₦airaland Forum

BabaOwen:
Una don start to dey make mouth again
The military didn't crush MEND and other Niger delta militants. In fact, with the military operation ongoing in the Niger delta, militants kept on bombing and yaradua had to give them amnesty.

We all saw what happened when PMB tried to stop paying militants, he had to change his position and started paying them when he saw the military couldn't stop them from bombing.

[/b]This Nigerian military am looking at will struggle against Benin republic military[b]

seankafor:
so you ain't deceiving yourself when you lay unsubstantiated claims and hate speeches..but suddenly one deceives himself and becomes sentimental when been optimistic and positive.

[/b]As for facts..seeing is believing..

Try and see[b]

BabaOwen:
Someone even said the Nigerian military(that is struggling against ragtag groups on is territory will defeat Republic of Benin in less than a month

Do you know what it is to defeat a country

Dem dey think say fighting nah like eating bread and beans . If no be ragtag groups like boko haram, Fulani herdsmen and bandits wey dey open the Nigerian military yansh, some Nigerians will sit down in there house eating amala and ewedu or apku with vegetables or eating tuwo shinkafi and start boasting that [/b]Nigeria will conquer the whole west Africa within one month[b] .

For boko haram to even exist in Nigeria without the DSS and military intelligence department stopping them from existing at all sef, is a failure on there part.

[/b]Nigeria can not defeat Benin republic because I don't see Benin republic attacking Nigeria and I don't see Nigeria attacking Benin republic[b]

lebuhsi:
sorry to Burst your bubble evarn but, the Saudis have enough reserves in their stock yo upset any disruption to their insane 12b/day oil sales for the the time been, the prices may rise tommorow and in the coming days due to market picnicking, but would stabilize as the over-supply glut from the US and the non-compliance of Nigeria and other OPEC and OPEC+ countries to the market stabilization cut, I think those field should be up and running in few days time, but I can assure you, we won't be seeing a 70b/day oil sales again this year...I guess the positives we could take out of this is that we get to keep pumping 2.3b/day ish, without pissing off the Saudis and the Russians

EVarn:
It's too soon to say the plants will be "up and running in few days", they were hit severally by up to 10 drones acting as cruise missiles. Barring the US opening up it's Strategic Petroleum Reserves and Saudi also pumping out it's National Reserves within the next 24 hours, oil prices will flare up in the coming days, and the prices will stay up for a while until Saudi manages to begin full operations. We are seeing increasing Iranian activities in the Strait of Hormuz, and disruption of oil supply within the past weeks. All these factors will come to play.

And as we continue to witness what a joke the Saudi's $80 billion military armament buying spree has become, who is to say we aren't going to see more of such attacks??.

ugo4u:
If push comes to shove the Saudis will sign a pact with US and Israel to do the job for them(that's if they don't already have one), their military has always being a joke, because they've relied on their money to do the job for them.
Don't be surprised if US further reel out sanctions on Iran while Israel on the other hand push for a surgical strike.

SamuelAnyawu:
on my way from Maiduguri to Monguno today after a perfect Weekend Cool off. We came accross a Nigeria Military convoy that was moving at a snail speed and had to spend 6hours for a 2hour journey.

We got to a location where the Military sighted another convoy from afar and felt it might be BH They all jumped down and took cover and told us behind to turn back with speed because of an impending exchange of fire.

At that point i could feel my heart in my hands. I said to myself "oh Lord Jesus this is my final end " Later we all discovered it was Chadian Soldiers coming from afar.

Sincerely i give kudos to military personnel in this insurgency war. War no be movie oh

We got to another point where the Insurgents ambushed last two weeks. The Military sighted some movement from afar and started unleashing AA guns . The Chadian soldiers veered off the road with theirconvoy of cars into the bush immediately. Sincerely i don't understand the kind of moral the Chadians gat shaaaa.

i also noticed most Chadians were using a kind of gun that was different from AK-47. It almost looked like a Tarvor The Chadians also had a kind of AA gun that has 2 nozzle or 4 nozzle from what i saw and it was operated by 2 persons on the truck. I will like to know what kind of AA was that.

May God bless all our gallant men. This Insurgency war has made even AA gunshots now looks like a Christmas kids knockout now

SamuelAnyawu:
on my way from Maiduguri to Monguno today after a perfect Weekend Cool off. We came accross a Nigeria Military convoy that was moving at a snail speed and had to spend 6hours for a 2hour journey.

We got to a location where the Military sighted another convoy from afar and felt it might be BH They all jumped down and took cover and told us behind to turn back with speed because of an impending exchange of fire.

At that point i could feel my heart in my hands. I said to myself "oh Lord Jesus this is my final end " Later we all discovered it was Chadian Soldiers coming from afar.

Sincerely i give kudos to military personnel in this insurgency war. War no be movie oh

We got to another point where the Insurgents ambushed last two weeks. The Military sighted some movement from afar and started unleashing AA guns . The Chadian soldiers veered off the road with theirconvoy of cars into the bush immediately. Sincerely i don't understand the kind of moral the Chadians gat shaaaa.

i also noticed most Chadians were using a kind of gun that was different from AK-47. It almost looked like a Tarvor The Chadians also had a kind of AA gun that has 2 nozzle or 4 nozzle from what i saw and it was operated by 2 persons on the truck. I will like to know what kind of AA was that.

May God bless all our gallant men. This Insurgency war has made even AA gunshots now looks like a Christmas kids knockout now

ugo4u:
Chadian soldiers are the most battle tested and experienced soldiers in West Africa as far as desert warfare is concerned. They're simply the best in that terrain.
But it is a thing of worry to me if up till now there is not an effective means of communication amongst allied forces against BHT. Only God knows the number of blue on blues incidences, it is sad and also quite unprofessional for troops to be working in the same general area without seamless communication. We saw the mess that happened in Taraba, we can do better.

EVarn:
Doesn't the MNJTF have channel of communication?, How come the Chadians were just driving around and our men didn't even know they were coming?.

Anyway, more strength to all of you guys in the NE theatre.

ugo4u:
Chadian soldiers are the most battle tested and experienced soldiers in West Africa as far as desert warfare is concerned. They're simply the best in that terrain.
But it is a thing of worry to me if up till now there is not an effective means of communication amongst allied forces against BHT. Only God knows the number of blue on blues incidences, it is sad and also quite unprofessional for troops to be working in the same general area without seamless communication. We saw the mess that happened in Taraba, we can do better.

Sincerely those guys are tough. Immediately they noticed movement. They entered the bush immediately with his speed. Screaming something like "Allah Tsere" They even told us in commercial cars lets go But i must also give kudos to Toyota Landcruiser truck it was moving inside the forest as if it's on a tarred road

SamuelAnyawu:
on my way from Maiduguri to Monguno today after a perfect Weekend Cool off. We came accross a Nigeria Military convoy that was moving at a snail speed and had to spend 6hours for a 2hour journey.

We got to a location where the Military sighted another convoy from afar and felt it might be BH They all jumped down and took cover and told us behind to turn back with speed because of an impending exchange of fire.

At that point i could feel my heart in my hands. I said to myself "oh Lord Jesus this is my final end " Later we all discovered it was Chadian Soldiers coming from afar.

Sincerely i give kudos to military personnel in this insurgency war. War no be movie oh

We got to another point where the Insurgents ambushed last two weeks. The Military sighted some movement from afar and started unleashing AA guns . The Chadian soldiers veered off the road with theirconvoy of cars into the bush immediately. Sincerely i don't understand the kind of moral the Chadians gat shaaaa.

i also noticed most Chadians were using a kind of gun that was different from AK-47. It almost looked like a Tarvor The Chadians also had a kind of AA gun that has 2 nozzle or 4 nozzle from what i saw and it was operated by 2 persons on the truck. I will like to know what kind of AA was that.

May God bless all our gallant men. This Insurgency war has made even AA gunshots now looks like a Christmas kids knockout now

EVarn:
And yet they mysteriously disappeared from Baga when it mattered.

SamuelAnyawu:
Sincerely i was kinda confused brother. What if mistakenly they started exchanging. It would have been bloody

nemesis8u:
Seriously ?

No offence but I find it hard to believe what u wrote about one side mistaking the other one for BH becz this means both sides have no comms with them , which if true is simply ludicrous.

All it takes is a simple radio call at pre designated frequencies to confirm friend or foe.

SamuelAnyawu:
Chadians?

EVarn:
And yet they mysteriously disappeared from Baga when it mattered.

SamuelAnyawu:
They all had communication gadgets tho i felt the Military took cover maybe just to be 100% sure

EVarn:
Yes.

We heard most of them left before that attack. Tho till date Baga is still under the control of BH as tge locals say

ugo4u:
Disappeared? There was a time a Chadian commander accused Nigerian troops of cowardice, they angrily withdrew their troops from the fronts and Bokoharam held sway including the baga axis.
Ask any Nigerian soldier in the fronts about the Chadians. Those guys and Bokoharam have one thing in common, they're not afraid of death.

ugo4u:
Disappeared? There was a time a Chadian commander accused Nigerian troops of cowardice, they angrily withdrew their troops from the fronts and Bokoharam held sway including the baga axis.
Ask any Nigerian soldier in the fronts about the Chadians. Those guys and Bokoharam have one thing in common, they're not afraid of death.

EVarn:
Speaking about Saudi Arabia, goodnews for Nigeria, opening oil prices tomorrow is bound to skyrocket. Recent Houthi drone attacks on two Aramco oil installations has halved production of Saudi Arabia oil to around 5 million b/d, as against the previous 11 million b/d.

At least for the next few months,oil prices could get as high as $80/barrel, thanks to *coughs* Iran *coughs* Houthi rebels

It appears that if BH/ISWAP were to invade Saudi, it would have taken over Riyadh by now.

Please don't compare Nigerian SFs with Saudi counterparts, it's a grave insult to our men.

nemesis8u:
The thing about SF people don't understand is

The human element is important but they r next to useless if they do not have the resources to enable them.

SF forces need extraordinary allocation of resources inorder to enable them to carry out their mandated tasks which r of extraordinary nature.

Those resources include but not limited to communication support (eg underwater comms) anything beyond the inventory and requirements of the general military forces , personal gadgets of all kinds eg proximity locator , infrared 'radar' , acoustic/seismic detectors etc again not usually found in the inventory of general military , transport and recovery capabilities beyond the scope of usual military requirements ( sometimes depending on requirements SF carries helicopter landing mats with them , the more exotic ones r well too exotic ) , geo mapping , terrain analysis tools which work on the fly and connect via satellites anywhere across the world and allow sensor fusion , 3D location awareness systems , bridging systems which fit into a backpack , drones which take miniaturisation and stealth in acoustic and EM spectrum to another level etc etc.

50-70% of SF equipments , enabling resources , infrastructure etc r closely guarded secrets of the respective operators.

Very very few countries have a SF which r actually SF enabled in the truest sense . Going by open sources US , Israel , and to a limited extent Britain and Russia.

lionel4power:
Boss, if i wont start counting the petrodollar just yet because today, the Saudi Arabian Energy minister said that Saudi Arabia has enough oil in storage to meet demands globally for at least a full month.

This will offset any oil production deficits till repairs are done on the damaged facility.

Regarding the BH/ISWAP, i done think they will exist on Saudi soil even in day. Have you seen the Saudi Arabian Air Force lately? They just concluded an aerial campaign that basically sent the whole of Yemen back into the 17th century.

Equipment-wise, The Saudi military is 100x better than the whole West African militaries combined. Go and confirm.

Do you things it is easy to continously bomb another country every day for 3 years? Also, Their SF is highly powerful, don't let The media fool you.

What then do you think they will do to sambisa, Chad and Niger combined?

Also consider that the Houthis are 200x more equipped than BH/ISWAP.

The Houthis have cruise missiles and ballistic missiles amongs others, things BH/ISWAP pray for.

Also, the Saudi intelligence network is legendary considering that most terror group originates from their territory.

BH/ISWAP is more of a Nigerian embarrassment because it just shows the whole world our incompetence which we have been covering up with propaganda. (no offence).

From a ragtag group to a menace. Let me clear you on something, there are, *rumors* (emphasis on *rumor*) that the Nigerian military top officers have lost and hope on winning the war, all there hope to do now is to manage it and prevent it from escalating and causing more serious problems.

Realistically, i no longer believe that we can win this war as of now until maybe the Super Tucanos land and more proactive approach & strategy is implemented.

EVarn:
Let's see how tomorrow goes in the oil market. Though I do believe oil prices will increase significantly not just as a result of the drone attacks,but also due to increasingly disruptive Iranian activities in the Arabian gulf these past weeks.

Saudi sent the Houthis back to the 17th century? How come they missed the advanced drones used by the Houthi rebels in the recent attacks?, How come the sophisticated Lockeed Martin aerial defense systems that the US charged Saudi Arabia everything short of Prophet Mohammed's knee caps for couldn't prevent even a single drone from carrying out those strikes?; If the drones made a over 2000km journey from Iran,then the Saudis should have noticed(except of course,they and their radars were all sleeping when the drones were flying above their heads), and if it is from the Houthis,it is even more embarrassing.

Of course they can bomb a country every day for three years because they can afford it. I am yet to see any sophistication in the Saudi SFs or Intelligence, or would you call that Kperoogi scandal sophistication?, the Turks basically set them up.

As for the BH issue, I do agree with you that except new strategies are adopted,and maybe those crop dusters finally arrive from the US,then there is very high likelihood that this war will continue in it's current form.

snrman:
bro stop tripping the Houthi repels don't have that kind of technology to carry out such attack. Iran is behind the blast which makes u question Saudi military upon all the money spent

lionel4power:
until maybe the Super Tucanos lands and more proactive approach & strategy is implemented.