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Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by TrueHeart365(m): 8:22pm On May 18, 2016

MikeCZA:
There's a reason Nigeria equipped it's elite mobile units with the Reva.

The BigFoot is a South African designed vehicle produced under licence in China. So it isn't about what you are thinking.

because Reva is lighter and faster plus the elite units need the mobility.

if up armored and upgunnes the bigfoot can play an IFV role. both have their advantages.

Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by rugged7(m): 8:36pm On May 18, 2016

DEFENCE HEADQUARTERS

UPDATE ON OPERATION CRACKDOWN: TROOPS CLEAR NJIMIA CAMP IN SAMBISA FOREST
In continuation with the special clearance and rescue operations otherwise known as Operation CRACKDOWN, within the Sambisa forest, troops of 7 Division have yesterday Tuesday, 17th May 2016, cleared Boko Haram terrorists out of their Njimia camp within Sambisa forest.
While advancing earlier in the morning on the same day, the troops also cleared Boko Haram terrorists camps at Alafa, where they encountered heavy resistance from Boko Haram terrorists and killed 15 of them.
The troops continued their advance through Alafa Main, Alafa Extension and Alafa Yaga-yaga, where they cleared remnants of the Boko Haram terrorists hibernating there before arriving at their main objective, Njimia.
Apart from destroying the camps, the troops rescued 41 hostages who were mostly women and children. The troops also recovered 2 Dane Guns, several vehicles, motorcycles and bicycles belonging to the terrorists.
One significant aspect of this feat today was the combination of ground forces assault, Nigerian Air Force Jets provision for combat air support and monitoring of the operation directly by the Acting General Officer Commanding 7 Division, Brigadier General Victor Ezugwu on board Air Force reconnaissance aircraft.
It is gratifying to note that no casualty was recorded by own troops through the conduct of this operation.
Thank you for your usual cooperation.
Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman
Acting Director Army Public Relations

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Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Nobody: 10:33pm On May 18, 2016

rugged7:
Block the Sale of Warplanes to Nigeria

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/18/opinion/block-the-sale-of-warplanes-to-nigeria.html?smid=tw-share&_r=0

These are the americans the Buhari government wants to trust.
Tucano this A29 that....
*spits*

I really believe the A-29 has capabilities we require in our Air Force.

Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by rugged7(m): 11:29pm On May 18, 2016

Rescued "missing" chibok girl located in sambisa

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Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by bidexiii: 11:29pm On May 18, 2016

RESCUED CHIBOK GIRL HANDED OVER TO BORNO STATE GOVERNOR

The rescued Chibok school girl, Amina Ali, was airlifted by Nigeria Air Force Super Puma aircraft from Damboa to Maiduguri alongside her baby and supposed husband, Mohammed Hayatu.

Prior to that they were examined at Air Force medical facility and were found to be stable and normal blood pressure was observed.

Thereafter, she was released to the Operation LAFIYA DOLE headquarters for further investigation and handing over.

After preliminary investigation, the rescued girl and her baby has been handed over to Borno State Governor, His Excellency, Honourable Kashim Shetima, at Government house, Maiduguri this evening by the Acting General Officer Commanding 7 Division, Brigadier General Victor Ezugwu in a brief ceremony.

It is believed that she will be brought to Abuja tomorrow along with her parents to meet with Mr President.

Meanwhile, the supposed husband is undergoing further investigation at Joint Intelligence Centre. It should be noted that Mohammed Hayatu is well treated in line with Operation LAFIYA DOLE Rules of Engagement regarding insurgents who voluntarily surrender to the military.

Thank you for your kind and usual cooperation.

Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman
Acting Director Army Public Relations

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Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by rugged7(m): 11:37pm On May 18, 2016

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Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by iblawi(m): 2:35am On May 19, 2016

Gripen E

Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Patchesagain: 5:09am On May 19, 2016

giles14:
o d overhyped craft

You mean the only Western Aircraft in 40 years to come out on budget and on time?

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Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Patchesagain: 5:10am On May 19, 2016

MikeCZA:
Gripen E?

The one and only

Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Patchesagain: 5:13am On May 19, 2016

MikeCZA:
Problems with funding which might mean certain milestones might be pushed into the near future.

Grounding of the jets is highly unlikely. Funding for the SANDF's core capabilities(Armour, special forces, fighter/ LIFT jets squadrons etc) has remained constant throughout the years. If there was a serious need for the force to shrink transport squadrons(fixed wing and rotary) will be the first to take blows.

Followed by the attack helicopter capability. Those are hard to regain but not as hard as introducing capabilities such as special forces or fighter jets. That's why you still see many contractors in Africa flying our jets or SF consultants with our elite forces during major offensives.

This.

When the story broke about the alleged "possible grounding of the Hawks fleet"

Everyone freaked out

No one looked at the SAAF budget which showed that the allocation for the jets was constant and took a slight increase this year since training costs dropped

It was transport that took a hit in the SAAF budget reduction - because we dont fly to Sudan anymore

When Biro got delayed everyone freaked out

No one took the time to read that the upgrade of Sailsbury Island to a Naval base falls under Biro and that SAN is negotiating with TRANSNET to cut costs - which obviously effects Biro as a whole - thus until TRANSNET and SAN come to an agreement Biro doesnt move forward

People like freaking out in RSA - it sells newspapers

Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by patches689: 12:35pm On May 19, 2016

Botswana only interested in 8 Gripen C/D and is also looking at the Korean T-50 Golden Eagle supersonic trainer
http://www.defenceweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=43548:botswana-interested-in-buying-gripens&catid=35:Aerospace&Itemid=107

In my opinion the T-50 would be the better option for Botswana

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Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Nobody: 5:14pm On May 19, 2016

algerian air defense , a S-300PMU2 site over at Mers El Kébir ( Oran ) and algiers , of course in war situation they will also use their mobility

algeria have 3 division S-300PMU2 of 4 battery for each one , so we can imagine 12 red circle like those on the pic

Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Nobody: 6:58pm On May 19, 2016

patches689:
Botswana only interested in 8 Gripen C/D and is also looking at the Korean T-50 Golden Eagle supersonic trainer
http://www.defenceweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=43548:botswana-interested-in-buying-gripens&catid=35:Aerospace&Itemid=107

In my opinion the T-50 would be the better option for Botswana

The T-50 would have been a much much better option. That fighter is not a trainer, from it's specs it shouldn't be classified as one. They are too good for a trainer.

Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by chinese8107: 9:26pm On May 19, 2016*

Henry240:
The T-50 would have been a much much better option. That fighter is not a trainer, from it's specs it shouldn't be classified as one. They are too good for a trainer.

Yes, T-50/FA-50 is matching JF-17 block II on the payload and price,it's a twin-seats fighter.

In fact South Korea designs this as their second-line fighter with trainer as a second role.

The South Korean sell and advertise it as a F-16 mini , 70% of the parts and technology from USA Lockheed Martin the F-16 manifacturer

The FTC-2000G is a real trainer served in Chinese Air force and at least one African country.It's also a cheap bomb-truck with 3000Kg payload and low maintenance cost . It's far more cheaper than T-50 or JF-17.It's a modifed FT-7 (JJ-7) and a F-7 variant with increase on payload and decrease on speed,however it's not suposed to be a profetional Ground-Attacker like Su25 or A10 as it has not enough armor and payload.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guizhou_JL-9

Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by gottfried21(m): 7:39am On May 20, 2016

In the papers today

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Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by bidexiii: 8:08am On May 20, 2016

gottfried21:
In the papers today

I dey fear for African countries now oooh.............. shocked

Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Nobody: 8:30am On May 20, 2016

ISIS In Tanzanian Caves; Terror Threat Multiplication

Amid reports of significant infrastructure concessions, SOCMINT, HUMINT, and OSINT reports of Tanzania increased presence of Islamic States (ISIS terrorists) indicates the country may soon suffer security risks.

A visibly poor video shot in Tanzanian caves show's armed youths brandishing Kalashinkovs and the Islamic States flag backed by picture/image evidence validated the presence of Daesh in Tanzania. Nonetheless, Harakat Al-Shabaab Mujahideen (HSM) also has active cells in the East African country.

The ISIS video is evidence that jihadist have set up shop in Tanzania, a rather docile member of the East African community.What are the ramifications of this emergence of the Daesh in Tanzania? read more

http://intelligencebriefs.com/isis-in-tanzanian-caves-terror-threat-multiplication/

Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by gottfried21(m): 9:20am On May 20, 2016

@ViceAdmiral
Do you know anything about this?
"Heavy artillery and Armoured vehicles this year"

Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Nobody: 9:52am On May 20, 2016

bidexiii:
I dey fear for African countries now oooh..............

may be we need chad,Cameroon or Niger to make such a deal to awaken nigeria

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Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by patches689: 10:55am On May 20, 2016*

gottfried21:
In the papers today

Hopefully this will force the Politicians in RSA to bump military spending somewhat

Not out of fear

But out of pride.

In the past, the fact that we only had between 8-14 operational was ok.... because you know "most advanced in Africa" and "8 is enough to guarantee air-superiority over any neighbor". But now, FVCKING BOTSWANA (A country most people cant find on a map with a population smaller than Johannesburg & Pretoria) will be operating allmost as many as SAAF... and probably have more operational.

This is too much. I am dead now.

Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Nobody: 11:07am On May 20, 2016*

the ZSU-23-4 Shilka ( air defense system) upgraded by the BCL algerian society , with the "saek" missile ( algerian copy of the chinese QW2)

before and after

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Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by andrewza: 12:44pm On May 20, 2016

patches689:
Hopefully this will force the Politicians in RSA to bump military spending somewhat

Not out of fear

But out of pride.

In the past, the fact that we only had between 8-14 operational was ok.... because you know "most advanced in Africa" and "8 is enough to guarantee air-superiority over any neighbor". But now, FVCKING BOTSWANA (A country most people cant find on a map with a population smaller than Johannesburg & Pretoria) will be operating allmost as many as SAAF... and probably have more operational.

This is too much. I am dead now.

There operastional level will be arround 5 to 6. We have 12 to 14. No nastion can maintain 100% readiness and keep up enough flying hours. Simply can not be done