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jpphilips:
Algeria with only AQIM as a major threat spent $10b annualy on their military consistently for 10yrs that earned them the number 2 spot in Africa.

Correction: Algeria defined its threats more broadly than what you've offered.
They defined their threats logically in terms of both time and space and then set out to rebuild and equip their military accordingly.

1) GIA and AIS (AQIM, GSPC and others were later splinters from these two) were defined as immediate internal threats to be obliterated;

2) Morocco was defined as a mid-term external threat that had to be deterred in the short term and in the long term, defeated in combat should it come to that;

3) France and NATO in general (especially after what transpired in Libya) were defined as long term external threats which could not be defeated but could be deterred by structuring the Algerian military such that war would entail such a heavy price as to be unpalatable.

Personal opinion: I actually rank the Algerians above the Egyptians because Cairo's economy is so poor that without its sugar daddies in the Gulf, it would not be able to sustain total war on its own.

Today is the first time since January 2020 that I'm having a face-to-face work meeting. My company used to occupy 3 floors of our building and we've given up 2 floors and made working from home permanent for most staff.

How has the pandemic changed your work habits?

Video of British soldier confessing to killing a Kenyan sex worker.

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/british-army-soldier-murder-mother-kenya-9hffnjqqv

GabrielYulaw:
Nothing. I'm done with giving advice.

It's not like the solution to our varied problems requires our going to Mount Olympus to consult Zeus and the old gods and beg for wisdom from Athena. The solutions we need are right in the open, but the government and elites are not interested in fixing anything.

The biggest issue is that the problems we face grow worse and worse the longer they are not fixed. For example, was insecurity this bad in October last year? Were bandits so bold the same time last year? These days they are confidently attacking military installations and shooting down our fighter jets.

I don't know about you all, but it's like I'm watching a high speed train crash in slo-mo and I'm helpless to stop it.

My man, you shall set forth at dawn; a great many of your compatriots have done so, never giving up; and none of us can!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQBC5URoF0s

Vaccination - chosen as the word of the year in South Africa.
Brings to mind this useful facility which incorporates all the data on vaccination on the continent, in one place: courtesy of the Africa Data Hub [Disclosure: various of my clients are invested in the Hub].
See what your country is doing; see what other countries are doing; see what vaccine your country is buying; see whether you depend on donations; etc...

https://theconversation.com/want-to-know-about-vaccine-rollouts-in-africa-click-on-a-country-here-and-find-out-168621

Vaccination - chosen as the word of the year in South Africa.
Brings to mind this useful facility which incorporates all the data on vaccination on the continent, in one place: courtesy of the Africa Data Hub [Disclosure: various of my clients are invested in the Hub].
See what your country is doing; see what other countries are doing; see what vaccine your country is buying; see whether you depend on donations; etc...

https://theconversation.com/want-to-know-about-vaccine-rollouts-in-africa-click-on-a-country-here-and-find-out-168621

RiceProducers:
The idea of a missile armed, big vessel that can go on long voyages.
Where in world military history does this happen?. No where sir.
You are doing long distance power projection with a flotilla. Nothing less.
We are not ready for a flotilla for power projection beyong the GoG.
There is no such money.
Israel, the potential maker of the vessel also has the same kind of policy - all corvettes and unbelievable air dominance of their sub region.

Better now, a few very modern, missile armed corvettes that can achieve extended range with supply ships, large OPVs, LSTs and lots of choppers and UAVs

Not sure why you quoted my post.
Looking at the logical way in which the NN is going about things, what aspects of the strategy with which you disagree and why?
Telling us what toys you'd like doesn't count.
How is the NN strategy deficient? - that's the starting point, and then you can start thinking about assets.

Unless you think wishlists and emotions - subjective considerations - matter more than objective facts.

I am genuinely puzzled by some of the posts here. Personally I think the NN is going about things the right way:
1) territorial waters;
2) contiguous zone;
3) exclusive economic zone;
4) continental shelf area;
5) UNCLOS AOR.

Every bit of literature I've read from the NN speaks to this logical progression in the attainment of assets and capabilities.
So why do people here keep mentioning their wishlists? Do they think the NN has got it wrong and they- from their armchairs- know better?

Me, I'm just interested in the 35+ dead. So at the official military funeral for 15, 20+ didn't have a single relative to demand answers?
Not the investigative journalists who told us about all the blunders? Not the Opposition who really pushed for accountability?
The word of mass murdering Seleka is the truth?

Lilliputianism is a dangerous disease!

Sizzorkay:
If Fela had one more son, he'd look like that lol

And if he were skating by with headphones on, in the context of some posts, he'd be bopping to this:

NTSA:
THE CROSSING: The day Kenyan Soldiers crossed into Somalia in 2011.
It's fascinating seeing how far we have come in terms of Even basic kits and weaponry. Add to that the massive experience we have now.
Cc.kikuyu2,Stargate254 &Fidha254


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Cle1nMWo_E

A military that learns from its mistakes and applies those lessons!

kikuyu33:
For your own sake when they discover what a Lilliputian is I hope you've a level 4 flak vest, Hazmat suit and high speed hoverboard !

Isn't that why they're Lilliputians? The delusion that they're Brobdingnagians means they never have to self-examine!

kikuyu33:
Btw, the Somali op is actually the KDF's second dance. The first was with the same Anorexics just after Uhuru. They decided to join Somalia as their N E province wherein they were at least 90% bordered Som. Kenyatta said,"feel free to leave!"
In their typically schizo way they somehow assumed they'd automatically join their cross border kin who sent arms and regular Somali army formations to fight the secessionist battle that was known as the Shifta war.
The KAF was tiny was only 6 Strikemasters some Beverly transports , no arty but for a couple of Brit WW2 4.5s a battery of 120 mms and no army aviation while 90% + of the inhabitants supported secession. It was a brutal small unit war of no prisoners (notice how Maj Hinga kept a round to avoid capture) and FINALLY after 3 or so years of failure PM Shermake signed a peace deal in N Tz.
That's why I laughed when "experts " predicted bloody failure when the KDF invaded Somalia in 2011 and doubted Kismayu would even fall. Apart from the criminally careless coy commander at El Adde in Jan 2016 who got himself and 130 guys KIA the Somali operation went swimmingly.
I tell you the West was shocked! Particularly given their own operational history in the area and Uganda's and Ethiopia's torturous experiences. The latter invaded Mog with sound and fury in early 06 and just as quickly retraced their steps AFTER provoking a combined backlash of the nascent Al Shabaab and joint newly formed anti Ethiopian militias.
Uganda landed same time and was BASICALLY pinned down in a 2 or 3 block area for 4 yrs. They only managed to recce in force out of their AO in mid 2011 with a whole battalion ! Imo, they're now taking a closer look at us. The ocean boundary dispute 50% awarded to Som by the ICJ is a warning by the TPTB . Lamu, where 60 died one June night 2014 is the lynchpin of the Africa leg of China's Global Belt and Road. It's a stone's throw from the border and must be protected- IN DEPTH! This, not tourist safety or a brass bored by peace is the real reason the KDF is in Som.
It'll be a transcontinental road/rail link with Douala in Cameroon. As you can imagine the geopolitical stakes are ENORMOUS for Kenya, countries along the route like the CAR who can escape Jean-Fraude's usury and neglect, Chadians or N Sudanese who may want a spur, reduced shipping times and traffic for the Suez....let me stop.
That's another post of itself!

Saw the ICJ decision and the reaction from Mr Bucks (that's what they called Kenyatta fils at boarding school, according to a Kenyan friend and colleague who was at the same school).
This and Ethiopia hooking up with the UAE, and other happenings and suddenly East Africa and the Horn hasn't been this interesting since Bismarck and Garibaldi decided they wanted in on the colonies game.

The Lilliputians will scramble of course to google those 2 characters; their claims to Brobdingnagian status notwithstanding, ignorance betrays them.

jl115:
Well in the DRC at least our Rooivalk are being deployed under our own costs since MONUSCO ain't footing the bill anymore.....I'm not sure what assets we have deployed in Moz though

I've only seen the 3 Oryx in Moz footage. There are rumours 2 Rooivalke are there, but nothing confirmed.
On the Moz military side, Paramount has loaned them a Mwari, and delivered more Hinds, armed MI-8 and some ex-UK Army Gazelles.

jl115:
Man to think 200 of our boys had to take on 4000 Seleka with no air cover........all thanks to our fantastic leadership but hey, at least they sent a couple of Gripen AFTER the fighting was done

And not all of the lessons learned have been applied.
For example, one of the recommendations was never deploy when you can't easily extract or reinforce your forces.
Dont see that happening in either DRC or Moz.

kikuyu2:
Anyway his story involves typical SOPs (Standard OPerating Procedure) of warfighting,iow the universal TTPs, Tactics,Techniques and Protocols of armies worldwide.


https://nation.africa/kenya/news/alex-hinga-soldier-who-lost-legs-in-somalia-raid-ready-to-serve-kenya-again-3578562

A short read involving the important combat elements of first contact,fire support,quick gunship CAS from the MD 530s to timely casevac.

kikuyu2:
Another battle where a pal lost his bro Lt Webi.


https://hiiraan.com/news4/2012/Oct/26474/the_battle_for_hoosingo.aspx

Ishyt nearly went wayyyyyy South!



Again,leadership and quick CAS, in this case a lone Z 9W,the Z 9 gunship version saved the day.

In what is now known as the battle for Hoosingo, about 100 KDF men fought an estimated 500 to 800 Al-Shabaab fighters. “We shot, shot,

Imagine that! A military that learns from its mistakes and thereafter applies the lessons learned.

jl115:
agg look at Kabe1 thinking he actually knows what's going on in Moz

Know your role and stay in your lane

kabe1:
Keep whining and crying like a clown.

Rwanda is doing very good work in Mozambique.

Still talking out of your arse, I see.
Mate, stick to your fan girl stuff and post photos, leave the stuff that requires thinking to the grown-ups.

kabe1:
Ridiculous comment, laced with envy.

Your envy would be different if it was SAMIM getting all the good press, I bet.

What rubbish! Have you seen the latest reports out of Cabo Delgado? Who killed the Al Sunnah leader Rajab Awadhi Ndanjile?
Who's been raiding Al Sunnah's camps?

You really should refrain from talking out of your arse on the internet.

kabe1:
When is South-Africa and SAMIM getting their own credit alert from Total?

We SA taxpayers are paying almost a billion for the SANDF deployment. Rightly, seeing we are the 5rd largest investor in Cabo Delgado, after France, USA, China and Italy.

Total paying Rwanda was an arrangement made by Macron and Kagame, for whatever reason.
The game being played by France, Rwanda and Mozambique will end in tears.

kabe1:
Rwanda to purchase at least 12 Turkish made Bayraktar TB2 attack drones and their first missions could be in the ongoing fight against terrorists and insurgents in Mozambique's Cabo Delgado province.

I guess the money from Total for the Mozambique deployment has come in.

Botswana Defence Force Mowag Piranha 111C.
They bought 45 in 4 variants: IFV with 30mm gun, ambulance, APC with .50 cal and a command variant.

Burkina Faso received Puma M36 armoured vehicles earlier this year. Made by SA company OTT Technologies, and paid for by the US.

In September 2021 the Philippine Army's 10th Infantry Division received the South African made Rippel Effect XRGL 40 MGL from Rippel Effect Weapon Systems.

LTGEN:
Your are making sense however for Nigeria your figures for a standard NA battalion are off
NA BATTALION
SIZE :750+ MEN with approximately 70 officers starting from LT to a top rank of LT. Col.

Actually, having double checked, nothing off about my figures for NA battalion numbers.
500 - 600 pax. Nothing wrong with that as battalion is defined as 300 to 1500 pax .

LTGEN:
Your are making sense however for Nigeria your figures for a standard NA battalion are off
NA BATTALION
SIZE :750+ MEN with approximately 70 officers starting from LT to a top rank of LT. Col.

How do you arrive at 70 officers?
Battalion structure:
4 sections form a platoon which is commanded by 1LT;

4 platoons form a company which is commanded by a Cpt;

4 companies form a battalion which is commanded by a Lt Col.

4Lts + 4 Cpt + 1 Major(2nd in charge of the battalion) + 1 LT Col = 10 commissioned officers in a battalion.

Again, where do you get your 70?

Nemesis4you:
Kalyani Garuda 105 V2 mobile artillery system


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usxRfvk4nUQ

I'm not persuaded. Kalyani should use that vehicle to mount a 120mm mortar.
Good luck to them.

Guys, unlike some here, I can appreciate how the religious/regional/ethnic/tribal (tribes in 2021?)/farmer v herder (again, in 2021?) issues affect the security situation of Nigeria.
That is a discussion for another thread, not this one designated "Battle Field Discussion (picture/video) Of African Military .)"

I'm willing to donate data that people so occupied with the above primitive issues can pursue that rubbish on their own thread.

... last.