SOUTH AFRICA IS NOT A BANANA REPUBLIC

PRODUCTS DESIGNED, MANUFACTURED BY SOUTH AFRICA FOR SOUTH AFRICA

kizfaz:
with your untested soldiers you people are making so much noise.... i just hope one day modern day terrorists attack your so called country so that i can laugh so hard at the way your country will crawl on its knees...

Put your witchcraft aside and make noise about what your country can offer..

SANDF MISSILE RAPTOR.......WHICH AFRICAN COUNTRY HAS INVENTED ITS OWN MISSILE

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Kentron has been involved in the development of guided weapons and missiles since the 1970s. The Raptor glide bomb was the first of these to go into service, with the H1 effectively being a technology testbed.
It was used operationally in the final phase of South African involvement in Angola. Company officials are coy, but reports say the Raptor was used to successfully interdict the lone bridge crossing the Cuito Cuanavale River near the town with the same name. It has not been confirmed that this weapon was previously called H-2.

The Raptor is a modular system consisting of the glide bomb, the communications pod, pylons and control equipment. The bomb can glide to targets at ranges in excess of 60 kilometres, but can be controlled at ranges of up to 250km, when the communications pod is fitted to a second aircraft. The weapon was integrated on the Buccaneer and the Mirage F1AZ, in which pilot used a small joystick control to steer the H2 to its target.

In later versions, navigation can be autonomous, by waypoint or by using GPS-assisted inertial navigation. The weapon is usually fitted with a passive TV seeker. It can be upgraded to include an imaging infra red or radar seeker. The weapon is accurate to within 3m CEP. In SAAF service it is either fitted with a fragmentation or penetration warhead.

The weapon was first used operationaly against the bridge at Cuito Canavale during Operations Modular/Hooper. Buccaneer 414 dropped the first H2 "Smart"-Bomb to be used operationally by the SAAF during an attack on the Cuito bridge in Southern Angola on 12 December 1987. Unfortunately the H2 failed to destroy its target but a second attack on 3 January 1988 proved more successful.

At approximately 05h45Z on 3 January 1988, a formation of Buccaneers departed from Air Force Base Grootfontein armed with the glide ‘smart-bomb' commonly referred to as "H-2 and HANTO", the first attempt of the day to destroy the Cuito Cuanavale Bridge was aborted.
The second attempt saw the aircraft take-off at 09h40Z and the FAPA (Angolan Air Force) launched a flight of MiG-23's to intercept (the intercept aircraft never reached the Buccaneer formation ) and Buccaneer successfully launched ‘H2' and destroyed the Bridge at 10h31Z.
24 Squadron operated two Impala Mk Is as weapons systems trainers for the system used by the Buccaneers. The two Impalas had modified rear cockpits, with the joystick remove. The aircraft carried electronics pods, one each side, on the hard points.

PROUDLY SOUTH AFRICAN

South Africa guided weapons company Kentron has unveiled its 300km (180mi) range Torgos cruise missile for the first time at Dubai 2000.

The new missile is a development of the existing family of precision guided weapons from Kentron, a division of the Denel Group.

"Torgos has been designed with low mass, coupled with stealthy characteristics and high manoeuvrability," says Denel spokesman Sam Basch. "For its primary role as a multi-purpose, long-range precision strike weapon, Torgos is designed to neutralise hardened targets of high strategic value.

"Its cruciform tail control makes it particularly manoeuvrable in the terminal phase of attack, which also enables Torgos to hit moving targets of opportunity."

Kentron has been involved in the development of guided weapons and missiles since the early 1970s. Its Raptor television guided glide bomb was used operationally during the 1980s. A series of variants have since been developed from this weapon for a number of customers.

"Torgos is a natural evolution from Kentron's MUPSOW (Multi-Purpose Stand-Off Weapon) advanced technology demonstrator programme," says Basch. "The latter's primary role is that of a sub-munition dispensing system, for day/night precision strike operations over long range, to neutralise targets such as airfields, air defence systems, strategic installations and command-and-control centres."

The Torgos has two modes of operation: Man-in-the-loop (MITL) through a dedicated communications link allows the pilot to direct the weapon to its target; and automatic target recognition (ATR) which uses the latest generation of thermal imagers to identify targets for attack.

Denel says the weapon, which weighs less than 1,000kg (2,200lb), has a miss distance better than 2m (6ft) and can be carried by Dassault Mirage 2000, Saab JAS-39A Gripen and Lockheed Martin F-16 fighter aircraft.

"We are offering the Torgos to prospective joint venture partners, with both MTL and autonomous ATR capability," says Basch. "The Raptor range, which is still in series production, along with the MUPSOW and Torgos, offers prospective clients a family of stand-off weapon systems to fulfil their requirements.

COMPARE QUALITY OFFERED BY SOUTH AFRICA AGAINST WHAT NIGERIA DESCRIBED AS GROUND BREAKING TECHNOLOGY

Bateleur is a medium altitude and long endurance (MALE) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) being designed and manufactured by the South African company Denel Dynamics, principally to meet the requirements of the South African Air Force (SAAF) and South African Navy (SAN). The maiden flight of the Bateleur, which was scheduled in the first half of 2007, was delayed due to the financial crisis.

The development of Bateleur UAV has been temporarily suspended to focus on the Seeker 400 development.

The UAV will capture real time intelligence data and transmit it to the ground control station through a Ku-band satellite communication data link. Flying at a maximum altitude of 8,000m, the Bateleur will provide its operators with real time intelligence data, performing surveillance and electronic intelligence operations over a large area.

http://www.airforce-technology.com/projects/bateleurunmannedaeri/

DENEL COMPANY COMPETE WITH THE BEST THAT WORLD CAN OFFER NOT LITTLE BIG MOUTHED COUNTRIES THAT CANNOT OFFER ANYTHING BUT TOOTH PICKS.

Seeker 400 is an unmanned aerial vehicle surveillance system being designed and manufactured by Denel Dynamics, South Africa. Each system will comprise four to six unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), a mission control unit (MCU), tracking and communication unit (TCU), aircraft payloads, thermal imaging camera, high resolution video camera and an optional tactical ground control station (TGCS).

The Seeker 400 is derived from its forerunner, the Seeker II aircraft. It is especially well suited to locate targets, endorse artillery fire and carry out electronic intelligence (ELINT) and electronic support measure (ESM) missions.

Flying at an altitude of up to 18,000ft, the Seeker 400 will render real time intelligence data by executing reconnaissance operations over a large area. It will capture the real time imagery of the battlefield and transmit to the TGCS through a satellite communication data link.

http://www.airforce-technology.com/projects/seeker-400-uav/

agaugust:


Airspace management of remote area desert land forward airbase near borders closer to war zone than normal NAF airbases. Thats why we or any other country will be using vehicle mobile radars. That base can be moved around and shifted anytime, its a complement to fixed permanent airbases that have superior radars with 500km range.

Dude, IFF is a small box and simple buy, plug in, and play hardware that we can fix on those 36D Tin Shield rsdars in one day !

NAF just used its own air force engineers to completely reconfigure two demilitarized Alpha jets into fully weaponized combat aircraft, so what does it take to buy and plug in a simple IFF box on a radar if we need to?

www.nairaland.com/attachments/3337627_nafzfd_jpeg6fc3da6aa985fce6bc0b1169e8597846

Ok buddy, if it is so easy to fit IFF, why didn't you?

jln115:

Ok buddy, if it is so easy to fit IFF, why didn't you?

Rekt

jln115:

Ok buddy, if it is so easy to fit IFF, why didn't you?

What makes you believe we have not fitted or will never fit it? You Southies thought our new Alpha Jets will remain de-militarized until NAF shocked you by reconfiguring the jets with made in Nigeria weapons. Who cares, we have many other radars with IFF and the whole of Nigerian air space is under total radar coverage with IFF already, so the mobile radars without IFF are covered by fixed radars with IFF.

Your small brain cannot think outside a small box of IFF on desert based radars in an FOB with zero air threat from Boko Haram.

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THIZA, we have seen your many photos, but your SANDF remains untested in battle.

South Africa has NEVER deployed Gripen jets and Hawk jets in any combat anywhere in the world, and your current army has never deployed more than 1,900 soldiers in any battle since Mandela rebuilt SADF into SANDF.

99% of the weapons you show us in photos have NEVER been tested by SANDF in battle.

So, your military remains good ONLY INSIDE PHOTOS, the very well experienced Nigerian military is constantly tested in war from 1990 till today 2016, so Naija is NOT your mate, SA compares to other untested military forces like Zambia and Togo Republic, that is the class SANDF belongs to, sit down hollywoood photo armed forces
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agaugust:


What makes you believe we have not fitted or will never fit it? You Southies thought our new Alpha Jets will remain de-militarized until NAF shocked you by reconfiguring the jets with made in Nigeria weapons. Who cares, we have many other radars with IFF and the whole of Nigerian air space is under total radar coverage with IFF already, so the mobile radars without IFF are covered by fixed radars with IFF.

Your small brain cannot think outside a small box of IFF on desert based radars in an FOB with zero air threat from Boko Haram.

You can't think out of the box. Your rocket pods are a joke.

agaugust:


[s]What makes you believe we have not fitted or will never fit it? You Southies thought our new Alpha Jets will remain de-militarized until NAF shocked you by reconfiguring the jets with made in Nigeria weapons. Who cares, we have many other radars with IFF and the whole of Nigerian air space is under total radar coverage with IFF already, so the mobile radars without IFF are covered by fixed radars with IFF.

Your small brain cannot think outside a small box of IFF on desert based radars in an FOB with zero air threat from Boko Haram.[/s]

Who says you have radars with IFF?

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Let me ask you THIZA, you have all these weapons and a big South African domestic arms manufacturing industry, but can SANDF fight and defeat Algeria that is importing 99% of its weapons? Algeria will dëstroy South Africa and your local arms industry will not save you from a stronger military force.

Your arms industry does not make you more powerful than countries who import weapons.

FACT !!!!

agaugust:
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[s]THIZA, we have seen your many photos, but your SANDF remains untested in battle.

South Africa has NEVER deployed Gripen jets and Hawk jets in any combat anywhere in the world, and your current army has never deployed more than 1,900 soldiers in any battle since Mandela rebuilt SADF into SANDF.

99% of the weapons you show us in photos have NEVER been tested by SANDF in battle.

So, your military remains good ONLY INSIDE PHOTOS, the very well experienced Nigerian military is constantly tested in war from 1990 till today 2016, so Naija is NOT your mate, SA compares to other untested military forces like Zambia and Togo Republic, that is the class SANDF belongs to, sit down hollywoood photo armed forces[/s]
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SANDF has more institutional experience than Nigeria.

Stop wasting our time with childlike arguments

patches689:


Who says you have radars with IFF?

Who says all South African radars have IFF ?

agaugust:


[s].
Let me ask you THIZA, you have all these weapons and a big South African domestic arms manufacturing industry, but can SANDF fight and defeat Algeria that is importing 99% of its weapons? Algeria will dëstroy South Africa and your local arms industry will not save you from a stronger military force.

Your arms industry does not make you more powerful than countries who import weapons.
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FACT !!!!

WE are comparing ourselves to everyone else in SSA... like Nigeria who's DICON "makes" second hand 40 year old ammunition and PROFORCE who cant even manage to build 7 ships

agaugust:


Who says all South African radars have IFF ?

Who says we dont?

agaugust:
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THIZA, we have seen your many photos, but your SANDF remains untested in battle.

South Africa has NEVER deployed Gripen jets and Hawk jets in any combat anywhere in the world, and your current army has never deployed more than 1,900 soldiers in any battle since Mandela rebuilt SADF into SANDF.

99% of the weapons you show us in photos have NEVER been tested by SANDF in battle.

So, your military remains good ONLY INSIDE PHOTOS, the very well experienced Nigerian military is constantly tested in war from 1990 till today 2016, so Naija is NOT your mate, SA compares to other untested military forces like Zambia and Togo Republic, that is the class SANDF belongs to, sit down hollywoood photo armed forces
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You are a joke. So if the super eagles decides to change their name to the super lions will that mean the new super lions never played official international tournaments before?

FighterPilot:


You can't think out of the box. Your rocket pods are a joke.

Bwahahaaha

South African defence industry does NOT produce jet fighter rocket pods, Nigeria makes them at NAF weapons industry, we beat yöu on that !!!

Go dië of envy, you import rocket pods for SAAF jets, NAF staff makes our own at home !


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patches689:


Who says we dont?

Who says we dont too on our vehicle mobile RASIT radars and fixed TRACON radars?

jln115:

Ok buddy, if it is so easy to fit IFF, why didn't you?

Straw man argument.


"This is what you're holding on to...... This?"


I'm sure there probably is a Nigerian designed version already installed. Just a complimentary piece of equipment.

agaugust:


Bwahahaaha

South African defence industry does NOT produce jet fighter rocket pods, Nigeria makes them at NAF weapons industry, we beat yöu on that !!!

Go dië of envy, you import rocket pods for SAAF jets, NAF staff makes our own at home !


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Seriously?

We make 4 types of guided missile, 1 type of cruise missile and are developing a BVR missile... you think we cant build a simple rocket pod?

It must be humiliating that the only thing you can actually make is a bunch of tubes welded together

Henry240:


Straw man argument.


"This is what you're holding on to...... This?"


I'm sure there probably is a Nigerian designed version already installed. Just a complimentary piece of equipment.

1. I dont think you know what a straw man argument is

2. No evidence to suggest IFF has been purchased or installed.

Useless civilian grade radars

agaugust:


Who says we dont too on our vehicle mobile RASIT radars and fixed TRACON radars?

Who says those are effective tools in combat?

And TRACON? Civilian air radar? Are you being serious

patches689:

1. I dont think you know what a straw man argument is
2. No evidence to suggest IFF has been purchased or installed.
Useless civilian grade radars

It's a complimentary piece of equipment, not a priority equipment.

Probably costs around 5,000- 8,000 dollars

Henry240:


It's a complimentary piece of equipment, not a priority equipment.


Probably costs around 5,000- 8,000 dollars

"seriously degrades the systems effectiveness" - not a priority peice of equipment

I dont give a sh1t about you guessing about things henry, they found you dont have it, it makes the radar allmost worthless, no evidence that the flaw has been remedied.

Pathetic, truly pathetic.

Only 7 operational air-assets
Civilian grade radar
40 year old ammunition

Shamefull really.

Maybe if you were like South Africans, and werent blinded by arrogance your military would receive the scrutiny ours does and these things would not happen

Henry240:


Straw man argument.


"This is what you're holding on to...... This?"


I'm sure there probably is a Nigerian designed version already installed. Just a complimentary piece of equipment.

Hehehehe… speaking of probability.

Thiza:


PRODUCTS DESIGNED, MANUFACTURED BY SOUTH AFRICA FOR SOUTH AFRICA

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80% of South African domestic defence industry is your European white masters' companies branches opened in South Africa.

The technology you are boasting about is NOT yours ! Europe is sending all these technology directly to their factories branches in South Africa.

BAE is British, Reinmetall is German, SAAB is Swedish, THALES is French, Mectron is Brazillian.

The only thing you make alone is MRAP that you copied from Zimbabwe in the 1970s.

When South Africa tries to do high tech military products on it's own it fumbles and wobbles in failure....

DENEL could NOT build A-Darter missile until Brazil gave you the technology.

LinkZA data link failed to work as a real TDL because European companies refused to transfer the technology to South Africa.

Even your ordinary R-4 Rifle is a licenced copy of Israeli technology Galil rifle.

South African defence industry is 80% made by Europe on your land. Simple.

Show us what military technology that your Zulu-Bantu-Cape Colony dullards have created since Mandela took over power in 1994....Black Nigerian military officers have created weapons without any foreign help....show us Zulus brain work in your defence industry
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patches689:


Who says those are effective tools in combat?

And TRACON? Civilian air radar? Are you being serious

Who says RASIT is not effective? Its a French made vehicle mobile military radar used by Nigeria.

SIPRI reports that South African air base fixed radars are civilian grade ...LOL...
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agaugust:



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80% of South African domestic defence industry is your European white masters' companies branches opened in South Africa.

The technology you are boasting about is NOT yours ! Europe is sending all these technology directly to their factories branches in South Africa.

BAE is British, Reinmetall is German, SAAB is Swedish, THALES is French, Mectron is Brazillian.

The only thing you make alone is MRAP that you copied from Zimbabwe in the 1970s.

When South Africa tries to do high tech military products on it's own it fumbles and wobbles in failure....

DENEL could NOT build A-Darter missile until Brazil gave you the technology.

LinkZA data link failed to work as a real TDL because European companies refused to transfer the technology to South Africa.

Even your ordinary R-4 Rifle is a licenced copy of Israeli technology Galil rifle.

South African defence industry is 80% made by Europe on your land. Simple.

Show us what military technology that your Zulu-Bantu-Cape Colony dullards have created since Mandela took over power in 1994....Black Nigerian military officers have created weapons without any foreign help....show us Zulus brain work in your defence industry
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I don't know how many times have I been hearing this. Seems this guy does not understand what do they mean when they say South African is not only black. South African could be a Chinese, Indian, Coloured, White, Arab, etc. SA demographics is different from Nigeria and that's why is called RAINBOW NATION. We don't expect anyone to polarise our country by telling us who belongs to SA and who is not.

patches689:


Seriously?

We make 4 types of guided missile, 1 type of cruise missile and are developing a BVR missile... you think we cant build a simple rocket pod?

It must be humiliating that the only thing you can actually make is a bunch of tubes welded together

You have NOT produced jet fighter rocket pod, we have done it.

Case Closed, we do what you have not achieved.