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SiriusBlack: RIP: Flight Lieutenant Onyeka Nwakile..pilot of crashed Mi-35 Gunship.

adeyemik: In modern day warfare, propaganda plays a major role. In the recent downing of MH 17, one can see the way Ukraine has use the propaganda machinery to their favour, Israel is currently doing the same in its war against the Hamas, many other countries had used this vital element to their advantage. Some couple of months ago, during the North and South Korea crisis, US Airforce flew two B2 bombers to South Korean which was widely reported; this singular act of the US, was enough of the North Koreans to retrace their steps and agree to a truce, because North Korea knew the massive destruction the two bird could do when called to action.

In the context of the above, can the same thing be said of Nigeria in the current war in the North East? The answer is No. Not using this warfare element is one of the reason why this war has lingered for so many months and years, and Boko Haram seems to be winning the war. There is news blackout on the giant strides made by the Nigeria Army on both the print and electronic media, no footage of fire fight won by the Nigeria Army posted on youtube, no face(s) of captured or killed Boko Haram commander(s) flying around the social media. The Nigeria Army failure in this regard, is giving Nigerians impression our military are incapable to prosecute this war successfully. Omnri and his media cohorts saddled with this assignment has failed to accomplish the task.

Fortunately for Nigerians and the Nigeria Army, someone with the alias SiriusBlack, knows the important role propaganda plays in every warfare and is actively filling this void at the risk of his life. Sirius is playing an image laundering role for the Nigeria Army, and its availing people having good military background and experience to give useful suggestions that can improve the soldiers on the field. Through Sirius act, Nigerian have come to the understanding that past leaders had staved, improvised and neglected the Nigeria military and the need for Nigerians to ask for a probe to know what the huge yearly the defense budget was spent on.

I won't be surprised if the President's, defense and military minders goes through this thread because one of the clarion call of Sirius and other well meaning forumites was the urgent rebasing of the Nigerian Army armory, this call was yielded to by the President in his recent request to borrow a $1 Billion to re-equip the armory with modern day weaponry as against the civil war junks.

For those who are crying wolf about classified information, I implore them to go to Youtube and watch the live video for fire fights between Israel and Hamas, US and Taliban, see footage of British soldiers actively engages in fire fight with the enemies, watch the footage of making of B2, F22 and F16 stealth fighters, watch the making of the aircraft carriers etc. You wolf criers, can you guys point just one aspect of the classified information that has been posted on this thread. Is the picture of the gallant soldiers classified? For those Sirius think that revealing their faces would compromise their safety, he blanked out their faces. Is showing Igirigi APC a classified information? Is showing the tanks, Hilux, soldiers at the check point and guns of various types classified? Please let us to know.

If not for Sirius, am sure everyone thought that Sambisa forest is akin to Amazon forest in South America, his post made most of use to know that Sambisa is a lowland savanna as against it been a very thick forest. This thread has made many to know that AK47 has an effective range and so on. Has the forum not revealed that Nigeria don't have a air power and need to be urgently acquired.

These thread is not for PHD invested people like Quid and his likes. What is needed on this thread are constructive criticism that would bring about positive change in our military, and words of encouragement to the troops at the frontlines who putting their lives in harms way so that you and I can live.

ichidodo: [color=#1980BC] Copy cat that can't even catch 30% of projectiles hurtling into Isreali airspace.Where is the protection?....Please. [/color]

obayaya: Did you read the post I quoted?

He said the rebels thought it was a Ukrainian military plane.

obayaya: Maybe Russia did give the rebels the surface to air misiles. But you can't hold them responsible for this unfortunate incidence which was clearly a mistake on the part of the rebels.

My their souls rest in peace

Ibnsultan: stop drming. What happened to our jagaurs. American hardware not 4 us

Jakumo: Uncle Sam has major vested business interests in Nigeria, and would NOT be prepared to stand by and watch the very existence of all those concerns threatened by the emergence of a fundamentalist terror regime in Nigeria.

In the likely event that those vested interests held by the United States are deemed important enough to dust off, re-arm and sell off a few used A10 Warthogs to the federal side at some point during the course Nigeria's second civil war, then those planes will be on a vessel at sea heading for Nigeria so fast it will seem like magic when those birds of prey suddenly take to the air and proceed to whup major asz at the war
front.

I've got my family-sized bucket of popcorn here in this front-row seat to witness Nigeria's unfolding history, and this is one show I wouldn't miss for the world. Nothing beats an old-fashioned duke-out between the forces of good and evil, to bring the curtain down on a riveting show.

cirmuell: those guys are really assisting our NN(for free if guessed correctly) nothing will stop them from selling a few A10 IF we make the move.

cirmuell: those guys are really assisting our NN(for free if guessed correctly) nothing will stop them from selling a few A10 IF we make the move.

Jakumo: Is this a trick question ?

The good old US of A is the right answer of course, SKullz, and for getting that right, you win an all-expenses-paid wild weekend at the infamous Mustang Ranch house of female delights in rural Nevada, during which you will get to pick and choose from a mouth-watering bevy of sultry beauties on an hourly basis, or as the whim of the moment takes you.

On a serious note, yes indeed, sir, the United States of America has SQUADRONS of temporarily de-activated A10's, all languishing in the dry heat of a sprawling aircraft "graveyard" in Nevada, and all awaiting patiently for the footfall pitter-patter of serious buyers ready to put the fangs back in the slumbering beast, awaken her GENTLY and ship her Africa-bound, to join the fun at the Sambisa war front, where many a horde of virgin-hunting slave-raiders await carnal delivery from above - a job tailor made for the A10 Warthog.

Bust a move, Johnny B. Goode, and snag you some mean-asz FAIRLY USED A10 death-dealers to get it done RIGHT, out there where the tracer flies. Hell, get a bunch of them muffugus and end this chit NOW, before it gets out of hand. Close the deal on Buhari and his monkeys, Johnny. We know y'all don't be half-steppin', so just go ahead on, homie, and show 'em what time it is - Warthog Time !

giles14: I disagree dey com out cos d NA had weaken d book haram.and beside wot is d superior rifle used by d BIR pls I will like to know

Jakumo: The A10 ground attack jet is built like a tank, with self-sealing fuel tanks, multiple systems redundancy, and a Kevlar "bath-tub" built around the pilot. It has been said that the A10 was an aircraft designed around a gun, and the multi-barreled monstrosity peering menacingly out from the nose of this bird is capable of fragmenting battle tanks and other heavy armor with ease.

In the various conflicts where this ugly beast of the skies was unleashed by the US military, the A10 Warthog gained an almost mythical reputation for surviving structural and mechanical damage that would lead to the crash of just about any other man made flying machine currently in existence.

An A10 flying combat sorties over downtown Badhdad was riddled from stem to stern with a firestorm of anti-aircraft projectiles sent up by forces loyal to the rogue regime, during the opening hours of a major allied air offensive against military targets scattered across the sprawling city.

The pilot of the A10, on noting that half of his jet's left wing had been blown clean off by the AA barrage, briefly considered bailing out and parachuting into the waiting hands of enemy forces, but then wisely decided to limp his stricken craft back to base. He made it back to base in one piece, and executed a textbook landing right on the piano keys, to the stunned disbelief of all present. There were several other notable stories of A10 Warthogs surviving damage that would be instantly catastrophic for ANY other aerial vehicle under the sun. A10 no dey 'gree die.

Johnny B. Goode. Get you some Warthogs, man, and get some of them ace Nigerian Air Force jet jockeys trained up QUICK, so that they too can saddle up, and set loose the Warthog anywhere in the theater of war that the ground is in need of BIG pounding.

hensben: good, i think we should use police to fight shekau instead of soldiers.

what do you think?