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africaken:
Ugandan Troops Clash With seleka Rebels in Central African Republic

read more http://blogs.wsj.com/frontiers/2014/07/01/ugandan-troops-clash-with-rebels-in-central-african-republic/

And when was this?

The Seleka which took Bangui was mauled and their supporters withdrawn.

Anti-Balaka harrased them.

africaken:
uganda people defence forces was and is still in CAR hunting Kony,seleka has tried to engage UPDF but they have being met with severe resistance

Your point?

The UPDF never engaged the Seleka force reinforced by units commanded by the brother of a certain president. Which took Bangui or should I say.

The reason UPDF is there is a strategic one.

africaken:
you claim your the best trainer's in africa and the many countless of countries you have trained(even thou most of this trainers are former apartheid era soldiers) then you tell us how gallant your were in CAR.When the truth you were forced to leave(no wonder your giving out that book about your false account in CAR free)the victor stays and the loser leaves

Do this soldiers look to you went to CAR as trainers or to protect the capital from falling to the seleka !

The majority of the SANDF general and senior officers are from the cold war era wars.

With a lot of experience in both counter-terror and terror ops. Both sides which fought each other. If the force was to deploy for COIN ops and difficulties were met solutions or answers wouldn't be outsourced or found with heavier casualties at a later stage.

A slight number of instructors are from what you describe as "apartheid era".

africaken:
you claim your the best trainer's in africa and the many countless of countries you have trained(even thou most of this trainers are former apartheid era soldiers) then you tell us how gallant your were in CAR.When the truth you were forced to leave(no wonder your giving out that book about your false account in CAR free)the victor stays and the loser leaves

Do this soldiers look to you went to CAR as trainers or to protect the capital from falling to the seleka !

The strategic decision to withdraw was made by the Commander in Chief not the guys on the ground.

After a meeting in Chad. The regional blog refused to provide a relief force if an invasion ops was to carried.

The enemy force left behind was mauled and later harassed by anti-balaka. Their sf backers left them.

jln115:
I posted the link buddy!! If you want I can mail it to you to.

mail it to me mate.

jln115:
Yes buddy, did you get it?

And why am i being left out?

bidexiii:
Here you come again....CZAR?

I'll see myself out.
Great thread you got going sir!

Henry240:
Off-topic


Anyone saw the frontal view of this soldier's kit?....... So cool!!!


It makes any SF soldier not wearing the new S.F uniform look like a vegetarian.

I did.

Isn't he a marine though?

Henry240:
LOL.... This one has flat tires already.

Run-flat.

Henry240:
LOL.... This one has flat tires already.

Run-flat.

Henry240:
In the absence of tankers.

Forward operating bases or logistics bases.

Henry240:
If Aircrafts are deployed in Togo, Ghana or Niger the entire region would be covered.

Aerial refuelling.

AugustineAgain:
I will recommend AU begin to develop special forces and train them in Belarus for COIN, look at their photos. African Union needs this capability, a standby force of 1,000 SF will make quick response more impacting than using regular troops for special ops.

http://www.mil.by/en/forces/sso/

https://www.google.ca/search?q=belarus+special+forces&espv=2&biw=1366&bih=623&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiiv47Ao5nKAhWKox4KHRvlCpkQsAQIGg&dpr=1#imgrc=_
.

Quick response SF?

Henry240:
Nigeria has been acquiring mobile tactical Radars, we got a couple units of Tri Shield 36DG Tactical radars in 2015.


The Nigerian Air Force would operate mainly in the West-African region, the JF-17 has enough juice to cover a significant part of the region, the SU-34 would completely cover the region.


The way i've set-up my ideal Air Force is very manageable.

Not necessarily.

Henry240:
Forget the SU-35, 6 units of SU-35s would not save us from an impeding rape by French Rafale fighters.


What we desperately need is the SU-34 Fighter-Bomber. Have you seen............ I mean have you seen that plane and the capabilities it can perform? It's simply unbelievable!


My ideal setup:

18-20 units of JF-17 Block II

12 units of SU-34 Fulback

24 units of L-15 or 24 Yak-130

By trying to strategically position the Nigerian armed forces as a force to counter and defeat an enemy the size and powerful as the French without a relief force from a super power is impossible.

As maintaining such a force would be highly expensive and a whole political ammo crate for the opposition.

In my view the French should be countered by Nigeria offering a security umbrella for countries in west Africa:

- A capability to produce and supply weapons in the region.

- Building an expeditionary force able to respond within short notice able to bring to the ground a battalion group with support such as armour, artillery etc


Regarding fighters: The numbers should allow the air force to externally deploy 4 - 8 frontline fighters.

The money for Fullbacks should go to acquiring mobile or air transportable ground based air force radars with long range (100km+) and command systems(mobile and air transportable).

Cause the JF-17 with airial refuelling and the right ammo can bring a strong strike capability. It is a multi- role aircraft after all.

ViceAdmiral:
Odd and embarrassing if u ask me...Thought those Chinese were only there for the initial voyage from China?

They might also be under contracts from the NDF. The navy trying to acquire certain foreign skills. It is less expensive this way.

lionel4power:
well things are changeing little by little, the lower rank soldiers are always fit while the top-brass always manage to get pot-bellied

Though it would set a great example. I don't see anything wrong with it.

andrewza:
The hawks where only officially made operational last year(2015) before that our entire combat air abliety fell on the gripens. The Hawks only being trainers.

A result of poor funding. The Gripens are too still under operational test and evaluation.

agaugust:
That's a lie. Russian missiles are ahead of NATO in capability.

As if you knew anything about what we are taking about.

iblawi:
Why are you guys like this?

There's no ram jet powered missile in service today the meteor BVRAAM will be the first when it goes into service with the SwaF's Gripens.

andrewza:
the old SA defense review had a requirement for two light fighter squadrons and one meduime. Yet we got only the light. Things change and any case buying in small batches here and there is costly. Better to buy a larger batch even if it is on credit. It more cost effective

The 98 recommendation was still to replace the 250 fighter aircraft we had that time with 50 advanced jets. which is what was done.

The SAAF as seen with project curver initially wanted a fighter in the class of the Eurofighter Typhoon or Rafale.

they simply had to balance the requirements.

africaken:
because most of them dont have IRST ,it seems your current update on russian is outdated .this is a AESA seeker head of a K-77M (izdeliye 180) Missile,also we have K-77ME (izdeliye 180-BD) a ramjet model

The west currently has better AAMs both SRAAM and BVRAAMs.

africaken:
india air force is not keeping its SU-30 in the hangar they are seriously abusing those machines .they are being invited to red flag also the royal air force have invited for joint training ,they have won within visual range combat against F-15 and euro typhoon and when it comes to beyond visual range combat non of the western combat jets can compare with the number air to air missiles the russians su-30 jets can carry .a su-30 with modern digital radio frequency memory monopulse jammers is capable of causing likely much more than a 50 percent degradation of beyong visual range missile kill probability also a SU-30 can switch off its radar and use its OLS-30 laser-optical Infra-red search and track to shoot its opponent

Why are you ignoring the infra-red search and track capability of western fighters?

The west currently has better AAMs both SRAAMs and BVRAAMs.

kikuyu1:
IIRC,this is why the KAF said no the Grip when offered in 2008. Tactically speaking all the shortcomings compared to the Sue make it too defensive minded.
-Single engine
-short range
-combat radar short sighted

Its obvious! Just don't tell the S Africans!

africaken:
Algeria has ordered SU-34 jets from russia

People still doubt what operational use can do?

Henry240:
Surely not the units from Nigeria.

Henry240:
Intentional..... Just the exact response I was expecting. You delivered right on time. It stays SF.

SA SF fall under JOPS not the army. The Pathfinders are part of the army's paratroopers.

They are trained to certain SF standards and can take on any SF in sub-Saharan.

africaken:
where is the practical proof that this has being done from another target information source

Are you going to answer my simple question?

iblawi:
We are talk of ranges beyond 100km not targeting pod of less than 60km.

" You think target information will only come from
the aircraft radar?"

Is my question.

africaken:
because your more enlightened due tell us

You think target information will only come from the aircraft radar?

africaken:
even with meteor 300km range, gripen radar can't help due to inefficiencies

You don't understand how missiles work.