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As a military enthusiast, it is my opinion that threat assessment should not apply to the Air Force. Threat assessment should not. Because the Air Force is an extended fighting arm at short notice. The air force is the very long defense arm of any nation, with response time of few minutes. Hence, the NAF should be developed to full all-round capability. Threat assessment shouldn't apply to them at all.

See what is happening all over the world. India vs Pakistan, Israel vs Iran, US vs Yemen, Russia vs Ukraine, etc. The NAF must be recalibrated to all round strength. Not the trash we currently have.

Know this,,, Navy or air attacks from 2000 miles away can only be repelled by the Air Force. Only the Air force can vector to such an attack. The Army, Navy and Air defenses would be helpless. And if you dont have a capable air force,, the entire military would be decapitated within 24 hours of war.

To the Nigerian Air Force. They are the weak link in the Nigerian military architecture. I have always known this. Their penchant for buying low end jets (M346), lack of air superiority fighters, lack of long range interceptors, bombers, refuelling tanker, AWACS, long range air-air missiles, long range anti-ship missiles, etc, is a thing of worry.

The NAF as presently constituted is a Shame for Nigeria's global and regional status . They lack the capability to defend Nigeria against a first strike launched from 2000 miles away. With intelligence or news of an impending attack, the jets would already be in the sky doing patrols, sorties of patrols ready to vector to any threat, with air refuelling, plus AWACS providing far-beyond Intel.

M-TRACON is coming very late. We should have had it long ago, but it still needs a potent Air Force to back it up.

The NAF lacks the reach, strength, numbers, expertise and capability to vector and stave off an air or naval attack from 2000 miles from Nigeria. And, that shortcoming would see the death of service chiefs, top generals, etc, and the destruction of armoury, air bases, warships, radars & equipment, within the first 24hrs of an attack.

While you may argue that Nigeria faces no such threat.... True. But when such threat happens, you would NOT be able to build military capability at short notice. It takes over 10 years to acquire, train and develop air capabilities.

A new jet takes 3 years to build. Super Tucano took 7yrs to deliver. You would not be able to catch up whenever the threat comes. Big powers are currently fighting, no one would sell you jets now. Our NAF chiefs are very stupid. The NAF needs recalibration to meet contemporary threats, and specifically to develop capability to defend against long range attacks from air or sea.

A National defence review is overdue. Threat analysis shouldn't be used for the airforce. Give them the tools to defend us.

DiamondSword799:
A National defence review is overdue. Threat analysis shouldn't be used for the airforce. Give them the tools to defend us.

. Threat analysis shouldn't be used for the airforce. Give them the tools to defend us.[/quote].

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DiamondSword799:
Are you observing the Israeli attack on Iran. And the Iranian response. That Israeli attack is exactly how modern warfare starts. Exactly.

The Israeli jets launched attacks from Iraqi airspace, hundreds of miles away, far away from Iranian radar and air defenses. 200 Israeli jets launched a barrage of missiles from stand off distance. Officers, soldiers, generals, armoury, equipment, nuclear facilities, military bases were hit from 1000miles away. The Iranian Air defences were helpless, army was helpless, navy too helpless. Air Force - Iran has none. And that was the problem. The Iranian Air force was wack, just like Nigeria's Air Force.

Know this,,, Navy or air attacks from 2000 miles away can only be repelled by the Air Force. Only the Air force can vector to such an attack. The Army, Navy and Air defenses would be helpless. And if you dont have a capable air force,, the whole military would be decapitated within 24 hours of war.

To the Nigerian Air Force. They are the weak link in the Nigerian military architecture. I have always known this. Their penchant for low end jets (M346), lack of air superiority fighters, lack of long range interceptors, bombers, refuelling tanker, AWACS, long range air-air missiles, etc, is concerning to me. And Presently, the NAF is a short range air police. That's what they are. Short range air police. And unfortunately, war has changed. First strike is everything and they are usually launched from 2000 miles away. With intelligence or news of an impending attack, the jets would already be in the sky doing patrols, sorties of patrols ready to vector to any threat, with air refuelling if necessary plus AWACS providing far-beyond Intel.
M-TRACON is coming very late. We should have had it long ago.

The NAF lacks the reach, strength, numbers, expertise and capability to vector and stave off an air or naval attack from 2000 miles away. And, that shortcoming would see the death of service chiefs, top generals, etc, and the destruction of armoury, air bases, warships, radars & equipment, within the first 24hrs of an attack.

While you may argue that Nigeria faces no such threat.... True. But when such threat happens, you would NOT be able to build military capability at short notice. It takes over 10 years to acquire, train and develop air capabilities. And you wouldn't catch up whenever the threat comes. It is poverty thinking, that the NAF should be configured the way it is. We have the money for a much capable air force. It is a big shame that we have a powerful army and Navy, but the impotent NAF would kill them all.

We can buy 50 capable jets, and put them in secret storage. Leave 5 jets in use to train and retrain pilots,, while 45 are in well preserved storage with upgrades. That is what South Africa did with their Gripen jets. New jets takes years to build. How would you catch up whenever the threat comes. Smh. we are led by dumb people. Unfortunately.

The whole Nigerian defence is very very week

Anyone with 5000 trained soldiers can take over Nigeria in 6 months

Years of promoting people based on nepotism and this people promoted based on nepotism then train the next set and leaders of the next set are selected from the poorly trained personal in a nepotistic manner again... And when this circle goes on for 50 years you have the Nigerian defence problem

From police to military to paramilitary.. Same story

The NAF had rather bomb innocent and harmless civilians than thinking that one day the country might be hit through air. We don't have strong military bases just training ground for killers of fellow citizens. It's a shame.

Switruth:
The NAF had rather bomb innocent and harmless civilians than thinking that one day the country might be hit through air. We don't have strong military bases just training ground for killers of fellow citizens. It's a shame.

I agree with you on this. Let's hope for the best 👍

mrvitalis:
The whole Nigerian defence is very very week

Anyone with 5000 trained soldiers can take over Nigeria in 6 months

Years of promoting people based on nepotism and this people promoted based on nepotism then train the next set and leaders of the next set are selected from the poorly trained personal in a nepotistic manner again... And when this circle goes on for 50 years you have the Nigerian defence problem

From police to military to paramilitary.. Same story

I agree with you on this. Let's hope for the best 👍

You think a president that has brain will be commissioning event centres , motor park etc. Yl

destinychildolu:
You think a president that has brain will be commissioning event centres , motor park etc. Yl

Lol. He doesn't have brain na. Mmmmmmm. Mmmmmmmmmm. Mmmmmmmm

Please which is the strong link in the Nigerias security architecture and what makes it strong.

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kettykin:
Please which is the strong link in the Nigerias security architecture and what makes it strong.

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DiamondSword799:
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DiamondSword799:
As a military enthusiast, it is my opinion that threat assessment should not apply to the Air Force. Threat assessment should not. Because the Air Force is an extended fighting arm at short notice. The air force is the very long defense arm of any nation, with response time of few minutes. Hence, the NAF should be developed to full all-round capability. Threat assessment shouldn't apply to them at all.

See what is happening all over the world. India vs Pakistan, Israel vs Iran, US vs Yemen, Russia vs Ukraine, etc. The NAF must be recalibrated to all round strength. Not the trash we currently have.

Know this,,, Navy or air attacks from 2000 miles away can only be repelled by the Air Force. Only the Air force can vector to such an attack. The Army, Navy and Air defenses would be helpless. And if you dont have a capable air force,, the entire military would be decapitated within 24 hours of war.

To the Nigerian Air Force. They are the weak link in the Nigerian military architecture. I have always known this. Their penchant for buying low end jets (M346), lack of air superiority fighters, lack of long range interceptors, bombers, refuelling tanker, AWACS, long range air-air missiles, long range anti-ship missiles, etc, is a thing of worry.

The NAF as presently constituted is a Shame for Nigeria's global and regional status . They lack the capability to defend Nigeria's against a first strike attack launched from 2000 miles away. With intelligence or news of an impending attack, the jets would already be in the sky doing patrols, sorties of patrols ready to vector to any threat, with air refuelling, plus AWACS providing far-beyond Intel.

M-TRACON is coming very late. We should have had it long ago, but it still need a potent Air Force to back it up.

The NAF lacks the reach, strength, numbers, expertise and capability to vector and stave off an air or naval attack from 2000 miles away. And, that shortcoming would see the death of service chiefs, top generals, etc, and the destruction of armoury, air bases, warships, radars & equipment, within the first 24hrs of an attack.

While you may argue that Nigeria faces no such threat.... True. But when such threat happens, you would NOT be able to build military capability at short notice. It takes over 10 years to acquire, train and develop air capabilities.

A new jets takes 3 years to build. Super Tucano took 7yrs to deliver. You would not be able to catch up whenever the threat comes. Big powers are currently fighting, no one would sell you jets now. Our NAF chiefs are very stupid. The NAF needs recalibration to meet contemporary threats, and specifically to develop capability to defend against long range attacks from air or sea.

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Not does not have an airforce. Certainly not a capable one. The attack on the Yelwata community in Benue state that killed over 200 people lasted for over 5 hours. The Nigerian airforce largest base, the tactical air command Makurdi, can be said to be just a stone throw away. A helicopter can fly from TAC and be in Yelwata in 5 minutes. Yet all these attacks go on and no air assets have been deployed.

That's not even embarrassing enough. The Nigerian army 72bn which is the home of paratroopers is 25 minutes drive away. Yet airborne insertions which they train for, was not available.

It is not out of place to say Nigerian armed forces are deliberately incompetent across board. It is shameful to say the least.

Dogalmighty17:
Not does not have an airforce. Certainly not a capable one. The attack on the Yelwata community in Benue state that killed over 200 people lasted for over 5 hours. The Nigerian airforce largest base, the tactical air command Makurdi, can be said to be just a stone throw away. A helicopter can fly from TAC and be in Yelwata in 5 minutes. Yet all these attacks go on and no air assets have been deployed.

That's not even embarrassing enough. The Nigerian army 72bn which is the home of paratroopers is 25 minutes drive away. Yet airborne insertions which they train for, was not available.

It is not out of place to say Nigerian armed forces are deliberately incompetent across board. It is shameful to say the least.

That's why we should continue calling them out

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