ariesbull:
says a Nigeria that his economy is in tatters.... Russia economy is robust... What Russia makes in a day is what Nigeria dream of in years

Sir, Russia has the smartest president and patriotic people that is building a robust economy...

Why are some of you people so daft?

What concerns Nigeria in this your meaningless rant, do you think the man you quoted is even a Nigerian?

"Can't you use your head?"!

kabe1:


Why are some of you people so daft?

What concerns Nigeria in this your meaningless rant, do you think the man you quoted is even a Nigerian?

"Can't you use your head?"!

it is you that is acting daft....


Trust me, you aren't in the position to analyse Russian economy when yours is shitty


Please remove the spec in your eyes Mr analysts

Your country is in ruins and tatters


Deal with that.... Please

kabe1:


Why are some of you people so daft?

What concerns Nigeria in this your meaningless rant, do you think the man you quoted is even a Nigerian?

"Can't you use your head?"!

I think he is from that "Kenya is greater than Nigeria thread or so"

Nigeria air force SOF operator

Stormtrooper11:


Thanks for the answer. I just hope we don't purchase the F16s.

AAAMMMEEENNN!!!

Stormtrooper11:



You haven't heard about CAATSA act?! You wanna be sanctioned?!

Although it might be devastating for us, North Korea got sanctioned not just by the US alone, but by the West in General and they are doing well than some middle east and African countries. I think Nigeria will do better if it falls in that scenario. We have population advantage

Exnavyboy62:


Although it might be devastating for us, North Korea got sanctioned not just by the US alone, but by the West in General and they are doing well than some middle east and African countries. I think Nigeria will do better if it falls in that scenario. We have population advantage

Lol, let's just stay clear of western trouble for now; and be submissive. That's the best solution; north Korea has China backing them up

JOSCOFELIX:
oga USA is not the only super power abeg

You are sooo right. You can't just ignore Russia and China when talking about Super Powers. Speaking of super Powers, a few countries are uping their game to become one.
I mean countries like France, India, Turkey have been making significant progress. I wish I could say the same for South Korea but they are under the influence of the US.

Toju200:
Nigeria air force SOF operator

Thank God the AK 47 abi na OBJ 006 is being replaced by the Beryl M762. That Russian rifle is just too overused by, militaries, police forces, paramilitaries, terrorists and even by civilians for self-defense. It's used by virtually everybody.

Stormtrooper11:



What do you mean Iraq wasn't equipped like Ukraine?! Do you know who the heck Saddam hussein was?! That Ba'athist invaded Kuwait. He chemically experimented on Kurds. Do you have any idea what the Iraqi Republican guards were?! Damn

NATO imposed an embargo on Iraq for 13 years before the 2003 war , in 13 years they have not received any modern equipment and even had difficulty maintaining their old equipments , a known strategy of NATO sharks to slaughter medium-sized fish without having too many losses.
and the Iraqis had to face a laaarge coalition of 38 countries, including several neighboring countries, not to mention the iraqi rebels and ethnic armed groups that worked against the Iraqi army during the invasion so it is not the same thing as in Ukraine

Stormtrooper11:
Okay, people I got these questions. Can someone please tell me what's on the Mi-28 rotor?! I'm thinking is a radar or something cos I found out that the AH-64 got something like that.



Thanks.

yes , like the AH-64 D Apache Longbow radar. it's a millimeter wave radar the N-025 Almaz-280 that operates in the Ka-band band and J band , It has a range of about 25 km for a large fixed target such as a bridge, 15 km for a large velicle such as a tactical-ballistic-missile launcher, 10-12 km for an armored fighting vehicle, and 6-8 km for a soft-skin vehicle. Unlike the Longbow radar, the Almaz-280 has both attack and navigation modes .

but there is export versions without this radar , for exemple i havn't seen any pic of an iraqi mi 28 with the N-025 Almaz-280 radar on rotor , wait and see if uganda mi 28 have them

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The Russian don't need to use guided bombs since they have the svp-24, a computerized bomb sight. The SVP-24 is said to have the same accuracy as a guided munition. On the economics of things, it is more logical to use unguided bombs that guided since a JDAM can cost more than $15000 a piece while a dumb bomb cost like $2000 to make depending on the country. Plus, the SVP-24 has shown great success in Syria and the Russia is adding it to all of her fighter jets.

Omofaye99:


I doubt the bold.


Please elaborate.

Simply, how many 5th gen F-35 & F-22 Fighter Jets are in active service around the world?

Now, compare that to the number of SU-57's in service with the VKS.

kikuyu1, jl115, greenandgold and that closet rugby lover Odunayaw

This weekend's clean sweep by Argentina, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa affirms yet again, the primacy of southern hemisphere rugger!
And yet the northern hemisphere persist with the fiction that next year's World Cup is theirs for the taking!

Algeria's excellent military

Lurker4Long:
kikuyu1, jl115, greenandgold and that closet rugby lover Odunayaw

This weekend's clean sweep by Argentina, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa affirms yet again, the primacy of southern hemisphere rugger!
And yet the northern hemisphere persist with the fiction that next year's World Cup is theirs for the taking!

We played horrifically!! But at least we won

However if I was a betting man I'd put my money on France to win the World Cup..... Unfortunately the Springboks(much like SAn society) get to comfortable and lackadaisical when things are going OK, we don't have any motivation to do better... This is what sets us apart from the ABs who have a mindset that they must win every game like its the last match they will ever play..... The reason we won the 2019 WC was because everybody wrote us of, nobody as in nobody gave us a chance of winning some even said we might lose to Italy again and not even get out of our pool.

South Africans thrive when we have a common goal and/or impossible challenge that nobody expects us to conquer we've seen it through our history, boer war, battle of isandlwana, delville wood, Fight against apartheid, hell even the fact that the NPs was able to survive so long against the Anc and international pressure,every ethnicity/tribe in SA have incredible amount of grit and superior discontent IF there is a challenge!!!

However when there is no challenge, goal or common enemy we slip back to mediocrity, that's is why we've allowed the ANC to get away with so much the past decade or so, this is why GBV is out of control ect ect, its because we don't have that motivation.

jl115:
My bru how many non landlocked countries have also gone down the drain because of bad leadership?? This doesn't prove your point in the slightest

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kabe1:


Simply, how many 5th gen F-35 & F-22 Fighter Jets are in active service around the world?

Now, compare that to the number of SU-57's in service with the VKS.

But production does not make USA air system better than Russia. We all know USA have the capacity to produce thousands if they wish, they got the money.

Omofaye99:


But production does not make USA air system better than Russia. We all know USA have the capacity to produce thousands if they wish, they got the money.

they sokthabe the money they print the money but their weapons are inferior to russian's

Covert1:


Good detailed analysis, lot of work. This alternative point view of the war existed though with some here already. If you see Russia built in the context of war with NATO then it's no gainsaying Ukraine will bite the dust. I repeat again Zelensky should be brought out and given a good spanking for succumbing to NATO pressure to use his kinsmen as cannon fodder for their own national interests and not signing on the dotted lines of neutrality. 200 Ukrainian soldiers dead a day are conservative estimates some reports have at 500 a day, that's cataclysmic for a nation not just the military. That's why Putin from the beginning said Ukraine is only destroying its statehood. Now Ukrainian territory has irretrievably shrunk and what no one is saying is Putin might have another go at Kiev as a response to NATO enlargement and there's no stopping him.

Germany after WW11 had to basically import Italian and Turkish men to rebuild and replenish the country and to this day have special funding for women to encourage child birth to bolster its population numbers. That's what war does to you and many other things.

Hear what a soldier in Ukraine said to NATO. You can also see the anger in his face. NATO got them decieved.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ibdo5msrqbw

Bloodofthelambo:
most times you argue like a toddler , kindly tell me one country from Stone age till now, that ever became world or even a regional power being landlocked, Damn!!!
Zimbabwe was never a regional power.
Regional powers have some level of influence outside their region.

says who

South African Air Force squadron named Korean War 'hero' of the month

The veterans ministry has chosen a South African Air Force (SAAF) unit as next month's Korean War hero for its extensive operations in support of the South during the 1950-53 conflict, officials said Thursday.

The 2 Squadron SAAF, nicknamed "Flying Cheetahs," conducted a total of 12,067 sorties in key air operations at frontline battle zones from the southeastern port city of Busan to Pyongyang during the first major armed conflict of the Cold War.

Led by Lt. Col. Servaas Theron, the squadron cut off enemies' logistics lines and offered close air support for ground troops with 16 F-51 Mustang fighters acquired from the United States, according to the ministry.

It successfully destroyed key enemy assets, including 40 tanks, 220 field artillery guns, 147 anti-aircraft guns and about 500 supply depots.

During the war, South Africa sent a total of 826 troops. Of them, 36 were killed, and eight were taken prisoner.

"Despite the absence of diplomatic ties between South Africa and Korea at the time and the geographical location of the country in the southernmost part of Africa, it sent troops to defend the Republic of Korea," the ministry said in a press release.

The two countries forged official diplomatic ties in 1992. (Yonhap)

https://m.koreatimes.co/pages/article.asp?newsIdx=331915

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Hear what a soldier in Ukraine said to NATO. You can also see the anger in his face. NATO got them decieved.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ibdo5msrqbw

I really feel sorry for the Ukrainians. They have to go through this critical period because a "so called world power" is using them to destabilize a competition they don't want. Even the Russians are trying their best not to cause any collateral damage, they still take the Ukrainians as their own people. If the confrontation was with the US, the FULL MIGHT of Russia would have been unleashed.

Bloodofthelambo:
most times you argue like a toddler , kindly tell me one country from Stone age till now, that ever became world or even a regional power being landlocked, Damn!!!
Zimbabwe was never a regional power.
Regional powers have some level of influence outside their region.

wow hypocritical much hey throwing insults acting like you know something

Maybe if you did a little research you would have known that tiny landlocked Mongolia became the largest empire in history

ariesbull:
says who

ta mere

Bloodofthelambo:
ta mere

don't resort to insults bru.... Take your L and move on

jl115:

We played horrifically!! But at least we won

However if I was a betting man I'd put my money on France to win the World Cup..... Unfortunately the Springboks(much like SAn society) get to comfortable and lackadaisical when things are going OK, we don't have any motivation to do better... This is what sets us apart from the ABs who have a mindset that they must win every game like its the last match they will ever play..... The reason we won the 2019 WC was because everybody wrote us of, nobody as in nobody gave us a chance of winning some even said we might lose to Italy again and not even get out of our pool.

South Africans thrive when we have a common goal and/or impossible challenge that nobody expects us to conquer we've seen it through our history, boer war, battle of isandlwana, delville wood, Fight against apartheid, hell even the fact that the NPs was able to survive so long against the Anc and international pressure,every ethnicity/tribe in SA have incredible amount of grit and superior discontent IF there is a challenge!!!

However when there is no challenge, goal or common enemy we slip back to mediocrity, that's is why we've allowed the ANC to get away with so much the past decade or so, this is why GBV is out of control ect ect, its because we don't have that motivation.

You must have bottled this up for a while. Small rugby, comrade don pull a Martin Luther

Odunayaw:
You must have bottled this up for a while. Small rugby, comrade don pull a Martin Luther

my bru I literally called it before the game everybody was saying we will win by 30 points or more, but i had this feeling we might lose(and we nearly did) .......We never do well as favourites, hence why we never hold the number 1 ranking for that long(compared to New Zealand), only when people write us of do we preform....

Lurker4Long:
kikuyu1, jl115, greenandgold and that closet rugby lover Odunayaw

This weekend's clean sweep by Argentina, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa affirms yet again, the primacy of southern hemisphere rugger!
And yet the northern hemisphere persist with the fiction that next year's World Cup is theirs for the taking!

Actually I've noticed the Argies have really upped their game this past decade. I'm not the only one:

England are long gone from this World Cup, flushed down the gurgler before the group stages were over. The Pumas roar on, into their second semi-final in three tournaments, playing the sort of open, attacking, liberated rugby that the hosts had once hoped to deliver.

This is the story of a rugby revolution. It has already demolished the best team in the Six Nations. And, with the Wallabies up next and a first World Cup final just 80 minutes away, there are bigger icons lined up in its sights.

https://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/34611387

That was 2015-now they're potential WC winners!

kabe1:


Simply, how many 5th gen F-35 & F-22 Fighter Jets are in active service around the world?

Now, compare that to the number of SU-57's in service with the VKS.

sorry sir this your explanation does not determine anything in modern warfare. Each nation have it doctrine. If truly all this defence aircraft determine a lot in the Battlefield Moscow su 35 would not have pursue a USA f22 in Syria it would not have pursue Isreal f 35 in Syria. Stealth coating is an advantage in modern battlefield but does not determine the accuracy of other aircraft. Will all know Moscow build it su 35 against western f 22 and f 35 which have good record in chasing this aircraft. technology in aircraft determine a lot.

Bloodofthelambo:
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LOL no need to delete your post mate the internet never forgets!

kikuyu1:


Seriously! The entire post is a perfect example! You go on and on and on repeating the most childlike assertions with complete confidence but say NOTHING of substance. Come with facts and figures we can discuss as adults! Smth like this earlier post I had on random per capita defense expenditure:



Those comparisons are from OSI,ie ,the 'net. We and Saffas outspend you nearly 4x as does PNG. Fyi,one of the first things young niggas learn is don't ishyt talk people,especially those you don't know . The way you show constant contempt for those who don't slavishly agree with your POV reveals that you overestimate yourself, a recipe for endless drama and complications in life.

Back to the facts. While I've seen pix of new barracks housing it seems many if not most bases have a srs housing issue.


https://thenationonlineng.net/state-of-military-barracks/


https://africacenter.org/publication/obstacles-military-professionalism/

This situation indicates a very very real budgetary shortfall.

When Sweden ALMOST became a nuke power!

Sweden, which organized its nuclear weapon research program in 1945, began to step back from the nuclear threshold in the mid-1960s and later formalized its nonnuclear status by becoming a signatory to the Nonproliferation Treaty. This case study is part of a larger project on the decisionmaking of states considering procuring or abandoning nuclear weapons.

https://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR460.html

For some reason they gave up on the idea and upped their defense spending at one being the 3rd highest defense spender per capita after only US/Israel ahead of Russia! They topped at 4% of GDP in the 60s and have been decreasing ever since.

[img]https://www.theglobaleconomy.com/graph_country.php?p=0&c=Sweden&i=mil_spend_gdp[/img]
The result was world class platforms! The Draken Saab 35 first flew in the 50s,incorporating a design still seen today. The Saab 37 Viggen followed in the late 60s specifically designed for low turn around times,high sortie rate and good STOL ability.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBE41A9VT3Q

A thrust reverser allows for the Viggen to land within five hundred meters, the airframe is designed to touch down without flaring at low speeds to minimize damage to expedient fields and roads.

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/j37-viggen-jet-forgotten-killer-fighter-jet-sweden-84636

Smart design also meant the Viggen could rearm extremely quickly, turnaround times were clocked at under twenty minutes with conscript ground crews, maximizing the rapidity to which the Swedish Air Force could respond to an attack. It was estimated that aircraft could fly upwards of five sorties a day.

The Grip still shows the original 60 year old design. These Scandis were good designers-after all they're Germanic. They had a turretless tank which was highly rated. Luckily,Russia never took them on but I suspect they'd have received a bloody nose had they done so.