₦airaland Forum

Litmus:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrtS2_TfbeY

https://www.informationng.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/ECOMOG-Commander-Joshua-Dogonyaro-600x323.jpg

For some reason the Dogonyaro getty images picture always reminds me of a black version of actor George C scot. All Dongonyaro needed in that picture was a cigar. Such a tough and formidable looking General.

Rip

Aswear exactly what was on my mind

Odunayaw:
You should stop smoking gun powder

It's just a saying. i don't support the above quote made by the lawmaker. I just gave an opinion on my observation on the present COAS

P. S never smoked or consumed alcohol

"we can no longer trust the Nigerian army. We wants the Americans to come and intervene" - Nigerian lawmaker


Something in me feels this COAS can topple this government. He got some guts and ambition.

This is the the time for those smart, fine officers and men should show up. We need brilliant officers. Especially middle and junior ranks. Officers who have the ability to improvise, read battles and be efficient. We are having a situation in which most of our middle and junior officers are sticking to our doctrine and pamphlets. We need to realize that each situation requires different approaches. Truth is, the most successful infantry commanders in NA history are unorthodox to the extreme. If you keep sticking to doctrine, you will become very predictable. Especially when you are still using nearly the same doctrine used in the civil war!

What happened in Mainok and at different theaters in OPHK has been really saddening. We all know that in order to win this war, we must take control of our supply lines. That should be our first priority and objective. It seems we don't even have an area occupied 90% by our troops except Maiduguri and Damaturu. We need to gain more ground and take control of the major roads.
I can't say it directly what needs to be done to win this war, because i am not in OPHK HQ or AHQ or DHQ. I can only give suggestions. Now, something we failed to notice is that NA is matching the Enemy 1:1. Its not supposed to be so. We have artillery and armour. We are supposed to use them efficiently and effectively. So identified the 4 problems that should be solved within NA.
1. Indiscipline
2. Maintenance
3. Fifth columnists.
4. Manpower

The time for a coup is now. The time take them off is now. We can't allow the Americans in our territory lest we a failed state. Its becoming to look like this Buhari is an imposter. Its becoming real. It looks like we are on auto pilot after all. We are damned big time.

Sizzorkay:
Based on some random person's tweet? Do you know who that person is? Their source of information? How una just dey believe anything spewed by random people online is so adorable , not in a funny way. Not saying the man is lying or not. But me no go react on unverified info

Na white man na. Black dey believe white well well

Fejoku:
Yet the same Zangon Kataf(Atiyap) people have lost over 500 human beings in the hands of the fulani terrorists without a single one of them arrested. In fact, it's on record that El Rufai appeased them with millions of naira all to no avail. Lovers of Nigeria, what do you have to say?

As a lover, wahala be like bicycle

I said we lacked battle field coordination, some unserviceable equipment, e. t. c. If i was COAS right now, i won't bother capturing anywhere. I would try to hold our territory until more equipments arrive,because what is the point of capturing anywhere when you won't be able to defend it. Its not about capturing a place, its about defending the place from counter attacks after captured. We can't even repel sufficiently from attacks on territories presently under our control. We got high indiscipline within our NCOs. There is saying "there are no bad soldiers, but there are bad officers". If we have high indiscipline, where are our highly trained and capable officers that are supposed to instill discipline on those troops. We have alot of unexperienced NCOs. Alot of NCOs whom are supposed to be experienced are suffering from PTSD, lack of interest in the war and some are going AWOL!! Its bad.

Hmmm. He is even aware of a primary school in niger. Them massacre people for south kaduna and him no talk anything. This guy dey catch cruise

IGpro1:
Werey don meet another Werey, them they mention each other they argue who first mention,

at least it keeps you away from negative reportage.

Lol. My only fault in my arguments is that i gave wrong information about the location of the artillery school

DubaiLandLord:
Why can't I mention you? Go and create your own site, so you can choose who will quote you and who won't quote you.

Did i say you shouldn't mention me?

DubaiLandLord:
Did I say you mentioned it?

Then why did u mention me?

Kalapizim:
1. You are not a member of the Army
2. The Nigeria Army school of artillery is not based in kontangora but Kachia Kaduna state.
3. Never you use [b]we [/b]to peddle your falsehood.

Sorry i made a mistake. Kontagora is the HQ of artillery corps.

JOSCOFELIX:
so, you must be an artiliary officer or you are in your house claiming to know more of weapon you never see talkless of using it

Have you seen our 105mm oto melera in action? I swear. We don't plot. We shoot indiscriminately.

iblawi:
Overrunning Gudzamala is not the problem of Nigerian Army. The right question is at what cost? Will it worth it? We can always get better systems to minimize the lost on our side.

The US military still haven't defeated the Talibans almost 20 years after. I laughed when some was saying US is not fighting on their home soil. It was a very stupiid statement because the US can move more that 10 times the hardware of most nations to their doorstep without any issue.

A single us aircraft Carrier will carry almost 100 fighter aircraft to any nation in the world and they have 10 of such carriers which translate to ~1000 fighter aircraft can be deployed on aircraft carriers alone. How many countries have that on their home soil? Let's not even talk about other Naval Assets or even the US Marine or the US Airforce. They all have capability of projecting force anywhere on earth with almost 700 bases around the world.

The entire Nigerian Airforce attack aircraft are less than 100 (both good and bad, recent and old). So just just imagine that 1 aircraft carrier can bring aircraft more advanced and even in more numbers than what is available in entire Nigerian Airforce and someone would claim is because the are not on home soil. Very stupiid excuse.

What about india or britain or France or Portugal that don't have that number of aircraft carriers. Truth is, we don't wanna win this war yet.

Kalapizim:
Says who? Please prove your statement.

Have you thought about what we are taught at artillery school kontagora? Our problem in that corp is that we are not changing doctrine. Apart from that, we got overzealous officers who are orthodox to the extreme to the extent that they don't improvise and apply personal knowledge in the battlefield. They feel what is taught at school is exactly what they will face in the battlefield. Also artillery corp and infantry Corp lack battlefield coordination. This is where signal Corp comes to play. Signal corp is dying too. Why can't we jam enemy radio and communication. We can't even maintain some of our radios for 6 weeks!!

EricBraven:
Has there been anything that you agree that they are good at

Yhh. Presently we are good at playing the fire brigade approach and harassment of own citizens

Odunayaw:
And you know this how

With all due respect I know the situation of our field guns better than you

DubaiLandLord:
Without Air, Armour and Artillery support, the USA won't overrun Gudzmala, so far ISWAP is able to secure their supply route. But with Armour and Artillery, it will be in favour of the Americans. But infantry to infantry, the Americans will never overrun Gudzmala.

I said without airsupport. I didn't mention artillery and armour.

I am not saying i am the all knowing, but there is something many of us don't understand about war. In war, you don't capture everywhere. You capture your enemy centre of gravity. This is a doctrine stressed by Prussian General Claustwitz. During the Nigerian civil war, everyone thought that Enugu was the Biafran center of gravity because it was the seat of power. When we captured it, the Biafrans simply changed capitals. But all the while it was uli-ihiala. Why? It was the most vital to them. It was their only communication to the world because of the airstrip after Nigeria’s naval blockade. When Brigadier alabi isama and general akinirinade made the pincer strategies and plans in 1968,we identified uli-ihiala as the center of gravity. After the plan was implemented in 1969,we captured it and won the war. We need to identify Iswap's center of gravity and get hold on it. We need to get there. Lest we go on in circles

JOSCOFELIX:
we can overrun gudzamala but the military mission planner have to plan for the mission so that what occurred in the first mission will not occurred again

So we have only one planner?

KingAzubuike:
Call of duty or battlefield, which one are you addicted to?

Tactics and strategy. Col. Achuzie, Brigadier adekunle, even Gen muritala will take that gudzamala. We can overrun that place

fufubear:
Any military could including NA but military operations aren't solely about just winning. You have to minimize your losses. Hence why the US army always calls for apaches or A10s.

NA should clear doubts

JOSCOFELIX:
AD WHY DID THEY NEGOTIATE WITH TALIBAN? AND WHY HAVE THEY NOT FINISH ISIS IN MALI WITH THEIR DRONE AND SOLIDER

Firstly mali is not their home soil,Afghanistan is not their home soil. U. S engagements are more political. For instance in mali, they wanna ensure thir presence in the region to have a minimum control on the yellow cake

JOSCOFELIX:
IN YOUR LIFE HAVE YOU SEEN BATTLE? EVEN THE USA SOLIDER ORDER FOR CLOSE AIR SUPPORT. UPON ALL THE USA EQUIPMENT AND FIGHTING SKILL AND MILITARY HISTORY USA HAVE USA A IS NEGOTIATING WITH THE TALIBAN SO YOU DO NOT HAVE A POINT.

U. S military doctrine implies the use of CAS to reduce resistance and most importantly reduce casualty on their side. U. S can overrun that gudzamala without airsupport

With a pincer attack, we can destroy gudzamala totally in atleast 7 days. That is if we encounter strong and stubborn iswap resistance. We need 5000 troops advancing simultaneously from all points. We take strategic roads. That will be our first objective. So that we can cut their supplies. There will be heavy casualties on both sides. Reasons because iswap is well dug-in at gudzamala. Iswap know the terrain better. Our infantry formations would be led by armoured convoys in the advance. That is where heavy tanks come to play. There will be traps and blockades to slow down our advance. So we will need airsupport. Early airstrikes by alpha jets. Round the clock isr. Our uav can monitor and take high value and opportunity targets. Our mi 35s would help in sweeping remaining resistance. There will be also early heavy artillery strikes. We can expend 20000 shells and 30000 mortar rounds for this operation. We should ensure that our supply routes are strong and secured to prevent been cut off. We jam enemy radio and they lose battle field coordination.

Iswap got no airforce, got no 3rd generation tanks. Got no military academy. But an army of an estimated 200000 personnel under a general whom graduated from a prestigious military academy with a rich military history. An institution that have produced great officers for our nation in the past. Now tell me, why do you need air support? Iswap have no air support. Imagine iswap had air support. That means the army would allow the entire country to be overrunned? Where is your honour? You call yourselves the best army in black Africa and you can't defeat rag tag illiterates on home soil. At this rate, benin republic will subdue us. Mtcheew

GabrielYulaw:
Ever heard of a little something called artillery? It gives you a very long reach and let's you eat with the devil in safety.
Exactly why a Super Camp doesn't have long range arty, plus drones to adjust fire and ensure maximum precision is what I don't know. With artillery they could easily kill most attackers within a 50-70km radius from base and leave the rest so shell shocked they would be crying for their mommies.

You forgot that our artillery Corp have highly inaccurate gunners and plotters

Stephandesward:
What's the significance of damasak? What's BHT objective that they keep attacking

I thought you are a military officer?

Everybody don forget cyriel dessers

Xbee007:
JF-17 has arrived Nigeria, Makurdi base to be precise.

It arrived since Sunday.

The arrival of our JF-17 Thunder.#GodBlessPMB

May God protect them and give power to convert crime in Nigeria and Africa as a whole. pic.twitter.com/5F5JDeh8HP

— Somolutogetherness (@Shomolutogethe1) March 24, 2021

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Our brand new JF-17 fighters arrived last night. Wishing BH and bandits more hell fire. May they get to virgins faster than they expected pic.twitter.com/hX2Q2OkqTE

— Icon 🇳🇬🇳🇬 (@Icon_Ayodeji) March 24, 2021

Btw, if the plane landed on Sunday how can they be used in airstrikes that occurred days before?

Where babaowen?