People here don't know there's something called rules of engagement.

That was a rescue mission where the soldiers would definitely be at huge risk of being mobbed with the senator. Rules of engagement will likely permit them to shoot with discretion.

I'm not supporting the act but you need to know that this is Africa. Don't engage is confrontation with armed military men.

futurenix:
Have you been to these countries to ascertain if it's true or false?

What he stated is a fact. China produces automated machines for exports but make use of human workforce.

Those are countries with their citizens welfare at heart.

Not as if they can't use it (in certain sensitive and dangerous areas like hazardous chemicals they do) but they understand it will impoverished their citizens if utilized in areas humans can carryout.

I have been to severaL COMPANIES in china ranging from aviation, electronics tro consumer products manufacturing sector. They make use of robots. China has been growing in terms of robotics and AI.

Government having her people at heart doesn't mean the use of robotics should be stopped. There are 478 robots per 10,000 workers in South Korea, 315 in Japan, 292 in Germany, and 164 in the United States.

In China, I can confirm that companies do make use of robots in small task such as moving products around the company.

ultron12345:
Rubbish........why should I pay a worker N40000 monthly when a robot can do that same job at N10000. It's either workers agree to do work at the same price of robots or they leave.

Those that are protesting, ask them, if they were owners of companies and had a choice between using robots at N50 per unit output and humans at N200 let unit output, which will they choose? The former of course. They will be talking as if they won't do same if they were in the company's position, Rubbish...

Buisness isn't to make profit alone but contribute to the host nation. If you can't create job then the government will be willing to frustrate you.

Are you also willing to pay huge tax for using robots when there are available man power?

countries with employment problems in the world are not using robots. [b]If a country like China that manufactures robots is not using them, India is not using robots, [/b]even in our continent here, Ghana and Kenya are not using robots, why should Nigeria allow it then?”

This is a huge lie .

Taaaaaa! Fake story. Mobile phones do not emit strong electromagnetic waves capable of cooking an egg.

The claims in your post are not real.

bidex111:



These is really bad and the Nigeria army can't do anything.

Why not transfer him to the Nigerian airforce medical team? They've got good medical facility to address such.

SarkinYarki:


But the Army said they didn't have single Danladi Bako in the it's payroll

The army said David Bako and not danladi Bako

jakeporeshenko:

Same reason why their troops don’t deploy to other countries until recently, their whole pacifist thing.

They operate a self defence force so I guess that is why. Officially, Japan has no military.

jakeporeshenko:
I thought Japanese fighters had no ground attack capabilities

why not?

lionel4power:


IMO, NN should buy 2 or 4 additional P18N corvette.

standardization is key.

What about armament?

Frumentum:
And the fire-fighting WhiteHawk is up and away.

blackhawk down
whitehawk up.

Seened:


No idea Dayo.

Error relating to the images:
The Arialah (6701) was delivered in 2017 while the recent delivery is the Hmeem (6702).



Country of origin: Netherlands
Class: Offshore Patrol Vessel
Design: Damen Shipyards (Netherlands)
Hull construction: Damen Galati Shipyard (Romania)
Combat systems: Thales (France)
Combat system installation: Abu Dhabi Ship Building (UAE)
Introduced: 2017

Displacement: Unknown
Length: 220 ft (67 m)
Beam: 36 ft (11 m)
Draft: 17.7 ft (5.4 m)
Hull Material: Steel – Aluminium superstructure
Propulsion: 4 x MTU diesels
Speed: 23+ mph (20+ kt)
Range: Unknown
Endurance: 21 days
Fuel Capacity: Unknown
Crew: 42 + 35 troops + 3 helicopter crew

Armament:
Guns: 1 x 57mm BAE Bofors
2 x 30mm OTO Melara MARLIN automatic guns
Anti-air: 11 x Raytheon Mk 49 Mod 2 Rolling Airframe Missiles
Anti-ship: None
Other: None

Radar/Sensors:
Thales Smart-S Mk 2 search radar
Thales STIR fire control
Mirador electro-optical system

Defense/ Countermeasures:
Rheinmetall Multi Ammunition Softkill System (MASS) decoys
Vigile radar-band electronic support measures (ESM)
Altesse communication ESM

Others:
TACTICOS combat management system
Landing deck for helicopter
2 x fast interceptor craft
Operated by the UAE’s Critical Infrastructure and Coastal Protection Authority (CICPA)
Features ‘sea axe’ bow

(Copy and paste)

IMO, looks like a good choice for NN . I'll still an OPV like NNS Unity if armed like this due to lack of helo hanger in this.

Bidexiii jakesporeshenko Odunayaw Lionel4power

Seened:
UAE commissions 2nd Arialah class OPV, Hmeem.

Armed with a 57mm gun, two 30mm guns, decoy launchers and one 11-cell RAM launcher.

Any idea about the price. This is some sweet OPV in terms of armaments

kikuyu1:

Speaking of their products its time for the NAF to bite the bullet and accept the reality. It seems,sad as it may be and to my surprise that for now the US is still playing along with Jean Fraude's Lake Chad oil basin grab agenda and will therefore frustrate Naij efforts to get Tucs. Go for the Mwari but ensure there are non US systems. As the first buyer you should be able to push for co production and/or licence building on favourable terms.

The Tucano deal has been finalized already.

bidex111:



Replying MikeCZA; question on "MORE"

He actually quoted the post of the 11 dead soldiers.

AutoJoshNG:
During his visit to Lagos, President Buhari was spotted with his presidential fleet. Mercedes Benz S550 + 2 S-Class escort.

See the video below..

https://autojosh.com/president-buhari-spotted-with-his-presidential-car-fleet-in-lagos-video/


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8thtluC5hU

APC secretariat, ABUJA.

bidex111:



SF TRAINING IN JORDAN.

The dead people? During an excersise in Jordan?

MikeCZA:
During an exercise?

Yes, we call it Excercise. Exercise python dance, crocodile smile etc lol.


They were deployed to maintain peace in a certain region. The military during the exercise raided the place and during an exchange of gunfire killed some of the criminals.

So, a repraisal attack was conducted in a close ambush on a military checkpoint in that area. Soldiers deployed to maintain peace came under ambush from members of the criminal group who disguised as normal civilians killing 11 of them.

lionel4power:
Ghanaians would not take it....

www.nairaland.com/attachments/6901272_download2_jpeg941fe483abf46da08ceafdd8844cc35e www.nairaland.com/attachments/6901310_merlin136126578de8bbbf882f141f1afe2f6352f16527amaster768_jpgd1e021f3dc74154d99d3b6b9cbd53229

www.nairaland.com/attachments/6901270_5abc92b0fc7e93980b8b4617_jpegcab91054d59acb9338aaed5b749c1b23

I can see shithole government

Thought Nigerians are the only aggressive beings,

bidex111:



The navy and airforce uses some Nigeria army webbing and riffle also.

I think they're part of the air assault team deployed to Gambia. They're also armed with this riffle.

newafricaken254:
the last time when the saudi launched 4 patriots against a single houthi tactical ballistic missile,individuals here claimed it was procedure not the exception

Yes, I remember the issue here then. The houthi TBM landed close to the airport then.

newafricaken254:
US-Made Missile Defenses Spectacularly Failed in Saudi Arabia
"It's nothing but an unbroken trail of disasters with this weapon system."

link https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/8xkgw4/patriot-missile-saudi-arabia-yemen

It's patriot again

BlackBaron:
Lol, in 3 months...it doesn't sound fishy to you?
What concessions did your government also grant them? Imports of cheaper state subsidised textiles that wipes the floor of your own local factories and whatnot, incredible access to your mineral resource, etc

Don't get me wrong, the Chinese are good to Africans but sometimes we allow them overdo and exploit the continent willy-nilly because we want short term bargains without thinking far ahead.

Nothing is fishy there. The Chinese have good business sense. If you're not satisfied with their conditions, then you don't have to take the loan.

jakeporeshenko:

If the political will is there money will come out somehow even if it is in form of a loan, I’m not a fear monger or one of them doomsday people but we don’t have to wait until it’s too late and then apply fire brigade approach.

You've said it, political will. This is what we lack. When the senators move around with convoy filled with police / military. Do they know there's also another security which is off the country's sovereignity.


The only guys that can encourage the politicians to release enough funds and probably increase budgets to procure such things in my own opinion still remains the intelligence agencies.

Bullet proof shelter? After watching 13 hours the battle of Benghazi, I figured out that petrol is cheaper than bullets even when in a bullet proofed room.

jakeporeshenko:

I’m scared that our military is really being distracted by this insurgency, at this point they probably don’t even focus on conventional threats anymore. Imagine we are at a point were we have to buy armored vehicles to protect air bases and not air defense equipment.

It's not distraction. The money no just dey. Air defence systems are really expensive. Even to buy MRAPS, it's not easy.

bidexiii:
OFF TOPIC




The action-thriller movie 'Operation Red Sea' marks the first official cooperation of the Chinese Navy #PLAN with a major cinematic production.
#China #Yemen #cinema

Might end up better than some western own.


Hurt locker was a waste of time. Some jarhead series too.

NotBeenPaid:
Actress kwa? Is that a new trend in town?

She's in the Yoruba movie industry.

nemesis4u:
information is generally categorised under different levels

restricted
confidential
secret
top secret

Again some of them r generally further categorised under

Need to know basis
No Foreign dissemination
Restricted dissemination
Internal dissemination only

Again some of them r generally categorised under

Economic
Technical
Military
Foreign government information
Foreign relations
Intelligence
Organisational
Briefing and debriefing
Etc

Leakage from any of the above is detrimental to the economic , military , foreign relations etc of any organisation or country.

Even minute and seemingly non sensitive leakage will have major consequences.

One only needs a hint or the tip of the iceberg to build up a comprehensive case file relating to the matter under active espionage for use towards ones advantage and the victim countries/organisations disadvantage.

Eg. In a organisation under surveillance , members r discussing up coming meeting with the ambassador of a foreign country for economic related talks.
This small insignificant info gives the snooper additional time to mobilize resources to prepare for further action as per their needs to access additional info from the upcoming meeting as well as target the ambassador for additional information inorder to build up a comprehensive case file.

Another eg.
A snooper gets access to employees records at a organisation. This allows him to cart their financial and social vulnerabilities. Too much debt, offer the employee concerned bribes , weakness for ladies honeytrap him/her.

In today's age , most powerful weapon is - information

And information is never insignificant nor it is discarded becz there is always a time and place where it will give dividends.

Known.

AU denied, Beijing denied. Lemonade abi Kini oruko e quoted an anonymous source.
In as much as that source claimed the tapping was done in the described manner, it's highly ridiculous and if true, then they guys at AU are damn cluelessness to be called specialist.

Trust me, if I enter an hotel, I'll blind it out and start tracing for a hidden camera in my room. Ps: hotels for lodging during meetings alone

Observing a peak in data for years and you're never observed something to be fishy? Walls got bugged? Why not check the building as part of security measures before moving in?

Those methods seems too obvious.

In as much as both sides denied the report and lemonade or so can't give any evidence than a report from an anonymous source, then none is still believeable.

frumentius:
What the fvck?

ECOWAS didn't learn from the AU building in Addis that there's no such thing as a free lunch?


http://www.ecowas.int/ecowas-signs-mou-with-china-for-the-construction-of-the-new-ecowas-commission-headquarters/

Where's the high self-esteem brigade when it's needed?

Hoax. African union denied such report. Had reasons to doubt AU comment but a personal source claimed such never happened.

It's even ridiculous to say china bugged African union in such manner. Africans aren't that dumb.

bidexiii:
Portuguese P-3 assigned to the exercise #obangameexpress assisting in the response to a #piracy attack of two fishing vessels off Badagy, #Nigeria on day 1 of the at-sea-phase enhancing #maritime #security in the #gulfofguinea .......

Are you kidding me? If I were to be a pirate, I'll take a break till the end of this exercise.

Henry240:
Nigerian Army

You beat me to it. Omoboriowo The guy takes nice pictures.