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MiguelMi6: I'm much interested in this simulation.

That aside,I believe the picture below your post is the picture of Morrocan air forec F-16 after purchase from the US,I read somewhere in tabloids and saw the same picture alongside 3 super vessels transferred to Morrocco.

iterator25: Where's beegeagle

Jihaljihad: @augagust seeming you are the main nigerian here doing simulation, I would like you to do one NAF vs Egyptian Air Force if this isnt asking to much.

I would also like to know how Nigeria would fair against multi national african forces being hostile against you on three different fronts.

its hard to stop about 200 Egyptian F-16 jets

Thiza: WHAT THE UN SAYS ABOUT THE ROOIVALK

South Africa's Rooivalk attack helicopter saw action for the first time this week, playing a decisive role in defeating M23 rebels.
In a fortnight of fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Congolese army troops drove the rebels from their strongholds.

M23's shelling of civilians prompted the 3000-strong UN force, which includes 1345 South African troops, to join the final battle this week.

http://www.timeslive.co.za/specialreports/stinvestigations/2013/11/13/rooivalk-plays-key-role-in-routing-rebels

Thiza: WHAT THE UN SAYS ABOUT THE ROOIVALK

South Africa's Rooivalk attack helicopter saw action for the first time this week, playing a decisive role in defeating M23 rebels.
In a fortnight of fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Congolese army troops drove the rebels from their strongholds.

M23's shelling of civilians prompted the 3000-strong UN force, which includes 1345 South African troops, to join the final battle this week.

General Carlos Alberto dos Santos Cruz, commander of the UN forces, told the Sunday Times that the Rooivalk had proved its worth.

Last Sunday, the rebels bombed the town of Bunagana, killing six civilians and injuring 10. "It was important to silence their weapons, using a combination of artillery and helicopters," said Cruz.

The Rooivalk went into action on Monday against the rebel positions.

Cruz said the Rooivalk had "performed very well as reinforcement to the mission" and would be deployed in future attacks.

"They are very good aircraft - very precise with very good technology. We need this kind of fire power for our missions."

The attack on Monday marked the end of the 20-month M23 rebellion. On Monday evening, African heads of state meeting in Pretoria, including Congo president Joseph Kabila, issued a joint declaration that the M23 must publicly renounce its rebellion. By Tuesday morning, the Congolese army occupied all key M23 positions around Bunagana.

Bunagana is 80km north of Goma, which was shelled by M23 rockets in August before the rebels were driven off strategic hills overlooking the town by an offensive that left three South Africans wounded.

South African special forces troops said this week that they had used mortar and sniper fire to dislodge the rebels. "They fled to Rwanda after we took their positions," said a South African soldier.

By late this week, the charred remains of M23 military vehicles were the only visible signs of these battles.

Life is returning to normal in these towns after more than a year under M23 occupation. Markets are thronging with people and peasants are returning from their fields carrying grass, wood and sugar cane or pushing chukudus, the wooden bikes used in the Congo to transport goods.

"Life was going from bad to worse under M23," said Amos Kambale, a teacher in Rutshuru. "They would charge taxes on lorries driving through here. And when they arrived many people were killed, so we felt very unsafe."

"People are very happy about this defeat," said Goma lawyer Tresor Kitsongo, "but the problem has not been solved. We need real peace, but if the government doesn't want to develop the country there will be another rebellion."

http://www.timeslive.co.za/specialreports/stinvestigations/2013/11/13/rooivalk-plays-key-role-in-routing-rebels

chris365: We warned the cameroonians but they were to scared to tackle book haram. Now the group is being pushed to their boarders and are getting bolder. Good luck to them.

FRENCH PRIEST KIDNAPPED IN CAMEROON'S RESTIVE NORTH.
http://news.yahoo.com/french-priest-kidnapped-cameroon-004258939.html

Yet again the cameroonians won't be handling this one. So much for an independent country.

Thiza: SA has a capable naval force, but it is geared towards battles and not patrol capability, says Saab Grintek Defence.

South Africa has one of the most capable naval forces on the continent, but it is geared towards battles and not patrol capability, argues Magnus-Lewis Olsson, CEO of Saab Grintek Defence (SGD) South Africa.

This was a key point of discussion during last year's Maritime and Coastal Security Africa (MCSA) Conference, where the fragility of offshore infrastructures was highlighted. These are regarded as ‘soft targets' due to it being exposed to threats from ‘above, below and the sea'. It was agreed that the ability to respond is key to safeguarding offshore facilities.

South Africa has the most capable naval force on the continent, equipped with stealth frigates and torpedo-armed submarines, but there is a great need in the form of equipment for offshore patrols – a requirement that will hopefully receive continuing consideration in the South African government's maritime security strategy," concludes Lewis-Olsson.

Thiza: NIGERIA A RICHEST COUNTRY IN AFRICA

South Africa is the world's richest country in terms of its mineral reserves - worth $2.5 thousand billion - according to research by the American banking group Citigroup, reports Bloomberg.
The Citigroup report, which was compiled by its mining analyst, Craig Sainsbury, says that Russia comes second after South Africa, and Australia third.
The research states that South Africa, Guinea, the Ukraine, India and Kazakhstan all have mineral reserves unrelated to energy worth more than $200bn.
Mines in these countries also all have average life spans of more than 100 years at current rates of exploitation.
Countries like Guinea and Kazakhstan with high resource values but limited mining activity could see greater demand from the world's biggest mining companies and foreign wealth funds, the report continues.
Sainsbury says Chinese mines have an average 17-year life of mine, according to surveys by the US Geological Survey system.
Sainsbury says it's no wonder that China continues to invest massively in metals and mining, Bloomberg reports.
He says that China is expected to continue investing in copper and iron ore, together with energy resources like coal and uranium.
Of South Africa's $2 500bn worth of reserves, $2 300bn resides in the platinum group metals.
Russia's iron ore reserves are valued at $794bn - more than the Australian iron ore reserves, which are estimated to be worth $737bn.
Iron ore reserves in the Ukraine, according to Sainsbury, are worth $510bn, and Guinea has bauxite (aluminium ore) worth $222bn.
In dollar values Guinea, South Africa, India, the Ukraine and Kazakhstan are the countries that under-produce the most in terms of their reserves, says Sainsbury.
India will need to increase its domestic production rates, especially in light of its economic upturn. But bureaucracy and national protectionism will probably scare off any foreign investors, the report declares.

http://www.google.co.za/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&ved=0CDkQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.miningmx.com%2Fnews%2Fmarkets%2FSA-richest-country-in-the-world.htm&ei=HJuEUqC8Cemn0AXThYCIDg&usg=AFQjCNFvTN201wHDAVKC_2DglQxD2kB79g

Thiza: NIGERIA A RICHEST COUNTRY IN AFRICA

South Africa is the world's richest country in terms of its mineral reserves - worth $2.5 thousand billion - according to research by the American banking group Citigroup, reports Bloomberg.
The Citigroup report, which was compiled by its mining analyst, Craig Sainsbury, says that Russia comes second after South Africa, and Australia third.
The research states that South Africa, Guinea, the Ukraine, India and Kazakhstan all have mineral reserves unrelated to energy worth more than $200bn.
Mines in these countries also all have average life spans of more than 100 years at current rates of exploitation.
Countries like Guinea and Kazakhstan with high resource values but limited mining activity could see greater demand from the world's biggest mining companies and foreign wealth funds, the report continues.
Sainsbury says Chinese mines have an average 17-year life of mine, according to surveys by the US Geological Survey system.
Sainsbury says it's no wonder that China continues to invest massively in metals and mining, Bloomberg reports.
He says that China is expected to continue investing in copper and iron ore, together with energy resources like coal and uranium.
Of South Africa's $2 500bn worth of reserves, $2 300bn resides in the platinum group metals.
Russia's iron ore reserves are valued at $794bn - more than the Australian iron ore reserves, which are estimated to be worth $737bn.
Iron ore reserves in the Ukraine, according to Sainsbury, are worth $510bn, and Guinea has bauxite (aluminium ore) worth $222bn.
In dollar values Guinea, South Africa, India, the Ukraine and Kazakhstan are the countries that under-produce the most in terms of their reserves, says Sainsbury.
India will need to increase its domestic production rates, especially in light of its economic upturn. But bureaucracy and national protectionism will probably scare off any foreign investors, the report declares.

http://www.google.co.za/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&ved=0CDkQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.miningmx.com%2Fnews%2Fmarkets%2FSA-richest-country-in-the-world.htm&ei=HJuEUqC8Cemn0AXThYCIDg&usg=AFQjCNFvTN201wHDAVKC_2DglQxD2kB79g

rka1: Covenant University Develops Software to Check Illegal Arms Possession, Proliferation

November 12, 2013

Covenant University, a private institution, has developed a software that can help to check the menace of illegal possession of arms and its proliferation in the country.

The software is known as the "Radio Frequency Identification (RID) Enabled Ammunition Depot Management System".

It was on display at an exhibition organised by the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Research and Development centre to showcase NAF's efforts in equipment maintenance and management, in Abuja on Tuesday.

The Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) of the institution, Prof Aderemi Atayero, who presented the product, said the software had a human tracking capability and could be useful to security agencies in the country.

Atayero said the software was developed at the university in August and was the result of the institution's efforts in the area of research and development.

According to him, the technology is already in use at the university to track the movement of staff and other key members of the university community.

In her remarks at the event, the Minister of Communication Technology, Mrs Omobola Johnson, reiterated the commitment of the present administration to support innovations by the nation's armed forces.

Johnson said that the modernisation and re-equipping of the armed forces were of top priority to the present administration, hence its emphasis on training and re-training of its personnel.

According to Johnson, the acquisition of new and modern platforms for the armed forces and training of its personnel to handle such platforms, clearly explained government's commitment to the armed forces.

The minister said the effort to develop local capacity to maintain some of the platform and equipment was a welcomed development and should be emulated by other agencies of government.

Earlier, the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Alex Badeh, said the exhibition was put together by the reinvigorated NAF Research and Development Centre to encourage its internal mechanism for repairs and maintenance of its equipment and aircraft.

He said that the new approach was adopted to address challenges associated with the rising cost of aircraft maintenance.

According to Badeh, NAF cannot afford to be dormant, it must strive to remain relevant even as the cost of maintenance of its platforms and equipment continue to increase.

Badeh called on other agencies of government and research institutions to collaborate with NAF to achieve its mandate in spite of the dwindling resources allocated to it.

The six commands in the Nigeria Air Force and its Kaduna-based Institute of Technology showcased some of their research works at the event.

The Training Command, Tactical Air Command and the Logistics Command took the first, second and third positions respectively at the end of the exhibition assessed by some experts.

The event was attended by the Supervising Minister of Defence, Mr Labaran Maku, some legislators, service chiefs and the Inspector-General of Police.

Other institutions that participated at the one-day exhibition included, the University of Lagos, Federal University of Technology, Minna and the Covenant University, Ota.

The rest included, NigComSat and the Nigerian Air Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA). (NAN)

http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/2013/11/13/covenant_university_develops_software_to_check.htm

Fynline: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/11/us-declares-boko-haram-terror-group/

At last

Jihaljihad: Hi im an Egyptian citizen and have been reading through this thread and others for some time now as a guess and I decided to join nairaland to ad my own views on what I know about who is the biggest and best military on the continent.

I know I will step on a few feet here with my comments but I hope it will bring some insight on what I know, and learn a few things from fellow posters.

Thanx

Jihaljihad: Hi im an Egyptian citizen and have been reading through this thread and others for some time now as a guess and I decided to join nairaland to ad my own views on what I know about who is the biggest and best military on the continent.

I know I will step on a few feet here with my comments but I hope it will bring some insight on what I know, and learn a few things from fellow posters.

Thanx

NaijaPikinGidi: [size=13pt]Joburg prisoners still at large[/size]

Four prisoners are still on the run after escaping from a police vehicle transporting them to court.

According to a report on News24, the prisoners were being transported from Johannesburg prison to the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court when they broke a window and jumped out.

Two of the prisoners are from Mozambique, one from Zimbabwe and the other is South African.

Their charges range from murder to robbery.

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http://za.news.yahoo.com/joburg-prisoners-still-large-065104839.html

rka1: Nigeria: Anti-Terror War - Caging Boko Haram Is Tough Work - Army, Police
By Kingsley Omonobi, 11 November 2013

Abuja — The Nigerian Army and the police have identified porous borders, scale of terrorist attacks and the capacity of personnel as some of the challenges security agencies contend with in prosecuting the war on terror in the northern part of the country.

The Army on its part declared that the Boko Haram insurgency which has ravaged some states in the north, leaving on its trail destruction of lives and property would have spread to other parts of the country if it had not been caged in the north.

Director of Army Public Relations, Brigadier-General Ibrahim Attahiru, Inspector-General of Police, Mr Mohammed Abubakar and Minister of Police Affairs, Navy Captain Caleb Olubolade spoke to Vanguard in separate exclusive interviews on the challenges of fighting insurgency in parts of the country.

Army spokesman, Brigadier General Attahiru said: "The entire process of fighting terrorism cannot be over simplified because essentially, it is asymmetric warfare where you talk of asymmetric tactics and disposition and so on. But one thing with warfare is that you cannot just run away from challenges. However, what you fall back on is the kind of equipment you use in executing the warfare. In executing this warfare, it is not just about the weaponry, the emphasis is on the man behind the weapon. Those are the issues.

"Nobody is going to say the entire campaign being executed is a very simple operation. It is quite complicated, but what I can assure you is that in no distant time, it will be all over, because each time there is a breach, we are learning a lesson, carrying out analyses and coming out with better strategies on how to counter challenges of the entire operation.

"Otherwise, may be by now, if you say we are experiencing setback and not achieving the mandate, the terrorists would have gone beyond the North East, they would have spread to other parts of Nigeria but it has been localized to the North East. That should tell you that the Nigerian Army, working in conjunction with other security agencies, is doing well in the fight."

The Army spokesman also explained how the 7th Division of the Nigerian Army was created in the North-East with headquarters in Maiduguri. According to him, "the Division came on stream as a result of the strategic analysis carried out recently regarding the Force structure and the contemporary challenges. The implementation of the Nigerian Army Order of Battle (ORBAT) for 2013 was also considered before the Division came into being. So by and large, the mission of the Nigerian Army is to win all land battles".

Also speaking on the war against terror from the perspective of the Police, Inspector-General of Police, Mr MD Abubakar said terrorism is difficult to fight and "it is not a question of whether the nation is under-policed or over-policed".

The police boss in an exclusive interview with Vanguard argued that, " even if you have the correct number of policemen, there are several factors that come into play when dealing with the challenge. The scale of terrorist attacks and the organization are there, the issue of capacity to tackle the challenge is there, the equipment needed to counter the challenge as well as the fact that manning of this equipment requires training is also there. Moreover, this cankerworm called terrorism is a global phenomenon. There is an on-going war in Mali and don't forget what is going on in Iraq. The Arab Spring is just subsiding, so there is proliferation of arms, ammunition and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and these are the factors that are key to tackling on-going insurgency. Another thing you must know is that Nigeria has the most porous borders in the world because you cannot say specifically, these are the number of borders, it is either you take Badagry or Banki or so many others.

"Terrorism is not something you can exterminate, and you know that nobody can exterminate crime anywhere in the world. If you are talking of a no crime situation, you are talking of total paralysis and total paralysis means nobody is moving, everything is at a standstill. In the war against terror, show me any country that has fought crime and said it is finished, no more terrorism anywhere. There isn't any country in the world, including the US where they have the best facilities, the best-trained officers and equipment".

He said that in spite of the fact that officers and personnel of security agencies, the police, DSS, the military and paramilitary agencies are dying daily because of their belief that Nigeria must remain united, they will continue to do everything to protect this country.

Adding his voice to the debate on how to finally dislodge terrorists from the north, Minister of Police Affairs, Navy Captain Caleb Olubolade argued that we will witness massive improvement in the way we secure this nation if members of the public readily volunteer information that will assist the security agencies.

According to him, "nobody can secure any community without intelligence. Without information, security agencies cannot succeed because they will just be making wrong deployments and will be acting in different directions which will not help. Giving information is all that is needed and the security agencies will overcome".

He said, "Once you see strange movements around you, relate it, take the pains to pass the information. With information, security agencies will deploy appropriately and they will do more than you expect".

Olubolade disclosed that the necessary equipment needed to prosecute the campaign are being procured while training of officers to be up-to-date with modern methods was going on and "what is needed is for Nigerians themselves to partake in giving information".

The Police Affairs Minister then tasked Nigerians not to politicize security issues, saying it is not going to help us. "With a lot of activities from the government, political will and determination, and the security agencies putting up their best, certainly we will overcome these challenges", he said

http://allafrica.com/stories/201311110303.html?viewall=1

dakingsman: C'mon, this is Nigeria, giant of all !!

NaijaPikinGidi: South Africa will never accept the realities of the military might of their neighbours. The report below is by a South African journalist who clearly seems to underestimate the potency of Zimbabwe's Army. Readers' comments at the end of the article makes for interesting reading. SA should first handle Zimbabwe, Botswana, Angola, etc., before thinking of facing Nigeria ...

http://mg.co.za/article/2013-11-08-00-why-zimbabwe-cant-invade-mozambique

fydence: pls tell me about these nigerian made missiles...thanx

rka1: http://telegraphng.com/2013/11/americans-confirm-shekau-death/?utm_source=&utm_medium=twitter

The Nigerian Telegraph

Arming you with the power of information

Americans confirm Shekau death

Posted by Yinka Oni Contrary to the claim by the sect members, the United States of America, on Saturday, confirmed that the leader of the dreaded Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, is, indeed, dead.

NaijaPikinGidi: [size=13pt]Ethiopia considers joining AU force in Somalia[/size]


Ethiopia is considering integrating its troops in Somalia into the bigger UN-backed African Union force amid efforts to boost operations against Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab rebels, officials said.

http://www.timeslive.co.za/africa/2013/11/10/ethiopia-considers-joining-au-force-in-somalia

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chris365: Are you serious what made you finally believe such a thing? South Africans are confused people

zaandrew: talking to you is like talking to a 8 year old

zaandrew: I gave you a source you welcome to look it up.

zaandrew: Not every thing is on the internet, you do know that.