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REPORTER’S DIARY: Journeying into Boko Haram’s former enclave


https://www.thecable.ng/reporters-diary-journeying-boko-harams-former-enclave

Odunayaw:
@ bidexii my post that time was me thinking the NAF should increase electronic intelligence in the theatre to pin point and disrupt the satanic thugs



me thinks DICON should work like a company and not a government agency
once upon a time it had a staff numbering 2000-3000 ...now I can wager 5kobo it is now ⅓ of that number

DICON must return to at least the light arms and ammo capacity(for all arms of the military)..we all know the cheap human resources Nigeria has to offer
also its Special Vehicle plant should be a hub for prototypes which companies like Mekahog and Prpforce (maybe Innoson) can run to/partner to give us something good

would really like to see a Nigerian suited/modified 4kF7A and a modern version of Steyr 680M 4×4 truck

Well said mate.

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NAF R & D COMPETITION/EXHIBITION 2016

The Nigerian Air Force Research and Development Competition/Exhibition (NAF R&) 2016 was rounded-up yesterday in Kaduna. The theme “Developing Civil-Military Research Programmes Towards Enhanced National Development” was adopted for the event to achieve two broad objectives. The first is to attract external collaboration by showcasing NAF R & D feats to the public. The second is to promote NAF R & D objectives through competition among individual personnel and NAF establishments. Participants at the two-day event include academic and research institutions having subsisting memorandum of understanding with the NAF. Two resource persons from the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex were also in attendance to present papers. The papers titled “The Role of Public and Private Sectors in Research and Development and its Impact on Defence Production: The Pakistan Experience” and “Strategies for Strengthening Civil Military Collaboration for Capacity Building in Research and Development in Nigeria” provided feasible model for emulation by the NAF in its drive to promote self-reliance through acquisition of indigenous technological capacity.

At the end of the competition, three of the projects displayed at the exhibition were adjudged as most innovative by a team of independent assessors. The first project is the “Renovation of Mobile Control Tower” by 041 Communication Depot using local resources. The second innovative project is the “Design and Production of C-130 Tyre Removal Equipment” by 301 Heavy Airlift Group, while the design and production of “Aircraft Engine Compressor Washing Machine” by 531 Aircraft Maintenance Depot was adjudged the third most innovative project.

PHOTO NEWS: CAS COMMISSIONS NEWLY REFURBISHED HANGAR AND ADDITIONAL ACCOMMODATION FACILITIES IN 103 STRIKE GROUP, YOLA TO ENHANCE PERSONNEL WELFARE

NIGERIAN AIR FORCE INTENSIFIES AIR STRIKE IN SUPPORT OF OPERATION RESCUE FINALE


The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has intensified air operations in support of OPERATION RESCUE FINALE with a view to creating the enabling environment for own ground troops to undertake final onslaught against the remnants of Boko Haram Terrorists (BHTs) in the Sambisa Forest. The latest air operations involve air interdiction and armed reconnaissance by NAF fighter jets and helicopter gunships against BHT camps and major hideouts to decimate the capability of the insurgents as well as make it difficult for them to assemble or pose any serious threat to own troops during advance.

So far, a number of BHT vehicles, fuel depots and other logistics items have been destroyed. The NAF also provides air cover for troops during advance to prevent ambush while leaflets are dropped from helicopters in furtherance of the psychological operation to persuade those willing to lay down their arms and embrace peace, as well as those trapped in the affected areas, to avail themselves the opportunity to reunite with their families and live peaceful life again.

In a similar development, the NAF has carried out attacks on a number of camps and hideouts used by cattle rustlers and armed bandits in Gidan Garba and Burwaye areas of Zamfara State. The camps were strafed by Alpha Jets and Mi-24 attack helicopter following intelligence report from NAF ISR platforms. The L-39ZA aircraft, which were recently reconfigured to carry arms, also participated in the operation. The air strike is intended to pave way for ground forces to move into the affected areas with a view to dislodging the bandits. Other hideouts used by the armed bandits in the State are under continuous surveillance for possible air strike.




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVAXK7BLlcg

Navy begins fitness test with 13 warships, others in Niger Delta


http://guardian.ng/news/navy-begins-fitness-test-with-13-warships-others-in-niger-delta/

#AFSF
#WEAPON HANDLING.

LTGEN:
Most likely demining equipment , the chains are attached to a rotary drum which moves at a high rate of speed when striking the ground. The impact of the chains striking the ground at a high rate of speed sets of the I.E.D or buried explosive.

Definitely a demining/mine-sweeper equipment. Just curious to know the name, I guess it's a new hardware in our inventory and it's only the Bozena 5 will all know of

Nigeria Navy: Attaining self-reliance in shipbuilding, maintenance


IN the next few days, President Muhammadu Buhari, will commission NNS UNITY, the newly acquired Offshore Patrol Craft, OPV, from China. This is the second China-built OPV to join its sister OPV, NNS CENTENARY earlier commissioned.  Both of them are expected to join the fight against all forms of illegalities in the national offshore oil and gas installations.

The remarkable thing about the forthcoming commissioning ceremony is that, along with the China-built OPV, Mr. President will also commission several home-designed-and-built ships, boats and other crafts by the Naval Dockyard Limited in Victoria Island and Naval Shipyard Limited, Port Harcourt.

In my forthcoming book titled Wisdom of the Admirals, there is abundant evidence of how the prescient thoughts and proposals by the admirals of old could make the nation self-reliant in ship building and other maritime arts, if acted upon.

That the Nigerian Navy is now in a position to build some class of ships for protecting the nation’s territorial waters has not happened by accident.  The founding admirals and their friends foresaw the needs to be able to, build, maintain, repair and refit ships in this dockyard.

In the 60 years since the inception of the Nigerian Navy, we have acquired ships from many ship-building nations.  The early ships came by transfer from the United Kingdom.

Subsequently, the going gets easier.  In the 70s, Nigeria started acquiring ships for the National Shipping Lines.  The period also coincided with the Festac 77 fever when Nigeria lavishly hosted the Black World.

The Nigerian National Shipping Lines which started operations with four second-hand vessels in 1959 had increased its fleet to 15 vessels by 1971.  Additional 19 Combo vessels were ordered, with the first of the new ships delivered in 1976/77.

This was a time when Nigeria seemed to be on the move to becoming a sea power in military terms, and maritime power in international trade.  The Nigerian Navy ordered many capital ships, a missile-capable frigate, corvettes, fast attack craft, mine-countermeasure vessels (MCMVs), and landing ships, among others.  These ships were acquired from the UK, Germany, France, Italy and other foreign shipyards. But something was out of sync.

By the time these ships were delivered, logistics nightmare had been created, especially in terms of maintenance, repairs and refit facilities.  This is where the ownership and effective operation of dockyards, which the founding admirals, in their wisdom, foresaw way back in 1964, come in.

Today, the Nigerian Navy seems to have found an ingenious way to minimise the negative impact of the current recession on its operations by looking inward to renew its fleet through local shipbuilding in its dockyard.

And in doing so, the Navy hopes to serve the needs of the nation and ultimately reach out to West and Central African navies, maritime organisations, as well as oil and gas industries with the products of research and development at its Naval Dockyards in Lagos and Port Harcourt.

The story of the NN vision to design and build home-grown ships and crafts started many years ago.  When the founding admirals acquired the Naval Dockyard over 50 years ago as a strategic asset from Elder Dempster Shipping Lines, they were guided by five strategic considerations:

1)    That a well-equipped, well-funded and well-managed dockyard is one of the essential ingredients of an effective navy, through regular maintenance, repairs, refit and fabricating of some spare parts;

2) That the Navy needs to build small patrol craft and boats required in large numbers, to protect the nation’s maritime assets, with the possibility of marketing them to navies in the sub-region;

3) That the Navy and the nation should work towards self-reliance  in shipbuilding in view of disappointments sometimes experienced from Nigeria’s traditional suppliers in times of critical needs;

4) That in times of cash-crunch as the nation is experiencing now, the Navy will be spared the problems of availability, affordability and maintainability by having home-built platforms;

5)That the growing cooperation among African navies, necessitated by the need to fight common enemies like sea pirates, poachers, crude oil thieves as well as numerous illegalities at sea require standard patrol craft now being designed and built by the Naval Dockyard;

To realise the five strategic objectives, the Federal Government, through the Ministry of Defence, embarked on a massive development of the Naval Dockyard at Wilmot Point, Victoria Island, Lagos and the acquisition of a Naval Shipyard in Port Harcourt.

The result is that from 1990s, the Dockyard and the Shipyard in Port Harcourt, which have been organised into Limited Liability Companies, started to do for ships with defects what hospitals do for people who are ill.

Today, the Naval Dockyard Limited has transformed from ship maintenance to ship building. The first of its home-grown technology, a Seaward Defence Boat,SDB, NNS ANDONI, was commissioned in 2012.

A sister ship of ANDONI class, already named NNS KARADUWA is expected to be commissioned towards the end of November 2016 by President Buhari.

At the same ceremony where the ingenuity of the Nigerian Naval Dockyard Limited and the Nigerian Naval Shipyard Port Harcourt, would be acknowledged, the new Offshore Patrol Craft, NNS UNITY, recently acquired in China will also be commissioned.

Also to be commissioned is the ocean-going tug, NNS CDR E UGWU built by the Naval Shipyard Limited, Port Harcourt.  The Naval Shipyard Limited had earlier built a ferry NNS SAOKA LAFIA.

While we celebrate the modest achievements represented by the expected commissioning ceremony, the government and people of Nigeria should remember that in spite of the many security challenges on land, the sea will continue to be Nigeria’s centre of gravity for a very long time to come.

We should see the sea area we occupy in national survival terms.  Whether you call it the South Atlantic, the Gulf of Guinea, or our immediate territorial waters and EEZ.

This is a challenge to the executive and legislative arms of government and to the Navy itself.  Government should devote more resources to meet the short and long term needs of the Navy.


http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/11/nigeria-navy-attaining-self-reliance-shipbuilding-maintenance/

ANY INFO & I.D ON THESE HARDWARE..

Al-Shabaab Regrouping in Somalia to 'Attack Kenya', Police Warns


Al-Shabaab terrorists are regrouping in Jedahaley, Somalia, and plan to attack the country, police have warned.

Inspector-General of Police Joseph Boinnet has also revealed that some of the attackers were hiding in small groups pretending to be herders around Hida and Dambala in Somalia while plotting to sneak into the country.

"The possible targets for the attacks include security personnel and establishments along the border as well as the passenger service vehicles plying the routes along the border," he said.

The terror group had changed tact, said the police boss, and had split into smaller groups and infiltrated the country especially along the borders of Mandera, Wajir, Garissa and Lamu counties.

In the coast region, he said, police were also closely monitoring the terrorists as they make efforts to return to the Boni forest.

"The militants are known to take advantage of the ongoing rains to infiltrate the country through the general areas of Kolbio and close to Hulugho area in Garissa County," Mr Boinnet said.

Security has been heightened in the country to avert any attacks, and police have also appealed to the public to continue cooperating with them and remain vigilant, said Mr Boinnet.

Intelligence also shows that Islamic State still continued to target the youth for online recruitment but police said measures had been put in place to stop radicalisation.

Police also warned that Al-Shabaab could exploit the tension between the Degodia-Matan and Degodia-Jirail sub-clans residing within a disputed area between Wajir West and Eldas sub-counties.

"The county security teams are alert and we call upon the local leaders to help us in preventing unnecessary clashes and seek a lasting solution to their disputes," he said.

UPSURGE OF CRIMINAL ACTIVITY

In the south Coast, police said they had dealt firmly with the recent upsurge of criminal activity that targeted traders and boda boda riders by deploying more specialised security personnel, engaging the local leadership and enhanced patrols.

To mitigate the tension between the Pokot and Marakwet, and the Turkana and Pokot communities, police said apart from enhanced law enforcement, they were also using alternative dispute resolution mechanism.

"We equally encourage members of the public to embrace community policing," he said.

Mr Boinnet outlined the measures police had put in place across the country to deal with other crimes.

In the South Coast police said that they had dealt firmly with the recent upsurge of criminal activity that targeted traders and boda boda operators by deploying more specialised security personnel, engaging the local leadership and enhanced patrols.

"We equally encourage members of the public to embrace community policing that will provide the tourist industry the tranquility it deserve to thrive," he said.

To mitigate the tension between the Pokot and Marakwet, and the Turkana and Pokot communities, police said apart from enhanced law enforcement, they were also using alternative dispute resolution mechanism.

Henry240:
You just reminded me of @Gbash10, that dude was always hallucinating about jets. He was always the originator of those rumours.

.....with ur korokoro eyes,.....naa naija make u be like these..

Nigeria: Army Seeks SON's Expertise On Procurement Activities


http://allafrica.com/stories/201611290854.html

IPOB condemns Army’s Operation Python Dance


https://www.niyitabiti.net/2016/11/ipob-condemns-armys-operation-python-dance/

Nigeria: Army Launches 'Operation Python Dance in S-East' - Warns Ipob, Massob, Herdsmen


http://allafrica.com/stories/201611290696.html

Some wheeled engineering vehicles in the video :"COAS Lt. General Tukur Buratai Launches ''Thank A Soldier'' Initiative" video.

And the second video ;"Nigerian Air Force Keen On Promoting Locally Made Technologies". You av to watch the airforce exhibition products, am happy and proud of the present CAS administration.

NAF Boss Air Marshal Sadiq Inaugurates Houses For Personnel In Maiduguri



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwBkVdjvjd4

Nigerian Air Force Keen On Promoting Locally Made Technologies



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

COAS Lt. General Tukur Buratai Launches ''Thank A Soldier'' Initiative



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

I.D PLEASE.


The NA seems to have bought some new manned engineering recovery & tracked mine sweeper. Links had it that German was to supply the NA of some mine sweeping equipment & other equipment. And rumour has it that it has being delivered but am not sure if the pictures below where part of the deal.

France gives Cameroon equipment worth $700,000 to combat Boko Haram


France has made a donation of military hardware to the Cameroonian Armed Forces as part of efforts aimed at combating the Boko Haram insurgent group.

This is the second transfer of material support this year and forms part of the bilateral Franco-Cameroonian military cooperation, reinforced by the signature of a defence partnership agreement on May 21st 2009.

The French Foreign Ministry in a statement noted that the donation included ten French tactical vehicles and five transport trucks, including an all-equipped sanitary unit. It complements the training activities carried out throughout the year by the French military units in Gabon.

They were officially handed over on Tuesday November 29th to the Minister Delegate at the Presidency in charge of Defence, Joseph Beti Assomo, by French Ambassador Gilles Thibault.

‘‘These vehicles are equipped with weapons and transmission equipment and are accompanied with precision rifles, helmets and bullet-proof vests. All for a total value of 430 million FCFA, are destined for the Cameroonian army special units.

‘‘This material support is one of the concrete manifestations of the strengthening of France’s solidarity with Cameroon in its fight against Boko Haram as it was announced by the President François Hollande during his visit in Yaoundé on July 3rd 2015,’‘ the statement added.

Over the past year, in addition to the training and equipment of special units, military cooperation between France and Cameroon has particularly increased in the field of mine clearance and information sharing to support the fight against terrorist armed groups.

Cameroon’s Far North region is one of the hardest hit by Boko Haram insurgents. The group continues to carry out suicide attacks on communities in the region. Boko Haram are seen as a sub regional threat within the Lake Chad region.

Beside their escapades in Nigeria’s north, they also carry out attacks on Chad and on Niger hence the establishment of a Joint Multinational Task force to fight them. The group was born in Nigeria’s Borno State with the hope of establishing an Islamic Caliphate in the region.



http://www.africanews.com/2016/11/30/france-gives-cameroon-700000-worth-equipments-to-combat-boko-haram/

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BlackBaron:
Now apologise to me and everyone you lied to!

Dude, that's peccavi's work. I read it previously in his blog.


Apologise to who....

http://yafri.ca/tag/ieds/

IbnSultaan:
Portion of request for fund to NASS
operations internal for the armed forces (N13bn) and operation Lafiya Dole (N8bn) have been totally released while the Nigerian air force needs about (N12, 708, 367, 476) to cover the foreign exchange differentials in the procurement of its critical capabilities.

The foreign exchange thing is really a big mess. The exchange value differentials is damn too much.

Residents in Somali town resist al-Shabaab taxes, 10 dead


http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/residents-in-somali-town-resist-al-shabaab-taxes-10-dead-20161129

BlackBaron:
Pretty sure that is Peccavi's write up. On the IED issue.
Give him credit

How Bleep on heart does these look like peccavi's write up.

Better be sure about something you don't know.

An who the Bleep is peccavi's? ..you can post his link for people to read if it looks any close to is write up.

Nigerian Air Force adding aircraft to its fleet


The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says it has successfully refurbished 13 aircraft, some of which have been successfully re-deployed to perform combat support roles for the army's war against Boko Haram in the north-east of the country.

Addressing delegates who attended a recent security seminar focused on the theme 'Developing Effective Air Power Responses to National Security Challenges in Nigeria', NAF Chief of Air Staff Air Marshall Sadique Abubakar said the NAF would soon enhance its operational capabilities with the delivery of 10 more aircraft.

The new fleet would comprise of four new Mi-35N attack helicopters ordered from Russia, at least three ex-Brazilian Air Force Super Tucanos suited for light attack and surveillance operations as well as three JF-17 Thunder fighter jets from Pakistan.

Although he declined to comment directly on whether the planned Super Tucano acquisition would not be blocked by the US, which in November apparently refused to let Brazil sell the aircraft to Nigeria citing the military's bad human rights record, the military chief said he did not foresee any problems since there are existing counter-terrorism collaborations between the two countries. In May this year the US was seeking to approve the sale of up to 12 Super Tucanos to Nigeria to battle Boko Haram. One of the Super Tucano’s production lines is in Florida, the other in Brazil.

“All I can tell you is that the US is supporting us in the North East. They are helping us with a lot of intelligence, so I do not see any reason why we should have difficulties,” Abubakar said.


The NAF chief said 10 Super Mushshak trainers that were recently ordered from the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) would be delivered in the medium term. The new acquisitions would complete an ongoing aircraft refurbishment programme which has to date successfully refurbished eight helicopters.

These include three Russian-made Mi-24V and Mi-35P attack helicopters, two EC-135s, two AugustaWestland A109s and one Super Puma. In addition the programme has also seen the successful refurbishment of one Beechcraft light aircraft, one Falcon jet, one Diamond DA-42 and two Dornier DO-228 aircraft used for surveillance.

Abubakar said the air force was also making progress in the training and advancement of pilots and crews with 70 pilots currently on training placements locally and abroad.

Meanwhile the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) has closed public bids for the disposal by sale of two 'unserviceable' Dornier (DO-228) surveillance aircraft and one AS-355-F2 helicopter.

Bids for the aircraft were accepted at the Abuja headquarters of the NCS between 11 October and 21 November 2016. The two Dornier aircraft were acquired from Indian aircraft manufacturer Hindustan Aeronautical Limited (HAL) India in 2005 for use by the NCS in border surveillance and anti-smuggling operations.

However, a parliamentary report issued early this year said the surveillance aircraft, which could have been used effectively in the counter-insurgency war against Boko Haram, were unserviceable. They were also found to have been stripped of most of the surveillance equipment as well as engine and flight safety components.


http://www.defenceweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=46083:nigerian-air-force-adding-aircraft-to-its-fleet&catid=35:Aerospace&Itemid=107

persius555:
@bidexii, Nice work on the IED infos. Geographical spread of IED facility will be determined by the point of delivery.
Rigorous stop and search along the routes suspected to be haven for explosives factories will deter or limit BH ability to deliver in their preferred choice of location.
Having multiple chech points around these axis would be a headache to free flow of civil activities but will eventually discourage and frustrate BH sucise attacks.
The hardest and most important task is intense intelligent gathering on how, when and who BH will deliver there next attacks in the larger cities.
A well trained and properly equipped unit within the DSS and police in all the states working with the military intelligence should be tasked with this responsibility.

Exactly mate and tnx.

#CION.

Military launches ‘Operation Python Dance’ against secessionist groups in South-East


http://dailypost.ng/2016/11/29/military-launches-operation-python-dance-secessionist-groups-south-east/?utm_source=snap_dp1&utm_medium=twitter