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IbnSultaan:
[color=#990000][/color] Rest in peace Officer Cadet 21,days to POP

R.I.P. Cadet officer...

What a loss !

nemesis2u:
nice work bidexiii
visit more often here
i meant post more often
i am really tired of looking at my own postings

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giles14:
if d patriot deserves a place so also do d S300.


so for no 1 it will b PAC/S300

@henry & Giles I understand you quite alright. But you guys know that S-300,400 series, but & what av you etc.....? has little combat experience. That dosen't make them not good, and the fact that the patriot missile is on the list does not make it the deadliest.

The patriot made it first on the list because it's years of deployment on the field.


I was watching some couple of videos on YouTube today, about best fighters jets in the world but guess what frm 3-4 videos I watched the f-22 raptor is at the bottom 10.

Just because of its little or no combat deployment.

#NN

Panzerfaust:
Pls upload the video on youtube..I can view it on my phone.

Hahaaaaa.....

nemesis2u:
what happened to 2nd and 1st?

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MIM-104 Patriot

One of the most famous missiles in the world, the U.S. Army’s Patriot missile rose to notoriety during the 1991 Gulf War, when it was used to protect Coalition forces and Israeli population centers from Saddam Hussein’s Scud missiles. Although lauded at the time as a great success, Patriot’s true success rate reportedly hovered in the single digits.

Since then, Patriot has been almost continuously improved and the result is a mature missile system capable of intercepting targets flying highly divergent flight profiles. Originally designed to defend only against aircraft, Patriot is now capable of engaging helicopters, cruise missiles, ballistic missiles and drones. Against ballistic missiles, Patriot is employed to intercept warheads in the terminal descent phase.

Patriot development has branched into two missiles. A patriot battery can control both types, in order to cover a spectrum of threats. PAC-2/GEM is capable of shooting down aircraft, cruise missiles and to a lesser extent, theater ballistic missiles. It is deployed four to a launcher. PAC-2/GEM has a range of seventy kilometers to a maximum altitude of 84,000 feet.

PAC-3 MSE is designed strictly toward shooting down ballistic missiles. PAC-3 MSE is also smaller, and a launcher can carry twelve missiles instead of four. The missile has a range of thirty-five kilometers and a maximum altitude of 112,000 feet.

Patriot was a product of the 1970s-80s, a period when battlefield missile defense was not seriously discussed, and was designed purely to intercept aircraft. Over time, Patriot has proven surprisingly adaptable. Despite failures in the 1991 Gulf War, during the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Patriot scored nine hits on nine Iraqi theater ballistic missiles.

2)



FIM-92 Stinger

The Stinger missile is typical of the second generation of MANPADS. The Stinger made its name in the mountains of Afghanistan, where it was highly effective against Soviet helicopters and aircraft, and its use may have shortened the war.

Like the SA-7, the Stinger was designed for American ground forces to defend themselves from enemy ground attack aircraft. Unlike the SA-7, the Stinger has an “all-aspect” engagement capability—that is, it can detect and launch against aircraft at all angles, not just from the rear. This finally gave American air defense teams the ability to shoot down an enemy aircraft before it made an attack run, or force an aircraft to abort a run.

Newer versions of the Stinger incorporate a dual-seeker operating in the infrared and ultraviolet bands. Infrared countermeasures that formerly worked to confuse infrared seeking missiles, such as flares, don’t work in the ultraviolet band. Stinger has a large warhead than previous generation missiles, making it more likely to actually down tactical aircraft instead of merely damage them.

The United States began covertly supplying the Afghan rebels with Stinger missiles starting in 1986. Five hundred handheld launchers and 1,000 individual missiles were handed out “like lollipops” to the mujahedeen, and the first alleged loss to Stingers was on September 25th, 1986 when an Mi-8MT Hip helicopter operating out of Jalalabad was shot down. The Soviet Union lost nearly 270 aircraft between 1986 and 1989.

Claims of the effectiveness of the Stinger in theater range from about 4 percent to 70 percent. Whatever the case, the Soviet Air Force is known to have changed tactics, and the Soviet Army was often deprived of close air support and constricted in its ability to conduct helicopter operations.

Below is a picture of a stinger

3)


2K12 Kub (NATO: SA-6 Gainful)


A veteran of conflicts in Europe, Africa and the Middle East, the SA-6 Gainful came to prominence in the 1973 Yom Kippur War. The SA-6 is a radar-guided missile mounted on a tracked launcher. The SA-6 has a remarkably large engagement envelope for a missile designed in the late 1950s, capable of intercepting aircraft at ranges from 2.5 to 15 miles, and from 164 to 45,000 feet.

The SA-6 became famous during the 1973 Yom Kippur War, when Egypt invaded the Sinai Peninsula. The Egyptian military had up to 32 SA-6 batteries and used them to cover the advance of the Egyptian Second and Third Armies. A new system not previously encountered by the West, SA-6 radar emissions could not be detected by Israeli Air Force radar warning receivers.

The Israeli Air Force, caught unprepared by the Arab armies’ surprise attack, was unable to suppress enemy air defenses before going into action. In the first three days of war the IAF lost nearly fifty planes, most to the SA-6. The SA-6 was so effective that by the third day of the war the Israeli Air Force commander ordered aircraft to stay away from the Suez Canal unless absolutely necessary.

The IAF had assumed the role of “flying artillery” for the Israeli Army, and the SA-6 in many cases prevented Israeli ground forces from being supported by air. The SA-6 continued to be a threat until Egyptian air defenses were dismantled by a combination of air attack and the Israeli counteroffensive. By the end of the war the Israeli Air Force lost an estimated 40 F-4 Phantoms and A-4 Skyhawks to the SA-6 (not counting other missiles or anti-aircraft artillery) or about 14 percent of the IAF’s inventory of both planes.

The SA-6 has served in nearly thirty countries, and still serves with twenty-two. The threat the SA-6 poses to Western aircraft was diminished considerably after captured missiles were analyzed and countermeasures against them devised. The SA-6 has shot down two American F-16 Vipers, one over Iraq during the 1991 Gulf War and another over Bosnia in 1995. The SA-6’s most recent “kill” was in a friendly fire incident in Poland in 2003, when a Polish missile battery accidentally shot down a Polish Air Force Su-22 Fitter attack jet during exercises.


Below is a picture of a 2K12 Kub

4)


9K32 Strela (NATO: SA-7 Grail)

The SA-7 Grail is the AK-47 of air defense missiles: cheap, lightweight and prone to falling into the wrong hands. The first generation of Soviet man-portable air defense missiles (MANPADS), the SA-7 is a twenty-one-pound missile contained in a launcher the length and width of a rolled-up movie poster. Supersonic, the SA-7 is capable of a maximum speed of 1,260 miles an hour with a range of 14,750 feet.

The SA-7 was meant to provide air defense against low-flying NATO attack aircraft. It was liberally issued to frontline Soviet Army units: motor rifle (mechanized), air assault, naval infantry and engineer companies were all equipped with an SA-7 firing team. A NATO aircraft flying over a Soviet battalion would cross paths with as many as three SA-7s.

That sort of battlefield saturation was necessary because, like all first generation MANPADS, the SA-7 was relatively primitive. Egyptian troops during the 1969-1970 War of Attrition scored 36 hits out of 99 launches, including possibly the first MANPADS intercept ever of an Israeli A-4 Skyhawk. The missile’s small warhead meant most planes were only damaged, not shot down, and training and aircraft modifications dramatically lowered the missile’s effectiveness during the 1973 Yom Kippur War.

Like other first generation MANPADS, a major downside of the SA-7 was the infrared guidance system, which needed to lock onto the hot exhaust of an aircraft. The SA-7 was only capable of locking onto the tail of an aircraft as it was departing the battlefield—after it had expended its ordnance. The Afghan mujahedeen fighting Soviet occupation forces during the 1980s disliked the SA-7, claiming it would rather lock onto the sun than the exhaust of a jet or helicopter.

In addition to standing armies, the SA-7 has been employed by terrorist and insurgent groups around the world, from Syria to Northern Ireland and Spain. Rebel groups in Syria are reported to be armed with SA-7s captured from the regime, and at least one was launched at an Israeli helicopter over the Gaza Strip in 2012. During the Rhodesian Bush War, two Air Rhodesia airliners were shot down by rebels armed with SA-7s.

Below is a picture of a SA 7 Grail

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SA-75 “Dvina” (NATO: SA-2 Guideline)

First mention on this list goes not to the most modern missile, but the longest lived. Designed in 1953, the SA-75 “Dvina” surface-to-air missile has been in continuous operation worldwide for more than fifty years.

Originally a fixed air-defense system to counter fast, high-altitude American bombers, the SA-2 was a mainstay of Voyska PVO, the Soviet Air Defense arm. A long, two-stage radar-guided missile, the SA-2 used the P-12 early warning radar (NATO name: “Spoon Rest”) and the RSN-75 “Fan Song” missile control radar. In 1959 the S-75 “Desna” mobile variant became operational, and an improved version, the S-75M “Volkov” was deployed in 1961. “Volkov” could engage targets from 7 to 43 kilometers to an altitude of 98,000 feet.

Exported by the Soviet Union, the SA-2 Guideline served in the vanguard of socialism from Cuba to Mongolia. The SA-2 participated in the Six-Day War, the Vietnam War, the Yom Kippur War, the Iran-Iraq War, the 1991 Gulf War, the Yugoslavian Civil War, and the War in Abkhazia. The SA-2 scored the first ever air defense missile kill, shooting down a Taiwanese RB-57D reconnaissance plane over China in 1959. A salvo of three SA-2s brought down CIA pilot Francis Gary Powers and his U-2 spy plane over Sverdlovsk, Russia in 1960.

The SA-2 formed the backbone of North Vietnam’s high and medium altitude air defense, where it was known as the “flying telephone pole” among American pilots. North Vietnam reported a staggering 5,800 SA-2 launches which downed a total of 205 American aircraft. In 1965 SA-2s scored one hit per fifteen launches; by 1972, due to American advances in tactics, electronic warfare and defensive systems, the ratio had worsened to one hit per fifty launches.

The SA-2 still serves in twenty countries, often modernized to extend service life. The system’s latest kill is thought to be in 1993, against a Russian Su-27 Flanker in the Abkhazia War. A half-century reign of effectiveness on the modern battlefield is no mean feat.

Below is a icture of a SA 75 Dvinna

The Five Deadliest Air Defense Missiles(WEAPONS OF WAR)

The use of ground-based missiles to engage planes and defend air space is a relatively recent phenomenon. First explored by Germany in World War II, all the major powers quickly raced to develop them in the postwar period. The first confirmed kill by a surface-to-air missile was in 1959.

The size and scope of surface-to-air missile (SAM) systems, which restrict vehicle-mounted SAMs to standing armies, means that their use was restricted to conventional wars. As a result, SAM use has been generally infrequent, with the exception of the Arab-Israeli Wars, the Vietnam War, and other conflicts with conventional forces on both sides.


The rise of man-portable air defenses (MANPADS), shoulder-fired systems capable of engaging low-flying aircraft, has extended their use to guerrillas, terrorists, and other nonstate actors. These highly mobile, concealable missiles have been used to target both military and civilian aircraft, in war and peacetime. The proliferation of MANPADS is on a troubling uptick, as instability in Syria and Libya cause both to lose control of their missile arsenals.

There are two ways we could measure overall air defense missile lethality: by number of aircraft actually shot down, and by estimated effectiveness. For the purposes of this article, we’ll use both. Thanks to advances in electronics, missiles are always getting more effective and can defend against many different air-based threats, so it would be easy to load up the list with the latest and (theoretically) best systems. That, however, would neglect some older missiles that have proven effective in the past.

Henry240:
Breaking News


AAD 2016: Proforce ready to begin Ara MRAP
production



Nigerian Army has an initial order of 9 ARA MRAPs from Proforce defence. The first ARA to be delivered to the Army for testing this december.



Nigerian armoured vehicle manufacturer Proforce is
about to begin producing the prototypes of the Ara
('Thunder') mine-resistant ambush-protected (MRAP)
vehicle that it has developed for the Nigerian Army
with DICON, the state-owned defence industry
corporation.
Proforce's Ayobami
Omotoriogun told IHS
Jane's at the Africa
Aerospace and Defence
(AAD) show held in South
Africa on 14-18
September that the
company has the steel
and glass to begin
making the three
prototypes of the Ara.
He said the first should
be delivered in
December, at which
point the Nigerian Army will begin testing the vehicle.
While some adjustments may be made to the design
based on the army's feedback, he expects production
to begin on the nine vehicles it has initially ordered
early next year and added that the jigs are already in
place

These his good news.

What I love about these MRAP, his the auto canon.

nemesis2u:
hey bidexii , in the 2nd picture did u notice something

the soldiers have a BH chicken with them
spoils of the war

Yeap............ . .

#AFSF

There is no single area or territory where Boko Haram flag is being hoisted- Nigerian Army says



In a series of tweets, the Acting Director Defence Information, Brig Gen. Rabe Abubakar, says despite recent videos showing members of the Boko Haram terrorist group praying in some parts in the North, the group has no hold on any territory in Nigeria. The army challenged anyone with a counter opinion to provide proof showing the sect members still holding on to some territories in Nigeria. More of his tweets after the cut…

Below are screen crabs;

Army discovers Boko Haram conspiracy

http://www.news24.com.ng/National/News/army-discovers-boko-haram-conspiracy-20160916

#BATTLE GROUNDS

SNA Forces Raid Al-Shabaab Base Near Hudur Town

Somali government troops, with the support of AU soldiers have launched an offensive on a small village near Hudur town which is under the control of the Al Qaeda-affiliated Al Shabaab militants.

Confirming the attack, a senior Somali military officer said allied troops have managed to dislodge the militants from Busley area, around 50Km away from Hudur city, the regional capital of Bakol.

Col Dini Kahiye, the officer who is one of the leading army officials in the area, told Radio Shabelle by phone that they discovered SNA uniforms at the captured AL shabaab base.

There have been several clashes between Al Shabaab and Somali government troops in the region over the past few weeks, as the country's south west state promising to drive the militants out of its territory.

Boko Haram Video Diversionary

Much as the Nigerian Armed Forces would have allowed the ranting of the Boko Haram in its latest video clip to go without formal reaction, it becomes necessary to make some comments to douse the apprehension of the Nigerian citizens concerning the outburst in the video clip.

It is important to state here that the video clip is diversionary and a desperate attempt by the dying Boko Haram sect to remain relevant.

The video clip is a complete show of weakness and sign that the end is near for the insurgents, hence it does not in any way poses threat to us.

The military is equally not deterred by the photoshop assemblage of worshippers at the supposed Eid-El Kabir prayer which is a replica of the video clip released by the sect in 2014.

This has cast aspersion to the credibility of the clip and therefore should be disregarded.

The Nigerian military is highly committed to making lives unbearable to the enemies of this nation wherever they are and would do all that is required within its rules of engagement to ensure that no part of Nigerian territory is conducive and habitable for insurgents and any other criminals to stay and operate.

The military believes so much in making statement through its action as evidenced in its past achievements rather than making noise in propaganda gimmick as exhibited by the Boko Haram elements in its recent video clip.

Empty vessel, they say, makes most sound. All threat to leadership of our nation, military and citizens, should be discountenanced in its entirety as military is capable of further decimating the insurgents and providing security for all.

While our operation will continue as planned with many terrorists already surrendering and may captives rescued, we advise all the remaining surviving Boko Haram terrorists to surrender now for their own good.

The military wishes to reiterate its commitment, determination and resilience in stamping out Boko Haram and other related criminals across the country.

We urge Nigerians not to bother about the antics of the degraded sect. Meeting their waterloo is surely imminent.

With the support and prayers from the good citizens of our great country the Armed Forces make bold to say that never again would insurgence be allowed to reign supreme in our fatherland.

We want to use this opportunity to once again remind all citizens to report any suspected person(s) or object to the nearest security agency for prompt action.

RABE ABUBAKAR Brigadier General Acting Director Defence Information

iblawi:
By Favour Nnabugwu Russia had said it would export helicopters, Mil Mi-8/17 and Mi-24/35 helicopters to Nigeria, Angola, Mali and Sudan between this year and 2017. The head of the delegation for Russia’s arms exporter, Rosoboronexport, Mr Yury Demchenko yesterday, said that Russia wished to maintain exporting to the four countries.
“In 2016-2017, we plan to continue exporting these helicopters to Nigeria Angola, Mali and Sudan Our position in the African helicopter market is solid, so we are optimistic about the prospects of cultivating it further,” the delegation chief added.

Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/09/russia-export-helicopters-nigeria-three-countries/

These is good news.

Hope our top brass as will make good use of such good gesture..? Instead of lobbying around western/european market and all to avail, especially when we needed those hardware the most.

#NN RANDOM PICTURES.

nemesis2u:
last time i saw him...........
he was busy manning the machine gun of a technical

looks like he got a hair cut

the guy never fails to make me smile

stay safe
we need the batmans to get rid of the scums of Gotham (BH)

His still alive......his done kicking BHT ass now.

His being transferred to niger delta, the last time I check his Facebook update.

Do anybody remember these dude........

A NA SOLDIER POSES WITH AN ATV DURING A FLINTLOCK EXERCISE.

MikeCZA:
Stop it dude! Stop it! LMFAO!

Why...... ..........

If they a asked me; they where om the mission to go and loot for food, logistic and other supplies, and don't forget it was sallah and those bokos wanted there own piece of sallah and eventually they met there waterloo.....

#CION

Islamist terror group al-Shabaab mark Eid with bizarre sports day event… featuring a bicycle course and a SACK RACE

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3789779/Islamist-terror-group-al-Shabaab-mark-Eid-bizarre-sports-day-event-featuring-bicycle-course-SACK-RACE.html#ixzz4KJWVmuEi

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TROOPS CLEAR BOKO HARAM TERRORISTS HIDEOUTS

Following reported observed activities of remnants of Boko Haram terrorists around Jororo and Tombaeji villages in Geidam Local Government Area of Yobe State, troops of Operation LAFIYA DOLE carried out a clearance operation within the area in the early hours of Wednesday 14th September 2016.

The fighting patrol team sent came into contact with Boko Haram terrorists elements around Gajire village during which there was a firefight that lasted for about 15 minutes.

The gallant troops overpowered the terrorists and killed 4 of them and captured 1 alive.

The victorious troops also recovered 2 General Purpose Machine Guns (GMPG), 2 AK-47 Rifles and 144 rounds of 7.62mm (Special) ammunition from the terrorists.
In addition, they also recovered 2 KASEA branded motorcycles.

The troops have continued to patrol the general area in search of possible remnants of the Boko Haram terrorists that might be hibernating in the area.

The ever vigilant troops of Operation LAFIYA DOLE have continued their routine operations maintaining vigilance to prevent further actions by the Boko Haram terrorists in their respective areas of operations.

Thank your for your kind support and cooperation.

Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman
Acting Director Army Public Relations

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TROOPS OF 1 DIVISION RAID ARMED BANDITS CAMPS IN ZAMFARA STATE

Troops of 223 Battalion, 1 Brigade, 1 Division Nigerian Army, have continued to raid and clear suspected livestock rustlers and armed bandits camps in Zamfara State.

The troops during a raid on suspected armed bandits camp at Dumburum forest, Zurmi Local Government, killed 7 livestock rustlers and recovered large quantity of ammunition and a pair of military camouflage uniform.

Similarly, the troops also cleared suspected armed bandits camp at Bagega general area in Anka Local Government Area. Although the bandits managed to escape, an abandoned motorcycle was recovered and the camp was destroyed.

The troops also proceeded and cleared livestock rustlers and armed bandits camps located at Gando forest, near Baruba village in Bukkuyum Local Government Area of the State.

The troops killed 8 armed bandits during an exchange of gunfire.

The troops have also mobilized to Kalgo village in Maru Local Government Area in pursuit of armed bandits that attacked the village.

Thank your for your kind support and cooperation.

Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman
Acting Director Army Public Relations