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Vanguard and its nonsensical journalism

olamieseun:
After now some moroo will say SR are fake, yu pple can see now how SR open what SP is doing background to safe his ass frm wahala wey dey him neck.
I always say dis dat if SR dey follow yur mata only Baba God fit save yu.

I have always told people that SR does the best investigative journalism in Nigeria.

This nonsense can only come from Vanguard.

Buhari did great.
lalasticlala, this deserves front page.

crazy threads everywhere.

This news is from May 28, 2014. PDP can only fool its gullible followers.

Humanbeing1st:
WHAT IS DIS ONE SAYING? so many senseless people on nairaland because of mtn free 10mb.

for you to have made this comment, it means you clearly don't know who Musiwa is, and his antecedents.

https://d.ibtimes.co.uk/en/full/1463558/xm25-counter-defilade-engagement-system-smart-grenade.jpg?w=736


The US Army is to commence final testing of a "smart" shoulder-fired weapon in early 2016 that enables soldiers to hit and blow up objects and people hidden beneath cover from a distance of over 500m away.

The XM25 Counter Defilade Engagement System is a semi-automatic smart grenade launcher that looks like a large fancy weapon taken from a Call Of Duty or Battlefield video game. It includes a "target acquisition and fire control system" – basically a computer – that uses a laser rangefinder to calculate distances and figure out where the best place to aim is.

Developed by Orbital Sciences subsidiary Orbital ATK, the weapon weighs 6.4kg and comes with a five-round magazine of 25mm dual-warhead grenades that shoots at low velocity with a flat trajectory. The grenade does not have to hit anything – it can also detonate in the air in what is known as an airburst over the target to cause damage.

Saving money and reducing air strikes


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjD8LIOSYRc&feature=youtu.be

The US Army has been testing prototypes of the XM25 since 2009, and an article by the Army News Service from May 2009 states the technology is ahead of its time because it is the "first smart weapon system with a smart round in small weapons".

"The way a Soldier operates this is you basically find your target, then laze to it, which gives the range, then you get an adjusted aim point, adjust fire and pull the trigger. Say you've lazed out to 543m. When you pull the trigger it arms the round and fires it 543m plus or minus a one-, two- or three-meter increment, then it explodes over the target," Richard Audette, deputy programme manager for Soldier weapons said in the 2009 article.

"For example, in Iraq we had many instances where there was a sniper firing from a rooftop and you have a squad trying to engage that target, but the soldiers couldn't get to him with the weapons they had, so they'd call in the Air Force to drop a joint direct attack munition (JDAM). We can take out the target at $25 per XM round as opposed to a $20,000 to $50,000 JDAM."

Another article from 2010 states the XM25 makes the centuries-old defensive measure of combatants hiding behind rocks, trees, walls or trenches obsolete, and it also means that soldiers will no longer need to expose themselves in order to fire on covered targets.

No more hiding behind rocks and walls

"Our soldiers can remain covered/protected and use their XM25 to neutralise an enemy in his covered position. This will significantly reduce the risk of US casualties and change the way we fight," Lt Col Chris Lehner, product manager for Individual Weapons, wrote in PEO Soldier.

"Finally, the system is less expensive, more precise, quicker to deploy, and causes less collateral damage than mortars, artillery or air strikes. This makes the weapon especially valuable in Afghanistan where protecting the lives and property of the civilian population is critical while defeating the insurgency."

Orbital ATK says the XM25 is able to accurately hit a "point target" at 500m, while it can hit targets using airbursts at a distance of up to 700m. At the moment, the grenades being developed are primarily training ammunition and high explosive air bursting ammunition, but in the future, the firm plans to create grenades that can breach doors, pierce armour and are less than lethal when they hit targets or used in a targeted airburst.

Source - http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/us-army-tests-smart-grenade-launcher-that-can-take-out-hidden-targets-500m-away-1523971

now that is funny.

This kind of news can only come from thebreakingtimes and its likes.

Adminisher:
There are too many kids on Nairaland.
Immature and inexperienced.
The Nigerian Army is guilty of human rights abuses. Serious unspeakable ones but no President of Nigeria should admit it in public.
The statement by Buhari that he has not seen the report is very honest. No President..I repeat no president should govern Nigeria from hogwash on the Internet. The Al Jazeera moderator got a one sentence lecture about how a responsible leader of a nation does not take decisions based on Internet material and it was obvious he was embarassed by mentioning that the information was in the public domain. The President maintained that he won't act without the AI report and won't jail generals based on Internet reports.

President gave a detailed explanation of things on ground for defeating Boko Haram in December including the MNJTF bit of it. Maybe a little too detailed. All in all a very good interview.

If you want a Nigerian President who will tell Al Jazeera that he will try his generals (Ihejirika, Minimah et.c) for human rights abuses without investigation based on their own accusations then look for another clueless man to vote into office

Don't mind these useless bloggers and the wailers alike. They certainly don't know what it takes to be a leader.

madridguy:
Even as a staunch APC member I can authoritatively say everything about the.Chibok girls is a big scam.

Explain what you mean by scam?

sandraokosun:
do u just type because u read people type. Instead of vindicated, akpabio indicted her for not remitting to treasury for 7months

Don't mind the fools. What happened to the billions of dollars that wasn't remitted to the federation account during that period? Knowing that this took place during the oil boom period, one can only imagine how much was embezzled. I'm glad that Sanusi has finally been vindicated.

Even Akpabio would disagree. What happened to the 7 months revenue generated by NNPC which wasn't remitted to the federation account?

Another unsubstantiated claims. Where is your proof? At least, it was widely reported that US forces are being deployed to help out.

rozayx5:
at that rate sme lga will be wiped out in a year the daura dolllard better wake up

Hypocrite, how did your otuoke master fare? Anyway, I'll tell you.

In January, within a spate of four days, between January 3 and 7, boko haram killed over 2000 people
http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/174791-nigerian-military-denies-2000-killed-baga-says-150-died.html

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/09/boko-haram-deadliest-massacre-baga-nigeria

http://edition.cnn.com/2015/01/09/africa/boko-haram-violence/

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/01/09/boko-haram-may-have-killed-2000-people-in-one-attack/

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2015/01/12/violence-continues-in-nigeria-after-boko-haram-deadliest-massacre-reportedly/

Sounds like a good plan.

I hope this is true

oloriooko:
how many died under GEJ?

Don't mind the fools. In January, within a spate of four days, between January 3 and 7, boko haram killed over 2000 people
http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/174791-nigerian-military-denies-2000-killed-baga-says-150-died.html

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/09/boko-haram-deadliest-massacre-baga-nigeria

http://edition.cnn.com/2015/01/09/africa/boko-haram-violence/

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/01/09/boko-haram-may-have-killed-2000-people-in-one-attack/

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2015/01/12/violence-continues-in-nigeria-after-boko-haram-deadliest-massacre-reportedly/

PointB:
If you can't read (the article), why should I help you?

My point is, your comment is useless, plain and simple.

otr1:
Please, if any of your loved ones is a wailer, you need to stay closer to them for the time being...to avoid mass suicide.

True. It's going to be a long day for the wailers.

PointB:
Does the duara dullard need to make himself a Minister before he can oversee the Petroleum Ministry? What's with this anachronistic way of doing things?

What has your useless comment got to do with the topic at hand?

LordMecuzy:
I served in Okene you hardly see grasses there the town is 90% filled with rocks and stones

Stop posting rubbish. I'm from Okene, and there is no where in Okene or Adavi local government that looks anything like that. By the way, the shootout happened at Inike, which looks nothing like that. That pic is certainly somewhere in the Northeast.

19. Ahmed Isa Ibeto is from Niger state.

36. Abubakar Bawa Bwari (unknown). He is probably from Bwari, Abuja.

We all know Aribisala's stance as it concerns Buhari and APC, so no surprises here. He can keep writing rubbish, for all I care.

We all know Femi Aribisala stance as it concerns Buhari and APC, so no surprises here.

This news is old. This was back in March.

This was the intent from the get-go, so there is no reversal of decision anywhere.

Finally, we have a President.

We await confirmation.

Thetrentonline is a known PDP propaganda media outlet, so this is expected. Imagine them saying, "Pro-APC news media carried the news last week that the British Government had re-opened its case against Alamieyeseigha and extradition request had been made to President Buhari."

So, how did they come about the fact that those media who carried the news are Pro-APC? That is a very unprofessional thing to say. Not that I expected any better from a PDP propaganda media.

Useless source. OP, all you do is bring fake news here.