kabe1:
South African Special Forces RDRV

Whats up with the metal frame on the RDRV?

Indian High Commissioner's recent visit to NN HQ after the recent unusual visit from the Turkish Ambassador. India and Turkey recently lost out on the LST contract to DAMEN. They're probably vying for the new major NN contracts

kabe1:
Turkey-made corvette for PakistanNavy
launched in Istanbul. The MILGEM-class corvette, named PNS Babur, was launched.

Hope we're in talks for something similar considering the ambassador's unusually visit to NN a few days ago.

T'Chadian Army ARA II MRAP seen during the recent military parade. This is Nigeria's first major defence export

Off Topic; Brought to you by a country that "some people" say are an unreliable defence partner and have a weak defence industry thats never going to go anywhere because the "US would never allow it"

When your defence industries and hard power enabled foreign policy grows to a level that it's making US members of Congress panic, then you know for a fact that you're on the right track because your progress might not be necessarily susceptible to control anymore.

Lurker4Long:
SA Special Forces, on deployment in Mozambique.

Seriously, whats up with the SANDF suddenly using AK's so much? Is the R-4 now deficient somehow?

kabe1:
SANDF Special Forces in Mozambique

First time seeing the SANDF with an AK...... First time seeing an AK with an M-203 grenade launcher. Also, I wonder why none of the guns have optics, most of the R-4's I've seen in SOF hands all have them.

kabe1:


Bro, the T-B2 is even more American than Turkish.

Lots of the components, especially the optics have long been swapped out for domestically manufactured ones and also I don't think there's a single defence article in the world with 100% of the components from the country of origin. This isn't a very valid argument.

Nigeria

kabe1:




They don't have the tech unlike the Chinese to go it alone, and more importantly the US would not allow Turkey grow to a point where they become a threat to US own exports.

Bro, that's literally what's happening right now. Turkey is taking the drone market with traditional US customers such as Morocco, Ukraine, Tunisia and NATO Poland, with many other countries currently in talks.

The US for sure didn't envision that when they refused to sell Turkey Predator drones 15 years ago. Thats how we ended up here. You think the US is happy with the TB-2's combat performance and current market potential, especially given the semi- arms embargo on Turkey?

kabe1:


So you now finally agree Turkey is not a reliable defence partner.

Far from it. I still think Turkey is the future. They strike the sweet spot between cost, quality, and tech. From armored vehicles, missile technology, EW capabilities, naval shipbuilding and of course drones. They'd be an ideal defence partner especially on joint projects. They of course still have a long way to go.

kabe1:
There are some very wild reports suggesting Nigerian Air Force is getting 6 x units of T-129 Attack Helicopter.

Turkey struggled to export to the Philippines due to export regulations on the US made engine and also failed to export to Pakistan for the above reason. TAI is currently in talks to shift engine production to Ukraine for the T-129 ATAK II. If the rumors are true, NAF has a lot of hoops to jump through to get those birds.

SamuelAnyawu:
My Military guys over here said a Signal came from 7 Div stopping all Soldiers in Borno from Going on Pass.

The Army is liaising with the Airforce on how to lift Soldiers to Abuja and Yola.

To kick off late next month

Why would the military transfer soldiers to Abuja and Yola? Or do you mean soldiers are being air lifted from Abuja and Yola to Maiduguri?

Nigeria.

Lurker4Long:
Paramount Mwari demonstrating its ability to operate in austere and remote environments.

I really live this plane, especially its modular EO/IR suite and the wide selection of munition it can deploy. Really hope it secures the US contract. It'll be a big break for SA struggling defence industries.

Two Antonovs landed in Yola, Nigeria today from China. Probably bearing Wing Loong II drones and other goodies.

youghs:


Nigerian police buying UCAVs?

No, just USV's

kabe1:


The SU-57 is built to withstand such a landing.

Thrust vectoring no be joke!

NAF pilots conclude their training at Moody Airforce Base. As can be seen, the Super Tucanos are already integrated with their GBU Paveway PGM's

Algerian Boxer IFV

Nigerian Navy Falcon Eye C3I Command Centre

SANDF soldier deployed to quell the ongoing civil unrest

xterra2:
The Nigerian Police Trust Fund 2021 budget was approved N74Billion.

There are several interesting items there such as;
1 Specialized attack helicopter fully armored and weaponized
Repairs for Bell 412,206,427 helicopter
6 Fixed wing drone with range 0f 100-150km
10 Tag Terrier APC
Purchase of AR 15 Variants like M4A1, CQBR, SIG SAUER 551/552, HK G36K ( Assault rifles for newly formed SWAT)

Do you have a link to the full budget?

Sudanese soldiers armed with Chinese QBZ rifles

Nigeria

KDF SOF

Flanker:
Algerian Sail Training ship EL-MELLAH


110 m long

Hand down the most beautiful ship in any African Navy. Good God i love it.

kabe1:


Don't people constantly claim Ethiopia has one of the best armies in Africa?

The utter capitulation of their army is quite disgraceful.

I'm more surprised by their years of saber rattling with Egypt over the GERD

youghs:


I think these guys were captured while been transported from one location to another and probably weren't with their rifles cos Omo .
Or maybe they're the rebels who dressed in Ethiopian military uniform just for propaganda.

The TPLF counterattack was extremely overwhelming for both the Ethiopians and Eritrean. Many troops had to immediately surrendered. According to reports, many high ranking officers, including generals were killed

Ethiopia declares ceasefire after its massive defeat and subsequent retreat from Tigray. The TPLF has so far not shown any interest in accepting a ceasefire.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-57645282

Ethiopia declares ceasefire after its massive defeat and subsequent retreat from Tigray. The TPLF has so far not shown any interest in accepting a ceasefire.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-57645282

Breaking!! New reports indicate that Tigray's provincial capital, Mekelle been captured by the TPLF after devastating losses to the Ethiopian and Eritrean army with thousands of troops taken prisoner, multiple aircraft shot down and many armored vehicles captured. The Ethiopian and Eritrean troops have been responsible for extreme atrocities against the Tigrayans