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Seaward Defence Boat 3, Nigerian navy Nigerian shipbuilding. Naval vessel building.
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Beautiful looking 155mm howitzer from Serbia.
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Nigerian soldiers
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nemesis8u:The kind of security guarantees you get from your arms supplier, and the geopolitical environment you find yourself matters a lot. These considerations matter more if you are in Algeria, Morocco, Ethiopia, Syria, Taiwan, Philippines etc These considerations are different for Nigeria for example, as despite the fact we face serious security challenges, the likely hood another country would open support terrorists in the North or Pipeline vandals in the South is low. If I'm Morocco, I expect that as I'm buying billions in arms from America, the American government will support me. If I'm Algeria, I will expect the same from Russia. If large European countries like France still depend on America to help with logistics of equipment for their operations in Africa, how much smaller countries. |
nemesis8u:I stand to be corrected. In government to government case, it is highly unlikely that you would be abandoned by the US. I know Russia has stuck by Assad more times than he can count, but this is just as critical a junction as the previous times. Turkey cannot be openly supporting terrorists while the Russians watch. |
nemesis8u:My primary concern from an African stand point is Algeria. The US does not dump it's allies (client state). The Russians apart from Assad have the most to lose in Syria. In a theoretical war between Algeria and Morocco, the Americans would not leave Morocco hanging out in the cold. Giving recent engagements in Syria, can Algeria depend on Russia when the going gets really tough? Algerian1, what are your thoughts on this. |
Iblawi1:It's incredible that Russia is sitting by and watching the Syrian army get decimated by Turkey. I would think that by now, the Russians would have told Turkey, enough! The amount of losses the Syrian army has suffered is quite incredible. Again this conflict shows multiple lessons for Nigeria. Exercises like we see in flintlock 2020 and Obangame are important, but it is heavy weapons and a strong air force that wins wars. The way Turkey has used armed drones to defeat armour in this conflict should be a war manual for developing countries. We need to learn this in Nigeria, and continue to invest in armed and unarmed UAVs. Your Tavor doesn't mean sh*t if you can be targeted from kilometers away. Algeria understands this, hence their heavy investments in heavy weapons instead of fancy carbines. |
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South-African army vehicle
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MiddleDimension:Increased Russian military might against the terrorist elements in Idlib. |
kabe1:Well, apparently it was a Turkish drone that was shot down, Anka-S. Not a Syrian L-39, also not an SU-24. https://mobile.twitter.com/MIG29_/status/1234050879877189633 |
fabselad:In this case, Turkey is the aggressor. Article 5 of NATO defence pact is if a member is attacked in his own territory. Turkey is supporting violent extremism in Syria, with direct implications on us in Africa. The regime in Turkey has to be stopped. Apparently it's a Syrian L-39 that was shot down, not an SU-24. |
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fabselad:Yes, that's exactly the point. It is better for the Russians to escalate which would end the conflict faster than for it to drag on for another 2 to 3 years. |
fabselad:I could not agree more. |
fabselad:Thanks. |
fabselad:I pray is Russian man, the Syrian civil war needs to end, and this would be the best way to end it. |
fabselad:Cameroon squad level weapons look so good. This final phase of exercise flintlock was really comprehensive. I remember some people complained in this thread at the start of the exercise. I guess doubters have been proven wrong. |
fabselad:I didn't know Cameroun use this weapon. Where is it made? |
fabselad:I hope it is a Russian plane, it's the only way for the conflict in that region and in Libya to calm down. Militants and weapons are been shipped to Libya, the next place they'll turn to is the Sahel region and Northeast Nigeria. Russia needs to stop acting cowardly and end this conflict with military force. |
Breaking News SU-24 shot down in Syria. I hope it's a Russian plane. This conflict needs to end quickly, and this would be the best way to end it. https://mobile.twitter.com/TSKMap/status/1234045082527043584?s=09 |
Nigerian soldiers
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Senegalese soldiers
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Copied. "By allowing Turkey to operate armed drones over Idlib, Russian command (Putin & Co.) showing total disregard not only for the lives of the Syrian but also their own soldiers in Syria". "Russians are embarassing themselves, who will want to side with them in the future if they are betraying their allies and using them as bargaining chips?". After 9 years of war and the Syrian army side almost winning, why would the Russians want to errode the gains they have made. Putting the lives of Russian soldiers and their Syrian allies at risk. America won't do such a thing. The Russians allowed America bomb Serbia, now they are allowing Turkey bomb Syria, including endangering their own troops. Cc: Nemesis2u, kindly break this down. What is this so? |
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Super Tucano which provided close air support during flintlock exercise 2020.
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CaptainStephen:He is an actor. They are currently shooting an action movie with NAF Regiment personnel. He is not a soldier. |
The @NigAirForce Commander, AM Sadique Abubakar recently revealed to me the #JF-17s will be housed at Makurdi Air Base or at Bauchi currently being modernised. I guess later will be used for anti Boko Haram terrorist (BHT) ops in north east. The jets will be delivered in Nov. |
Combined military exercise between Nigerian army, Nigerian navy, Moroccan Special Forces, Camerounian Special Forces and British Marine Commandos. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Kao9WJ5BIQ |
jln115:Upgraded is the right word. You see what you're doing here, just like with the uniform, intentionally provoking a response. |
Seaward Defence Boat 3 |
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