₦airaland Forum

NaijaPikinGidi: Rambling about as usual! What mission did you complete in Burundi? What dedication in CAR? Running from SELEKA faster than Usen Bolt can? Protect which base? Stayed on ground but couldn't stop the rebels from pushing out the President? Please take your stories elsewhere! Your SABC can help you broadcast it to your gullible population. Until you show success anywhere don't come trying to twist the successful Mali and Sudan missions.

The SANDF trained the Burundi defence force. In CAR we didn't leave the ground,our mission was cut short cause Bozize ran with his men into Congo. Unless you have a credible source in the SANDF,or somewhere whom will provide you with real information. On how a injured commander held his base,while Bozize's army and other regional forces stayed hidden. The SANDF of a force less than 200 spread around the base to protect it. Some went forward to observe the situation in Damara,we couldn't protect the city cause Bozize's army ran from their positions. Exposing our flanks for the enemy to cut and stage an ambush for our troops whom went forward to observe the situation in Damara. For your info again Bozize ran to Congo,cause his troops exchanged sides or abandoned their positions. Now can we talk about your failing armed forces?

drag_on: Did you do any proper research?
AFISMA was authorized with UN Security Council Resolution 2085, passed on 20 December 2012
The mission was to begin in September 2013, but after an unexpected advance by the rebel forces in early January 2013 and the subsequent French intervention, ECOWAS decided to immediately deploy the AFISMA forces.On 17 January, Nigeria began deploying air and ground forces to Mali.
We deployed at last count 1200 troops as well as air-cover in the form of attack jets and helicopters and led the force.How can we have a handfull and lead the force?stop lieing.
Notice that Nigeria deployed ground forces and air support in the same month that france intervened.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African-led_International_Support_Mission_to_Mali
where were your artillery and air-cover while your men where being slaughtered by child soldiers?
13 hours of fighting ,no air support,was you Generals and pilots sleeping,or no fuel for your jets?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/southafrica/9952764/South-African-special-forces-soldiers-killed-in-Central-African-Republic.html

France stepped in cause the situation was dispear. You make it clear that the rebels started to advance early in January,but ECOWAS only decided to start the deployment late in 17 January. Meaning without the French intervention Bamako could have fell to the rebel. Because even after that decision was made,it took a long time to put a strong force in Mali. Showing how slow Nigerian armed forces react,it didn't even take a week for SA to put Gripens and Rooivalk plus mobile clinics and Parabats in countries neighbouring CAR. For your information no SANDF special force operator was killed in CAR,they were only injured.

NaijaPikinGidi: First class ignoramus! Did Nigeria ask SANDF Signals Squadron to stay behind in Mali? Peanut head! You squeak like the tiny rat that you seem to be!

The SANDF completed their mission in Burundi. South African troops were killed in CAR,but again showing their dedication the SANDF members protected their base. While Bozize's army ran like rats in Bangui,and he fled to Congo. But we stayed on the ground. Only to be pulled out cause we didn't have any MUD with the new seleka government. Meaning we never failed our mission(Operation Vimbeza). Currently in DRC we are showing how humble and highly disciplined we are,by allowing our troops to be commanded by a Tanzanian Brigadier General. Unlike you Nigerians whom are failing two missions at the "same damn time",in Sudan and Mali. Some of you are still saying "Our mighty Nigerian armed forces are not stretched",but you're pulling troops to fight BH. The SANDF is highly stretched from boarder protection,mission in Kruger,patrolling the mozambique channel,Peacekeeping in Sudan to peace enforcement in DRC but the SANDF completes every mission. Regardless of the poor funding by the government.

drag_on: so did france mission fail as well? considering that Nigeria was part of AFISMA that went to MALI when france intervened .
AFISMA(of which Nigeria was a member)is a peace enforcement unit which was wound down after its victory over the rebels,it has been transformed to the U.N. PKO MINUSMA of which Nigeria is not taking part.
Again the question is did france fail? Do not digress.

Nigerians folded their arms while northern Mali towns were falling to the hands of the jihadists. Only to be stopped by the french foreign legion and pushed back further into the north. Chad was the only west African state brave enough to send 2000 men to support the mission. While Nigeria the country with the biggest armed forces in west Africa,only sent handful of men. You guys complained about logics,you even went as far as making ridiculous statements like "you couldn't drive your 'armour' cross chad to Mali". Yet you claim to be the best in Africa?,like I told you before "Nigeria has no experience in cross country warfare". South Africans drove their Ratels or G6 artillery systems cross Namibia to Angola,since they(G6) can't be carried by the C-130 plane.

chris365: so seleka used you shaka zulu's philosophy against his descendants. what a shame

I won't lose hope in training your tiny brain with info. Did you know your country will be pulling troops from Mali and Sudan to help fight the mighty BH?,Looks like the military operation is failing.

Donian007: Would it be a crime if you as well post pictures of the hundreds of seleka rebels you falsely claim to have killed? COWARDS!

Seleka should have killed all the SANDF members,and took all their weapons. The great warrior king Shaka Zulu,once said "strike an enemy once and for all. LET HIM CEASE TO EXIST as a tribe or he will live to fly in your throat again"

chris365: lemme guess.. your source is either premiumtimes, sahara reporters and other government opposition media. how can you say anything when your brain lacks everything. nonsense

Please deploy all your troops to Mali,for the sake of the poor people in northern Nigeria. Go train the muscle inside your cranium,so we can speak about military stuff. GET IT?

chris365: wrong. we trained a rwandan and won't let him command us because of some rubbish UN politics. and it's not funny cos we don't take sh*t like you.

you scrambled jets,attack helos and some fake ajebutter not so special forces unit only to be commanded by another. snot africa is a nation of incompetent cowards.. now that's funny

BOSSO, Niger — Soldiers involved in a shootout
with Islamic militants who were given refuge in
one Nigerian village hut took revenge on the
community by setting ablaze about 10 homes,
according to refugees who fled to neighboring
Niger.
Their stories indicate a pattern of Nigerian
security forces punishing entire communities,
including innocent civilians, in a state of
emergency that covers three northeastern states
and one-sixth of the country.
Refugees spoke to an Associated Press reporter on
a trip with Nigerian officials who are pleading with
them to return home, visiting thousands who
have fled across borders to escape an Islamic
uprising and a military crackdown.
Deputy Gov. Zannah Mustapha of Borno state
visited the neighboring nation of Niger on
Saturday, the same day Islamic militants killed 29
students and a teacher in neighboring Yobe state.
Earlier this week, he visited more than 20,000
refugees in Cameroon.
Mustapha promised “adequate security” would be
provided to ensure their safety from further
attacks in their northeastern hometown of Mallam
Fatori.
The refugees, among 6,240 recorded in Niger,
indicated they are as scared of the Islamic
extremists as they are of the soldiers who are
supposed to protect them.
Taxi driver Madi Bukar said, “The trouble started
three weeks ago when soldiers got the hint that
some wounded Boko Haram insurgents were
bring kept and treated in a particular house” in
Mallam Fatori. They attacked the home and there
was a heavy exchange of gunfire — “the bullets
were falling like insects,” before the militants fled.
After that, Bukar said, “the soldiers set fire to
houses, at least 10 houses were burned down.”
He and about 3,000 other villagers fled on foot
across the border into Niger.
Habiba Abdullahi, the 46-year-old mother of six
children, said she has nothing to go home to,
though life as a refugee is tough.
“There was shooting and confusion around our
houses in Mallam Fatori. Then we saw fire burning
our roofs, we really cannot say what was
happening, but we all had to run for our dear
lives.”
The refugees, who are living in the homes of local
villagers, were never given a chance to tell their
story to Mustapha, who was surrounded by
armed soldiers and police. On the drive to Niger
over desert dunes, Mustapha stopped to check on
the progress of 40 houses being built in
Munguno.
In March, extremist fighters attacked the military
at their Munguno Barracks, near the village of the
same name. The soldiers retaliated by razing the
entire village of about 40 huts with thatched
roofs.
Gov. Kashim Shettima condemned the attack and
promised to rebuild the village, with brick houses,
in an area further away from the barracks.
President Goodluck Jonathan declared a state of
emergency on May 14 and sent thousands of
troops to put down the insurgency, admitting
that Islamic militants had taken control of several
towns and many villages in the northeast
bordering Chad, Cameroon and Niger.
Despite a string of recent attacks by Islamic
militants on schools, Col. Ibrahim Ali, commander
of the Joint Military Task Force in Yobe state, told
reporters Sunday that the security situation is
much improved since the soldiers have driven the
rebels out of their enclaves.
He described the situation in Yobe as “relatively
stable.” Before dawn on Saturday, Islamic
militants attacked a school just outside Potiskum,
the second biggest town in Yobe state, dousing a
dormitory with fuel and burning alive some of the
students.
In the most egregious attack by the military on
civilians, soldiers in April attacked the fishing
village of Baga after a sniper killed a trooper. The
soldiers scorched entire neighborhoods and killed
at least 187 people, according to witnesses and
human rights organizations. The military says
they killed about three dozen Islamic militants in
that attack.
In October, soldiers in Maiduguri, capital of Borno
state, killed more than 30 civilians and burned
down shops and homes, witnesses said. At
Maiduguri General Hospital, security forces have
dumped bodies and fought with doctors.
It’s difficult to get information from the area
under a state of emergency since the military has
cut cell phone service and banned the use of
satellite telephones. Reporters drive for hours to
neighboring states to file their reports." You trained him,in doing this?

chris365: as usual. yourr useless schools could not impact the sense of analytical reasoning to your head. shame.

so after the copy and paste, the only thing that can come out of your brain is "enjoy". what a mess

BOSSO, Niger — Soldiers involved in a shootout
with Islamic militants who were given refuge in
one Nigerian village hut took revenge on the
community by setting ablaze about 10 homes,
according to refugees who fled to neighboring
Niger.
Their stories indicate a pattern of Nigerian
security forces punishing entire communities,
including innocent civilians, in a state of
emergency that covers three northeastern states
and one-sixth of the country.
Refugees spoke to an Associated Press reporter on
a trip with Nigerian officials who are pleading with
them to return home, visiting thousands who
have fled across borders to escape an Islamic
uprising and a military crackdown.
Deputy Gov. Zannah Mustapha of Borno state
visited the neighboring nation of Niger on
Saturday, the same day Islamic militants killed 29
students and a teacher in neighboring Yobe state.
Earlier this week, he visited more than 20,000
refugees in Cameroon.
Mustapha promised “adequate security” would be
provided to ensure their safety from further
attacks in their northeastern hometown of Mallam
Fatori.
The refugees, among 6,240 recorded in Niger,
indicated they are as scared of the Islamic
extremists as they are of the soldiers who are
supposed to protect them.
Taxi driver Madi Bukar said, “The trouble started
three weeks ago when soldiers got the hint that
some wounded Boko Haram insurgents were
bring kept and treated in a particular house” in
Mallam Fatori. They attacked the home and there
was a heavy exchange of gunfire — “the bullets
were falling like insects,” before the militants fled.
After that, Bukar said, “the soldiers set fire to
houses, at least 10 houses were burned down.”
He and about 3,000 other villagers fled on foot
across the border into Niger.
Habiba Abdullahi, the 46-year-old mother of six
children, said she has nothing to go home to,
though life as a refugee is tough.
“There was shooting and confusion around our
houses in Mallam Fatori. Then we saw fire burning
our roofs, we really cannot say what was
happening, but we all had to run for our dear
lives.”
The refugees, who are living in the homes of local
villagers, were never given a chance to tell their
story to Mustapha, who was surrounded by
armed soldiers and police. On the drive to Niger
over desert dunes, Mustapha stopped to check on
the progress of 40 houses being built in
Munguno.
In March, extremist fighters attacked the military
at their Munguno Barracks, near the village of the
same name. The soldiers retaliated by razing the
entire village of about 40 huts with thatched
roofs.
Gov. Kashim Shettima condemned the attack and
promised to rebuild the village, with brick houses,
in an area further away from the barracks.
President Goodluck Jonathan declared a state of
emergency on May 14 and sent thousands of
troops to put down the insurgency, admitting
that Islamic militants had taken control of several
towns and many villages in the northeast
bordering Chad, Cameroon and Niger.
Despite a string of recent attacks by Islamic
militants on schools, Col. Ibrahim Ali, commander
of the Joint Military Task Force in Yobe state, told
reporters Sunday that the security situation is
much improved since the soldiers have driven the
rebels out of their enclaves.
He described the situation in Yobe as “relatively
stable.” Before dawn on Saturday, Islamic
militants attacked a school just outside Potiskum,
the second biggest town in Yobe state, dousing a
dormitory with fuel and burning alive some of the
students.
In the most egregious attack by the military on
civilians, soldiers in April attacked the fishing
village of Baga after a sniper killed a trooper. The
soldiers scorched entire neighborhoods and killed
at least 187 people, according to witnesses and
human rights organizations. The military says
they killed about three dozen Islamic militants in
that attack.
In October, soldiers in Maiduguri, capital of Borno
state, killed more than 30 civilians and burned
down shops and homes, witnesses said. At
Maiduguri General Hospital, security forces have
dumped bodies and fought with doctors.
It’s difficult to get information from the area
under a state of emergency since the military has
cut cell phone service and banned the use of
satellite telephones. Reporters drive for hours to
neighboring states to file their reports." I don't have to say a thing. ENJOY!!!

NaijaPikinGidi: [size=13pt]Bulletproof vests worn 'incorrectly' in CAR[/size]
2013-07-19 09:14

Johannesburg - The incorrect use of bulletproof vests during the Battle of Bangui in the Central African Republic (CAR) in March was probably why 15 South African soldiers were killed, Beeld reported on Friday.

Colonel Renier "Doibi" Coetzee, a senior South African Special Forces officer, made this statement on behalf of his superiors at a press conference in Pretoria earlier this week.

Coetzee said soldiers who had worn their jackets correctly withstood several bullets and survived the ordeal.

He said that after the 23 March battle it had emerged that some of the South African troops had not worn their jackets in the prescribed way.

"Some took out the bulletproofing plates, while others just wore breast plates. This left their backs unprotected."

Coetzee said the army was currently evaluating both instructions for wearing the jackets, and the quality of items being issued to soldiers.

"It is true that our jackets are a bit old, and that the technology is a bit outdated... but there's nothing wrong with them."

Wearing the jackets was optional, and especially when it was hot, solders tended to remove the plates.

"American and British soldiers in Afghanistan eat and sleep with their jackets on, and they would not dare move from camp without them. This is one of the things that after the current evaluation will probably become mandatory for our soldiers," he said.

Source: http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Bulletproof-vests-worn-incorrectly-in-CAR-20130719
- SAPA


33% brain capacity everywhere you go with South Africans. Inexperienced bunch that want to claim superiority in Africa just by modelling weapons and gear? This story is deep!! Simple and correct use of bulletproof vests is what SA brains cannot comprehend? It tells a lot about the same bunch we have on this thread.

Moki Edwin Kindzeka July 17, 2013
YAOUNDE — Cameroon said it is home to over
20,000 Nigerian and Central African Republic
(CAR) refugees who are fleeing disorder and
killings in their countries. Fears have been raised
that some of the refugees, especially from the
CAR, may be coming in with weapons used
during the conflict that ousted that country's
former president, Francois Bozize.
Escaping political unrest
Thousands of Nigerians fleeing killings blamed on
the Islamist militant group Boko Haram and the
military offensive by the Nigerian army have been
crossing the border to neighboring Cameroon.
Governor Fonka Augustine of the Far North region
of Cameroon said there are already more than
4,000 Nigerian refugees in his region alone and
more continue to come in. Thousands of others
are seeking refuge in other parts of Cameroon.
The International Red Cross estimates that
Nigerian refugees in Cameroon number about
10,000.
One of the refugees, 36-year-old businessman
Sam Uche, said he escaped to Cameroon after
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan sent troops
to Yobe state to battle Boko Haram. "The Boko
Haram has given Nigeria a bad name, that is why
I had to escape from my country, Nigeria to this
place," he said.
Uche adds that he is still hiding from
Cameroonian immigration officials and has not
been able to contact the United Nations refugee
agency. "It is a good Country, it is a neighboring
country of Nigeria but the difficulties we are
facing is that the immigration officers are
disturbing us," he explained" Enjoy!!!!

patriot4: Now you are confusing AFISMA and MINUSMA.
This video was made in the days of AFISMA which was Nigerian led, now MINUSMA is Rwandan led.
And the Rwandan you are talking about was trained in Nigeria.
Go to beegeagle's blog.

Let me get this. You trained a Rwandan and now his commanding you?,sorry but this is funny.

CraigB: The world would rather entrust the mission to a Rwandan. Rightly so, I say.

You know, Naai-geria always plays small man petty politics. Moaning, protesting, crying - all sorts of silly things,

Their Special forces are killing innocent civilians in the north. Some even fled to Niger to escape the "dispear war situation" in northern Nigeria.

patriot4: France saying Nigeria would lead the Africans in Mali.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bqxi4JzmrM

NOPE,A Rwandan is leading the Africans in Mali.

souldust: we were not quiet.
We supported the NTC. Libya and CIV shows that we are diplomatically stronger than you, fact!

President Zuma,is the only African head of state. Who went to Libya while the civil war was looming,to talk to Muammar Gaddafi. And where your brave "Field Marshal GEJ"?,yeah he was somewhere in a bunker in Lagos.

chris365: yeah right... by an SA source. i can also show you a link where the same civilians claim they saw more than 50 SADF scattered everywhere.

Please!! next time when you make this claim don't give us a link. Post pictures of this "50 dead SA parabats" whom died in combat.

andrewza: If so why is nigeria still sending troops to far flung nastions on UN deployments, instability in malil is a greater threat to nigeria than instability in sudan. Yes please leave us mr french man.

Their troops are coming home. And Don't you mean "BH in the north is a greater threat to Nigeria than,instability in Mali"

CraigB: It was always going to end like this.

Naai-geria always moans. And they think they could be resilient enough to fight other countries?

Yeah right!

____

The pictures taken when Naai-geria deployed say it all.

Clowns!

Did you hear Nigeria is withdrawing from Mali,cause BH is making them girls in their own gardens and backyards.

NaijaPikinGidi: It proved nothing. Support what troops? The troops scared for their lives on board the ship or the one that took no action whatsoever to get troops to harbour or advance them to Yamoussoukro? Chei wetin person no go hear! You are a clown!!

Again you are talking trash! You stood firm by criticizing NATO airstrikes? Several other countries did the same! I would have expected SANDF to take on NATO by flexing those muscles you have been talking about. There'll be no end to your being such a joke!! But here is a little help for you with regard to Nigeria's use of diplomatic and military channels to squeeze out Gbagbo.

http://mg.co.za/article/2011-01-24-nigeria-urges-un-to-authorise-force-in-cte-divoire
https://www.globalpolicy.org/security-council/index-of-countries-on-the-security-council-agenda/ivory-coast/49728.html
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/22/ozatp-nigeria-ivorycoast-idAFJOE72L0J320110322

Whatever can be resolved by pressure or dialogue is always Nigeria's first option. These days Nigeria doesn't go illegitimately to war as can be seen with Cote d'ivoire and Mali scenarios. ECOWAS and UN authorisations are all Nigeria needs to activate military deployment for business. We have done it several times over ... so, cry yourself some buckets!

Your SANDF deceived your taxpayers by taking some lazy troops on a holiday cruise to West African waters ... and I hope your SANDF tourists were able to get good views of Yamoussoukro from your ship stationed kilometers from shore? Nice try my boy!! Gbagbo was removed ... hence Nigeria succeeded.

QED

At least 20,000 border communities living in
Gwoza local government area of Borno state
were forced to flee into the neighboring town
of Ashgashiya in Cameroon Republic to
escape ‘extra- judicial killings, arbitrary
arrests and intimidation’ allegedly
perpetrated by special troops deployed to
battle the Boko Haram insurgents,
representatives of the fleeing communities
said yesterday.
Gwoza, about 130 kilmetres from Maiduguri,
the capital city is among the towns under
heavy military operations since the
declaration of emergency rule by President
Goodluck Jonathan about two months ago. It
is also one of the major epicenters of the Boko
Haram insurgency which witnessed series of
killings and bombings in the last three years.
The affected persons, comprising women,
children and the elderly, from over 40 villages
have now turned to refugees in Cameroon
Republic after trekking for a 10 meter
distance to cross over a stream and enter into
the neigboring country.
Residents of the areas said they had started
crossing over to Cameroon to seek for safety
two weeks ago when soldiers invaded their
respective areas and allegedly embarked on
selective killings.
Our correspondent reports that some youth,
carried placards protesting their return.
In their separate remarks, community leaders
of the aggrieved refugees told the deputy
governor that they resolved fleeing to
Cameroon following the ‘merciless killings and
other atrocities’ allegedly meted out on them
by the security forces, under the guise of
hunting suspected terrorists.
Narrating their ordeals to the deputy
governor, community leader of Ashigashiya
village, Alhaji Abdu Ashigashiya said that it
was fear of death that informed their fleeing
to Cameroon and vowed never to return to
Nigeria because they believed that those
killed by the soldiers were not Boko Haram
insurgents but innocent civilians as some
people hide under political and religious
sentiments and gave their names to soldiers
as members of terrorist group.
Also speaking, another community leader in
Ngoshe village Malam Abubakar Saddiqi
alledged that sometimes last month soldiers
came into Ngoshe town with a lists of people
and arrested three who were killed almost
immediately without given the opportunity for
fair hearing.
According to Malam Siddiqi, “we wonder why
the security forces visited their anger on us
even after one of the commanders deployed
to the area, assured us that no soldier who
would kill anybody unlawfully, five days later,
precisely on 20th June 2013, we woke up
with the sound of gun shots everywhere,
which resulted in the killings of eight persons
including a principal, head master and an
Imam of the Friday mosque.”
The post Boko Haram: 20,000 Nigerians flee
to Cameroon appeared first on Peoples Daily
Newspaper, Nigeria." Let it seek in,GET IT?

NaijaPikinGidi: You challenged who? How? With what? Please go and sit in your delusional corner!!

Again what did your ship manage to achieve by sailing to West African waters? Your ship went there, but did your cruise ship tourist have the balls to step ashore? Shut up and remain as you were ... dullard military ware modelling agency!! Meanwhile Nigeria was busy using its solid diplomatic and military channels to give legitimacy to the President-elect Alassane Ouattara and weakening position of your rouge Gbagbo whom SA sent the ship to collect for possible asylum in SA!

Stop the nonsense!!

. What did our ship achieve? It proved we can support our troops any where in the continent. Nigeria has a solid diplomatic and military channels? Joking right?,I remember you guys sending threats to the coup leader in Mali without doing anything. You were quiet during the Libyan civil war,only South Africa stood firm on the African continent and criticised NATO air strikes.

NaijaPikinGidi: The joke is still on you! Still here laughing in Xhosa and Zulu combined!

Did you know that the USA AH-1Z attack helicopter,Is also called the "zulu cobra"?. Now do your bit for humanity,on this Mandela day by using 67 minutes of your time by wondering "why"?

NaijaPikinGidi: Defeat Seleka rebels who do not produce or possess your kind of weapons first!! Nigeria awaits your challenge thereafter my boy!!

We challenged you by sending the SAS Drakensburg in western african waters. And what did you?,yeah boy you paddled your boats to harbour and ran off to seek protection from BH.

andrewza: It is true though. SA goes were it wants to go. Remeber the the big hoo ha over drakensberg.

South Africa was flexing a military muscle by sending the SAS Drankensburg in western African waters,where Nigeria strong has influence.

NaijaPikinGidi: If not for modelling purposes, I am not sure what the outcomes of those "SANDF's holiday cruise" trips were! The only one battle trip so far has been in Seleka's CAR. And the scars are still fresh on SANDF's bu.ttocks!!

Modelling purposes?,unless you're leaving under a rock. Then you won't know that the SANDF is sending hardware to DRC,two Rooivalk have been allocated. Mambas are already patrolling in Goma. Now show us some heavy Nigerian weapons deployed in Mali or in your Garden.

Msauza: That's a fact. SA is becoming a military power of Africa by any day. That's what military power should become. America is regarded as world military power today because they mingle in any conflict anywhere in the world where they have interest and have lost many men in between. America has lost many men in Iraq and have even generally lost against Saddam Hussaine on one on one battle, but still that did not draw them back from their mission of conquering the world.

Here's the thing if a country can't produce its own weapons,it is doomed to be defeated in a "country to country warfare". And Nigeria is one of this countries.

NaijaPikinGidi: More emphasis for your enhanced comprehension!!

Please read before you comment. To avoid posting more nonsense.

NaijaPikinGidi: A shallow skull like yours cannot not see/feel the sarcasm in my comment.

A "thick skull" like yours cannot see/read the satire in my comment.

NaijaPikinGidi: A shallow skull like yours cannot not see/feel the sarcasm in my comment.

A "thick skull" like yours cannot see/feel the satire in my comment.

NaijaPikinGidi: Just for emphasis!

"AHRLAC
claimed by its designers to be the first fully
indigenous fixed-wing military aircraft
developed in Africa,[2] and the first
indigenous South African military aircraft of
any sort since the Denel Rooivalk,[3] the
Ahrlac features a twin-boom, high-wing,
single-pusher-engine configuration, using a
Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A turboprop
engine, with a crew of two seated in tandem
in Martin-Baker ejection seats. The Ahrlac's
airframe uses a mixture of metal and
composite construction, and is designed to
provide maximum visibility for its crew.[4]
The aircraft is designed to carry an internal
20 mm cannon, with 4 or 6 hardpoints for
carrying weapons mounted under the wings,
including rocket pods, unguided bombs, and
both air-to-surface and air-to-air missiles. The
lower fuselage consists of a variety of
interchangeable conformal modular units
fitted with a variety of sensor systems such
as infrared and optical cameras, synthetic
aperture radar, electronic intelligence
gathering and electronic warfare equipment." GET IT?

NaijaPikinGidi: And how relevant is your comment, when other African Armies possess the same credentials and even better? I am laughing at your comment in Xhosa!! Like I said, you are a JJC because points you make now have been trashed out long ago!! Say something else.

You're even embarrassed to laugh in Hausa. Nigeria indeed has nothing to be proud of. Make me laugh by posting that Jeep,which was "wielded into" an MRAP.

NaijaPikinGidi: And how relevant is your comment, when other African Armies possess the same credentials and even better? I am laughing at your comment in Xhosa!! Like I said, you are a JJC because points you make now have been trashed out long ago!! Say something else.

You're even embarrassed to laugh in Hausa. Nigeria indeed has nothing to be proud of.

NaijaPikinGidi: Will the same logic apply to your SANDF not trained in desert or jungle warfare? And would that not be the very reason whey Nigeria's army are a balanced and top African military force?

Your thoughts do not matter as long as the Egyptians are concerned. The Egyptiam military had a difficult call to make in the face of looming anarchy ... now that is discipline!! The ability to give and follow military orders in the overall interest of nationhood and national security. They did not retain power hence strictly doing the bid of majority of their citizens.

The SANDF compromises of men,trained in many countries. Others like General Solly Shoke were trained in the USSR(Soviet Union). Your Egypt can't fight,Israel proved it to us.

NaijaPikinGidi: With all the bitter South African hatred for France ... the world should have seen SA apply the same motivation to build your own engine for your beloved rooivalk. You talk of French domination over African countries but barely understand the full import of your public display of ignorance and hypocrisy!

National pride aside ... think properly again before answering YES.

There's no hatred between France and South Africa,we might even see South Africa's Navy purchasing an LED or helicopter carrier from France in the nearer future. Let's talk about your country Nigerian boy!!!

NaijaPikinGidi: Newcomer!! As a longtime silent observer and eventually a signed-up Nairaland member, I predate your arrival on this thread ... so just keep the tantrums to yourself! My knowledge of military stuff is not what I need to, or have to flaunt here!! I know what I know. However, until you put in a South African made engine to those crafts ... you are basically wasting daylight thinking it is even 33% South African.

Obviously, a tank is useless without its gun but more useless as a stationary object! Point is, America has the capacity and has continuously shown the capacity to invent, arm, up-arm, or upgrade its arsenal with purely American built guns and components! It is a given fact of global military knowledge.

The other fact is that the rooivalk will not and cannot move anywhere without its French engine! Any attempt at firing its guns from the lame flightless metal contraption will end up with destruction to South African lives and property. Enough said!

South Africa is capable of producing Helicopter engines,it has been proven to you. South Africa is the first African nation to design and fly an aircraft. Nigeria can't designed nor upgrade any aircraft,please acknowledge your place on this list. GET IT?