QuietMynd:

But they kidnap the dude now, oga u better wake up to reality, American citizen can be kidnapped like everyone else. I can't even count the number of times Americans have been kidnapped in the niger delta alone. Not to talk of Somali even Asia.

GabrielYulaw:


It doesn't matter if they were going for a piss in the bush. These are Presidential Guards. They are supposed to have the best possible equipment, not Hiluxes and AK47s

komekn:


I will remind you of the old adage, "The poor workman blames his tools"

Bandits are not going around with NVG's, and heavy weaponry.

They are essentially a bunch of deranged, illiterate, and quite often drugged up to the eye balls youthful and misguided bandits.

A well organized structured, properly trained disciplined and properly armed forces, should really make light work of these bandits.

But that is not the situation by any means of measurement.

I do believe that our army is not properly equipped. But in addition, I also believe they are very poorly trained as well , not highly motivated and have poor discipline.

bidexiii:
Video of @NigAirForce CH4 drone in the Northwest. The NAF air base in Kaduna is supporting drone ops in the region.

Why must they fly these UAV so low

https://twitter.com/Murtalaibin/status/1557671499393339393?t=H9viH75HMUQ4QecXCYBhNg&s=19

komekn:



Where were the UAV, when a train was derailed and attacked and 300 passengers kidnapped by Boko haram.❓❓

Boko haram held the train and it's passengers for at least 30 minutes before taking 300 people captive on foot and then effectively disappeared.

It will take a UAV 5 minutes to get to the area of contention from Kaduna, it then has 40 hour flight time endurance. As you know it has thermal imaging and at high altitude the deranged terrorists will not know they are under complete surveillance.

But unfortunately the UAV was missing when required.

komekn:


Tel me one American citizen kidnapped in the Niger Delta in the last 5 years not two just one.

Please.

bidexiii:
JUST IN: Joint Security Forces of Operation Forest Sanity neutralized scores of terrorists in Jibia LGA, Katsina State as Clearance Operation continues in the Northwest.

Toju200:
the perhaps the drone got there in time and then what
It will do nothing
Would you want to carry out airstrikes and take out civilians too
Our problem isn't the location of the hostages but getting them out "Safely" without civilian casualties and use of kinetics chances are like 30-20% success

RiceProducers:


The problem is Operational philosophy. You dont buy Wing Loong and use it reactively. There should be a process for operating it and many teams at the back end doing evaluation pictures and videos feeds. Evaluation includes threat assessment and rating.
Maybe soldiers should not be operating some MALE drones. They are more surveillance than combat abd a body like DSS is more organizationally suited to analyzing info and generating threat profiles than miitary who would miss subtle cues

komekn:


Tel me one American citizen kidnapped in the Niger Delta in the last 5 years not two just one.

Please.

Toju200:
the perhaps the drone got there in time and then what
It will do nothing
Would you want to carry out airstrikes and take out civilians too
Our problem isn't the location of the hostages but getting them out "Safely" without civilian casualties and use of kinetics chances are like 30-20% success

jpphilips:


The drone was supposed to tell them where these people are kept aid in planning a rescue ops.
Instead of doling out 100m per person as ransom.

bidexiii:
According to the Chief of Naval Staff, keel laying ceremony for 2x 76m offshore patrol vessels for the Nigerian Navy will take place in early September at the Dearsan shipyard in Turkey.

The Navy is also expecting delivery of FAC and UAV’s “by the end of this year”. The ships cost $80 million each and FG has made advanced payment of $35 million.

Exnavyboy62:


I wonder why the OPV 76 cost 80 million dollars each while the P18N Corvettes cost 42 million dollars each. Is there anything new and more advanced that will be built in the ships