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Patchesagain:
And so?

Valour class has the radar cross section of a missile patrol boat so well done, your tiny corvette has managed to be as stealthy as our huge missile armed frigate - what an achievement

And your stealth ship is pumping huge plumes of IR fumes into the air from its funnels

finally, the statement is nonsensical - your man in china says it has the stealth properties of a 500t vessel, yet somehow at distance it becomes invisible? do all 500t vessels become invisible at distance?

Please stop posting stock promotional footage of actual Type 056 Corvettes firing missiles from a promotional video. Yours has no such capabilities, i have already posted the original video.

Its ok, your Navy is poor - we get it. Maybe if all Nigerians are good this year Santa will deliver a real warship

Butt Hurt...Defeated with one blow
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Patchesagain:
Yes - and supply convoys require hundreds of trucks

But now tell me- what will be used as APC's if your MT-LB's are running supplies?

How much capacity does an MT-LB have? How will it transport the stores?

Patchesagain:
Congradulations on buying redundant equipment

andrewza:
They not stealth. You can see the mast has straight lines and flat sides. The're are flat surfaces and clutter every where. I would give her a 50% reduction. Yes small but far from tiny. Not to menstio she has no reducstio in thermal.


Please find them. To make you halt I will even post close up shots of her.

andrewza:
I posted pics of her, spoke to her crew, meat the Chinese people sailing with and can confirm she is not stealth. Sure not big on the radar. But stealth she is not.

patches689:
No augugbugug - it is a civilian grade life raft installed on a military ship because as usual Nigeria is unable to impliment systems properly.

No manufacturer specs say that it is invisible to radar - none at all. Simply looking at the design you can see that it is not stealth - all that deck clutter.

Finally, that is not a video of YOUR OPV being sea tested - that is stock video from a propmotional video for the vessel. No missiles were tested on your vessel, and it is not modular.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AQ-J4EEgPY


Your vessel is not a warship - so stop trying to promote it as such

saengine:
Ratel IFV water crossing....

https://www.defenceweb.co.za/images/stories/LAND/LAND_new/ratel_2006mar_35ESR.JPG

mzilakazi:
Your minister was telling lies just to gun an easy political targets for President badluck Jonathan. SA is not modeling Nigeria in anything. How can we ever model a country which has itself failed in power sector? I guess he scored cheap political points for his lousy uninformed speech.

Patchesagain:
Uhh no, 50 tanks will quickly run out of fuel.

How will you transport food, fuel, ammunition, medical supplies, re-enforcements, spares, equipment with only 67 MT-LB?

And if your 60 MT-LB's are being used to ferry stores - what will be doing APC work on the other side?

0/10 - apply yourself.

arantess:
Naija role model to the candle nation

http://www.blueprint.ng/2015/01/30/nigeria-now-a-model-to-south-africa-on-power-sector-reform/

Patchesagain:
I am smart enough to know that the T-72M1 is Russian

I am smart enough to know that the picture you posted is of a Slovakian turret

I am smart enough to know that the Czech do not operate the T-72M1

Like the reporter who wrote that erroneous artical - you know nothing

Patchesagain:
Not knowing the T-72 M1 in your picture is Slovakian not Czech

While the T-72M1 itself is Russian and not Czech

Just like the person who wrote the artical, you know nothing!

Patchesagain:
Satan is allready harvesting yours

Patchesagain:
Again, Nigeria was not fighting alone

Why cant you show us a war nigeria fought alone?

Henry120:
Keep making this silly comment. A couple guys with dane guns and machete are doing most of the fighting against an enemy armed with AA guns, PKM's, RPG's and AK-47's?


You see how ridiculous you are.

Patchesagain:
O wow, Nigeria fought alone in civil wars... totally relevant

#ShowUsNigeriaFightingAloneAbroad

mzilakazi:
BH attacks will never stop my friend, even in 2020.

Patchesagain:
According to this map of Boko Haram activity there is practically no major water obsticals in the AO

So, I am not quite sure what your point was.

And we dont have force projection? Ask the Angolans about our force projection

EVarn:

NIGERIAN TROOPS RECAPTURES GWOZA,BAGA,MARTE,KUKAWA,AND DIKWA FROM BOKO HARAM !!!!


http://www.thecable.ng/breaking-troops-retake-gwoza-bharam


Nigerian troops have recaptured gwoza{the heart of boko haram caliphate},baga,marte,kukawa and dikwa towns in borno state.according to a senior official of the nigerian army,only bama,banki and chibok in borno state,and madagali in adamawa state are still in the hands of boko haram.


....more update coming soon [thecable.ng]

Patchesagain:
Those men werent in Kruger

As I have shown many many times

Shame....on SANDF....Shame

Patchesagain:
Pulling more facts from your bum?

Patchesagain:
His answer is direct

The tank hull IS THE ARMOR - you cant change it unless you replace the turret or attach armor ontop of existing armor.

Patchesagain:
According to you the war in Angola involved 300,000 men

Is that small?

Patchesagain:
You only have 67 MT-LB's - that is no where enough to support an armored brigade.

Patchesagain:
Video clearly shows men aiming at and hitting targets at 1km distance with WW2 rifles using only iron sights

EVarn:
mumu,south african mercenaries indeed.it was the work of our newly trained special forces who were deployed in the on~going counter attack against boko haram.

mzilakazi:
So Nigerian military is not fighting alone. Wow!!!

Patchesagain:
So why then does augubgug say South Africa is inferior for not fighting alone?

MikeCZAR:
The Nigerian military should just give the CJTF to the saffers let them train the boys and arm them. 32 and 101 battalion type.

You'd see BH camps raided.

The military will do what they like doing: manning fixed positions awaiting attacks.

Patchesagain:
What do they have that you dont?

- mobility
- skill
- a lack of corruption
- moral
- motivation
- basic equipment
- functional equipment

For example, look at what the AU has done in Somalia with a much smaller force against an enemy that held a much larger area and was not only well funded but well entrenched

Your army is incompetent, poorly motivated, rife with corruption and lacks complete and utter tactical nuance.

With regards to COIN, SANDF and many African countires (Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa, Angola, elements of the DRC army, Chad) have either COIN experience or are well versed in COIN training.

Furthermore, COIN is no longer the type of war you are fighting. You are now fighting LICW.

Your inability to defeat BH in LICW shows (yet again) what a lame duck your military is.

And as to your implication that it will be led by Nigerians... why the hell would anyone let a man that cannot even successfully lead his own troops lead theirs?

Just sit back and wait, AU is coming to bail you out.

rka1:
http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/boko-haram-faces-defeat-in-borno-border-towns/200656/


Boko Haram Faces Defeat in Borno Border Towns

01 Feb 2015



Gamborou Ngala, Malam Fatori, Michika, may have been captured by Chadian, Cameroonian and Nigerian troops
Senator Iroegbu in Abuja

A major coordinated military onslaught against Boko Haram has commenced. While Chadian and Cameroonian troops are approaching Nigeria from the borders, Nigerian troops are moving northward from inside.

The result is that several towns and villages previously controlled by Boko Haram have been retaken given the new fire power of the Nigerian and Chadian troops.

This may have followed a meeting in N'Djamena last week, THISDAY has learnt.

There is also heavy fighting going on in Gwoza, it is gathered.

Nigerian troops have taken Michika and have surrounded Gulak, while Chadians have surrounded Gwoza. The latest successes recorded have been attributed to the arrival of new arms and the use of special forces.

According to military sources, the plan is to recapture all territories so that people can vote.

The military campaign is being carried out simultaneously by troops from the three countries targeting insurgents’ positions.

Gamborou Ngala and Malam Fatori may have also been recaptured in the ongoing expedition by the troops from the three countries.

Though no official confirmation of the successes recorded has been received from the military, eyewitness accounts of villagers fleeing the battle zone said many towns and villages along that axis were being retaken.

The deadly sect has continued to suffer defeat in recent days following the renewed onslaught by the military to recapture seized towns in the North-east. The Defence Headquarters had on Friday confirmed the recapture of Michika, one of the towns in Adamawa seized by Boko Haram months ago.

The impact of yesterday’s operation was felt in Maiduguri as heavy sound of artillery emanating from the city suburb were heard by residents of the city in the early hours of Saturday. Some of the residents said they heard sound from heavy weapons about 5.30am and that it lasted till about mid-day.

"I heard the first sound. I initially thought it was an explosion but another one followed few minutes later. It continued till about 11.30am," said Malam Ismaila Mohammad, a resident of the city.

The Chadian air force had earlier bombed Gamboru in an effort to drive out Boko Haram militants and allow troops from Chad to enter the northeastern town. Fighter jets then bombed areas around the town, which is located near Lake Chad along the border with Cameroon. The airstrikes by Chadian forces followed similar bombings earlier in the week intended to displace Boko Haram from parts of the country it has overtaken.

The latest onslaught against Boko Haram is coming on the heels of the agreement from regional leaders from Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon and Niger to adopt a coordinated response to the threat posed by the deadly group which has killed about 13,000 people and displaced over one million others.

The military offensive by the three countries marks a new phase in the anti-terror war between Nigeria and its neighbours and may have set Boko Haram on the path of defeat in the captured border towns.
The African Union Peace and Security Council at its 484th meeting, held on January 29 at the level of Heads of State and Government had also adopted a resolution to establish an initial 7,500 troops to combat the Boko Haram insurgents.

The resolution was sequel to a proposal presented to the council by countries in the Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC) and the Republic of Benin.

The LCBC countries - Nigeria, Cameroon, Niger and Chad - made the proposal for the continent to raise troops that could defeat the terrorist group currently expanding to borders of Cameroon and Chad.

But military authorities have said that they were yet to get the technical details of the African Union (AU) endorsed plan for a regional task force of 7,500 troops to fight the Boko Haram terrorists in Northeastern Nigeria.

According to a top military source, the decision is still at the political level and is yet to get the technical input of the military planners, especially the Nigerian security forces to determine the term of its operation.

The source said that military had not decided if the proposed force will hold territory or be actively involved in combat operations against the Islamists.

"The issues of AU mission is still a political one, that is why you see that nobody is speaking to you from the Defence Headquarters (DHQ) .

"They cannot comment on it because the military is yet to be fully briefed, and it will remain so until the technical details are worked out and endorsed by our own government. It is then we can begin to operate on that basis", the source said.

It could be recalled that the AU leaders during the Peace and Security Council (PSC) meeting last week agreed to raise a force of 7,500 to bring to an end the activities of Boko Haram.

The meeting presided over by President Alpha Conde of Guinea, said the effort would end the militants, who recently expanded their attacks to the borders of Lake Chad region of Cameroon, Chad and Niger.

According to the report by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Nigeria, Cameroon, Niger, Chad and Benin had earlier in the month requested the AU to seek UN Security Council’s mandate for their plan to take on insurgents who are allegedly fighting to create an Islamic state in northern Nigeria.

The AU commissioner for Peace and Security Council, Mr. Smail Chergui,told reporters on the sidelines of an African summit in Addis Ababa shortly after the meeting: “We are thinking of a force of 7,500 women and men which will be submitted to the U.N. Security Council for approval.’’

Chergui hoped that the concept of the force would be better organised and “we can achieve the goal that we are looking for to really stop the killings and these barbaric acts of Boko Haram.’’

He said the African group would meet in Cameroon early February “to draw up a concept of operations and strategy, rules of engagement, command and control, and related issues.’’

According to the arrangement, each of the five nations would contribute a battalion with each contingent to base within its national borders, with operations to be coordinated from Chad.

The report also noted that the endorsement is expected to be ratified at the AU Assembly of Heads of State and Government scheduled for Friday morning at the Union headquarters in Addis Ababa.

Meanwhile, the Director of Defence Information (DDI), Maj-Gen. Chris Olukolade, while responding to THISDAY inquiries, said the issues will be handled by the relevant authorities and would be communicated accordingly.

Olukolade however assured that the existing arrangement with the Mulitnational Joint Task Force (MTJF) involving Nigerian, Chadian, Camerounian and Nigerien troops will continue their offensive to liberate the territories held by Boko Haram

FighterPilot:
I also haven't seen a single picture of SA mercenary in Iraq and Afghanistan but I know for sure that thousands and thousands of SA left the army and went there. So in the case of Nigeria let us wait and see, perhaps someone might see them in Nigeria and publish their image.

FighterPilot:
Facts are facts and can never be denied.

http://www.iol.co.za/the-star/sa-mercenaries-may-just-fit-the-bill-1.1811530#.VM1MA_lBtAg

FighterPilot:
Mercenaries are former and ex SANDF + SADF members. They are born and bred SA and trained with the SA tax money.


Brazil defeated Argentina many a times and will even crash Nigeria in one day.

FighterPilot:
SA mercenaries have already closed the gap.

http://www.iol.co.za/the-star/sa-mercenaries-may-just-fit-the-bill-1.1811530#.VM1MA_lBtAg