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Foreign AffairsRe: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by ssaengine: 8:06pm On Jul 22, 2015
Foreign AffairsRe: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by ssaengine: 7:57pm On Jul 22, 2015
lionel4power:
South African militia force ran away from Congo last year.
If you have nothing to say then say nothing. You might as well have just told us your favourite flavour of icecream. That's how useful your post was.

Which "militia" force? When and where in Congo? Any links to articles? etc etc etc....basics to any debate
Foreign AffairsRe: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by ssaengine: 7:41pm On Jul 22, 2015
agaugust:
Useless human beings are SAAF pilots who are not combat qualified, useless for war.

Gripen fleet flies 200 hours a year....6 pilots.

1. Yearly SAAF anniversary ceremony air shows, estimate : 4 days rehearsal + 1 day ceremony day, 5 hours per jet x 6 Gripens = 30 hours
2. Yearly National day anniversary ceremonial flights same as above : 30 hours
3. Funeral ceremonies for VIP, or wasted hours flying to Zambia/Congo for shadow boxing with Seleka rebels by parking Gripens at Congolese airport doing nothing, round trip flight estimate : 30 hours
4. Other wastes of hours not mentioned above.
5. Losses of hours due to aviation fuel shortages not included above.

200 - 90 = 110 hours estimate.

110 divided by 6 pilots = 18 hours per pilot.

SAAF Gripen pilots fly between 10 to 20 hours a year . PROVED grin grin

Angolan Su-30 jets will R.ape SAAF and SANDF till your nation bleeds into coma and begs for mercy from Angolan people grin grin
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Oh ok cool. So you've again gone and completely made stuff up, and created things from your imagination....e.g "yearly national day anniversary". It's cool if you want to turn this thread into a circus, you're a grown man, do as you please. Let me not waste any more of your time.
Foreign AffairsRe: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by ssaengine: 4:40pm On Jul 22, 2015
http://itweb.co.za/mobilesite/defenceweb/home/item_id-39999/

Nautic Africa to deliver boarding craft to South African Navy

Paramount Group company Nautic Africa is in the process of custom-developing five boarding craft for the South African Navy to meet its Project Carol requirements. The vessels will be delivered by December.

The result is a 9 metre epoxy infused vessel capable of reaching speeds of 38 knots via twin Volvo D4-260 diesel sterndrives. Capable of carrying 10 crew members, the mid-engined arrangement will offer in-house developed shock mitigating seating to operational crew, whilst the boarding party is accommodated aft, Nautic said.

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In addition, the vessels will be equipped with a suite of equipment including military specification tactical communications, navigation and tracking systems, touch screen glass cockpit instrumentation, keyless starting, automatic fire suppression, noise cancelling intercom, a drop-in ammunition locker, a customized gun mount pintle interface as well as a pre-heating umbilical cord system and more.
Foreign AffairsRe: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by ssaengine: 7:31am On Jul 22, 2015
agaugust:
SAAF has only 6 Gripen pilots today 2015
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I see you ran away like a little b*tch.

You made up "10 to 20 hours" claiming that the rest are used at airshows and ceremonies.
That means YOU are saying SAAF Gripen pilots fly "13 to 23 hours" a year at airshows and ceremonies. Show us the link which says that.
You are making sh*t up and its not even funny any more. Just ruining the topic.

Useless human being.
Foreign AffairsRe: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by ssaengine: 7:33am On Jul 21, 2015
agaugust:
I dare you as a man to show me how SAAF has combat qualified Gripen pilots with the peanut hours they fly !

10 to 20 hours, yes I mean combat training hours.

The 200 hours include ceremonial flying like air shows and Mandela funeral, we have to remove all that civilian missions, or were your pilots on combat training mission during Mandela's burial ceremony?
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So what you are saying is that you are unable to tell us where you got the "10 to 20 hours" from. You made that up.
Kindly show us how many hours are flow each year for "ceremonies". Please post link. Otherwise you are making things up as usual.

You're telling us that each of the Gripen pilots flies about "13 to 23 hours" a year just for air shows and ceremonies? Please take your
bullsh*t elsewhere.
Foreign AffairsRe: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by ssaengine: 7:54am On Jul 20, 2015
The only thing that article is really good for is a nice pic of Gripen

[img]http://www.flightglobal.com/assets/getasset.aspx?itemid=57357[/img]
Foreign AffairsRe: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by ssaengine: 7:48am On Jul 20, 2015
agaugust:
Do the math's and stop asking stupïd questions! Read the analysis and divide the total number of Gripen fleet flying hours by number of pilots. No wonder SAAF is afraid of Angola.

http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/analysis-glimmers-of-hope-for-south-africa39s-underfunded-air-403163/
First of all the article talks about 2013, not 2014. If I write an article today about the 1969 moon landing, does it mean the
moon landing happened today? 20th of July 2015? In any case the article has been disproved by the SAAF.

Secondly, it said 200 hours for Gripen in the article. You said there were 6 pilots. So how do you get "10 to 20 hours a year" when you divide 200 by 6? You see how you just make sh*t up and ruin this thread? Even the likes of Henry120 ran away from here because of this type of non.sense

I dare you as a man, show us where you got "10 to 20 hours a year" from. Or did you make that up Augustine?
Foreign AffairsRe: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by ssaengine: 10:17pm On Jul 19, 2015
agaugust:
Nope, it's not the same old story, this source is new, just about 9 months ago, it's hot fresh news !

SAAF has ONLY 6 Gripen pilots who now fly a paltry 10 to 20 hours a year and thus ZERO combat qualification, this is true, this is serious, Angola will äss räpe the entire nation of South Africa, their Su-30 Flankers will destroy all your G-6 Rhino and other artillery from the air, then Angolan Super Tucanos will massacre SANDF infantry and tanks.

Mandela will dïe second dëath inside his grave o ! tonguetongue
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Please show source which says "10 to 20 hours a year". Or are you making that up?
Foreign AffairsRe: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by ssaengine: 10:07pm On Jul 19, 2015
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Foreign AffairsRe: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by ssaengine: 7:35pm On Jul 19, 2015
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Foreign AffairsRe: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by ssaengine: 8:31pm On Jul 16, 2015
agaugust:
Angola is master over South Africa, now confirmed by Janes Defense expert.
Do u agree on what this same Helmoed Heitman wrote about the Battle of Bangui in CAR?
Foreign AffairsRe: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by ssaengine: 3:27pm On Jul 15, 2015
agaugust:
Both NAF and SAAF have no BVR missiles, so what will he say? I just picked holes in his writing and he has admitted errors he made.



Bwahahaha grin grin

I made all those researchers to eat their words and eat the humble pie !

See how Darren quickly agreed with me when I knocked out his first point about Angolan pilots skill level, if I did not challenge him, he was already deceiving people, now go back and see how people responded to my comment and agreed with me, Darren had no choice than to immediately withdraw his words and say he does not actually know Angola pilot's capability and he quickly added that yes he is aware of some very good Angolan jet pilots.....so he knwe, why did he not say say and give Angola credit until I forces him to do so ?

I also corrected him on A-Darter missile range of 19 km NOT 20 km, he agreed with me.....he was posting rubbish until I corrected him.

Well, he has met a Nigerian military researcher, and I am going to make him sweat like a new yam goat, I am going back to demol.ish all his other claims that have no single proof, he is a military speculator NOT a researcher, he has no facts and figures, he is writing personal opinion.

Also, I am going back to defence web to demolish there, I hope Helmod Heitman will be willing to talk to me.....Time to show Naija skills !
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Please don't forget to tell him that SAAF Gripens (infact all Gripens) will fall out of the sky when performing basic combat maneuvers like you have claimed here. You know this, and he doesn't. Some extra ammunition for you to use against him.

#TeamAugustine
Foreign AffairsRe: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by ssaengine: 12:19pm On Jul 15, 2015
http://itweb.co.za/mobilesite/defenceweb/home/item_id-39901/

"The SA Air Force has, according to Gauteng Afrikaans daily Beeld, sent a pair each of Gripen and Hawk jets to Botswana for the exercise along with two Agusta A-109 light utility helicopters, an Oryx medium transport helicopter and a C-130BZ transport aircraft.

It appears South Africa's Gripen jets will be reconnaissance platforms providing information on scenarios developed specifically for Blue Okavango.


Blue Okavango is scheduled to take place between 11 and 31 July with the main portions between 20 and 25 July. Some 887 personnel are expected to be involved in the exercise."


Train as you fight...

Foreign AffairsRe: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by ssaengine: 11:22am On Jul 15, 2015
MikeCZAR:
grin grin grin have you seen the troll augubugubu's post on the site? grin grin
This was Darren Olivier's reply to him. I wonder what Darren would say for SAAF Gripens vs NAF F7's grin

Foreign AffairsRe: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by ssaengine: 5:59am On Jul 15, 2015
patches689:
If they are dead

Then your airforce is dead and buried

Angolans can reach you too
Lmao grin
Foreign AffairsRe: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by ssaengine: 1:42pm On Jul 13, 2015
Marlin family of missiles under development for the SAAF and SA Navy. To give the SAAF a beyond visual range capability of 100 km+, to add to the short range A-Darter and Iris-T missiles. SAAF requires a certain capability, Armscor makes sure Denel delivers a quality product wink.

Foreign AffairsRe: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by ssaengine: 9:37am On Jul 13, 2015
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Foreign AffairsRe: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by ssaengine: 1:49pm On Jul 10, 2015
Rough seas...

Foreign AffairsRe: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by ssaengine: 3:51pm On Jul 09, 2015
agaugust:
British RAF world's best ranked jet pilots could not do that stunt VS a Roland in Falklands war, so is it your unqualified SAAF pilot that will do it?

grin grin
-RAF had nothing in the class of Umbani during Falklands war. Hence they took part in risky low level bomb runs. You know this.

-Once the weapon is launched, it follows its own pre-programmed flight path and attack regime to target. The pilot is not involved. You know this.

-There is no need for any SAAF pilot to get within range of any Roland. Particularly using Litening III targeting pods, which according to the manufacturer work up to 40 000 feet. You know this.
Foreign AffairsRe: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by ssaengine: 3:44pm On Jul 09, 2015
http://www.janes.com/article/50940/denel-south-korea-in-talks-to-integrate-al-tariq-bomb-kit-on-fa-50s

"Manufacturing would move to the UAE around the end of 2016, after which the South African company would focus on development. This was likely to include a radar seeker and a range extension of up to 200 km, said Botha.

A stand-off bomb requirement was anticipated for the South African Air Force (SAAF) around 2018 and initial discussions had begun with Saab on requirements for the potential integration of the Al-Tariq on the SAAF's Saab Gripen fighters. Al-Tariq is already integrated on the SAAF's BAE Systems Hawk Mk 120 lead-in fighter trainers.
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Oh and before people accuse us of being frauds, the current range with fold out wings and booster seems to be 100km, not 120km, based on the link above. I also thought it was 120.

Foreign AffairsRe: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by ssaengine: 3:34pm On Jul 09, 2015
agaugust:
120 km is all you have. Forget the imaginary speculations of 300 km.

You can try use guided bombs if your target belongs to an enemy with no air force, no air defence, no radars. By the way, how do you see enemy target 120 km away and know it's exact location if we assume it does not move at all, are you a w.izard ?
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120km is nothing you have. In any war, any air force would love to have this weapon. Or you think Nigeria wouldn't love to have something in a similar class. Umbani just needs a GPS location. Something that can be obtained via satellites and other methods.

In war you dont always need to target direct military threats. Your strategic industrial targets have fixed locations. Oil refineries, telecommunications etc. Not all of them can be defended. This is a good stand-off weapon to have. Maybe if it was made in Russia, Germany, China etc you wouldnt be arguing so much against it.
Foreign AffairsRe: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by ssaengine: 3:26pm On Jul 08, 2015
Henry120:
9 months.

Combat, Transport and Surveillance.

Fixed and Rotary wing assets.
Then your figure of 1 Alpha crash cannot be put into perspective using 8000 hours. If you have hours and time span for fast jets only, then it can.
Foreign AffairsRe: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by ssaengine: 3:13pm On Jul 08, 2015
Henry120:
In 8,000 combat sorties in support of operation zaman lafiya, Nigeria has only lost 1 Alpha jet.



Why question to you is, why do western jets keep falling off the sky like mosquitos, is there an insecticide up there?
8000 combat sorties in what time span? And is this only for fixed wing jets?
Foreign AffairsRe: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by ssaengine: 2:36pm On Jul 08, 2015
agaugust:
[s]16 Roland, only one single Roland defended a whole airport in Falkland war, it s.hot down every British bomb and jet that came to attack.

How does South Africa defend it's own high value targets? You have NOTHING close to the power of a Roland.

Gripen jets get s.hot down by F-7, so your Hawks will be eaten up as well. SAAF cannot fly Hawks against NAF, try it with Rwanda instead.

I responded to your post, same way you Southies respond when we post Nigerian made APC or Drones. Simple tit for tat. [/s]
Foreign AffairsRe: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by ssaengine: 2:25pm On Jul 08, 2015
agaugust:
The claim is range 120 km, why not test it for 120 km?

There are many 50km range guided bombs used all over the world, and many guided bombs are battle tested, so what's the fuss about Al-Tariq?

A Roland SAM will s.hoot down your Al-Tariq bomb with ease. Your Hawk jets need escort or else F-7 jets will eat them for dinner
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Dustin post. How many of those long range guided weapons does Nigeria have? Zero. You dont have to argue every singe post on here, just enjoy the video and move on.

The fuss is that it's a precision long range guided weapon that many countries wish they had. Nigeria wouldn't want such a weapon? Ok then.

120km is achieved using an add on booster. During a testing regime you dont just jump to test the weapon at max range. It's incremental testing, at different ranges, and different flight profiles. You should know that. You are free to ask Denel/SAAF for more videos, many of which are classified.

Yes that's how the weapon is too be used. The Hawks are tens of kilometers behind the Gripens which provide GPS locations for target. Once released the Hawks break away, back into safe airspace.

You are free to have a Umbani/Roland argument with someone else. There are more than 16 (number of Roland systems) high value military and strategic targets to hit in any war.
Foreign AffairsRe: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by ssaengine:
SAAF Hawk drops Umbani bomb kit (at 40 000 feet) 40 km away from target. Tails it to the target. On board Umbani footage as well. Pin point accuracy. Fvcken cool video. Got to love South African engineering wink


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

africandefence.net
Foreign AffairsRe: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by ssaengine: 11:55am On Jul 08, 2015
SAAF Rooivalk Gun Cam - Hitting moving target


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oH5_m2PUWyQ

africandefence.net
Foreign AffairsRe: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by ssaengine: 11:27am On Jul 08, 2015
http://itweb.co.za/mobilesite/defenceweb/home/item_id-39813/

DENEL SEEKER II SHOT DOWN IN YEMEN

A Denel Dynamics Seeker II unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) was apparently shot down over Yemen last week.

Footage broadcast by the Al-Masirah news channel on 5 July showed what appears to be a Seeker II, with a component containing an identification plate saying "Made in South Africa Carl Zeiss Optronics Pty Ltd."

Foreign AffairsRe: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by ssaengine: 2:21pm On Jul 07, 2015
agaugust:
Yes SAAF will pay bribe again to get rights host another international tournament, Gripen world cup.

You show us why SAAF failed to show up in 2015 Lion Effort.

Europeans have standards, Sweden, Czech, Hungary, will not fly combat drills with unqualified pilots form South African airforce, because your poor pilot skills can cause mid air collision ! Europeans don't want you to murder them at Lion Effort with your unqualified SAAF pilots that fly only about 10% of normal standard hour a year !

Mandela has no air force o !
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It is insanely expensive to send Gripens half way around the world, with crew, supporting personell, fuel, etc. That is basic logic. Hence they took the opportunity in 2012 when the Gripens were still in Sweden.

Please post source showing that Lion Effort is mandatory for all Gripen users, thank you.

Yes you are making sense. The Europeans have standards, but they are willing to see their fighter pilots get killed in SA because we paid a bribe. So much for standards. Perfect sense.
Foreign AffairsRe: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by ssaengine: 2:08pm On Jul 07, 2015
agaugust:
1. Citation needed for A-Darter 20 km range

2. 40g turn for PL-9C plus a 90% kill probability with only one shot, you need a legion of angels to help you escape that NAF PL-9C missile

3. SAAF is only good in @THIZA's photos, ZERO training, ZERO experience, ZERO BVR capability. You failed to qualify for 2015 Lion Effort grin

Citation needed for A-Darter 20 km range
Quote source which says Lion Effort is MANDATORY and all Gripen pilots must "qualify". Please quote source for us, thank you.

SAAF took part on Lion Effort 2012 because the 4 remaining Gripen C's were in Sweden awaiting delivery to SA. They took that opportunity to send 8 pilots and ground crew to the exercise. They never flew Gripens from SA to Sweden. And the pilots did well. SAAF has quoted its intention to host Lion Effort 2018 in SA.
Foreign AffairsRe: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by ssaengine: 1:09pm On Jul 07, 2015
Henry120:
I still seriously doubt South-Africa produces more power than Nigeria.

Even if it does, not by a wide margin.
Lmao!!!!!!!

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