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Foreign AffairsRe: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Fidha254(m): 8:24pm On May 11, 2017
tdayof:
off topic.
This is a whole lot of firepower.
Jesus Christ of Nazareth.
How much do they spend just to keep the gears turning ..
I would like to see an infograph for US,
CareerRe: Female Petrol Station Attendant Was Overpaid N5000 By Customer.See What She Did by Fidha254(m): 7:52pm On May 11, 2017
The guy is just heartless, look at him...with his suite... Does he know how much strength it took the lady do fight off temptation and do the right thinghuh And then this guy goes ahead to ask for a picture of the lady holding the cash and giving it back to him.. Her reward is a selfuhuh? What a di€k.. Give her half the money or at least buy her a soda or something... Don't rub it in her face that she did 'the right thing' by taking pics of her
Foreign AffairsRe: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Fidha254(m): 7:32pm On May 11, 2017
? If I start a private military company who's sole job is to hunt down high value terrorist for bounty... Will that be totally legal?
I will never run out of business at least not in this century!

Foreign AffairsRe: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Fidha254(m): 1:02pm On May 11, 2017
Henry240:
To East-Africa were we have Ethiopia and Uganda.

Ethiopia mainly assembles Israeli and Chinese origin armoured vehicles.

From Ethiopia, the GAIA Thunder and the WZ-551 APCs.
built by ospera (kenyan subsidiary)themselves using local talent

Foreign AffairsRe: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Fidha254(m): 4:50pm On May 10, 2017
ActivateKruger:
That's why I always say we're just cool with being far away from them and Egypt, just feel sorry for Tunisia and Morocco.
There was a time I was going through Egypt Military arsenal.. good God! its not fair... eventually I got tired, went to sleep
Foreign AffairsRe: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Fidha254(m): 12:50pm On May 10, 2017
chkil0:
you exaggerate , algerian navy have for modern ships only

1 LPD kellat beni abbes
2 meko A200 AN
3 Koni Class
3 C 28 A heavy corvettes
6 kilo 636 submarins (4 in service , two will start service soon )
3 Classe El Kasseh mine contrmesour vessel (1 in service, 2 in build)

the others are small and getting old : 3 Nanuchka II class ( 59m, 730t) , 3 Djebel Chenoua classs corvet (58,40 m , 550t) , 8 Osa II missile boats , 12 el kebir patrol ship class , 2 Kalaat Beni Hammed landing ship landing ships

the others are light patrol ships : 21 Classe Ocea FPB98 MKI and Alusafe 2000
+ soumam and elmelah school ships ; romeo submarin for formation , bourbon tugboats
Other countries esp in subsahara have what can best be described as OPVs with no missiles or torpedoes..some don't even have a coast guard or even a mapping of their economic maritime zone to protect themselves from illegal fishing and other maritime crimes..
Foreign AffairsRe: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Fidha254(m): 11:57am On May 10, 2017
Italian truck mounted lift and recovery vehicle specialist Isoli has won a substantial order from the Kenyan army its 12 tonne M120 and M60 truck mounted military cranes.

The 120 features a two section 6.8 metre boom and can handle up to four tonnes on wheels, when the axles are locked. The contract also includes a number of the company’s smaller M60 cranes which will be supplied in kit form for local assembly.

Foreign AffairsRe: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Fidha254(m): 11:52am On May 10, 2017
Kenya and Ethiopia presidents having a chat with former military and political detainees of the South Sudan government .

Foreign AffairsRe: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Fidha254(m): 11:48am On May 10, 2017
ActivateKruger:
F#ck me shocked
Sideways, upside-down wheelbarrow style...basicall if the full might of the Algerian navy is comming down on some poor unfortunate country, they'd better upload their wills to the cloud where it cant be touched embarassed embarassed embarassed
Foreign AffairsRe: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Fidha254(m): 11:40am On May 10, 2017
nnamdi1998:
Is it right? CDS saluting a governor.
Maybe is its involuntary force of habit? cheesy cheesy I think sometimes its a sign of recognition/respect.. In Kenya i've seen some generals saluting the deputy president even though he does not fall anywhere inthe chain of command... I've also seen one ocasion where a service commander saluted the first lady and she smiled back... also I have seen atleast two times where a general has saluted the kenyan foreign affairs minister who is a career diplomat.. speaking of which is the minister of defence of a country supposed to inspect a guared of honor? cause I have seen that too...
Foreign AffairsRe: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Fidha254(m): 9:32am On May 10, 2017
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Foreign AffairsRe: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Fidha254(m):
Music to my ears

http://www.nation.co.ke/news/kenya-military-is-set-for-massive-expansion-policy-says/1056-3916870-vb6wmez/


One part of the defence policy reads...

“In the past, our forces and overall capacity has been small and fairly limited in scope. Increasing conflicts have compelled Kenya to review her ability to defend the nation against more threatening aspects of these conflicts. In response to these threats, our defence forces have to expand both in capacity and capability,”



Another part of the policy...

“We have no undue reason to doubt the sincerity of our neighbours’ intentions to live in peace with us. Nonetheless, Kenya reserves the sovereign right to resort to the use of force to protect her interests,” it said. The report also said Kenya will not encourage an arms race among countries since the region is at peace.
...



A reserve force is also comming



Other local threats are radicalisation, religious intolerance, drug trafficking, alcohol and drug abuse, corruption, youth unemployment, HIV and Aids, poverty, environmental degradation, organised crime, as well as natural and man-made disasters. The document further drummed support for creation of a military reserve force. It said: “The need for cost-effectiveness dictates that a large portion of our country’s military strength is kept in reserve. They provide pre-trained manpower which can quickly integrate with regular forces without recourse to initial training.” The report added that in wartime they can be deployed as replacement for combat losses. Reserves also come in handy in garrison duties, manning air defences, internal security and guarding key points such as supply depots thus “freeing regular troops”.
Foreign AffairsRe: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Fidha254(m): 6:14pm On May 06, 2017
kikuyu2:
Trying but can't open your files. Mikecza,relax;its not an argument.
That wastn a file, that was me trying to comment from my phone that results into that, I swear one of these days I will smack this window phone, absolutely useless, it has been happening since I upgraded to Win.10, I planning to degrade to 8.1... Anyway back to subject


This article from a turkish newsite
"I saw two jet fighters fly over Mandera town heading towards Somalia," Iyessa Seneta, a resident of Mandera, capital city of Kenya's Mandera County, told The Anadolu Agency.

"They flew over our town several times before dropping missiles on a hill across the border not far from our town," he said.

Mandera County, located near Kenya's border with Somalia, has recently come under repeated attack by Al-Shabaab.

"I saw F16 jet fighters over Mandera for some 30 minutes. Later, we could hear bombardments from the Somali side," Moalim Saleh, a Mandera County government official, told AA.
http://aa.com.tr/en/politics/kenyan-jets-hit-shabaab-targets-in-somalia/66492
one day I was surfing online minding my own bussiness, readind about the conflict with AH and boom, I can't bilieve what I just read, so I sit upright and read again from the top, did he say f-16huh? don't you mean f-5?
Eventually I calm down and think abit using simple logic just to convince myself...

1. In every National celebration where there is a fly-by/fly-past the MC always describes our fighters, f-5 fighter jets then he begins to describe them, so anyone who has listed on radio, watched on tv, or live of any national celebration should know what jets we operate...
2. Maybe the guy was mistaken, maybe the guy came across some magazine that mentioned the f-16 and since then that is the only fighter he knows so when he was interviewd, he din't want to look clueless so he mentioned the only jet he knows...
3. On the other hand, the guy is a county govt official, obviously he is educated or rather 'enlightened' enough... Mandera county govt also regularly sits down with security apparatus do discuss the security of that region so he knows more that me or you about a thing or two, so maybe.... just maybe he did actually mean f-16 when he said it..

Eventually I came to the conclusion that even somewhere between the county official, the author or editor of the article must have made a mistake or added their own things....
But hey, its up to anyones interpretation, you can keep feeding the beast of those rumors if you want to... As for me, I decided log time ago- Like that toilet cleaner advert goes" I will only believe it when I see it"

Foreign AffairsRe: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Fidha254(m): 5:08pm On May 06, 2017
kikuyu2:
Mwenzangu,i'm not a believer in things and go strictly by sight,facts and figures. The Havocs aren't at 50 ACB but in Laikipia-yes,they've been seen but they fly higher than usual. You saw my links? El Adde was a special event;a one off,a series of cascading tactical blunders that were so complete not even a squadron of hovering KA 50s would've saved those guys. I can tell you it was field tested simultaneously with the Havoc and the army wanted both but budget realities stuck the KDF with one Havoc squadron of 16.
Foreign AffairsRe: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Fidha254(m):
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kikuyu2:
Dude,you surprise me! Right after you said:
ha! There are somethings that can be hidden from the public.... But other things cannot, especially in a small country like ours... You cannot hide a fighter jet! nor can you hide a rotary like Mi-28.. Esp the Mi-28, there is absolutely no strategic reason to keep it a secret... I rem talking to Africaken b4 we officially received the huey II , some days b4 it was announced that they had arrived in kenya, we had already noticed that there were different engines that the sounds we normally hear in the skies.... For me its harder to imagin that possibility than to imagin we don't have any, but its not a secrete that we were interested in acquiring maybe the cost was too much or something... Besides, if we really had them, where were they during eladde?
The somali residents in somalia are so used to airstrikes that they can tell you outright if an airstrike is carried by US or Kenya...


Anyway, I will bring you some article that will continue to fuel that notion of secretly running some 4th gen somewhere in the 254
Foreign AffairsRe: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Fidha254(m): 1:10pm On May 06, 2017
newafricaken254:
marconi S-600 mobile radar,likely acquired back in the 70's
Yep, looks like the image, strangely enough SIPRI doesnt have that one , i though they caught most of the arms transfers except for small arms.. Makes me wonder what else they could have missed..

Anyway, looking at the current commander of Kenya Airforce, wonder what he has brought to the table so far, he studied Advanced Air Defence Systems

Maj Gen Samuel Thuita was enlisted into the Kenya Air Force as a Cadet Officer in 1978, and upon commissioning to the rank of 2nd Lieutenant in 1979, underwent basic and advanced training in Air Defence systems (Radars /Missiles) eventually qualifying as an instructor in 1985.
Maj Gen Thuita is a graduate of the National Defence College (NDC) of Kenya, in Strategic Studies, holds a bachelors degree in Development Studies and a diploma and certificate in International Studies and Defence Diplomacy respectively.
He has held various Command appointments[b] including the Commanding Officer, Air Defence Control Uni[/b]t and Base Commander Moi Air Base and also, staff appointments at the Kenya Defence Headquarters, as Chief of Strategic Plans and Policy, Chief of Logistics and Assistant Chief of Defence Forces, for Personnel and Logistics.

Maj Gen Thuita served with the United Nations in the former Yugoslavia (UNPROFOR) as a Force Headquarters Operations Officer in 1992/93 and at the USA CENTCOM Tampa Florida, as Kenya’s Senior National Representative in the coalition war against terror in 2007/08.
He is decorated with honours and awards among them, the prestigious Moran of the Order of the Golden Heart (MGH), the Elder of the Order of the Burning Spear (EBS), the Order of the Grand Warrior (OGW), and Operation Linda Nchi and the UN Medals.
Together with his late wife Rachel, they are blessed with three grown up children (a son and two daughters) plus two grandchildren. His hobbies include bird watching, horseback riding and nature conservation.
http://kaf.mod.go.ke/?p=1249
Foreign AffairsRe: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Fidha254(m): 12:40pm On May 06, 2017
kikuyu1:
Actually about 4 yrs back they picked up at least 4 Buks along with new APCs;Gunships and other ish. As for the radars can't speculate. Nemesis2u,where art thou??
I remember those days, there was some kind of arms race,--then AMISOM happened and priorities shifted... I've seen a couple of sites with SA-11 for Kenya but on the gunship(Mi-28) story that was started by 'David Golman' the Israeli guy i have never believed that one..
Foreign AffairsRe: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Fidha254(m): 2:44pm On May 05, 2017
Can anyone tell what kind type of Radar system that ishuh?.. KAFhasn't updated her air defense for a long time..unlike their civilian counterparts

CC: newafricaken254 kikuyu2 ---Do any of you have any info about DoD surveillance radar and defensehuh

Foreign AffairsRe: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Fidha254(m): 7:26am On May 04, 2017
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TravelRe: My Trip To Kenya In Pictures by Fidha254(m):
BedLam:
Most East African countries are one city country. So Nairobi is the only city in Kenya. Please if you mention Mombasa, I will tear you hot slap angry
Most East African countries EAC have total population below 50million... E.g Kenya has 45million... That means residents of Lagos alon is half the entire population of Kenya!!!! A city should have at least more than 700,000 to be a proper city, even if everyone in kenya was a dollar millionaire with best government in the world, Most County HQ still wouldn't be qualified to be called cities..... But it doesn't mean they aren't urban, infact in my hometown which is like the 10 largest town in Kenya the water services provided by govt is one of the best suffice to say in the recent decade I only rem like 4 times we had a water shortage... And in electricity, if anything happens to electricity (eg a tree falls on power line) if you call the power company they actually come within 3 hours and fix it immediately.... In terms of services from govt, its actually better that when am in the Capital.... So if you say Nigeria has many cities to imply that its more modern or better that's just Vanity.... Your 10th largest city is still bigger populationwise than Nairobi which has a population of 4 million... But Nairobi is still a major city on the continent.... But most 'Cities' in Africa including Nigerian ones cant compare with Windhoek in Namibia ... Windhoek spent even have many skyscrapers but the infrastructure their is worldclass...
Foreign AffairsRe: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Fidha254(m): 1:42pm On May 03, 2017
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Foreign AffairsRe: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Fidha254(m): 1:42pm On May 03, 2017
This is the third time I've seen Helmets on women look like that.... Is it a hair thing or do women need different helmets

Amani Training Village
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C-5NsL0XYAEzVfw.jpg
Foreign AffairsRe: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Fidha254(m): 9:59am On May 03, 2017
Henry240:
So, America is ending it's search for Joseph Kony. That's quite unfortunate considering all the noise CNN and other favourite propaganda tools from the muricans before and during the deployment of US "Special Forces" during the search.

The Special forces aren't so Special after all.

Anyway it's hard to be special when you spend so much time changing tires.
Konyi must be a juju master.... Its been almost a decade the guy can't be found...part of bieng a pro is to know when to quit and swallow your pride....The US is right to pull out if up to now they haven't made headways... The guy will probable end up dying of natural causes in old age... How does a guy like that leading a rebel force manage to completely stay under the radar.... You mean to say no civilian or lower ranking rebels see him? There must have been someone who would snitch on him, or at least give a general direction of his hideouts..
Foreign AffairsRe: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Fidha254(m):
Found a different link with more details..

provided is as follows;
*.12 MD-530F weaponized helicopters
*.24 heavy machine gun pods
*.24 M260 rocket pods
*.4,032 M151 high-explosive rockets
*.1,536 M274 smoke signature warhead rockets
*.400,000 rounds of .50 caliber ammunition
*.communications/navigation equipment
*.logistics support
*.training and technical assistance *. airframe and weapon system spare parts support,and field service support,
*.Special Assigned Airlift Mission (SAAM) flight delivery

http://m.waaytv.com/redstone_alabama/redstone-unit-proposes-million-helicopter-deal-to-kenya/article_478b2e66-2f9e-11e7-899e-cfa1452cb3ce.html

http://www.dsca.mil/major-arms-sales/kenya-md-530-aircraft
Foreign AffairsRe: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Fidha254(m):
newafricaken254:
no!,this is just another deal.the number will be sufficient for our requirement ,also we don't know what type of weapons its going to be equipped with! they could be armed with hellfire or wireless TOW.also we will also easily transition from MD-500 to MD-530F
I think it would be the other way, whatever fixed wing light attack craft (E.g the archangel) we will be getting will be the ones to be armed with hellfire missiles among other guided ammunition....but the scout light attack helos would be used directly by army guys probably will be permanently based in somalia meaning they would be used for scouting and fast respond, and since they will be working throughout, DoD would want to minimize any cost of deploying them meaning they wouldn't want a situation where each time a smart bomb is deployed at some 10 alshbaab everyone will be shaking their heads in regret (moneywise) ...I think DoD would want to use cheap but brutally effective bombs.. For maximum 'blunt force trauma' to alshabaab at the minimum cost... Also some 50 cal guns in this platform..... In short, ammunition that we can buy an ocean of, two for every alshabaab and not feel a pinch on the cost. Then then on the fixed wing attack craft is where missiles would be used for much more intelligence-led precision strikes on specific predetermined big targets
Foreign AffairsRe: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Fidha254(m): 6:56pm On May 02, 2017
newafricaken254:
kenya defence force personnel,during a tour at an american military airbase
Welcome back!

Man, with that pic, you nearly gave me a heart attack! I saw "Kenya" then I saw an apache... Almost collapsed ..then after reading again I saw "american airbase" I was like ohh( in swahili accent)
Foreign AffairsRe: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Fidha254(m):
patches689:
According to observers, the army has strictly observed ethnic quotas. Although details of Kenya's preferred ethnic balance are not readily available, one report indicated that in the armed forces as a whole, Kikuyu personnel made up 19 percent of manpower levels, 12 percent were Kamba, and no other group had more than 10 percent of the total. The social differences between the two services also highlighted the fact that air force members were mostly Kikuyu. The army, although more ethnically balanced, had relatively high proportions of Kamba and Kalenjin personnel. TL;DR - you have no idea what you are talking about
Not to forget Under the new constitution 2010 and new KDF act 2012 and revised 2015... There are much greater checks and balances that ensures no single person can misuse power...

E.g. The commander in chief appoints the CDF but with recommendation from the defence council that sits down and carry due diligence on who is best suited, most experience, higher ranking and from a different service (air force, army,navy) so as to regularly rotate the cdf among the three service....
And unlike the previous constitution where the president would with express authority apoint other commanders of the military, E.g base commanders, UN peacekeeper commander.etc, that responsibility is now collectively falls to the defence council where the president is represented by the minister of defence, then the generals of the three services and other appointed civilian representatives do their research and promote or appoint senior military official based purely on merit... Then the president signs off on it as the CiC... Of course as the CiC he can choose to bypass the defence council, but that is yet to happen.... Apart from the defence council, there is another powerful National security council that provides oversite and formulates policies.

Nowadays even wrongfully dismissed officers can sue the army in industrial court and the court can order the army https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2000138918/sacked-senior-kdf-officer-gets-reprieve/?_e_pi_=7%2CPAGE_ID10%2C5845498807
In the past something like that would have never happened

Foreign AffairsRe: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Fidha254(m): 5:55pm On May 02, 2017
Those moments #PoliceAreHumanToo .

Foreign AffairsRe: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Fidha254(m): 2:37pm On Apr 30, 2017
kikuyu1:
Ideally,you're right but mwenzangu kaa ungejua tricks za maFrenchmen......wacha tu niseme Waingereza ni maangel!!
Nakuget, but for the sake of this thread, everyone comes here because they are patriotic about their own country, in extension their region ... And even the continents rising military.... But not all the countries are represented here... We might have an opinion and an idea about a certain country based on the info that we have...but someone from that country could have a totally different explanation thus we should avoid summarising some countries in offensive ways especially if they are not in a platform to defend their Honors...lets use kind(er) words that dont offend the people...I wouldn't want some guy in the west to summarise my country in some forum based on what he perceive he/she knows...
CrimeRe: Woman Dies Mysteriously After Collecting A Car From Son In Kenya!. by Fidha254(m): 1:27pm On Apr 29, 2017
Everything ewicked is blamed on Kenya or some other african country nowadays .....
Seems like there is some subconscious campaign to make Nigerians feel good about themselves by portraying badly, other specific african countries on the rise...

Cops in Kenya don't wear dark blue trousers with side-pockets ... And right hand drive cars are illegal
Foreign AffairsRe: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Fidha254(m): 7:39am On Apr 29, 2017
MikeCZA:
Dude that's because France supports those puppets!

Try aligning yourself with other countries if you are a former French colony soon you'll be asking France to help stop a rebel knocking at the gate of your capital city.
lets avoid calling other country's presidents puppets, especially if they are not here to defend themselves, this is an African friendly thread
RomanceRe: If Only Nigerian Police Can Be Able To Search For Bombs Like This by Fidha254(m): 2:16pm On Apr 28, 2017
Khd95:
Kenya or somaliahuh


If naija police dey search like this,without the searcheegringrin complaining ehn,wetin go make me not to join force i never knowgrincheesy
that's Uganda ... Somalia wouldn't have white people esp ladies just roaming around

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