lionel4power:
Gambian soldier.


This looks like the beginning of a great movie

lionel4power:
Ivory Coast police new uniform.

Sizzorkay:
And his uniform is different too, not even a tie

By far the largest defence spender in Africa, Algeria has been a leading client for Russia and increasingly for Chinese arms in an attempt to modernise its armed forces. With a number of reports indicating that the country has acquired advanced anti access area denial systems to protect its airspace, including placing orders for both the Russian S-400 and the Chinese HQ-9B, the country has recently sought to increase its coastal defence capabilities by investing in some of the world’s quietest submarines, the Russian Kilo Class, and more recently in highly capable anti ship missiles. Developed with similar if slightly superior capabilities to the Russian-Indian Brahmos, the CX-1 cruise missile retains a 280km range and can impact enemy warships with precision at speeds of Mach 3. The missile makes use of a two stage booster and travels on a low-high-low trajectory - descending to an altitude of 10 meters above sea level when 10 kilometres away from its target. Impacting at such a low altitude makes the missile far harder to detect or to intercept. The missile’s speed of Mach 3 is more than sufficient to tear a large enemy warship in half with the sheer force of its impact, which combined with its 260kg warhead can disable if not sink almost any surface vessel with a single strike.

The induction of the CX-1 into Algerian service is a game changer for its coastal defence capabilities which will complement the considerable investments already made in air defence. With Algiers having witnessed the fate of neighbouring Libya in 2011, North Africa’s other resource rich former Soviet client and Russian-Chinese ally, which failed to arm itself adequately and as a result was devastated by a Western attack, the country has prioritised the acquisition of cutting edge asymmetric weapons systems to protect its air and sea space and thereby deter a potential Western attack. As some of the most advanced Western made air defences have recently demonstrated, even pre Vietnam War era subsonic missile designs can often prove too much to handle - and the capabilities of the CX-1 and its high survivability against enemy air defences thus allow it to pose a lethal threat to hostile warships far from Algeria’s coasts. The missile’s range allows it to target hostile warships far into the Mediterranean, giving Algeria the ability to close off the Strait of Gibraltar and the passage between Sardinia and Africa and seriously disrupt trade and undermining any Western war effort against the country.

With capabilities surpassing the Brahmos or the Russian P-800, the CX-1 is set to become a popular export worldwide which could very well outcompete rival platforms. The missile is likely to remain in Algerian service for several decades, and acquisitions of more capable anti access area denial systems, both maritime and otherwise, remain likely in future. The sale of the CX-1 demonstrates China’s fast improving position as a leading global arms exporter - one threatening to challenge both Russian and Western sales in their traditional spheres of influence. Algeria’s choice of the CX-1 over the Russia P-800 represents just one example of this, though whether this trend will continue and Chinese arms exports to the African state will grow at the expense of Russian ones remains to be seen. As by far the most modern and sophisticated military force in Africa, with a sizeable defence budget greater than that of any two other African states combined, Algeria for its part is set to continue to strengthen its defences for years to come.

Algerian1:
Algeria Acquires Lethal Mach 3 Ship Hunting Missies from China; How the CX-1 Allows Algiers to Close Off the Mediterranean





Source : militarywatchmagazine


But no official news of a contract until now

Algerian1:


Do you read what poeple post ? My english is that bad


He is a student officier from cameroun navy its normal that he havnt the same ceremonial dress

Côte d’Ivoire’s Gendarmerie revealed itself to be the first known exporter user of the Belarusian-made Cayman 4x4 light armoured vehicle when three featured in the 7 August independence day parade.

It was announced in May 2017 that the Cayman had entered service with the Belarusian military and the chairman of the country’s Military Industrial Committee said in January that at least some had been exported, although he did not reveal the customers. Russia’s Tass news agency reported on 13 July that Caymans were in the process of being delivered to an African state.

Designed for reconnaissance, escort, and patrol duties, the vehicle is made by the 140 Repair Plant in Borisov. It weighs about 7 tonnes and can carry a crew of six. A 170 hp D-245 engine made by the Minsk Motor Plant gives it a top speed of 100 km/h on paved roads. Its amphibious capability requires no preparation, with its waterjets giving it a swimming speed of 8 km/h. Its side and rear armour is said to be equivalent to STANAG 4569 Level 1 and its frontal armour equivalent to Level 2.

Côte d’Ivoire’s Gendarmerie already operates French VAB and BTR-80 armoured personnel carriers. It also displayed a BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicle on a transporter during the parade.
The army, meanwhile, paraded nine new Acmat (now Arquus) Bastion armoured personnel carriers (APCs) in UN colours. Côte d’Ivoire currently has a protection company serving with the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), but this was previously seen operating old British-made Saxon APCs.”

lionel4power:

The truth is that, at the end of the day we Nigerians need to be wiser...

However, the executive arm should never resort to arms. In the Nigerian constitution, there are three branches of government. No branch is bigger than the other.

Nigeria is bigger than any party politics.

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BREAKING: Osinbajo Sacks DSS Boss, Lawal Daura

newafricaken254:
i swear i have seen ISIS with better balaclava

61mech:
Some pics of SAAF F1's with fangs out.
Would have loved to see what they'd look like after a Atlas upgrade like the Cheetah's , but with the systems and weapons Denel had in the works during the 90s. It would be interesting to see what they would do with the +/- $1.8B that was spent on the Grips.
Assuming they upgraded 36 F1's that would come to about $50mil per plane budgeted.

iblawi:
please watch this video till the end.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDNhooEU1RU

Xbee007:

Those people they murdered in cold blood are Nigerians. A foreign country steps on our soil and murders our people and nothing happens.

Okay

iblawi:


Cameroon not Nigeria.

English speaking Cameroon community.

newafricaken254:
Toured and commissioned the Nyoka military conversion facility at Magamaga military barracks in Mayuge District.

iblawi:
please watch this video till the end.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDNhooEU1RU

bidexiii:



These are serious war crimes the French, there colonia masters are folding there hands doing nothing, likewise the rest European and western countries. If it was Nigeria there would be enough sanctions levied against us by now.

@newafricaken254 should have seen these videos and so many others, I watched some on your twitter account. there was these particular one with woman backing there babies and children at there sides been escorted into a bush part and been murdered in cold blood.

But it's not on Nigerian soil. most of the people killed in all these videos are English speaking part in Cameroon. And they where labelled having affiliates with terrorist activities, wife and families of BHT.

Most of these allegations are false, I see these has another tribal cleansing happening in Africa.

bidexiii:



These are serious war crimes the French, there colonia masters are folding there hands doing nothing, likewise the rest European and western countries. If it was Nigeria there would be enough sanctions levied against us by now.

@newafricaken254 should have seen these videos and so many others, I watched some on your twitter account. there was these particular one with woman backing there babies and children at there sides been escorted into a bush part and been murdered in cold blood.

But it's not on Nigerian soil. most of the people killed in all these videos are English speaking part in Cameroon. And they where labelled having affiliates with terrorist activities, wife and families of BHT.

Most of these allegations are false, I see these has another tribal cleansing happening in Africa.

Henry240:
Off-topic
SU-35 cockpit