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lionel4power: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 |
agaugust: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. |
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. ... 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. |
agaugust: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. |
agaugust: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. |
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] |
agaugust: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? |
agaugust:Please show source which says "10 to 20 hours a year". Or are you making that up? |
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agaugust:Do u agree on what this same Helmoed Heitman wrote about the Battle of Bangui in CAR? |
agaugust: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 |
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...
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MikeCZAR:This was Darren Olivier's reply to him. I wonder what Darren would say for SAAF Gripens vs NAF F7's ![]()
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patches689:Lmao ![]() |
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 .
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agaugust:-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. |
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." 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.
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agaugust: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. |
Henry120: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. |
Henry120:8000 combat sorties in what time span? And is this only for fixed wing jets? |
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agaugust: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. |
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 ![]() https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwbTabCqNsI africandefence.net |
SAAF Rooivalk Gun Cam - Hitting moving target https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oH5_m2PUWyQ africandefence.net |
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."
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agaugust: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. |
agaugust: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. |
Henry120:Lmao!!!!!!! |

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