jteku:


I just watched the video, it looks edited, yes the plane went down but it kind of look doctored, especially the explosion.

https://www.facebook.com/513141502358014/posts/1455731748098980/

https://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2021/04/04/video-boko-haram-caught-lying-on-alpha-jet-crash/

A Swedish researcher, Hugo Kaaman, has exposed their lie in this 50 second video:

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Kaaman said “Boko Haram took a 2012 video showing a SyAAF helicopter exploding mid-air over Idlib and superimposed it.

Shom in support of the OCEA shipyard, has trained Nigerian hydrographers in Brest on onboard scientific systems.

Their ship "Lana" will soon complete its trials with the support of Shom hydrographic experts.

South African Navy new 63 meters IPV

Kenya Defence Forces 40th Ranger Regiment & 30th Special Forces

More...


https://twitter.com/Robert_Kidake/status/1377852758208958476?s=19

KDF 40RSF in Somalia

2019 Special Forces Operators Competition ( Army & Police) KENYA
https://twitter.com/africaken1/status/1368461707593592835?s=19

Kenya Police Recce Squad Operators raid in Mombasa March 2021

https://twitter.com/_Karis_002/status/1378645303524478977?s=09

SAAF

Venezuealsn authorities capture a drug lord. Interestingly, one of the operatives seems to be armed with the rare South African CR-21 Vektor Rifle. This is the first time I've seen it in the wild.

zambia air force l15

shadowprimezero:
This is the first time I've seen it in the wild.

Another pic of it in the wild, also Venezuela Spec Ops.

Ghana Navy

Lurker4Long:


Another pic of it in the wild, also Venezuela Spec Ops.

Have no idea how so many ended up there. Lol, the gun seems to be a status symbol with the CO

zambia female battalion in CAR

shadowprimezero:


Have no idea how so many ended up there. Lol, the gun seems to be a status symbol with the CO

Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Chile bought some. Maybe others like Serbia.

Nigerian Navy Seaward Defence Boat 3 will be launched in June of this year.

It would be armed with a

-20mm Remote Weapon Station

- 4 x GPMG stations

- 2 x 40mm AGL

- Top Speed is 25 Knots

- Crew compliment is 30 officers & Ratings

- Cruising Speed is 15 Knots

Nigerian Navy NNS Centenary

kabe1:
Nigerian Navy NNS Unity Centenary

centenary

Stargate254:

Back in January I posted about this Kenyan made clone/look-a-like/tweaked version of m16 and m4 carbine assault rifles......


And Today .............


President Uhuru Kenyatta presides over the official opening of the Small Arms Factory in Ruiru, Kiambu County. The President said through the local production of weaponry, Kenya seeks to enhance self-reliance, domestic innovation, and strengthening of local manufacturing capabilities, while offering decent jobs for her youth. He said the arms factory which is part of the National Security Industries Network is in line with the Manufacturing Pillar of the Big Four Agenda, as well as the Kenya Vision 2030. The new factory was developed at a cost of Kshs 4 billion and has an annual single-shift manufacturing capacity of 12,000 assault rifles with 60% of components being locally manufactured.



Quoting the President's speech

"Covid-19 has taught us that international supply chains are vulnerable to disruption. We add another arrow to our security quiver. This sets stage for the progressive domestic manufacture of security equipment used by our nation,"

"Over the next year, we intend to diversify to include 9 mm pistols and 7.62 assault riffles,"

"By venturing into this, we seek self reliance and strengthening of local capabilities and offering decent jobs for our youths,"

"The journey will not be an easy one. It needs investment of money, training and building equipment,"

more

Karis1:
2019 Special Forces Operators Competition ( Army & Police) KENYA
https://twitter.com/africaken1/status/1368461707593592835?s=19

Looks like the same Media Company that was given access to cover the SOF competition is also producing its own Movie



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhAHKgorP78


Nigeria you started it, Now it seems Kenya is also doing it too ... i.e. Producing a combat movie for the love of the military, inspired by local and current events, and whereby the production company is given real access to the military to help them produce a realistic movie.

kabe1:
Nigerian Navy NNS Centenary

Whats the weapons capability

Stargate254:
Looks like the same Media Company that was given access to cover the SOF competition is also producing its own Movie



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhAHKgorP78


Nigeria you started it, Now it seems Kenya is also doing it too ... i.e. Producing a combat movie for the love of the military, inspired by local and current events, and whereby the production company is given real access to the military to help them produce a realistic movie.

Nigeria always comparing their trash with international standard... You fabricated a noisy contraption in the name of MRAP and all of a sudden you want to measure shoulder with the well established south African defense industry that has been building MRAPs since the days of the Bush war. You did movie how good was the movie? Does it appeal to emotions, does it shed a good light on the armed forces or was it just a nonsense effort at creativity.

Salatavor:
Nigeria always comparing their trash with international standard... You fabricated a noisy contraption in the name of MRAP and all of a sudden you want to measure shoulder with the well established south African defense industry that has been building MRAPs since the days of the Bush war. You did movie how good was the movie? Does it appeal to emotions, does it shed a good light on the armed forces or was it just a nonsense effort at creativity.

Such a bitter soul

Salatavor:
Nigeria always comparing their trash with international standard... You fabricated a noisy contraption in the name of MRAP and all of a sudden you want to measure shoulder with the well established south African defense industry that has been building MRAPs since the days of the Bush war. You did movie how good was the movie? Does it appeal to emotions, does it shed a good light on the armed forces or was it just a nonsense effort at creativity.

calm all the way down bro. the person you quoted is a Kenyan.
seems you'r frustrated or depressed maybe suffering from both. No Nigerian to the best of my knowledge compared any MRAP with those of South Africa.
even if they did, are Nigerian made MRAP not worthy of competing with others.
FYI Chad recently ordered for some MRAP and guess what bro? they ordered them from Nigeria.

just take a long break from social media, you clearly are too emotional like a toddler.

marvin906:



Whats the weapons capability

It's an OPV.

It's main gun is a 76mm cannon, a number of 30mm's and 12.7mm's.

The new NIGERIA AIR FORCE power

Giovanni Di Gregorio

Score card FPR the NAF Nigeria Air Force will be a ''B+'.

By Giovanni Di Gregorio

By December 2020 the NAF, ranked 4th in Africa will be the most prolific in sub sahara Africa with a diverse array of platforms. It will have the largest combat helicopter fleet, ISR aircrafts, a small number of 4th Gen fighters complimented by

12 A-29 Super Tucano's,

16 Alpha Jet E variants acquired in the ‘80s and around

20 Alpha Jet A ground attack jet,

13 Aero L-39 ZA Albatross,

4 armed attack drone.

10 Mi-24Vs,

20 Mi-35Ps,

12 brand new MI-35Ms

6 Augusta ''Power'' attack helicopters.

10 Pakistani Super Mushshak trainers,

2 Bell 412,

4 EC-135 and over a dozen Agusta Westland helicopters.

In addition to 4 Chinese built CH-3 rainbow attack drones and indigenous Gulma|Tsaigumi UAV are in service, along with Austrian DA-42 Twin Star light patrol aircraft

ATR-42 maritime patrol aircraft, Super Puma, MI-17 and Beechcraft Super King Air 350i ISR-optimised turboprop aircraft. Service operable aircraft increased from about 36 per cent in 2015 to between 78 and 82 per cent currently.

This contributed to the Air Task Force in Operation Lafiya Dole’s ability to, from June 1 2015 to October 31 2019, fly 61,852 flight hours in 39,807 day and night sorties including close air support, strike, ISR and humanitarian support missions.

However, despite these improvements, the NAFstill faces significant challenges in asserting aerial supremacy over the terrain, despite BHT air defence capabilities being limited to varied calibre anti-aircraft guns including ZSU-23-4 quad-barreled ''Shilka''

This is due to the size of the terrain, lack of precision guided and stand-off weapons, plus a lack of systems to set up and maintain an integrated kill-chain from finding the enemy to maintaining ISR presence over him, to ultimately finishing him off and gathering intelligence to be exploited for analysis purposes. The JF-17 multi-role fighter and A-29 Super Tucano solves this problem instantly. One kinda wishes we had these platforms much earlier. But one has to give credit to the NAF. It is doubtful any other nation could have pulled off what the NAF did with the platforms at its disposal. Nigeria’s counter insurgency area of operations covers the three northeastern states of Borno, Adamawa and Yobe, thats over 125,000 square kilometres of land area.

This complex terrain encompasses the Nigerian side of Lake Chad with hundreds of islands, the massive Sambisa Forest Area, the Gwoza Hills, and the Mandara Mountains range which mostly hem in the region from the east. Massive aerial bombardment began July-September 2013 with the NAF employing Mi-35P Hind attack helicopters, in the opening salvo of what was evolving into a campaign of aerial bombardment against Boko Haram held territory. This operation was to be named Operation Zaman Lafiya.

The air component was under Boko Haram threat to and rotary-wing operations, with Mi 24V/Mi-35P attack helicopters, F-7NI and Alpha Jets coming under enemy anti-aircraft fire of up to 30mm caliber, forcing them to fly higher in order to deliver strike packages.

What the NAF did next is funny. The NAF began to fit longer-range rockets, removed from its MiG-21s, onto the attack helicopters. By August 2014, the Nigerian air force had carried out 2,468 ground-attack missions against Boko Haram, in addition to conducting 1,443 surveillance missions with its DA-42s, ATR-42s and King Air 350Is, plus 1,479 airlift transport missions. The MI-35P helicopters alone flew over 900 combat sorties. This does not include providing air support to the regional MNJTF’s Operation.

Between Dec. 25, 2015 and the end of January 2016, the NAF conducted 286 strike missions against BHT targets, for a total of 536 flight hours. During the 18 months between July 2015 and mid-January 2017, the NAF carried out 2,105 missions across the entire aerial spectrum.

Perhaps more impressive is that the NAF suffered relatively few losses directly related to the Combat. Two Chengdu F-7Nis, one Alpha Jet, two Mi-35Ps, one A109LUH, and at least two Mi-17s have been shot down or destroyed in accidents over active battlefields.

The NAF has come a long way to become the largest and most combat experienced air force in Sub Sahara Africa, surpassing every country in capital and strategic assets and highly sophisticated ISR gathering platforms. It could be much better given Nigeria's resources though.

IGpro1:
calm all the way down bro. the person you quoted is a Kenyan.
seems you'r frustrated or depressed maybe suffering from both. No Nigerian to the best of my knowledge compared any MRAP with those of South Africa.
even if they did, are Nigerian made MRAP not worthy of competing with others.
FYI Chad recently ordered for some MRAP and guess what bro? they ordered them from Nigeria.

just take a long break from social media, you clearly are too emotional like a toddler.

Chad bought your MRAPs, Chad will buy dog poo if they think it will bring them closer to Nigeria. To the bolded? Your knowledge is very limited...

Salatavor:
Chad bought your MRAPs, Chad will buy dog poo if they think it will bring them closer to Nigeria. To the bolded? Your knowledge is very limited...

Who's this guy! You could be a marketer for Denel or any of the failing Southie businesses or perhaps your evidently pained slight is to help you sleep at night. Chad is not the only country buying equipment from Nigeria and don't need to do that to get closer to Nigeria, heck it and most surrounding countries of Nigeria are de facto extensions of Abuja's policies. And if your narrative were to be true that fits just exactly. Your pain is your problem and would only get worse if you don't get in line with new realities.

NIGERIA SPACE FORCE

Nigeria’s Defense Space Administration (DSA) played host to the U.S. Secretary of Air Force, Barbara Barrett who is currently visiting African allies to develop new partnerships. During the visit, Barrett introduced the first-ever collaboration between the United States Air Force (USAF) and the DSA.

Barrett’s visit to Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, happened between January 4 and 5, 2021, where she was received by members of Nigeria’s legislative parliament, the National assembly, and senior military officials at the Ministry of Defense, which hosts the DSA.

In a statement made available by the U.S. embassy and consulate in Nigeria, Secretary Barrett’s visit highlighted the positive trajectory of the military cooperation between the U.S. and Nigeria. Her discussions covered a range of defence and security matters of mutual interest, including the 2021 delivery of the A-29 Super Tucano aircraft. On the partnership with the DSA, she conveyed the importance of addressing the novel security challenges in space. Noting that the U.S. Space Force recently marked its first anniversary following its establishment last year, Barrett initiated a bilateral engagement on the necessity of developing a long-term vision for security cooperation in space.

The statement disclosed further that the U.S would deliver 12 A-29 Super Tucano aircraft as scheduled in 2021. Along with the delivery, the U.S will train 60 Nigerian military pilots, instructors, and aircraft maintenance specialists over 24 months. The Nigerian pilots will train on the same aircraft they will fly in combat operations against insurgent groups and terrorist organisations.

Secretary Barrett also was briefed by the Ministry of Defence and the Nigerian Armed Forces on their continuing efforts to strengthen military professionalism through programs such as Air Ground Integration (AGI). Through AGI, the Nigerian Air Force plans to increase both its tactical and operational competencies. The training that enhances these competencies will also address the laws that govern armed conflict and respect for international human rights in ways aimed at reducing the risk of civilian harm.