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Stormtrooper11:
A throwback picture of two time President of Nigeria, General Olusegun Obasanjo with Former American President, Jimmy Carter taken in the late 70s during a White House visit by the then Military President of the African nation.
General Obasanjo, was pictured wearing his signature Nigerian traditional attire.
Olusegun Obasanjo is said to have been the only African President that never wore an English Suit.

komekn:
Looks like a Leopard MK2 at a glance , probably best tank in the world outside of the Abrams M1

Originally made in Germany.

Coolliot:
Lol, some of us do actually know about defense matters, but some people won't let people that know talk, some people would rather want to pass imagination as reality and force it down people's throat.

kabe1:


Wetin be dis?

Full 10 Billion na em you dash person?

tutudesz:
Zimbabwe Naira

Coolliot:
Leopard 2a 7+

jpphilips:
A disturbed Ethiopia wont pose significant threat for Nigeria, Tigray guys are not terrorists but anti government rebels unlike Libya that was a beehive of Alqaeda, Daesh & other Takfiri fighters.
Mali's Anzawad insurgency mirrowed Libya's situation more.

If the Tigray guys succeed (very unlikely) they will form a government that will keep Ethiopia stable, already, US has warned they shouldn't invade Addis Ababa but remain within their disputed territory, Abiy Ahmed is already talking to Turkey & other coalition partners, if fruitful, will replay Russia's assistance to Assad as FSA inched closer to Damascus.

The refugee crisis will overwhelm Eritrea, Djibouti and perhaps Kenya, they surely not coming west, perhaps south or accross the Gulf of Aden.
Nigeria needs not worry about that.

EricBraven:
Don't let Babaowen see this ooo

kabe1:
Our military still has a lot to do interms of professionalism and training, but our guys are trying. They deserve a lot of credit.

Also our procurement of equipment has also been conducted in a sensible manner.

It's not by buying SU planes. The big question is, can you maintain them and keep them airworthy in the event of a conflict?

Procurement policies of the Nigerian Air Force and Navy have been worthy of praise and emulation.

RiceProducers:
See how useless the SU25s and SU27s are?. I stopped arguing these issues because I found some people were just stuck on some old doctrines of warfare and the 'durability' of soviet equipment. Some guys would even have called the Ethiopian Airforce stronger than Nigeria's because of SU27s.

Hello Ethiopia, sensors are everything. Buy ISR gear. Look for supply lines to the rebels and bomb them. Use special forces creatively.
Converting information from as many sensors as possible into a broad picture of the battle space is the only way to do modern warfare.
You would be able to dodge the flanking moves and the feints. See where the enemy is hiding and determine what his objectives really are.

ArabicBerber:
As the Libyan conflict continues, prelets hide in the Sinai, and zombies scavange around Lake Chad "dooming West Africa" Ethiopia's unofficial Civil War rages on.

Recent reports comming in are stating that the Tigray rebels are now explicitly aiming to take the National Capital Addis Ababa. Just last week the rebels announced that they had successfully took Kombolcha a town a mere 7 1/2 hour journey from Addis Ababa.

The Tigray People's Liberation Front, rebels were making a move for two strategic cities. They have beat the military to take those two cities, and now they're moving south. And they've teamed up with another group of rebels, the Oromo Liberation Army. And both are now within a day's drive to the capital, Addis Ababa witnesses say.

Sights are now on the Eritrean Army who targeted refugee camps made up primarily of citizens from Eritrea who fled there own country to avoid forced military service & detainment do to there political standings in what many consider the "North Korea of Africa". The arrival of the Eritrean troops marked the beginning of a months long ordeal for thousands of Eritrean refugees first hunted by the Eritrean military, then attacked by Tigrayan fighters who accused the refugees of conspiring with the enemy.

Apparently Turkey may get involved do to a military cooperation agreement signed back in August by Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. This is now fueling concerns that Turkish drones will be used in Ethiopia’s escalating civil war. Could Ethiopia be the next Libya or Afghanistan?

Eritrea going Full North Korea
Ethiopia possibly headed towards collapse or transgression with the leading power in Africa known as Egypt.
Somalia still ravaged by Al Shabaab
Djibouti silently partnering with Egypt.

Things aren't looking to bright in the Horn of Africa. What does this spell for the neighboring regions like the Great Lakes? Only tine will tell I guess.

Bless the Horn

My Sources: I post them unlike some people...
[url] https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2021/11/4/a-year-on-ethiopia-decimated-by-civil-war [/url]
[url] https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/11/02/ethiopia-war-addis-amhara-oromo/ [/url]
[url] https://www.npr.org/2021/11/04/1052485248/rebels-are-taking-aim-at-ethiopias-capital-after-1-year-of-civil-war [/url]
[url] https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/ethiopia-conflict-eritrea/ [/url]
[url] https://www.arabnews.com/node/1961821/amp [/url]

Map of points of Interest
Captured Ethiopian soldiers near Kombolcha
Ethiopian refugees in route to Sudan
Eritrean Refugee Camp.

nelszx:
Read my comment again, was Nwakeme and Chuks mentioned?
Moses Simon has hardly placed anything successfully in the national team.
Passes - zero
Corners - zero
Pull outs - zero
Dribbling - zero
He's so suspect that every defender can predict his style. Run aimlessly and cut to the left . He has been completely neutralized by all the defenders we've played against (very predictable).
He has taken more than 20 corners in this WCQ series and not even one has reached the head of any of our players. Has Simon played any corner that resulted into goals since he has started taking corners?
Is it the passes you want to talk about? After his aimless runs oya pass now, none has met our players without interception.
We have better wingers who are dynamic in their style of play but Rohr for whatever reason will always set up his team with a short (minus) one. See instead of Simon to start I will prefer Awaziem to play that his position. He may not have the strength to run aimlessly like Simon but his crosses and passes are pinpoint accurate.
Even if he calls Lookman up, he'll still play Simon who even defensively is a zero.

komekn:
Whoever made the suggestion to but the VT4 is simply put incompetent parochial thinking blind Bat.

No strategic understanding of holistic battlefield management.

DubaiLandLord1:
In a video circulating online, the military men can be seen with machine guns shooting into civilian homes.

The place and time where this incident happened is yet to be confirmed.



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

OutOfContext:
Thanks!!

He will be 23 next year?

komekn:
Ignorance is bliss.

You are totally and completely out of your depth and your anylsis is anchored on thin air.

You may find this incredulous but one of the first military vehicles I went into in the British army was these very variants you are talking about.

That was way more than two decades ago.

They are ABSOLUTELY NOT FIT FOR PURPOSE and have been obsolete for decade's by most modern armies.

DubaiLandLord3:
Gay people like me fit apply for NDA?

OutOfContext:
My friend brother is in his ND final year in Polytechnic in building technology and he wants to apply for NDA 2022 does he need Jamb to apply...

DubaiLandLord3:
Goodnews

JackWolfskin:
"We Africans?"

No vex, but... Your father!

BlackBaron:

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

Great example of an upgrade. Nigeria unfortunately lacks lots of industries that could make this a reality.

kabe1:
Like I told you earlier, no amount of determination would win you are war.

Wars are won through strategy, tactics and the right equipment.

Tanks have a very low rate of fire when compared to IFVs.

Tanks require Infantry protection.

Tank ammunitions are expensive when compared to IFVs

Tank maintenance is not flexible like an IFV.

Tanks are generally more expensive to deploy.

Tanks are slower, consume more diesel and cannot cover the distance an IFV would cover.

Tanks require auxiliary vehicles to deploy them to the front lines.

Tanks are not recon vehicles as they don't have the profile or speed or maneuverability to perform reconnaissance missions.

Tanks cost 4 times the IFV.