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Odunayaw:
Hopefully it moves from "some" to all FOBs, if we get that(base placement) right we can have a foothold to progress to harmattan offensive

nemesis8u:
Unfortunately nothing is black and white

What will Russia do for them ?

Buy their oil ? Russia already has its own . Weapons many countries can supply , no shortage.

Emiratis r the ones in the driver seat since they r the ones with lots of dollars and options.

Buyer is always in a privileged position compared to seller and if there r multiple suppliers then the buyer is the king.

Russia needs dollars, not the emiratis so they will play along.

As for balls , everybody has balls

problem is one has only 1 single pair of balls , non replaceable

so who is desperate enough to loose their balls for somebody half way across the world ?

Tobiloba2407:
you really think this westerners like us, what recent western weapon are we using to fight in THE NE? turbo prop plane that has been paid for, they want to use 4 to 5 years to build, knowing fully well, we have critical security issues, and you think they are not looking for an excuse to invade us, and turn us to a cash cow like Iraq?

jpphilips:
I dont expect you to be smart enough to understand that what is happening now have wider implications, with ISWAP having photo sessions with our trucks, APCs, mortar and SF rifles, it means that Nigeria and the whole of Sahel region is at a huge risk of foreign invasion.
This is how it will play out;

Nigeria with its huge population will continue supplying fighters in droves for ISWAP, hitting military targets monthly will continuously supply them with arms & equipments, stolen APC's will make subsequent hits easier (already playing out), it's just a matter of time, their operations will grow beyond the NE, stretch into the NW to connect the Lower Sahel, to continue feeding and raising funds through Jizya tax, Kano will go but im certain they won't want to push southwards but northwards for obvious reasons.

I hear the ignorant arguement of ISWAP wishing to control territories, they learnt some lessons in the Arabian peninsula and will not make that mistake again, for west africa, its a mobile force with capability to take out government presence and take control of civil rule, extorting businesses and civilians, any attempt to dislodge them will be met with stiff resistance from nowhere after which they disperse and become civilians once again, several intels have confirmed this.

You may argue that you stand a chance of taking out their equipments with air strikes, make no mistakes, with the last attempt to capture an MLRS, all its rockets were taken, so far, ISWAP is utilizing those rockets in an improvised fashion, you still cant guess the end of this road? they are coming for our Roland it is just a matter of time, how effective will our airforce be afterwards?

The next phase will be consolidating their gains by taking control of businesses, factories, industries in controlled regions, that will get the attention of the security council who won't wish them to be more financially capable but first of all sanction Nigeria with an arms embargo for aiding ISWAP, Nigeria becomes glaringly inefficient and helpless that will be the only justification they need to invade Nigeria and closely expand their global reach.
The Sahel region has a lot of uranium deposits, the security council will never allow any of it to fall into ISWAP's hands even if it means destroying Nigeria, with these interests at the back of our minds, gentlemen, they are coming.

Denying the realities of the next decade is not in anyone's interest except you dont stay in Nigeria, what must be done is report this situation to the security council and log it in as a growing global threat to be countered, Nigeria must swallow her pride and request for an arms recovery taskforce, a pocket size modern foreign special forces & equipments mixed with our guys that are good enough and monitored by the security council, their objective will be to recover or destroy anything these guys take, it could be a one nation action plan or a coalition of nations.

Our guys in foreign affairs are not making this move now because the military consistently lives in denial, we always argue if the CIC is onboard of this development. What is happening in Nigeria has serious global consequences.
You can not do anything in Foreign Affairs if the guys on ground keeps pushing out pleasant narratives, the time to act is now.

Nigeria has almost contracted out her infrastructure to China to the extent that 50% of our recurrent expenditure go to them, our guys in Foreign affairs can bring this deal to china already looking for a launch pad to protect her vast interest in Africa, this could be the deal China is waiting for, by limiting it to a task force, CAATSA provisions will not be violated & Nigeria's interest in the SC protected.

This proposal will have serious political consequence no doubt but I bet it's nothing compared to the political consequence of a UN arms embargo and western invasion. we must choose the less of both evil.

God bless Nigeria!!!

Xbee007:
NA is not forthcoming with the true extent of territory the terrorists control. Indeed there are places in Borno that are still partially controlled by the groups.

However, we should be realistic and move beyond what territory the terrorists control and what they don't because the terrorists are not fighting for territory. Their prime location around lake Chad is sustaining their operations.

They are fighting a war of attrition and unfortunately they are winning!

They dictate the tune!

Xbee007:
Donclerikuzo once said the terrorists are working on plans that would allow them strike any part of Nigeria with ease. I hope NIA is being proactive otherwise we will be in serious sheeeee.

doziex:
Well, if we are so smart and know it all, how come the evidence on the battlefield shows otherwise.
It takes humility to properly assess your areas of weakness, then seek assistance from those who have demonstrated strength in those areas.

You should check out the defensive hesco structures British army engineers built for the Lebanese army on their Syrian border

doziex:
These guys are mostly likely just combat footage camera men. So there is a high chance of being KIA when they accompany their front line suicidal elements.

Our army should request the help of the U.K. Combat training team to assist us in establishing proper combat engineering units.

Combat engineers need to design and construct these camp bastion type defensive structures using the hesco barriers to erect structures that would withstand anti aircraft artillery fire and also provide elevated watchtower like positions.

Then as has been mentioned before, use land mines, razor wire, machine guns and mortars to shape proper kill zones. These would channel the advancing jihadists to their certain deaths.

Furthermore, me thinks that stand off direct attack weapons such as the TOW missiles, or the Israeli spider atgm would help to neutralize anti aircraft guns before they get within effective range, should be acquired asap.

All these, plus readily available combat air support aircraft such as the weaponized crop duster the AT-802 Air tractor , would save the lives of our brave troops and prevent them from being overrun.

If the brits and Americans didn't set up their defensive structures as such, they would be overrun just like a lot of our bases are being overrun and weapons looted.

I believe the air tractor can be gotten off the shelf or at least a lot sooner than the Tucano.

Henry240:
[s]Bros, do you have a comprehension problem?[/s]

Don't usually simply means in rare cases. 1 out of 1000.

Yes, I have always been aware that Kenya Army operates an air wing. It's not new information.

Odunayaw:
Kuku say na there you wan do vacation

Odunayaw:
Where's our own nitori Olorun!

jteku:
Am not spreading any book haram propaganda, but if they can capture this amount of gun boat and what I saw on this video, then am sorry for Nigeria.


https://www.facebook.com/ReportYourself/videos/416460498936596/

Scandinavian02:
Imagine what someone wrote?

Let the NA continue living a lie until they are wiped off the earth by ISWAP.

You saw such terrifying video and how people's fathers died and are dying like chickens and all you can brand it is "an enemy of the state propaganda".

I wish you all the best.

blacKDalia:
One thing I noticed. One person with different monikers, he hibernates and them comes back from his hell hole writing gibberish. Didn't know that it happens here just like in other nairaland threads.

blacKDalia:
Handle evidence? As per fingerprint? To cross check against which other fingerprint? No database for here o, abi you dey forget say na 9ja be this.

BabaOwen:
Herdsmen who disguise as okada men to smuggle weapons caught by Nigerian Army.

The Army recovered AK-47 rifles and some sophisticated weapons.

Watch Video:

Source: https://www.mediahelm.com.ng/2019/05/herdsmen-disguise-as-okada-men-to.html