition but logistical and maintenance issues might prove difficult with mi-17s, Hueys, puma's, Harbin Z9s, eurocopter fennecs and MD 500.Is there a procurement strategy ?

Texman21:
i have seen the pl-15 but what about the pl-9c we have

The PL-9C is a very good missile, but it's a within visual range missile. The PL-15 on the other hand is a next generation BVRAAM.