iblawi:

All those countries are currently experiencing terrorist attacks and their militaries are upgrading equipments and making sure they standardize their military. In order to effectively repel the threat.

Many nations are learning from the mistakes of Nigeria.

The rationale behind rating Libya ahead of Kenya is what i find ludicrous.
Majority walk around with RPGs in Libya, drive technicals for uber taxi and plant grenades for fun.
Evidently there's no military over there.

OMG?!! What exactly is Zimbabwe fighting that they are ranked ahead of Uganda. Poachers??

Patchesagain:


You really want to de-rail this thread?

Lol

gottfried21:
They did us wrong...

Comparing lemons with oranges.

M14A1:

The rationale behind rating Libya ahead of Kenya is what i find ludicrous.
Majority walk around with RPGs in Libya, drive technicals for uber taxi and plant grenades for fun.
Evidently there's no military over there.

OMG?!! What exactly is Zimbabwe fighting that they are ranked ahead of Uganda. Poachers??

The Zimbabweans are highly professional.

Heres What will happen if two NATO member countries fight each other?

In the intricate game of Politics and diplomacy we often don't know what's going to happen in the future. Allies can quickly turn to bitter enemies while rivals can turn around and find a common ground to work together.


NATO is a voluntary organization in which consensus is the key governing paradigm. The NATO Agreement is based upon needing the consensus of its members to agree and acknowledge that an attack has occurred on one of its members, and that this attack constitutes a threat worthy of NATO engagement. This agreement is further based upon a defensive perspective, where the language used concerns only an attack on a member, and not whether a member engaged in hostilities first, facilitating an attack on a NATO member in retaliation. NATO was formed in 1949, and the USSR was the threat, and no NATO ally, except the US, had the capability to attack the Soviet Union.


READ MORE >>> http://www.combatheart.com/2016/04/normal-0-false-false-false-en-us-x-none.html

MikeCZA:
The Zimbabwean are highly professional.

As are the UPDF. Hats off to the zimbabweans

gottfried21:
They did us wrong...

With us you never know what to expect

africaken254:
we need to allow america to build a drone base in kenya

Are you for real??

A few pages back someone commented on how the US kept saying they saw the Chibok girls on their drone cameras but wouldn't share the info with the NA. At the same time they refused to sell gunships-why??

kikuyu1:


Are you for real??

A few pages back someone commented on how the US kept saying they saw the Chibok girls on their drone cameras but wouldn't share the info with the NA. At the same time they refused to sell gunships-why??

what if the mission went Munich fiasco,who would get blamed ! i highly doubt that story about Nigeria being denied those gunship.on the somali issue only the america air power is effectively hammering alshabaab.i i have seen alshabaab video where alshabaab are hiding in thick bushes filming,while a kenya army MD500 just over fly them less than 200 meters

iblawi:
2016 globalfire ranking South Africa drops to 5th place in Africa.
http://www.globalfirepower.com/countries-listing-africa.asp

I avoid these e fights but anyone who puts the DRC armed forces above anyone is talking out their arse! Print out that GFP list and use as toilet paper!

Patchesagain:


I could write a freaking essay about how ridiculous this statement is.

But this is neither the place nor the time.

because you seems to say you south africa military are the most powerful military in africa,outside Lesotho where else have you ever displayed your military superiority. don't include UN missions in your reply

central africa military C-130

Angola air force SU-27

egyptian air force F-16's bombing ISIS in sinai

 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWyiIq8oR0c

kikuyu1:


I avoid these e fights but anyone who puts the DRC armed forces above anyone is talking out their arse! Print out that GFP list and use as toilet paper!

Seriously I don't know much about Congo but we must realise that the ranking is not based on the amount of hardware and personnel in each military alone. Their are many other factors that are considered like accessibility to some resource during war times or sanctions. This might even be as little as oil , food and even your ability to maintain your equipments with little or no support.

I believe these guys know why they brought Congo to 10th place and Angola from 9th in 2015 now 6th in 2016.

egyptian military hunting ISIS in sinai

 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGzW2lRVZWY

The return of Egyptian anti-terrorism Unit from Cyprus after the end of the hostage crisis, in which an egyptian plane was hijacked

 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5CKqAlm3gQ

egyptian air force in kuwait on a joint kuwait/egypt air force training exercises "Al-Yarmouk 2"

Nigerian Navy SBS

Nigerian Navy SBS Jungle exercise

off topic: Was playing Call of dudy:advanced warfare last year, and I thought it was too much science fiction for me to imagine, Especially the weaponry, jet-pack and the exoskeleton part where a guy can break a door or wall with his fist
well, I wasnt aware the exoskeleton is actually not science fiction


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPlFAKtc_0Y

denisfidha:
off topic: Was playing Call of dudy:advanced warfare last year, and I thought it was too much science fiction for me to imagine, Especially the weaponry, jet-pack and the exoskeleton part where a guy can break a door or wall with his fist
well, I wasnt aware the exoskeleton is actually not science fiction


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPlFAKtc_0Y

already south korea ship building industries workers are using them

denisfidha:
off topic: Was playing Call of dudy:advanced warfare last year, and I thought it was too much science fiction for me to imagine, Especially the weaponry, jet-pack and the exoskeleton part where a guy can break a door or wall with his fist
well, I wasnt aware the exoskeleton is actually not science fiction


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPlFAKtc_0Y

even russia is on the race

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

africaken254:
because you seems to say you south africa military are the most powerful military in africa,outside Lesotho where else have you ever displayed your military superiority. don't include UN missions in your reply

Lol - I can ask that exact same question for the North African states!

To answer your question: Pic related

Patchesagain:


Lol - I can ask that exact same question for the North African states!

To answer your question: Pic related

i thought you got your independence in 1994 !

kenya police newly acquired AgustaWestland AW139s

kenya police newly acquired AgustaWestland AW139s

africaken254:
i thought you got your independence in 1994 !

Lol

africaken you will not kill me with laughter

africaken254:
i thought you got your independence in 1994 !

South Africa got its independence in 1910

UDF = SADF = SANDF

I think its sad that you are so obsessed with arguing that you have to make such petulant statements.

So, you asked what we have done - consider yourself told

africaken254:
kenya police newly acquired AgustaWestland AW139s

Beautiful AW139, how many did Kenya acquire?

africaken254:
what if the mission went Munich fiasco,who would get blamed ! i highly doubt that story about Nigeria being denied those gunship.on the somali issue only the america air power is effectively hammering alshabaab.i i have seen alshabaab video where alshabaab are hiding in thick bushes filming,while a kenya army MD500 just over fly them less than 200 meters

But in what is the American government’s most elaborate response to the controversy so far, the American Ambassador to Nigeria, James Entwistle, said cases of human rights abuses by Nigerian troops in the North-East in the past years have stood out as a sore thumb as the United States considers the Nigerian military’s request for arms.

http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/169264-why-nigerian-military-has-difficulty-getting-arms-from-america-u-s-govt.html

To be honest it doesn't specify gunships but it was allegedly for human rights abuses. Despite the El Adde disaster it wasn't a failure of equipment,personnel or training;imo it was intel. Once that half ton BVBIED levelled the TOC and the mortar pos the coy was lost since all the officers and NCOs were KIA . AT THAT POINT ALL THE MIG 29s/F 15s/Su 35s EVEN GRIPS,GODDAMMIT WOULDN'T HAVE SAVED THE SURVIVORS! Incidentally the few survivors were from an overwatching section. Trust me the aircav Z9s and MD 500s along with the KAF F5s are adequate for Somalia. I get the impression you imagine the US has a secret deux a machina. You don't need AC 130S and or Apaches for this kind of fight.

africaken254:
kenya police newly acquired AgustaWestland AW139s

Kenya!!!!!!!