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Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriteerNg: 8:30pm On Oct 09, 2025
Kingsnairaland:
Now how much did USA give Pakistan to do this
You're onto something.

The US wants to use Pakistan to get back Bagram Airbase.

That explains the frequent visits of Pakistani PM and Army Chief in Washington the past few weeks.
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriteerNg: 8:30pm On Oct 09, 2025
⚡Pakistan’s Defense Minister confirms that Pakistan conducted counterterrorism airstrikes in Kabul tonight.
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by soqmeov(m): 8:55pm On Oct 09, 2025
shoodboi2:
Israel killing 5-year-old Hind Rajab is easily the most talked about incident involving Israel murdering a child. And our man up there is claiming ignorance as he does with everything else. That is how he behaves. At this point, I just assume he is here for fun.
There's really no point arguing with religious fanatics, Christian or Muslim. Even if they wipe out the entire gaza population (ethnic cle@nsing), it wouldn't make a dent on these guys' conscience.
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriteerNg: 8:57pm On Oct 09, 2025
⚡Trump suggests Spain be expelled from NATO over low defense spending — AFP
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 9:01pm On Oct 09, 2025
WriterrNg:
⚡Brazil’s Energy Minister says the country “may need to consider nuclear technology for defense purposes.”

Meanwhile, Deputy Kim Kataguiri has introduced a bill to legalize nuclear weapons development — a shocking move for a nation bound by the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
People when serious dey take note from the Iran brouhaha.

Make Khameni continue to dey dull himself.
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriteerNg: 9:17pm On Oct 09, 2025
⚡Debris of downed Ukrainian Flamingo cruise missile found on Russian territory for the first time.

Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriteerNg: 9:18pm On Oct 09, 2025
WriteerNg:
⚡Debris of downed Ukrainian Flamingo cruise missile found on Russian territory for the first time.
Lol. It didn't even take a month.
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by dermmy(m): 9:20pm On Oct 09, 2025
WriteerNg:
⚡Trump suggests Spain be expelled from NATO over low defense spending — AFP
Just because Spain stood against genocide Israel is committing.
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriteerNg: 9:21pm On Oct 09, 2025
⚡Former Iranian FM and Supreme Leader’s advisor Ali Akbar Velayati warns that the Gaza ceasefire might coincide with renewed conflict in Iraq, Yemen, or Lebanon,

Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriteerNg: 9:26pm On Oct 09, 2025
⚡Pakistan has launched airstrikes inside Kabul. Multiple reports say TTP chief Noor Wali Mehsud is dead.
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriteerNg: 9:27pm On Oct 09, 2025
⚡Venezuelan authorities blocked 2 of 5 roads to Caracas with containers and police barriers.

Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by FoolishBoy419: 10:13pm On Oct 09, 2025
Hoaxen:
The funding of terrorists against Israel in Syria, Yemen, Hezbollah and Hamas is what?

Is black water in Nigeria yet?
Those were supported to defend themselves against all potential agressors.

Did Iranians kill Israelis?
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Jovi10: 10:21pm On Oct 09, 2025
dermmy:
After Tomahawk then Tomachicken.
And then tomaturkey
😂😂😂
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by SonOfWords(m): 10:21pm On Oct 09, 2025
FoolishBoy419:
Those were supported to defend themselves against all potential agressors.

Did Iranians kill Israelis?
But why you still dey answer that nigga? Is it that you don't know how to ignore useless comments?
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by FoolishBoy419: 10:22pm On Oct 09, 2025
WriteerNg:
⚡Trump suggests Spain be expelled from NATO over low defense spending — AFP
Spain approved an arms embargo on Israel just yesterday
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by FoolishBoy419: 10:25pm On Oct 09, 2025
SonOfWords:
But why you still dey answer that nigga? Is it that you don't know how to ignore useless comments?
It can be harder than it sounds. I've blocked them now
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Jovi10: 10:25pm On Oct 09, 2025
Lawag3:
I don't want links on this thread I have literally debunked a video in which a child was shown dead the child raised his head and smiled.

There's video evidence of Palestinians shooting scenes of death with actors.


Mourning dead babies that are actually dolls.

Showing malnourished children that are actually suffering from a disease.

And when we bring evidence of those videos being fake some of you put up the most ridiculous of defense.

Some western media fall for the falsities and report them only to apologize later.

When hamas committed it's atrocities there was comprehensive video evidence that could not be denied.

That's all I'm asking for even a photo will do.

Someone once said that the killings when done by Israeli helicopters funny how those helicopters were not in the videos hamas themselves did and posted.
People like Charlie Kirk said it having gone to the Israel Gaza border. He said the infiltration was impossible by hamas if Israel didn't support it. Be was beginning to see the truth and then he was killed. You can goan watch videos of his shows. He was pro Israel before he started seeing what we have been seeing since inception. You'll be alright last last sebi na visa you want, keep up your hustle for the visa.
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by FoolishBoy419: 10:33pm On Oct 09, 2025
Appleyard:
Russia's military doctrine differ in scale to that of the US.

One is hell bent on global dominion. The other focuses on securing the periphery of the formal Soviet space.

Hence the choice of weapon design to meet each needs.

FYI, the S-400 is designed to also track and defend against stealth flying objects.

During the thick of the Syrian crisis in 2015-2017, the one the Russians deployed in Syria was "painting" ALL US war planes flying to and from the East of the Euphrates, and that include the F22 Raptor and F35 located in the Icirlik airbase in Turkey.

It was this realization that prompted Turkey to purchase the S-400.

Fearing the proliferation of the System, the US swung into action by introducing CAATSA, a legislation that sanctions any country that buys the S-400 and similar systems.

Stealth is only an edge in terms of modern deployment and over less sophisticated foes.
Thanks for this. I had long bought into the idea that detectint and locking onto stealth aircrafts at long range was impossible. Even if they don't make the best jets, they most certainly have the best salesmen
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Obedience40: 10:45pm On Oct 09, 2025
FoolishBoy419:
Those were supported to defend themselves against all potential agressors.

Did Iranians kill Israelis?
You really wrote the above??

Iran are supporting Hamas, Hazebolla, and the Houthis to defend themselves against potential aggression from Israel.. Wow!!

And funny enough you still wrote if Iran is killing Israelis when the groups Iran are funding both politically and military wise is responsible for the hundreds of civilians deaths in Israel👏👏
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by SonOfWords(m): 11:31pm On Oct 09, 2025
Obedience40:
You really wrote the above??

Iran are supporting Hamas, Hazebolla, and the Houthis to defend themselves against potential aggression from Israel.. Wow!!

And funny enough you still wrote if Iran is killing Israelis when the groups Iran are funding both politically and military wise is responsible for the hundreds of civilians deaths in Israel👏👏
It is this glaring double-standards from your camp that's always causing problems in this thread.

When the US and Israel funds ISIS to destabilize other countries and topple governments, you effortlessly go dumb and blind. But when Iran-backed Hamas throws a small punch at Israel, you pick up a molotov cocktail😂.

Una eh!
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by shoodboi2:
dvkot:
since our politicians decides to politicized the ruthless killings going on in the north by pampering Islamic terror group then it's not bad if a PMC is sent here to fight the terror groups.
I share your sentiments. And so do multiple other people from what I have read so far. But we should be careful not to populate our house with rats because we want to eradicate cockroaches. Rats eat cockroaches, agreed. But rats and cockroaches are both pests and are unwanted.

Let me take you down memory lane with regards to the history of PMCs in Nigeria:

Around 2013/14, Boko Haram was beating the Nigerian army back to back, seizing territory and committing all sorts of atrocities on captured civilians, including slaughtering their throats.

Sometime in 2014, Erik Prince came to Nigeria and asked Goodluck Jonathan for some money to fight Boko. Reports say he asked for $1.5 billion (like 225 billion naira at the time or 2.2 trillion naira today). Jonathan refused.

Meanwhile, the US refused to sell weapons to us over “war crimes” and Boko continued to capture territory. Jonathan later secretly contracted another PMC, STTEP, run by Eeben Barlow from South Africa to fight Boko.

Eeben & STTEP took command of the 72nd Airborne battalion in Makurdi, Benue state, and repurposed them into the 72nd Mobile Strike Force. He purchased Reva MRAPs from South Africa and Beryl rifles (based on the AK) from Poland. He also got some Russian/Soviet T-72 tanks from the Nigerian army stock, plus a few helicopters, likely from their own stock. He then got to work.

Eeben structured the 72nd mobile strike force as a light infantry special forces group. They performed long range strike/interdiction operations where they travel hundreds of kilometers into Boko-held territory, meet Boko right inside their bases and defeat them there. They then move to the next battlefield.

They did not hold ground and instead, handed everywhere they cleared to another military unit. They will then leave the battlefield, drive hundreds of kilometers to the next one where they will defeat Boko and then leave for another battlefield again.

Using this tactic, they captured hundreds of kilometers from Boko and were responsible for many of the pushbacks and back to back defeats Boko suffered in the hands of the Nigerian army in the run up to the 2015 elections.

STTEP liberated multiple towns including Gwoza, Bama, Damasak, and the infamous Baga town, which were all Boko strongpoints and served as Boko haram capitals at one point. And STTEP did all these in less than six months, starting late 2014 to around March/April 2015.

Their performance is very impressive considering they had just two months or so to get the 72 mobile strike force ready and bring in weapons. The actual combat itself was four months long. At one point, the South African company that produced the Reva MRAP was even working at full capacity to meet the super-tight delivery deadline.

Most times, many of the operations the 72 mobile strike force went on also doubled as training missions. So, they were literally practising on the battlefield using Boko Haram as live targets.

And how did the US respond to this? They increased pressure on GEJ, Eeben Barlow, and STTEP. Things got so bad Nigeria couldn't even pay for weapons.

If you remember that incident where a jet belonging to the head of the Christian Association of Nigeria at the time, was held in South Africa after it flew in with millions of dollars in cash; It was because we had to pay cash for weapons because we did not want the US to know.

Before long, the media heard about that incident and later, the use of PMCs in Nigeria and it became a full-blown scandal. It was soon politicized with PDP and APC exchanging words over the use of PMCs. And you know once things get to that point, it is over.

Once GEJ lost the elections, STTEP and Barlow started to wind down their operations and Buhari promptly ended their contract once he came into power in May 2015.

That is STTEP’s record right here in Nigeria. Now, compare that with Erik Prince whose PMC called Blackwater has been enmeshed in scandal after scandal in Iraq, Afghanistan, and everywhere else that he has been to. He is either killing people or shooting crowds and leaving them with serious injuries. In Iraq alone, he has like three massacres to his name among many other war crimes.

Things got so bad that he started changing the name of his PMC back to back just to avoid the negative press. He has gone from Blackwater USA to Blackwater Worldwide to Xe Services LLC to Academi, and now, Constellis Holdings.

Meanwhile, STTEP performed brilliantly in Nigeria and everywhere else he has been to. Eeben Barlow himself has ended wars in Angola and Sierra Leone under an earlier PMC (Executive Outcomes) he founded in the 80s/90s, and he can do the same here too.

But we cannot say the same about Erik who has never ended a war anywhere. His presence even makes the war worse as we are currently seeing in Congo where his mines and PMCs are very active. Only God knows the war crimes he is committing there.

The guy is only interested in his mines. Once he secures his mine, and starts to steal resources, anything else that happens outside of that is none of his business.

But besides his role as a private military and mining company owner, which is clearly a conflict of interest, he is coming in under very controversial circumstances, which no right thinking Nigerian should tolerate.

The fact that he is even justifying his presence with the pretext of a “Christian genocide” and calling on the Pope (and not the Nigerian government) to fund his army indicates he is trying to polarize us and exploit our religious differences to steal our natural resources. He knows the Pope won't fund him, but he deliberately asked the Pope to just to pass a message and validate his Christian genocide claims.

In all, a PMC is a good solution but not one owned by or affiliated to Erik Prince. If we need anyone, it is Eeben Barlow. He has a track record, does not own mines, does not create religious grounds to justify his actions, and does not interfere in our internal politics. He will do what he is told to do, collect his payment, and vamoose once he is done.

As for Erik, he is one rat we can do without.
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Uprightness100(m): 1:18am On Oct 10, 2025
FAKE TERRORISTS NEWS AS USUAL
Jovi10:
People like Charlie Kirk said it having gone to the Israel Gaza border. He said the infiltration was impossible by hamas if Israel didn't support it. Be was beginning to see the truth and then he was killed. You can goan watch videos of his shows. He was pro Israel before he started seeing what we have been seeing since inception. You'll be alright last last sebi na visa you want, keep up your hustle for the visa.
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Uprightness100(m): 1:18am On Oct 10, 2025
President Donald Trump AGAINST Spain, in a meeting with the President of Finland at the White House:

We need to check why Spain is lagging behind in NATO funding (not paying 5% of GDP like other NATO countries).
Maybe Spain should be KICKED OUT out of the NATO.

Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Uprightness100(m): 1:22am On Oct 10, 2025
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Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Uprightness100(m): 1:25am On Oct 10, 2025
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Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Uprightness100(m): 1:31am On Oct 10, 2025
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Jovi10:
If you're expecting me to start sending you links of the incident you're on a long thing. I love it as you're deliberately ignorant or outrightly hypocritical.


The internet is there for you to do your research, if you can't, all the best to you bro.

Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Obedience40: 3:17am On Oct 10, 2025
SonOfWords:
It is this glaring double-standards from your camp that's always causing problems in this thread.

When the US and Israel funds ISIS to destabilize other countries and topple governments, you effortlessly go dumb and blind. But when Iran-backed Hamas throws a small punch at Israel, you pick up a molotov cocktail😂.

Una eh!
ISIS??


The US has funded rebels in the past and will continue to do so as long as it aligns with her foreign policy at the given moment. that's not the issue here, many countries are guilty of this the US inclusive!!

My problem with what FoolishBoy419 wrote is that he is trying very hard to exonerate Iran and Iranians from any Jewish civilian casualties caused by Hazebolla, Hamas and the Houthis. when infact
without the backing of Iran these groups won't be able to carry out their activities against Israel
.

Also he tried to used the lame calling card of "defence against aggression: There's nothing defensive about the triplicity of Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis. The trio are Iran first tier of aggression projection against the jews.
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by FoolishBoy419: 5:18am On Oct 10, 2025
Obedience40:
You really wrote the above??

Iran are supporting Hamas, Hazebolla, and the Houthis to defend themselves against potential aggression from Israel.. Wow!!

And funny enough you still wrote if Iran is killing Israelis when the groups Iran are funding both politically and military wise is responsible for the hundreds of civilians deaths in Israel👏👏
And Israel is responsible for killing tens of thousands in their countries. Remember what I told you about your belief that some bloods are more precious than others? Here you are proving me right again, as usual.

The groups utilized Iranian support to respond to Israeli terrorism. It doesn't make Iran responsible
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by FoolishBoy419:
Obedience40:
ISIS??


The US has funded rebels in the past and will continue to do so as long as it aligns with her foreign policy at the given moment. that's not the issue here, many countries are guilty of this the US inclusive!!

My problem with what FoolishBoy419 wrote is that he is trying very hard to exonerate Iran and Iranians from any Jewish civilian casualties caused by Hazebolla, Hamas and the Houthis. when infact
without the backing of Iran these groups won't be able to carry out their activities against Israel
.

Also he tried to used the lame calling card of "defence against aggression: There's nothing defensive about the triplicity of Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis. The trio are Iran first tier of aggression projection against the jews.
😂😂😂😂😂

*Head-chopping terrorists are rebels
*Iran doesn't have the right to do what USA and "many other countries" do
*It is wrong for the resistance axis to fight Israel even as their people are murdered.
*The resistance are the aggressors even though Israel is still pillaging and annexing lands in areas that have no "terrorists"


You're quite a unique person, I must admit. Sometimes you are annoying, and sometimes you show so much double standards that I suspect you might be throwing subtle jabs at the US/Israel with satire.
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Kingsnairaland(m): 6:02am On Oct 10, 2025
Uprightness100:
JERUSALEM, the Eternal Capital of GOD ALMIGHTY CHOSEN Nation, ISRAEL right now
Dude read your bible properly lol

God is going to destroy both this heaven and this earth and recreate a new heaven and new earth

So stop dreaming of this Israel land as any capital lol
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