ActivateKruger:


1. Better radars, LINK-ZA, unrivaled electronic warfare, better AAMs, better attack helicopter, airborne assault capacity, WW2, Korean War and Border War experience. What do you have? An Alpha Jet and a Jet older than my mother.

2. Yes you don't have a frigate, no submarine, no naval surface to air missile. Technically you're a brown water navy.

3. Our army - clear infantry structures, structured machinized infantry, structured motorized infantry, standard equipment accros, self sufficient, we don't train overseas.... Meanwhile your troops are not even sure which camouflage to wear, even Swaziland does that better.


Get on with your life.

gamargu:

The Nigerian Army have more combat experience than the south african vigilante group .

frumentius:

And of course, you guys joined in too. One good thing is it resulted in the birth and growth of your comms/radio manufacturing industry.
Sanctions never seem to work as intended in our neck of the woods .

A Kenyan Defense Force members receives a certification of completion during African Partnership Flight Kenya at Laikipia Air Base, Kenya, June 24, 2016. More than 50 U.S. Air Force Airmen participated in the first APF in Kenya. The APF is designed for U.S. and African partner nations to work together in a learning environment to help build expertise and professional knowledge and skills. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Evelyn Chavez/Released)

frumentius:

And of course, you guys joined in too. One good thing is it resulted in the birth and growth of your comms/radio manufacturing industry.
Sanctions never seem to work as intended in our neck of the woods .

ssaengine:


There's something about the Task Force cammo which gives me a stiffy.

ssaengine:


There's something about the Task Force cammo which gives me a stiffy.

TrueHeart365:


I prefer it to the SANDF cammo. My opinion though

Nigeria: 18 New Armed Groups Spring Up in Nigeria in the last 17 months,

A total of 18 new armed groups have sprung in Nigeria in the last 17 months, according to a report by a crisis-monitoring group.

The report puts Nigeria well-ahead of any other African nation, as the country with the fastest-growing number of new armed dissident groups.

In apparent reflection of a poor crisis-management mechanism, the report by the Public Security & Safety Advocacy department of Intersociety shows that in the first 15 months of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration, as many as 18 disaffected groups took up arms across the country.

ainting a gloomy portrait of regional security, the report showed that as at August 2016, at least 28 African countries were embroiled in internal conflicts fuelled by a total of 220 armed opposition and insurgency groups. Of these the Democratic Republic of Cong leads the pack with 36 armed opposition groups, followed by Libya with 28. South Sudan comes next with 26 warring groups while Nigeria is fourth with 20 armed groups.

Whilst Nigeria's ranking might not at first appear alarming, crisis monitors are already hitting the panic button considering that the country has jumped from its 13th position in May 2015 to fourth position in August 2016; a record time of just 15 months. The number, therefore, of non-state armed or resistance groups that have taken up arms against the Federal Republic of Nigeria under President Muhammadu Buhari has risen from two on May 29, 2015 to 20 in August 2016.

africaken254:


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ActivateKruger:


The SANDF cammo is a scientifically made for operating anywhere in South Africa (which is a semi-arid country) which is why it has mostly brown and pale green patterns.... I know Swaziland uses a very green pattern, I can spot their troops 5 kilometers away on arid grass and that defeats the whole purpose of camouflaging.

Tinfoil:


Actually military uniform patterns are also not for camouflage but to help the soldiers distinguish the friendlies from the enemies

Henry240:
Equitorial Guinea frigate

Tinfoil:


Actually military uniform patterns are also not for camouflage but to help the soldiers distinguish the friendlies from the enemies

patches689:


Where the hell did that come from?

Henry240:
Equitorial Guinea frigate

patches689:


Where the hell did that come from?

Henry240:


That Frigate was partially built in Equitorial Guinea. They have a small, but modern navy. Since they are Spanish speakers, i think the only Spanish speaking country in Africa, news from there is hard to come by.

Henry240:
Equitorial Guniea Frigate
Equatorial Guinea is currently engaged in a major, but little-reported naval expansion. In recent years it has acquired four Bulgarian-built ships (two PV 50 patrol vessels, as well as Wele Nzas and Bata ),two 62 m offshore patrol vessels, two Shaldag fast attack craft from Israel Shipyards, and a Chinese-built 91.45m roll-on/roll-off landing ship.

This is a 2014 report.

gottfried21:
Impressive Navy fleet for a country their size 2 frigates And a Barosso Class Corvette(Still being built in Brazil)

Henry240:


I find this report to be quite ridiculous. A bit more specificity with do a lot more good. How Premiumtimes came by figure, categorising petty street urchins/thugs and University cultists/gangs is all the more laughable.

ActivateKruger:


Great news, now you don't have to worry about patrolling the Gulf of Guinea

africaken254:
i have always wanted to ask,who are this cultist and why are they called cultist groups ?

Henry240:


Cult groups are gang groups. A cult is a general Nigerian term for gang.

Henry240:
Equitorial Guniea Frigate

Equatorial Guinea is currently engaged in a major, but
little-reported naval expansion. In recent years it has
acquired four Bulgarian-built ships (two PV 50 patrol
vessels, as well as Wele Nzas and Bata ),two 62 m offshore
patrol vessels, two Shaldag fast attack craft from Israel
Shipyards, and a Chinese-built 91.45m roll-on/roll-off
landing ship.


This is a 2014 report.