jln115:
No one on this thread said anything negative about Nigeria receiving donated MRAPs

I believe he's talking of internally within Nigeria. Not necessarily in this thread.

TayserMahri:


I believe he's talking of internally within Nigeria. Not necessarily in this thread.

Wouldn't mind hand-me-down's from the US for South Africa!

I'm back.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uf5zeU3G4MI
new presidential SF can't get clear pics. i will keep an eye out for you guys.

Apologies for pic quality

Gh Navy at 60


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DG3uQSwfCs

Internal security. immigration and customs.

GH

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feakG79lYQo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vb9M6nDHkUs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGm9IxEh5lo
Picture I like that gun

It looks like GH is about to change it primary weapons include the main assault riffle. Polish NA does it look familiar.

obonomaa:
It looks like GH is about to change it primary weapons include the main assault riffle. Polish NA does it look familiar.

Yeah the same type of beryl riffle.

Looks like a Baretta ARX 160 from italy what the GH have there ..and yes there is a Beryl in the image above. sry i am confused,..

GreenandGold:
How the US Special Forces and Niger troops got ambushed. A very interesting and detailed map-based animation video.

NB: ambush details start at 7:00 min.

Hope it hasn't been shared before.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFmN-1N0SWg

the village leader clearly set them up. Also, there was no need for them to stay in the ambush because the initial shooting came from behind but the Muricans were like "let's go Rambo on these rebels and show the village women that we've got balls". The squard commander should be demoted, there is plenty of recklessness here, he had a small team but they kept getting left behind and took him a long time to give command to alert base that they were under ambush and his man were already KIA. Also, these SF operators were under armed for even patrol.

YOU HAVE DONE WELL – COMMANDANT NDA TELLS DG DICON
The Commandant Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), Major General Adeniyi Oyebade, has lauded the efforts of the Director-General Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria (DICON), Major General Victor Ezugwu, for his sincere Commitment to repositioning the premier industry to an enviable height in line with the vision of the founding fathers.
He made the remark when the DG DICON paid him a courtesy visit at the permanent site of NDA Kaduna.
Harping on the onerous task of making Nigerian project work, the Commandant stated that, the clarion call to give the best to the nation was a project everyone could contribute meaningfully for the development of the nation, stressing that the nation was in dire need of such contributions. According to him, the military stands for the defense of the unity of the nation despite the current challenges facing the nation and it must be seen upholding this role at all times.
He further stated that the NDA under his leadership was inculcating the values and ethos of national unity in the cadet since they were the future leaders of the Armed Forces of Nigeria.
The Commandant who also noted that the Engineering Cadets were making the nation proud especially in research and development, disclosed that there were quite a number of prototype research products they hoped to exhibit during the 2019 passing out parade.
He commended DICON under the leadership of General Ezugwu for producing vehicles and ballistic materials in the theater of operations across the nation, particularly the North East.
The Commandant NDA also said the Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Tukur Buratai has made some giant strides in the area of production of combat vehicles for the Nigerian Army with 70 percent local content stressing that his efforts were worthy of commendation by all well-meaning Nigerians.
‘Nigeria has a huge market but we want to dominate the West African market in the nearest future if we continue with this tempo,’ he said.
He called for robust synergy between DICON and NDA especially in the area of research and development, adding that the grant received by NDA might be spread for the benefit of DICON Research and Development Centre in their collaborative efforts.

Earlier, the DG DICON, Maj. Gen Ezugwu said he paid the courtesy visit with the aim of leveraging on NDA’s support in the fabrication of military products for the nation’s Armed Forces with special emphasis on the Faculty of Engineering.
He noted that he was impressed by the technological breakthrough of one of the cadets who researched and produced a prototype drone; He, therefore, pledged to sponsor an award of N250,000.00 Naira for the best graduating cadet in R & D with a view to encouraging innovative Science and Technology.
‘Science and Technology are research-driven and it should dovetail into mass production hence DICON will be quite interested to promote these.’
The DG who further described NDA as a symbol of the Nigerian Armed Forces said it would always be one of the major end-users of DICON products, especially the ones needed for training, therefore DICON would ensure high equality.
He stressed that he would not supply what will be below the Commandant’s standard.
He expressed appreciation to the Commandant for being his good mentor right from his cadetship training period in NDA till date.
He further disclosed that DICON in partnership with Command Engineering Depot would be rolling out about 20 different combat vehicles produced locally, stressing that he would use local content to achieve DICON’s mandate.

gripenc:


Wouldn't mind hand-me-down's from the US for South Africa!

6 atom bombs and a semi-finished 7th Now proudly punching below your weight.

TayserMahri:


6 atom bombs and a semi-finished 7th Now proudly punching below your weight.

The Republic of South Africa never produced any atomic weapons. It had a program to try, but never succeeded.

saengine:


The Republic of South Africa never produced any atomic weapons. It had a program to try, but never succeeded.

The former president said they did make 6 of them. Albeit too secretively even cabinet ministers were unaware. Sort of like the first Mark I tanks by the Brits. Even those directly working on the project were fooled as to what they were making.

Friedman: So you would inform a country like the United States that you had these weapons and therefore they might intervene to stop you from using them against the Soviet Union. Was that the idea?

De Klerk: Exactly. I first became aware of the existence of this program—the full cabinet in South Africa never knew about it—when I became minister of mineral and energy affairs [in the early 1980s]. The bombs were in the making. I never felt comfortable with [the program], but I couldn’t stop it. By the end, when I became president, we had six completed nuclear weapons, and the seventh was halfway done. They were Hiroshima-type weapons.
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2017/09/north-korea-south-africa/539265/

This one too

https://www.nytimes.com/1993/03/25/world/south-africa-says-it-built-6-atom-bombs.html

TayserMahri:


The former president said they did make 6 of them. Albeit too secretively even cabinet ministers were unaware. Sort of like the first Mark I tanks by the Brits. Even those directly working on the project were fooled as to what they were making.



This one too

https://www.nytimes.com/1993/03/25/world/south-africa-says-it-built-6-atom-bombs.html

Again, SA never built atomic weapons. It had a test program that was never completed.

saengine:


Again, SA never built atomic weapons. It had a test program that was never completed.

Sorry bud but I'm going to have to disagree

If we nver built any atomic weapons, then there would have been no reason to dismantle any bombs........ But we did however!!

jln115:
Sorry bud but I'm going to have to disagree

If we nver built any atomic weapons, then there would have been no reason to dismantle any bombs........ But we did however!!

You cannot call something that you've never tested a bomb. The SA program was limited to crude nuclear technology, hence they say it would have been similar to Hiroshima or Nagasaki....40 years after the fact.

It was a vast project yes, with lots of technical information that needed to be "dismantled" but not operational or even tested nuclear weapons.

saengine:


You cannot call something that you've never tested a bomb. The SA program was limited to crude nuclear technology, hence they say it would have been similar to Hiroshima or Nagasaki....40 years after the fact.

It was a vast project yes, with lots of technical information that needed to be "dismantled" but not operational or even tested nuclear weapons.

agree to disagree..... I'll leave it at that!

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saengine:


Again, SA never built atomic weapons. It had a test program that was never completed.

By fiat or from more insider knowledge than the president?

You cannot call something that you've never tested a bomb. The SA program was limited to crude nuclear technology, hence they say it would have been similar to Hiroshima or Nagasaki....40 years after the fact.

Something that was Hiroshima/Nagasaki type even 100 yrs later is still one hell of an atomic weapon. Not sure how you interpreted that bit.

INTERNAL SECURITY OPERATIONS: NAF INDUCTS ANOTHER HELICOPTER REACTIVATED LOCALLY IN PORT HARCOURT

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has inducted into service another EC-135 Helicopter, NAF 549, which was reactivated in-country by NAF personnel in collaboration with some technical partners from within and outside Nigeria. The induction of NAF 549 today, 24 August 2019, at the NAF 115 Special Operations Group (115 SOG) in Port Harcourt signifies the substantial progress the Service has made in its bid to continually build capacity to cope with technological advancements in the field of military aviation and further prosecute the various ongoing operations in the Country. It could be recalled that the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, was in Port Harcourt in 2018 to unveil an Mi-35P helicopter, NAF 531, after an in-country Life Extension Programme, which was successfully conducted in Nigeria for the first time since the helicopter was inducted into the NAF in Year 2000.

In his remarks during the ceremony, the CAS noted that the addition of the newly re-activated EC-135 helicopter would be a force multiplier in the effort of the Service to secure the lives and property of Nigerians as well as protect the territorial integrity of the Country. He added that the successful in-country reactivation of the helicopter has enabled the NAF to save scarce foreign exchange that would have been expended in carrying out the Periodic Depot Maintenance (PDM) abroad. In addition, Air Marshal Abubakar explained that the in-country reactivation has enabled the transfer of required skills and expertise to NAF technicians, thereby helping the Service build additional capacity to sustain its operations. According to him, “this is in line with the Service’s projected end state, which is to ensure that in the near future, the NAF would have sufficiently domiciled the technical expertise and technological know-how to conduct the full spectrum of maintenance activities locally using its own engineers, technicians and resources”.

Speaking further, the CAS added that in order to ensure adequate manning and capacity building for crew of its various helicopter fleets, the Service was conducting various initial and advanced training for NAF helicopter pilots both locally and overseas. He stated that the Service recently approved the training of 10 helicopter pilots by Cobham Helicopter in the United Kingdom. “We have also commenced the tactical training of NAF helicopter pilots at the 405 Helicopter Combat Training Group (405 HCTG) Enugu in order to build their capacity to function more effectively in complex air-ground environments. All these efforts are being made to enable the NAF build its core competencies towards the employment of air power in the discharge of our constitutional responsibilities”, he added.

Air Marshal Abubakar restated his commitment to enhancing the welfare of personnel through the provision of conducive work and home environments for personnel and their families to enable them continue to put in their best in support of the various Internal Security operations across the Country. This, he said, would include the provision of additional married accommodation for Officers and Senior Non Commissioned Officers (SNCOs) in Port Harcourt as well as the eventual upgrade of Air Force Secondary School Port Harcourt to a boarding school. The CAS also used the opportunity to express the profound gratitude of the Service to the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, President Muhammadu Buhari, for the priority given to NAF’s efforts in maintaining its platforms and equipment as well as the support given to acquire new platforms such as the A-29 Super Tucano, JF-17 fighter aircraft, Mi-35M, Augusta A-109 Power and AW-139 helicopters.

Earlier, while delivering his welcome address, the Air Officer Commanding Tactical Air Command (AOC TAC), Air Vice Marshal Charles Owho, represented by the Chief of Staff, Air Commodore Shehu Bakari, expressed his delight for the enabling environment the current leadership of the NAF has granted the Command to display its ingenuity towards the achievement of the landmark feat. He added that the reactivation would no doubt contribute to the actualization of one of the key drivers of the CAS’ Vision, which is, “robust logistics support and maintenance culture to sustain platforms and equipment serviceability”.

The reactivation programme of NAF 549, which had been unserviceable since June 2013 before its handover to the NAF in 2016, commenced on 10 January 18, with critical assessment of the helicopter, and the entire work was completed in June 2019. The helicopter is one of the three EC -135 helicopters inherited by the NAF from the NNPC. The other 2 EC 135 Helicopters, NAF 547 and NAF 548, have been reactivated in-Country and have since been deployed for operations.

Highlight of the event was the conduct of a Functional Check Flight (FCF) by pilots of the 115 SOG, under the guidance of the Commander, Air Commodore Elijah Ebiowe, to certify the aircraft ready for flight operations. After which the technical documents for the aircraft were handed over to the CAS by the Chief of Aircraft Engineering CAcE, AVM Musa Mukhtar, who subsequently handed these over to the AOC TAC for safekeeping. Also present at the induction ceremony were the Commander Operation DELTA SAFE, Rear Admiral A Akinrinade, as well as other serving and retired military officers and heads of other security agencies in Rivers State.

Before leaving Port Harcourt, the CAS, who was accompanied on the operational visit by other senior officers from Headquarters NAF, also had an interactive session with officers, airmen and airwomen of NAF units in Port Harcourt and other locations in the South South Geo-Political Zone. The session was aimed at keeping the personnel informed about the policy directions of the Service while also receiving feedback as well as suggestions from them on how to move the Service forward for effective and efficient service delivery.

IBIKUNLE DARAMOLA
Air Commodore
Director of Public Relations and Information

" The CAS also used the opportunity to express the profound gratitude of the Service to the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, President Muhammadu Buhari, for the priority given to NAF’s efforts in maintaining its platforms and equipment as well as the support given to acquire new platforms such as the A-29 Super Tucano, JF-17 fighter aircraft, Mi-35M, Augusta A-109 Power and AW-139 helicopters".

Breaking; 6 Oshkosh M-ATV's "confiscated" by the military from an unknown source handed over to the Nigerian Custom Service by Commander, 23 Brigade, Brig General SG Muhammad. This whole thing keeps getting stranger by the minute

shadowprimezero:
Breaking; 6 Oshkosh M-ATV's "confiscated" by the military from an unknown source handed over to the Nigerian Custom Service by Commander, 23 Brigade, Brig General SG Muhammad. This whole thing keeps getting stranger by the minute

I just read it too, but how is this possible.

Kenyan Bowmen, part of the Elite Kenyan Archery Black Ops. These guys are masters of undercover infiltration. Observe in this extremely rare photo catching one in the heat of the action. Look at the foot work, use of mouth and stance!

AskiaHarem:
Kenyan Bowmen, part of the Elite Kenyan Archery Black Ops. These guys are masters of undercover infiltration. Observe in this extremely rare photo catching one in the heat of the action. Look at the foot work, use of mouth and stance!

Chad, Somalia, DRC, Mali, Sudans, Libya, Nigeria....you know what these countries have in common? a large proportion of their countries are effectively controlled by Islamists and bandits. You should be the last people to ever throw shade at any other country

Uncouth:

Chad, Somalia, DRC, Mali, Sudans, Libya, Nigeria....you know what these countries have in common? a large proportion of their countries are effectively controlled by Islamists and bandits. You should be the last people to ever throw shade at any other country

"You should be the last people". Mouthbreather you don't know who the heck I am and what "shade"?
By the way.....

Some of the weapons were for testing or demonstration purposes.
SA's nuclear strategy at the time was to detonate a test device in case of a invasion into northern SWA by Cuban and Angolan forces that couldn't be stopped by conventional warfare.

There were, however operational weapons that was designed to fit into H2 glide bombs. Two Buccaneers from 24 Squadron SAAF were modified for nuclear weapons delivery.
Although a test program is needed for weapons development, its not essential. Most of it is actually done on computers nowadays.
Israel has at the most tested only one weapon (debatable if they even did) ,but they have a large operational nuclear weapons stockpile and triad delivery options.
Testing is less necessary for gun type designs than implosion devices.

TayserMahri:


By fiat or from more insider knowledge than the president?



Something that was Hiroshima/Nagasaki type even 100 yrs later is still one hell of an atomic weapon. Not sure how you interpreted that bit.

AskiaHarem:
Kenyan Bowmen, part of the Elite Kenyan Archery Black Ops. These guys are masters of undercover infiltration. Observe in this extremely rare photo catching one in the heat of the action. Look at the foot work, use of mouth and stance!

if you want to troll then go to the other thread.

61mech:
Some of the weapons were for testing or demonstration purposes.
SA's nuclear strategy at the time was to detonate a test device in case of a invasion into northern SWA by Cuban and Angolan forces that couldn't be stopped by conventional warfare.

There were, however operational weapons that was designed to fit into H2 glide bombs. Two Buccaneers from 24 Squadron SAAF were modified for nuclear weapons delivery.
Although a test program is needed for weapons development, its not essential. Most of it is actually done on computers nowadays.
Israel has at the most tested only one weapon (debatable if they even did) ,but they have a large operational nuclear weapons stockpile and triad delivery options.
Testing is less necessary for gun type designs than implosion devices.

I guess this settles it. In any case the thing to watch out for is an out of hand fissile fizzle (say 95 %). Even 1/4 yield would be enough.

NAF Regiment. Airbase defence training