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africaken254:
so you need heavy armour for the Boko haram armed with RPG-7 !,tanks and IFV with tracks in warfare where swiftness is part of tactical advantage .it seems you have never heard of the " toyota war"

Core capabilities.

Fighter, armour, special forces etc.

africaken254:
this news report was 6 years ago,still then the successes of colombia counter insurgency were well known

show me an african special op with dogs that sky dive and can also be used to even search for foreign currencies

Did you know South Africa is part of Africa?

We train specialist dogs for South African Special Forces.

These dog are trained to HALO and are used for Hostage Release on Land and Sea platforms.


http://www.k9security.biz/special-forces-k9s/

Henry240:
Compared to Russians......... No. The Russians are better trained, better equipped, have much larger resources at their disposal, have seen by far more combat. Only British and American S.F are on the same scale.

You can't really judge who has the best SF from looking at pictures. Western militaries or NATO allied nations have the best images on the net.

And oh you do realise NATO sf units are interoperable?

Henry240:
What's not in reality?

Both German and Italian elite forces are well trained and equipped.

Henry240:
OFF-TOPIC


Cool Russian Commando with his tricked out AK-74M.


You can hardly tell the difference between a Russian and a Western commando, and by Western i mean American, British, maybe French Commando. The Russians would beat the Italians and Germans blue-black.

Not in reality.

ViceAdmiral:
Was it not handed to UNITA?
@Gottfried when is the Okahandja museum opening? you know to us Civvies....

Advanced stuff like MANPADS, anti-tank weapons etc were brought back to SA.

Some are still used while some are preserved.

Patchesagain:
LOL

Thanks for the money brazil!!



Seriously though... this is not a problem.

Yes, we make less money, but in the end we still get a brand new indigenous ASRAAM... which just so happens to be one of the most advanced in the world.

The A-darters for Brazil were going to be built in Brazil in anycase. So we lose nothing, and we still have potential buyers in the form of Sweden, Hungary, Czech Republic, Thailand etc who all use the C/D variant and the 7 nations that operate HAWK 120s.

Not to mention potential integration on other platforms for further sales.

Done deal?


SAAB SIGNS CONTRACT WITH BRAZIL ON WEAPON ACQUISITION FOR GRIPEN NG


http://saabgroup.com/media/news-press/news/2015-04/saab-signs-contract-with-brazil-on-weapon-acquisition-for-gripen-ng/

lionel4power:
IT KEEPS GETTING WORSE FOR OUR SA CHAPS.
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A-Darter short-range (AAM) in trouble as Brazilian may be pulling out of the project



Rapid Fire | Thursday, April 21, 2016


A joint South African and Brazilian development of the 5th generation A- Darter infrared short-range air-to-air missile (AAM) is in trouble, as the latter may be pulling out of the project. Despite development work already being done on the missile, only South Africa has put in a production order, with Brazil citing financial troubles to be able to further integrate the
missile on the JAS 39 Gripen E fighter. South Africa has signed commitments to order the missile for the next five years, while Brazil is looking at existing missiles that are cleared for carriage on the latest
variant of the JAS 39.

Lmao!

bidexiii:
Hmmm...?? When was that?

Back in February.

bidexiii:
The Theatre Commander, Operation LAFIYA DOLE, Major General LEO Irabor will hold a media briefing here in Biu on the discovery of large cache of arms and ammunitions and other developments in the Theatre. Details shortly.

He was in South Africa for the Rooivalk demonstration.

bidexiii:
Explanatory well....... but it shouldn't affect the total numbers of active Gripens and pilots who fly them..?

Test pilots, instructors, operational pilots & analysts ; all are qualified pilots. Infact you have to be a very experienced pilot to be an instructor/analyst...etc.

The SAAF is underfunded. Maintaining a large number of pilots with the fighter squadron would be expensive meaning their flying hours will have to be cut so the air force has stationed a small number of pilots with 2 squadron.

An example a Gripen stationed in Cape town at the TFDC used. 2 squadron is stationed in Limpopo(North of the country), the pilot is probably a test pilot: http://itweb.co.za/mobilesite/defenceweb/home/item_id-41743/

We are in Africa no country can deliver publishing air strikes like the Russians or NATO countries, no country in sub Saharan Africa can deploy 9+ frontline fighters outside it's boarders.

Patchesagain:
Anyway, I think Isreal wins the "base building" competition

(i added the writing on the sign)

Lmao!

africaken254:
i have to agree with about the poorly constructed outpost but the issue of their state of alertness i have to disagree with most of the soldier killed had their gear even their boots.i have had one concern about how KDF constructs its outpost from the leaked video on an attack in lamu on a KDF outpost ,the alshabaab sneaked so close that they were next to a parked APC in the camp outpost

if you observe outpost constructed by the americans in afganistan ,with a perimeter made from Hesco bastions over 10 feet high with razor wire on top and towers at each corner .also they made sure they clear view of the surrounding area,compare el adde where thick bushes surrounded the outpost even inside the out post

Ground based early warning systems

The Lamu outpost looked like the chaps had just stopped to rest, I mean from the video it didn't look like there was any fence, trenches etc

bidexiii:
Deployed many pilots to other roles....?, where?

Being deployed to other roles should not alter the total numbers of Gripen operated by SAAF...

Within the force. Instructors, test pilots, analysts(Air power) etc

The pilots flying the Gripens belong to 2 squadron.

Henry240:
Too much grammar!!


South-Africa has done what? 5 Gripen pilots for 26 fighter jets, is this the example worthy of emulation?


Some Nigerians refer to the SANDF as more technologically advanced than Nigeria, and i cannot help but laugh. In what areas is the SANDF more technological advanced?

Those numbers are from the fact that SAAF deployed many pilots to other roles and aren't based with the fighter squadron.

Communications, sensors etc

M14A1:
The rationale behind rating Libya ahead of Kenya is what i find ludicrous.
Majority walk around with RPGs in Libya, drive technicals for uber taxi and plant grenades for fun.
Evidently there's no military over there.

OMG?!! What exactly is Zimbabwe fighting that they are ranked ahead of Uganda. Poachers??

The Zimbabweans are highly professional.

gottfried21:
They did us wrong...

Comparing lemons with oranges.

ssaengine:
South African Defence Intelligence Seeker 400 UAV.

[img]http://metalworkingnews.info/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Ind-News-Seeker-2.jpg[/img]

[img]http://www.africanaerospace.aero/media/images/stories/Seeker%20400.jpg[/img]

Unconfirmed.

chkil:
with all respect to Rooivalk weach is a good helicopter but we can't compare with russian industry and experience, its nice that UN use some rooivalk in RDC (40 hours per month) ! but rooivalk just start when russian society design helicopter and aircraft from the beginning of aernotic and invented most concepts used now and operate all aroud the world and many wars and conflict , still a long road for south africa to catch geants like russia and usa .

Why do most nations whom buy Russian aircraft prefer intergrating western avionics?

iblawi:
You have proved nothing.

Their are only 11 Rooivalk helicopters in the entire world and you have only 3 in Congo that hardly fly. When they fly they are used against rebels that are looking for UN food.

Rebel groups stealing UN food are in no way different from thieves. Pure waste of resources. SADF using hammer to kill ants.

How many Spirit bombers are in service in the world?

Vikkie14:
Just like comparing Alpha Jet to SU-24 because they are both in the category of "Bomber" right??
"Beauty" and "Brain" are entirely two different things though they both starts with the letter "B"-- you can't compare them.

The Alpha jet is not a bomber. Trainer and LIFT.


The SU-24 can in the with western fighters compared with the Tornado IDS.

africaken254:
more capable than a ratel IFV

Not necessarily.

africaken254:
Senegal army new NORINCO WMA301 Assaulter armoured fire-support vehicles

F....... technicals.

bidexiii:
Most part was.in Arabic and I think the rest kanuri; but it was all a propaganda video claiming al BH militants should surrender where ever they are by the purported leader in the video.
But according the analyst the flag and name tag @ the background was the old BH symbol and name not the Islamic State of West Africa which shows that the video was prerecorded........... BH busted!!!!!

What a fraudulent video...

The government doing a good job.

gottfried21:
Angolan
Special forces vs Quick reaction force

Isn't the Quick reaction force a police unit?

"UNITA has 7000 fresh troops ready to hit the Angolan capital Luanda and strategic areas north of the city".......... Don't get excited it is a throwback


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6hb5pYTDjY&itct=CCgQpDAYASITCMugosj48ssCFQiQFgodnuwLI1IOU0FCQ1RWTkVXUzE5ODQ%3D&hl=en-GB&client=mv-google&gl=ZA

Seened:
The MI-26 is a beast 'size wise' . The way the -28 was dwarfed made me go WOW!

Swallows a Casspir APC.

ssaengine:
There's a single engined model as well, which is the one I've seen.

Initially they planned for a single engined fighter. When the new CSAAF came along the design was changed for a twin engined fighter.

Counter assault.