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Ghana and South Africa celebrate first success of African network of telescopes



http://www.ska.ac.za/media-releases/ghana-and-south-africa-celebrate-first-success-of-african-network-of-telescopes/

#COIN
#AFSF

Egyptian and russian paratroopers units will start the joint military exercise " Protectors of friendship " in September

Egyptian navy uses the us-short air defense system avenger on the mistral helicopters carrier

AAI RQ-7 Shadow #UAV (03 Örnen) deployed at camp Nobel in #Mali by Sweden
#MINUSMA #Försvarsmakten #ISR

NA RANDOM

Today Thursday 13th July 2017 another milestone has been attained in the history of the Nigerian Army as the the youngest Division, the 6 Division Nigerian Army was formally consecrated and launched into operations by the Honourable Minister of Defence, Mansur Mohammed Dan-Ali, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State in a very colourful and well attended ceremony. The sequence of which include the Unveiling of New HQ 6 Div Gate, Commissioning of New 6 Div Quarter Guard, Unveiling of 6 Div Monument, Consecration of 6 Div Headquarters Complex and Flagging Off of 6 Div Operational Activities as follows:
a. 6 Div Anti-Bunkering Squad.
b. 6 Div Anti-Kidnapping Squad.
c. 6 Div Strike Force.
d. 6 Div Operation Check-Mate.
e. Multi Agency Show of Force/Solidarity Patrol. Other activities include Commissioning of 20-Apartment Officers’ Transit Accommodation
Commissioning of Rehabilitated 6 Div Parade Ground:

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l Commissioning of New 6 Div Quarter Guard, Unveiling of 6 Div Monument, Consecration of 6 Div Headquarters Complex and Flagging Off of 6 Div Operational Activities as follows:
a. 6 Div Anti-Bunkering Squad.
b. 6 Div Anti-Kidnapping Squad.
c. 6 Div Strike Force.
d. 6 Div Operation Check-Mate.
e. Multi Agency Show of Force/Solidarity Patrol. Other activities include Commissioning of 20-Apartment Officers’ Transit Accommodation
Commissioning of Rehabilitated 6 Div Parade Ground:

Will it be an amphibious Division?

What Brigades are going to be put under its administration and are there Bde being raised?

I hate the Op Activities.. we'd lose unnecessary lives

IbnSultaan:

Hmmmmm

IbnSultaan:

When and where did these came in And happened.
More info @ibnsultaan pleased.......

Odunayaw:
Will it be an amphibious Division?

What Brigades are going to be put under its administration and are there Bde being raised?

I hate the Op Activities.. we'd lose unnecessary lives

definitely they would have amphibious units/brigades to tackle bunkering in the creecks.

brigades to be put under the new division will be be determined by further expansion and future securities has they rises .

PILOT TRAINING: NAF TAKES DELIVERY OF FIRST BATCH OF SUPER MUSHSHAK AIRCRAFT

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) today took delivery of the first batch of 5 out of 10 Super Mushshak aircraft being expected from Pakistan. The first batch of the trainer aircraft, which is for the primary flying training of NAF pilots at 401 Flying Training School, Kaduna, was received on arrival by the Air Officer Commanding Air Training Command, Air Vice Marshal Chris Okoye.

It would be recalled that the NAF inducted the Super Mushshak aircraft into the NAF inventory on 5 December 2016. This followed the kind gesture of the Pakistan Government to temporarily make 4 Super Mushshak aircraft of the Pakistan Air Force available to the NAF, at no cost, to immediately commence the training of NAF pilots. Since then, the in-house training of NAF pilots had resumed in earnest. With the arrival of the first batch of the NAF's trainer aircraft, the local training of NAF student pilots will receive a boost at a much reduced cost. The new aircraft will soon be inducted into service after assembly and successful test flights.
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PILOT TRAINING: NAF TAKES DELIVERY OF FIRST BATCH OF SUPER MUSHSHAK AIRCRAFT

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) today took delivery of the first batch of 5 out of 10 Super Mushshak aircraft being expected from Pakistan. The first batch of the trainer aircraft, which is for the primary flying training of NAF pilots at 401 Flying Training School, Kaduna, was received on arrival by the Air Officer Commanding Air Training Command, Air Vice Marshal Chris Okoye.

It would be recalled that the NAF inducted the Super Mushshak aircraft into the NAF inventory on 5 December 2016. This followed the kind gesture of the Pakistan Government to temporarily make 4 Super Mushshak aircraft of the Pakistan Air Force available to the NAF, at no cost, to immediately commence the training of NAF pilots. Since then, the in-house training of NAF pilots had resumed in earnest. With the arrival of the first batch of the NAF's trainer aircraft, the local training of NAF student pilots will receive a boost at a much reduced cost. The new aircraft will soon be inducted into service after assembly and successful test flights.
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Good news : let's hope for the jf17

NAF GRADUATES 298 REGIMENT PERSONNEL TRAINED IN SPECIAL WARFARE

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has graduated another batch of 298 regiment personnel trained in special warfare by the British Military Assistance Training Team (BMATT). Of the graduating personnel, 235 went through the Basic Regiment Airmen's Course to enhance their capacity for airfield defence. The additional six-week special warfare course was aimed at developing the capacity of personnel in force protection in complex air ground environment. Some of the personnel also received classes on instructional techniques to enable them train other NAF personnel in special warfare.

Speaking at the graduation ceremony, the Guest of Honour, the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, reiterated the commitment of the NAF to human capacity development. The CAS noted that the special warfare training became necessary to protect the limited resources available, including critical air assets, to undertake the NAF's statutory responsibilities. He urged graduands to optimize the gains of their training in such a way that it would add value to the society, assuring them of the NAF's continued commitment to the creation of a conducive environment for training and effective discharge of their duties. Air Marshal Abubakar further charged the graduating regiment personnel to have respect for the rule of law and human rights in the discharge of their duties. “Our social contract with the Nigerian people is one we cannot afford to take for granted, especially now that much more responsibilities are vested in us”, he said.

In their remarks, both the Chairman Senate Committee on Air Force, who was represented by Senator Aliyu Wakili, and the Chairman House Committee on Air Force, Honourable Samson Okwu, were full of praises for the NAF leadership owing to the evident progress made by the NAF in recent times. They also promised to continue doing their best to encourage the NAF by giving every necessary support. Given the importance of bases in the air power delivery matrix, the training would enable the regiment personnel to respond to a wide range of situations that might threaten NAF bases across the country. To further demonstrate the importance attached to regiment training, it would be recalled that the CAS only recently joined the NAF Regiment personnel during a bush exercise organised in Kaduna. A total of 66 instructors from BMATT were involved in the training programme.

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Police Nab Another Set of Abuja-Kaduna Highways Kidnappers

It would be recalled that concerned with cases of kidnappings, armed robberies and other violent crimes on Abuja-Kaduna road, the Inspector General of Police, IGP Ibrahim K. Idris NPM, mni, early June made additional Deployment of Six hundred (600) Police personnel of Special Intervention Forces, comprising Intelligent Response Team (IRT), Special Tactical Squad (STS), Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), Anti-Kidnapping Units, the Police Mobile Force (PMF) and the Counter Terrorism Units to root out these vicious and notorious kidnap for ransom and armed robbery gangs that were responsible for many kidnappings and armed robberies along Abuja-Kaduna Highway and also identified to be responsible for other violent crimes in the FCT, Niger and Kaduna States.

Consequent, on the intense operations to curtail the kidnapping and other violent crime, on the 19thJune, 2017 eight ( principal suspects were paraded after preliminary investigation revealed that they were responsible for several kidnappings, armed robberies and cattle rustlings on Abuja/Kaduna Highway. All the suspects confessed to the offence and investigation is being concluded into the various crimes against and they will soon be arraigned in court.

In furtherance of these operations, the Police Special Forces led by the Intelligence Response Team on the 8thJuly, 2017 and 9th July, 2017 working on available intelligence swooped on kidnappers dens in Gwagwada, kangimi and katari villages in Kaduna State and arrested all the above mentioned suspects and recovered from their possession the fire arm and ammunition listed above.

They volunteered confessional statement admitting to the various criminal roles they played in the kidnapped for ransom of motorists, travellers and others innocent people along Abuja/Kaduna Highway. They will be charged to court on completion of investigation.

The Nigeria Police Force in its renewed determination to prevent crimes and criminality throughout the country will not relent in ensuring that crimes that cannot be prevented are promptly detected to serve as effective deterrent to who will be criminal.

These operations along Abuja-Kaduna Road will be sustained to ensure adequate safety of life and properties of all Nigerians.

Similar operations across the Highways and major Roads in the country are being pursued with similar vigour and will equally be sustained.

SUSPECT:
i. Ibrahim Gurgu 45yrs Native of Gwagwada village Kaduna, principal suspect
ii. Abdulazeez Idris 40yrs native of Kankara LGA Katsina State, principal suspect
iii. Shuaibu Ibrahim aka Kadi 29yrs native of Kangimi village Kaduna State, principal suspect
iv. Ibrahim Isiyaku 30yrs native of Gwagwada village Kaduna State, principal suspect
v. Usman Datti 30yrs native of Gwagwada village Kaduna principal suspect
vi. Kabiru Musa 27yrs Native of Dandume LGA Katsina State, principal suspect
vii. Haruna Umar 24yrs native of Dandume LGA Katsina State, principal suspect

EXHIBITS
i. Ak47 Rifle
ii. Two (2) locally made pistol
iii. Thirty (30) rounds of live Ammunition
iv. One (1) magazine
v. Two (2) military camouflage
vi. Three (3) Cutlasses
vii. Charms

CSP JIMOH MOSHOOD
Force Public Relations Officer
Force Headquarters,
Abuja

Somalia: Special Forces and U.S. Troops Destroy Al-Shabaab Base in Lower Shabelle region.





Somalia's special forces known as Danab backed by US troops last night raided an Al-Shabaab bases in Kuunyo Barowe in Lower Shabelle region. The district commissioner of Baraawe, Hussein Bare has revealed the special forces supported by US troops landed near Kuunyo Barow and carried out a heavy assault on Al-Shabaab base in the area. "The special forces of Danab and US troops landed in Kuunyo Barow and destroyed an Al-Shabaab base in the area," said the Commissioner.
He added that the Kuunyo Barow area is one of the places that Al-Shabaab has been planning to carry out attacks in the region and as such two drone strikes hit the area last week. There has been no official communication regarding the raid by the Somali National Army (SNA).



http://allafrica.com/stories/201707130676.html

#Libya:up-armored, cabriolet, obstacle-breaching, recoilless-rifle LNA technical cruising down flooded street in #Benghazi a-la love-vendor my ride .

Meet #Arrrow - SA dog who set up a #GuinnessWorldRecord for being 1st dog to #SkyDive in anti-poaching operations #sabcnews

Marines are putting in some work in Senegal, helping as the Senegalese prep for @UN missions in Africa.

3D MODEL OF ARA MRAP

#COIN
#NA MRAPs

live ammunition exercise Algerian army 22 may 2017


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJD1ddRPO10

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3D MODEL OF ARA MRAP

Is there a timeline for this?

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gabng:
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These is serious good news.

Am basking right Herr and now....

Daverytimes:
Is there a timeline for this?

I can't really tell, our top brass are not really encouraging local defence industry.