IGpro1:
you are biased towards American hardwares, nothing makes the SU 57 better than an f22 or f35 Russians have good weapons but comparing them to American weapons is something you should do with a little bit of open mind.
F22 I might agree because its older but not f35.which is a little above f35.

I know very soon you will put Chinese hardwares ahead of America
@Kabe1

F-22 is better than F35

marvin906:




Do you need to have a clear enemy before building your defense.
Speaking of reach..
Whats the longest distance can an alpha jet reach

We have clear enemies, BHT, ISWAP, Bandits and we have built our defensive posture around these clear threats.

The combat radius of an alpha jet is over 600km.

marvin906:




Would love to see it against the f 22 for the f 35 that's a peice of over priced junk

The F-35 is currently the most advanced fighter jet, more advanced than the F-22.

Countries build fighter jets according to their military doctrine, so it's difficult to say one plane is better than the other in the real sense.

Especially when referring to aircrafts in a similar class.

SU-57 has 4 X band AESA radars, and 6 L band AESA radars.

IGpro1:
you are biased towards American hardwares, nothing makes the SU 57 better than an f22 or f35 Russians have good weapons but comparing them to American weapons is something you should do with a little bit of open mind.
F22 I might agree because its older but not f35.which is a little above f35.

I know very soon you will put Chinese hardwares ahead of America
@Kabe1

I am biased towards Russian hardware, however for what they are designed to do they are the best in their class.

You cannot claim the F-35 is better than the SU-57, neither did I say the SU-57 is better than the F-35 and F-22.

Both air forces have different philosophies and each aircraft is the pinnacle of that philosophy.

Good news coming out of the North East

https://dailypost.ng/2021/02/03/nigerian-troops-attack-boko-haram-in-timbuktu-warzone-rescue-captives-photos/?amp&__twitter_impression=true

IGpro1:
you are biased towards American hardwares, nothing makes the SU 57 better than an f22 or f35 Russians have good weapons but comparing them to American weapons is something you should do with a little bit of open mind.
F22 I might agree because its older but not f35.which is a little above f35.

I know very soon you will put Chinese hardwares ahead of America
@Kabe1

bros calm down.

the SU57 is a beast on its own.even the Americans knows that.

Botswana Mowag Piranhas

shadowprimezero:
Botswana Mowag Piranhas

Am feeling jealous right now !

kabe1:


The F-35 is currently the most advanced fighter jet, more advanced than the F-22.

Countries build fighter jets according to their military doctrine, so it's difficult to say one plane is better than the other in the real sense.

Especially when referring to aircrafts in a similar class.

SU-57 has 4 X band AESA radars, and 6 L band AESA radars.

Kindly explain why the US will never sell the f22 but will gladly sell the f35

Rheinmetall Denel Munitions continues to outperform the other Denel companies!

RDM receives aircraft bomb order from Asia as it expands bomb lineup

Rheinmetall Denel Munition (RDM) has secured an additional R40 million contract for the supply of aircraft bombs to an Asia-Pacific customer, after receiving a number of contracts over the last several years.

RDM said it will be making the first deliveries of its recently developed 110 lb/50 kg aircraft bombs (RDM HFB 110) by the first quarter of 2021. It is also supplying high fragmentation variants of its Mk 80 series warheads, including accessories and fuzes.

The HFB 110 is a high fragmentation bomb purposely designed for a light ground attack aircraft and larger unmanned aerial systems. The warhead provides high lethality and predictable fragmentation to provide maximum effectiveness against personnel and light vehicles. The smaller size and standard interfaces are ideal for smaller aircrafts and to enable a larger number of warheads to be carried to provide for greater mission flexibility and to engage a greater number of targets during a single sortie. This smaller compact variant is also known as the ‘baby bomb’, RDM said.

In addition to the 110 lb bomb, RDM is further expanding the portfolio by way of its new high performance ‘penetrator bomb’ or penetration Mk 82 warhead (HPW). The Mk 82 HPW warhead is a high penetration warhead that conforms to standard Mk 82 geometry and mass requirements, minimizing integration and certification requirements and is purposely designed for precision strike missions against hardened structures and targets.

“With its standard geometry and mass properties, the Mk 82 HPW is fully compatible with existing precision guidance kits and enables an easier and more affordable integration with existing guidance systems and combat platforms,” RDM said.

Standard General Purpose Mk 82 warheads have a limited penetration capability of as little as 0.3 metres against 14 MPa (megapascal) concrete. “With its propriety penetrator design, the RDM Mk 82 HPW is capable of achieving increased levels of penetration, penetrating up to 1.8 metres in concrete which exceeds that of far larger warheads, such as the standard Mk 83 and Mk 84, with the penetration performance of RDM’s Mk 82 HPW comparing to that of the BLU-109, which has approximately four times the mass of the Mk 82 HPW and comes at a far greater price,” RDM explained.

This provides the RDM Mk82 HPW with the additional advantages of improved mission flexibility (fewer sorties, a greater amount of targets that can be engaged per sortie), lower cost per target and reduced logistic footprint.

RDM has for years manufactured Mk 80 series bombs, available in Mk 81 (265 lb/120 kg), Mk 82 (550 lb/250 kg), Mk 83 (970 lb/440 kg) and Mk 84 (1 940 lb/880 kg) weights, using TNT, Tritonal, RX/TNT or PBXN fillings. These are available with forged steel (full range), cast iron (Mk 81 and Mk 82) and pre-fragmented castings. A delayed action fuse and can be used for penetrating bunkers. The company also makes 27lb (12.5kg) practice bombs, which are available in smoke and flash fillings.

https://www.defenceweb.co.za/featured/rdm-receives-aircraft-bomb-order-from-asia-as-it-expands-bomb-lineup/

Seeing as the Gripen has so many fans here !

The Gripen Aims to Be the iPhone of Fighter Aircraft
In an era when software upgrades are critical, the Swedish jet leads the way.

https://www.airspacemag.com/military-aviation/smart-fighter-180976751/

Wish we could swap the JF-17 for the su 27

marvin906:
Wish we could swap the JF-17 for the su 27

Two completely different Aircraft. logic would dictate NAF train on the MIG29 upgrade then switch to SU29/30

Malian and Estonian special forces on bikes on the hunt for some game

Algerian Air Force MIG-29M

Nigerian soldiers conducting ground operations in a Nigerian made MRAP

Botswana defence force Piranha 5 with 30mm MK2 turret

The pilot of the brand new MiG-29M2 for the Algerian Air Force was spotted with a new Russian helmet-mounted target designation and indication system NSCI-KOS. Earlier it was delivered to the pilots of the Egyptian Air Force (MiG-29M / M2)

fabselad:
Malian and Estonian special forces on bikes on the hunt for some game

All these Special Forces from backwater European countries no one has heard of only flock to Mali to take pictures.

Before you say jack, they are gone.

No real impact on the ground.

marvin906:
Wish we could swap the JF-17 for the su 27

2 different types of aircrafts, besides the SU-27 is no longer in production.

Lurker4Long:

Our vaccines were transported by an Emirates cargo plane. We really should not have cancelled the A400M deal.

Even as a Kenyan I feel the pain of your defense underspending. You're responsible for defending the southern continent;from Nam',Bots',Zam,Zim,Moz and Angola to the the reaches of the Congo. I look at the delayed and cancelled defence projects and SMFH. Until and unless your string pullers have a change of heart and allow increased def expenditure I don't see any change.

Lurker4Long:


Fvck I hope not! Kenya as a potential regional power - rivalling Ethiopia - should not be genuflecting to Turkey. You don't need me to point out the geo-strategic implications of such subservience.

Glad I'm not the only one mistrusting these Ottoman wannabes! I'd be more concerned with their training of the Somali army but looking at their performance against Kurds and in Syria I'm not worried.

Tinfoil:


Being dependant on Turkey in anyway will end up hurting Kenya in the long run. They are agitating Somali to be more assertive and probably will be looking at the oil in the disputed border area. They have also shown that they do not value any diplomatic relationship from their dealings with us and russia

Dependent is a big word. Anyway, I would say it's for exactly that reason that Kenya -now more than ever - needs to keep Turkey close by engaging in such kind of exchanges, this gives an opportunity to both countries (who have historically never cooperated) to get to know each other and build good rapport. Yes, Turkey wants a strong Somalia built in the image of Turkey and they will be aggressive with anyone who interferes with that. But with Kenya boosting Turkey's defense industry (even if in a small way), It gives an incentive to Turkey not to completely destroy its relationships with buyers of their technologies, so they will be more inclined to solve disputes diplomatically first i.e. If the interest of Kenya and Turkey in Somalia don't align, at-least now Turkey will have to think twice and weigh their options first before reacting because if they mess things up they will loose Kenya and Uganda as potential future buyers of their technologies. Anyway , those are my 2 cents.

Lurker4Long:


Fvck I hope not! Kenya as a potential regional power - rivalling Ethiopia - should not be genuflecting to Turkey. You don't need me to point out the geo-strategic implications of such subservience.

When it comes to this issue, Kenya has her own economic interest to worry about.

There is a maritime dispute case at the UN's ICJ (International Court of Justice ) which will officially begin this year, In which Somali seeks to annex 116,000 sq.km from Kenya's territory. Both parties believe there is large deposits of gas and oil in that location but that's not the biggest worry for Kenya. If Somali wins the case, it would mean all ships coming from the east or north will have to enter Somali territory first before arriving into Kenya, basically they will be in control of our sea trade, They could enforce tariffs on all ships thereby rising cost of imports/exports, they could blockade us if we don't play ball on some issue (like how landlocked countries are at the mercy of their sea route neighbors.)

Kenya has already said publicly that if the ICJ rules in favor of Somalia, they won't let go of the territory. And on the other hand, Turkey is a big influence in Somalia, therefore its in Kenya's best interest to try and have a strategic relation with Turkey like I have tried to explain to Tinfoil up there.

Nigerian made patrol boats for the Nigerian navy with bulletproof shields.

kabe1:
Nigerian made patrol boats for the Nigerian navy with bulletproof shields.

it's a new version of Epenal...
E2 gunboat.
Looks a lot like the SeWa Gunboat delivered to the navy too.
Difference is that One has rail at the front the other doesn't.

Nigerian navy commando

kabe1:
Nigerian navy commando

They look badass!

special force in Nigerian
1. 109 special force in okene, kogi state
2. 72 strike/ special force makuridi benue state
3. 4 special force doma narraswa
4 707th special force brigade delta
5. Afsf
6. 133 special force borno
7. 111 special force borno
8. 123 special force yobe
9. 234 special operation forces
10. 404th special force brigade
11. 199 special force abuja
12. 402 special force
13. ahsg
14. nasfc
15. nigeria army ranger



naf special force
1 32 special force
2. 717 special force.
3. 203 special force
4. 219 special force

JOSCOFELIX:
special force in Nigerian
1. 109 special force in okene, kogi state
2. 72 strike/ special force makuridi benue state
3. 4 special force doma narraswa
4 707th special force brigade delta
5. Afsf
6. 133 special force borno
7. 111 special force borno
8. 123 special force yobe
9. 234 special operation forces
10. 404th special force brigade
11. 199 special force abuja
12. 402 special force
13. ahsg
14. nasfc
15. nigeria army ranger



naf special force
1 32 special force
2. 717 special force.
3. 203 special force
4. 219 special force

How many are actually worth the name special forces..

marvin906:



How many are actually worth the name special forces..

707 special forces brigade (they liberated Baga along side Navy SBS)
72 strike Group
4 special forces Doma
AFSF is under DHQ not NA
Also NA rangers aren't independent SF brigades.
159 special forces brigade also has some highly trained Men who are actively participating in TURA TAKAIBANGO
Some are CQB specialist
.
The NAF SF he mentioned aren't independent they fall under Panthers

I'm sure same goes to the NA SF brigade.
They fall under NASFC.

The SF we have in Nigeria are
NAF Panthers
NASFC
NNSBS
AFSF
NPSF

Toju200:
707 special forces brigade (they liberated Baga along side Navy SBS)
72 strike Group
4 special forces Doma
AFSF is under DHQ not NA
Also NA rangers aren't independent SF brigades.
159 special forces brigade also has some highly trained Men who are actively participating in TURA TAKAIBANGO
Some are CQB specialist
.
The NAF SF he mentioned aren't independent they fall under Panthers

I'm sure same goes to the NA SF brigade.
They fall under NASFC.

The SF we have in Nigeria are
NAF Panthers
NASFC
NNSBS
AFSF
NPSF

So the rest aren't worth the name just like the useless dss

marvin906:



So the rest aren't worth the name just like the useless dss

LOL, if DSS decides to start performing the way they are meant to, all of us here will start shouting they've been politicized and are being willing tools of oppression of this administration. It is something many of us have said on this thread. That was what we were all talking about before 2020 when in actual fact most security threats are politically motivated.