₦airaland Forum

HoneyBadgerr:
Guys, please help me understand this...

How is it that a fighter jet was shot down and NAF could not tell its last position before it went off the radar? How is it that we were all in limbo and 'Insha Allah' until Boko Haram released videos and pictures?

I'm just struggling to understand these things because as a former Telco guy that used to monitor the network, within 30mins a site goes down, a technical team in that axis is dispatched to site to assess the situation and bring back om air.

So how does a fighter jet go off the radar and we all had to wait for Boko haram to announce the fate of the jet and officers. Just so ridiculous! 3 whole days and nothing definite!!! If it was the president and his family's plane that went off radar would the response be the same? Or even if it was some VIP flying over the region?

Unfortunately that area is contested.

NAF knew the location but given the large presence of enemy forces, inadequacy of platforms and lack of adequate Intel NAF took to thread with caution.

Boko-Haram pounced on these and took propaganda advantage of the situation.

Whyem15:
The NAF is in need of more ISR platforms, the crash of the beechcraft and the ongoing maintenance of the ATR-42s has created a capacity gap that needs to be filled urgently. UK is decommissioning some of their platforms, NAF should look into getting some for the mean time.

I also pray NAF will make good use of the APKWS coming with the Tucanos to take out the mobility of the terrorists.

We cannot purchase the sentinal aircraft as there are maintenance and durability issues with that aircraft, hence it was retired early.

Government needs to make security a priority, there simply is no evidence to show that this government and the previous governments since OBJ consider security to be important.

We need to overhaul our security architecture, invest in training, manpower and equipment.

There should be a separate agency that handles purchase of equipment and secrecy in procurement of equipment encourages corruption. Nigerians need to know what we are buying, the number and cost. This information should be readily available for scrutiny and public.


In terms of training our soldiers, especially the army need better training, our soldiers have a habit of abandoning equipment, chain of command especially in the lower ranks of the army seems inexistent.

Soldiers need to be held responsible for loss of equipment.

SOP needs to be overhauled and strictly adhered to, and soldiers in charge of squads need to be held responsible for failure to adhere to SOP.

Our troops need to be rotated more from the battlefield, this idea were men spend up to 3 years in the battlefield before rotation is not helpful to anyone and only seeks to empower the terrorists.


As a nation, Nigerians love to politicise security issues, as a result there is a security challenge in every region of Nigeria.

Politicization of security challenges needs to stop.

12 years and counting of an insurgency, yet we still are stuck with the same problems as in 2009.

How would anyone see this explosion from Boko video and claim it is real and made by a manpad.

It's ridiculous!!

This is what a manpad attack on a jet looks like, you can clearly see the smoke trail.




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6G_U5y1icyE



Why is this not present in the ISWAP video, instead we see an enhanced clearly edited explosion.

joscofelix2:
oga you can say anything that video is not edited. A MANPAD WAS USE BY ISWAP. the iswap were foreign iswap on the concoy of some foreign enemies who visited the iswap camp. i thank the pilot for killing the foreign basted. the nigeria pilot that died in the naf 475 remain a hero. i salute you sacrifice for the nation love you the hero.

In this video, this jet was shot by a manpad?




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmJQGGXYn7E

joscofelix2:
there is no editing in that video. the jet was shot down by a manpads. i hope the new CAS reply them with heavy blow in the next few day

You're delusional, and it's painful to read.

That video was heavily edited, nobody knows what brought down that aircraft.

There are no signs of shrapnel, so it couldn't have been a Manpad.

RIP to the pilots.

kokaneprodigy:
what will you go and say in court

My boyfriend leave me.

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Algerian army massive military exercise

Raeblack:
zimbabwe army

First picture is Nigerian army.

LTGEN:
what is the meaning of M.A.W.S. ?

Missile Early Warning System

Nigerian army tank destroyer

Whyem15:
What's the status of the shaldags?

They are operational, mostly based in Warri.

Nigerian Air Force

EW counter

MAWS

French shipbuilder Ocea has loaded the final two C-Falcon vessels for the Nigerian Navy on a transport ship in Saint-Nazaire from where they will head to Lagos, Nigeria.

The boat can carry 4 crew members and 16 soldiers.

Jimi24:
I noticed some early model Alpha jets still flying recently.
That's about 35 year old aircrafts.

What remains is for Boko Haram to send a team disguised as civillians to the place with a video camera. They will tape a few minutes of footage then melt away.
After posting it on such social media, some mentally challenged youth will agree that they "brought down" the jet.

We really need to replace those alpha jets, they have tried.

Living quarters for sailors inside Seaward Defence Boat 3

Xbee007:
Can someone give me one good reason why Nigeria will spend billions of dollars to acquire F-35 or SU57?

Just one good reason.

Nigeria does not have billions of dollars to spend on the military.

We can never get the F-35, and we will not purchase the SU-57.

We don't have the money, neither do we have the political clout. Anyone who thinks differently on this matter is delusional.

Fynline:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-OpvtlKAdU

Obamgame 2021. It appears NNSBS are not participating?

Nigeria deployed 6 Ships, 2 Helicopters and 1 ATR-42 including an SBS compliment for this exercise.

Covid and the inability of the Nigerian navy and French Navy to release pictures is the problem.

fabselad:
I wonder how these BH guys recover after such losses incurred from nigerians, cameroonians and even the chadians. Yet they still have the ability to attack and cause havoc every where.

I don't think the victories tell the full story. Across that region of Nigeria, northern part of Cameron, Chad and Niger republic, there is an issue of rampant illiteracy, when you add poverty so it's easy to recruit irrespective of religious extremism.

Off course we can't deny that there have been serious setbacks in Nigeria, Chad & Cameroun. The situation in Mali and Libya also fuel the illicit flow of arms.

fabselad:
BH attacked DABANGA, a village around kousseri leading to the intervention of the BIR.
Results: 1 BIR killed, several BH fighters killed, 5 bodies counted but guess they carried their wounded and dead bodies away.
5 pickup retrieved with several weapons also collected.

Beautiful, proper shellacking!!

South African Special Forces Vehicle.

Actual recon patrol configuration.

Kalapizim:
The birds have arrived.

Nice, nice!!

Nigerian troops undergoing training for new deliveries of Proforce ARA MRAP II

NIMASA/ Nigerian Navy A109 Grand New Helicopter

Randlord:
I think the logical way forward for the SA Navy is to simply continue with acquiring more of these ipvs, honestly with a range of 4000NM what extra capacity will the opvs bring. The fleet can be composed of 6 of these Biro ipvs and the Meko, the rationale of having an opv in between there is indulgent IMO. 6 of these will only cost R3bn if not less and they can have an all SA combat system, comms and radar, allowing exports (as Kabe1 alluded to they can be marketed as small corvettes and for only $35m each, very compelling value proposition for many African countries)

I agree with this comment, I really don't see a need for an OPV with these ships. Just for clarity purposes they are the same length as the Buyan M.

This Ship is also 2 meters longer than NNS Lana.

The biggest advantage is the ships are locally made, I just can't wait for the time Nigeria starts building a significant number of our capital ships in country.

New Nigerian navy Aresa boats launched

Modeled after Nigerian navy SBS, Ghana Navy Commandos routinely train in Nigeria

Ghana Navy SBS Commandos

Raaven:
el moundjid class . heavy tug boat . algerian navy

This boat is needed in Egypt