dealhen:


Kind Sir.

I decided to activate an account again to reply to you. So please put your emotions away and read the facts I'm about to give you.

Firstly I never commented on the actual design. Any country is free to design whatever they want. You can design a tactical tri-cycle if you
want to, that's your business. Hence the bulk of your reply and pics you posted are useless.

The areas highlighted in red circles are such bad weld jobs that the actual metal has been damaged. The artisan welded over the same spot
numerous times. Anyone who has worked with welding can tell you that. Do you agree or disagree with this point?Yes or No? Please don't
go and quickly google pictures of welding to try become and expert in 5 minutes, it won't work.

Now....in any half decent manufacturing company, the supervisor would not allow that joint to pass. It is a fail. That connection needs to be
cut out and re-welded. I won't even talk about the design of the suspension. Who knows what other rush jobs are hidden in this vehicle.
Hence it does not qualify as high quality Nigerian engineering. Or maybe it does? If you insist.

dealhen:


Kind Sir.

I decided to activate an account again to reply to you. So please put your emotions away and read the facts I'm about to give you.

Firstly I never commented on the actual design. Any country is free to design whatever they want. You can design a tactical tri-cycle if you
want to, that's your business. Hence the bulk of your reply and pics you posted are useless.

The areas highlighted in red circles are such bad weld jobs that the actual metal has been damaged. The artisan welded over the same spot
numerous times. Anyone who has worked with welding can tell you that. Do you agree or disagree with this point?Yes or No? Please don't
go and quickly google pictures of welding to try become and expert in 5 minutes, it won't work.

Now....in any half decent manufacturing company, the supervisor would not allow that joint to pass. It is a fail. That connection needs to be
cut out and re-welded. I won't even talk about the design of the suspension. Who knows what other rush jobs are hidden in this vehicle.
Hence it does not qualify as high quality Nigerian engineering. Or maybe it does? If you insist.

bidex111:


Dude as a SF what counts most is your marksmanship and survival tactics,
Others are secondary.

pussyeater:
Chai se as he worwor

61mech:
US SOCOM absolutely train for conventional warfare. SF has always been an integral part of conventional warfare regardless of their primary deployments over the last couple of decades. You're also not counting the massive US airborne divisions that are very well equipped for conventional airborne missions.

The VDV's conventional task of overrunning European defences depended on the Russian air force and nukes clearing the skies ahead of them. Against a peer nation with a reasonably modern airforce and air defence systems, that would be impossible for them to even contemplate today. The giant Antonoffs would be detected far from the border and have meteor missiles locked on them before they even crossed.
The impressive inventory of mechanised vehicles they have cant be deployed in the numbers they need to take on an conventional mech unit.
They wouldn't survive long against a force with heavy artillery that's close to their supply lines. Even in the cold war those VDV units were not expected to last for more than a week against NATO.
There's very good reasons other major militaries haven't invested in this type of "air-mech" force.

Educate the nigga.

Henry240:


Bros, you actually are an uneducated illiterate.

Do you even read?

The comment I quoted in my original post was not made by your everyday British Joe.

I directly quoted a British soldier who's directly involved in training front line Nigerian troops in Nigeria.

You, Evarn, most likely haven't been inside a barrack before. To claim you hold the same assessment as the British soldier is downright ridiculous.

Get a hold of this guy!!!

Henry240:

Behind all the pretty pictures we post, we all know our military is not doing well.

I recently read a critical remark made by a British soldier training the Nigerian army. He also shared photos to support his assessment of the Nigerian troops he was training.

Terrible doesn't do justice to the comments he made about our soldiers. It's a near helpless situation.

We are nation living in a self induced delusion or military and political leaders are living in an induced state of colossal delusion were things are magnificent. The leaders are not interested in waking up from their false realities into this real reality.

R.I.P Lt.col.Azuibike

Nigeria has failed you.

DaV8King:

Aswear NN need to teach other services weapons maintenance.
Their MGs and PDWs are always NEAT

bidexiii:
#NN
#SBSC TRAINING

EVarn:
We all have to understand that the war was more an ego contest than a genuine fight for justice. Leaders on both sides just threw millions of lives away simply to make a point.


Thousands of innocent Federalists died too,not just the Separatists. Many people were made homeless orphans on both sides. So it isn't just the so called Biafrans that suffered all the hardship. The fact that the Federalists won is what is painting the narrative to suit the Biafran side.

The average igbo man always feels marginalized and exceedingly prone to victim mentality and self pity. This infact covers a more arrogant personality that is common with people of that ethnicity. They assume their business acumen to be unparalleled, and the difference between them and the Fulanis is that,while the Fulanis can show the result of their ambition and sense of entitlement by visible accumulation of political power,the igbos simply have a robust sense of entitlement but with very little to show for it. This is the simple truth.

If apologizing will ultimately lead us to unity, I believe the government should do so sincerely. But then again, the igbos also owe the country an apology for the reckless ambitions of Colonel Ojukwu.

At the end of the day,I believe the igbos should involve themselves more in politics and national affairs. The last election had a very low turnout from the south east,how do they expect to get power if they participate so reluctantly?. They have even refused to join the military, the last SSC witnessed a very abysmal turnout of South east candidates. Power doesn't come on a platter of gold.

We have all suffered enough for the sins of the past. It's time to move on.

Algerian1:
Mmm is nationalism in nigeria that low ? Maybe you need conscription, military service ?

its a really power added to a country that will be taken into count by any invader . specially for a country with large population like nigeria . after the military service, you remain mobilizable 3 to 6 years. ( a reserve army)

For an invader he will take into his strategy , in case i attack this country , that's millions of reserve soldiers that will join quickely there posts in nigerian army and many others with basic military training that could join guerilla even if i succed to invade them .

Of course you will lose one year or more of your life for the country .

OgogoroFreak:
Ibo man... Na you them send to go fight bokoharam while all the Aboki soldiers dey Lagos dey enjoy.

loveth360:
must you hit my mention,



sophisticated molon.

Henry240:

You have been educated, whatever you want to do with the education provided to you is entirely your purview.

If you want to remain ignorant with it, fine.

If you want to make good use of it, that's also fine.

Henry240:

You have been educated, whatever you want to do with the education provided to you is entirely your purview.

If you want to remain ignorant with it, fine.

If you want to make good use of it, that's also fine.

Henry240:

You have been educated, whatever you want to do with the education provided to you is entirely your purview.

If you want to remain ignorant with it, fine.

If you want to make good use of it, that's also fine.

Henry240:

Well, if you did any sort of research, you'll see that Norway has a female special forces team.

However, this is nairaland, the home of ranting and no research.

You did not watch that documentary.

It was clearly stated that regiment personnel mainly perform base protection duties, while the Panthers conduct Force protection and special forces missions.

There training regime was also clearly spelt out.

So what if SF dudes upload pictures of themselves on social media? Lots of SF dudes do that around the world.

It is individual enthusiasts who blur out faces of these operators.

rka2:


There are over 1000 SOF not 2000 taken from NAF Regiment personnel. Base Defence personnel are normal Regiment troops trained to defend NAF bases. The Panthers are more SOF like the Royal Marines or British Paras in being elite forces rather than the traditional SF that we know. NNSBS are more the traditional SF.

The more courses they branch out in, the more they become SF i.e. like CSAR aand other specialist courses. It takes a long time to train SF and even the CAS said that when the Panthers personnel graduate, they are even sent for further acclamitisation courses where they are posted.

Remember also that some are eliminated in the pre-selection training.

GentleMoney:

GentleMoney:

Nicheey:



What fuckery did I just watched?

bidexiii:



I don't need to prove the psycho right or telling him is ironically intelligent, is quite foolish.............

bidexiii:



Another dummy...

kabe1:

You are found of asking retarrded questions that make no absolute sense.

How do you really really expect him to annswer that question your Royal foolishness?

It's like asking a random Nigerian how the defence force discovers arms cache?

I bet you don't see how stup1d that question sounds?

You're too dull!!

SLBMS:
The 1980s were the golden age of the Nigerian Air Force. A much poorer Nigeria with relatively no security imperative or threat was able to aquire some of the world's most advanced 4th Generation fighter jet..a full squadron.

Today a much richer Nigeria, the richest black nation in modern history fighting a decade long war that threatens the sovereignty of the nation is still negotiating for trainer aircraft and we Nigerians are lauding this as an achievement? We spend nearly a million dollars training pilots in training schools in the United States and South Africa only to put them in am aircraft that will not survive 10 minutes in contested airspace. Instead of opening factories or sporting complexes or fish ponds or forensic labs and building a parralel army to compete with the Nigerian army for allocation, why not FOCUS on improving Nigeria's Air defence capability.

Invest in fixed air defence batteries : NO
Invest in mobile air defense batteries: NO
Replace the aging ROLAND SHORAD: NO
Complement the ROLAND with more MANPADS: NO
Aquire more supersonic fighter jets to compliment the FOUR F-7Ni AIRGUARD we have for air defence: NO


We've seen Boko Haram make mince meat with the Alpha jet and Mi-17 helicopters. Months ago our brand new MI-35M was shot down. This means Boko Haram has improved it's air defence assets. In the year 2019 we are still converting trainer aircraft's for strategic missions. How many pilots have we lost to crashes? What a disgrace. No wonder nobody takes us serious anymore. We have lost respect in the region. Since Nigeria's military decline %70 of EFOWAS member states have signed strategic military cooperation with the United States an France. Can you imagine Alpha jets and L-29s protecting Nigeria's external reserves? There are simply not enough assets to secure the nation's airspace, maintain air superiority and secure strategic infrastructure. These mallams at the helm of affairs of the Nigerian armed forces are a joke. There are people here on nairaland that are better suited to take strategic decisions and improve the nation's air combat caps than these clueless punks we are parading about. Any Chief of Air Staff that invites the media to a ribbon citing ceremony to officially open a new FISH POND is not fit to employ as a dog catcher much less be in charge of defending the nation's air space.

Xbee007:

Is there anything the Chinese won't copy? They no get shame at all.

Perfectdanny:


Should be cos over 80 percent of its part is made like the ak 47 rifle.

MrMcJay:


It is the mods on Nairaland.

They lack journalistic etiquette and are just setting Seum up for serious litigation in the future.

Each Nairalander is responsible for what he/she uploads on Nairaland but THE ADMIN, SUPERMOD AND MODERATORS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT APPEARS ON THE FRONTPAGE.

IjebuWarrior:
Abeg, who cares? Immature FOOL!

Saw her once in Schiphol airport and you can see how she was acting like a fool!

fabselad:


The looses taken by hezbollah was massive and huge.israel aim was to stop shelling in its nothern border and it succeeded thought it didn't destroy hezbollah.