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Nigerians are nothing more than lying misplaced patriotic praise singers.....yes South Africa left Central African Republic, Nigeria cannot run because there is no place to run to BK Boys are right behind and inflicting massive casualties for an Army that proud itself from non existing combat capabilities. ASK YOUR GODS THE BRITISH AND AMERICANS FOR HELP.....Anyway they are in Nigeria offering training, advise, communication interception and weapons. So sad for an army that proclaims itself as the best in Africa.

I repeat Nigeria is nothing more than a GIANT ON CLAY FEET......BH WOULD PROVE AGAIN!!! Nigerians on this forum are blowing hot air disguised as a truth and illiterate opinion on matters relating to military matters....Hence now it has been proven by BH BOys......COME AGAIN BH DO IT.

Future flotilla

The requirements for protecting the country’s maritime frontiers and maintaining an antipiracy patrol in the northern Mozambique Channel are also having an impact on the Navy’s ageing secondary warships. The SAN’s three OPVs are now more than 25 years old, and were never designed to operate in the open and rough oceans that surround this country. They need replacing. The four MCMVs are also about 25 years old and will soon also have to be replaced.The Defence Review of 1998 (which will finally be replaced by the 2012 Defence Review, to be completed later this year), under its Option 1, affirmed that the SAN should have six strike craft and eight MCMVs in addition to the four frigates. That force design was never implemented. Instead, the navy developed a single programme for multirole vessels that would replace the MCMVs and partly replace the strike craft. This is Project Biro.

The original concept for Biro was the acquisition of eight OPVs outfitted to accom- modate different containerised systems, allowing the ships to fulfil different operational roles, as required. (The Royal Danish Navy has successfully employed this concept in its ‘Stan Flex’ family of warships.) So, in parallel with Biro, a programme to develop and/or acquire modular containerised MCM systems and equipment was launched (and is under way). These could be fitted to the new OPVs or to ‘vessels of opportunity’ (usually fishing vessels) as required.“All navies go through processes of redefin- ing needs,” points out Teuteberg. And that has happened with Biro. The original plan evolved, becoming three multirole OPVs and five multirole IPVs (much bigger than the current IPVs), with the latter fulfilling the MCMV role. And it has evolved again. “We have made several submissions over a period to different committees and [now] to the [2012] Defence Review Committee. The numbers [of ships] have changed, owing to the greater responsibility to the region as a whole and the potential of prepositioning the IPVs – owing to their MCM tasking – in our major ports. We cannot reveal the proposed new numbers yet. We await the recommendations of the Defence Review Committee. We understand these recom- mendations need to be debated and approved in Parliament.”

The six strike craft mentioned in the 1998 Defence Review were never built. Any country that spends 1.2% of its gross domestic product (GDP) on defence will find its military becoming less effective. We hope that the SANDF will, in future, receive 2% of GDP.”

this post is for ego wounded Nigerians....calm browse through these photos but watch for BK BOYS

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NO TIME FOR STARSTREAK BUT BK BOYS.......SOUTH AFRICAS HERE IS THE JUICY STORY......NIGERIA BEATEN AND WOUNDED, PRIDE IN DISARRY AND CONFIDENCE IN TATTARS........BK BOYS FOR NOW.

Naijas are nothing more than brain washed spin doctors who cannot even read the truth....or is it the truth only if it comes from Nageria. You have been thouroughly beaten by BK Boys......Your soldiers were wearing their bullet proof the correct way and where were your HIND Helicopters or your F7....REMEMBER THE OPERATION IS IN NIGERIA NO EXCUSES.

For now no time to entertain warship stories but BK Boys, come on where are the excuses....SO FAR WHERE ARE THE MISSING 65 SOLDIERS@AGAUGUSTUS.....OR HAVE THEY DESERTED AND JOIN BK BOYS.,...YOOOOOOOOO YOU ARE IN TROUBLE. THE BEATING IS RIGHT IN NIGERIA WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO RUN TOO, SINCE FRANCE HELPED IN MALI.....WHO WOULD YOU CALL GHOST BUSTERS.....HAHAHAHAHAHA

South African soldiers are acquitting themselves well

Fighting a constant pessimism in South Africa on the fighting abilities of SANDF soldiers, the country’s battalion of soldiers involved in fighting have by all accounts fought with a high level of professionalism and expertise. With snipers unofficially scoring one of the longest-range kills against an M23 machine gun position, it is difficult to argue against the capabilities of South Africa’s soldiers. Beyond this, the direction of counter-mortar fire against M23 positions and the general conduct whilst being attacked themselves cannot be faulted.

Unofficial reports from the region indicate that FARDC officers are specifically requesting SANDF units to conduct operations alongside them rather than general FIB support. The faith in the South Africans’ fighting ability by Congolese soldiers themselves, if proven true, is a positive indication of a cash-strapped South African military doing well with very little.

M23 is struggling to counter

For M23, their defeat against the FIB this past few days must come as a shock. Accustomed to ineffective UN forces and a brittle FARDC security presence, the rebel organisation had likely anticipated an easy time of pushing out the FIB. Although M23′s twitter feed remains abuzz with healthy rhetoric promising retribution and serious counter-attack, tangible evidence of this is scarce for now.

One granule of substance from the rebels’ press machine has indicated a desire to inflict casualties on the South African contingent, hoping to trigger a CAR-esque reaction, where the deaths of 15 South Africans preceded a hasty withdrawal from Bangui. Although casualties within the FIB are to be expected, the SANDF, and indeed the South African government, need to decide at what point lives are being lost at an unacceptable level. For now, though, the light casualties (one South African mortarman wounded) are not a major concern.

For a breakdown of the FIB’s presence in the Eastern DRC, consult the African Defence

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@graig lets wait for excuses and missed placed counter excuses including off the mark patriotic vitrolic statements.....shooooo hard to be Nigerian

Nigerians must be worried when 65 soldiers go missing during the battle...HYPHOTESIS MAYBE THEY ARE CAPTURED WHICH LEAVES A LOT OF QUESTIONS TO THE STANDARD OF INTELLIGENCE AND TRAINING.....MAYBE THEY DEFECTED AND JOINED BOKO HARAM WHICH IN THIS CASE IS A QUESTION OF A VICTORY FOR BOKO HARAM......SOUTH AFRICANS DO NOT REJOICE OVER THIS MATTER, HOWEVER AFTER ALL THE INSUATION SHOWN BY NAIJAS REGARDING SELEKE REBELS INSPITE OF ALL THE EVIDENCE SHOWN THAT SOUTH AFRICA TROOPS PERFORMED EXCELLENT INSPITE OF BEING OVERWHELMED BY REBELS FOUGHT AND GAVE A GOOD PERFORMANCE NAIJAS WERE LIKE BULL DOGS MAKING A MOCKERY OF OUR SOLDIERS......NOW THE SHOE IS ON THE OTHER FOOT......FEEL IT@AGAUGUSTUS

No fewer than 40 soldiers of the Nigerian Army were feared killed in a Boko Haram ambush in the north of Borno State.

A highly placed military source told our correspondent on Tuesday that about 65 others were missing as a result of the attack by the Islamic militants.

Investigations revealed that the insurgents attacked the soldiers in Kasiya Forests, north of Borno State.

It was learnt that the troops were left to face the heavily armed insurgents, who attacked them from different directions following the failure of the planners of the operation to give aerial support to the soldiers.

It was also gathered that soldiers involved in the ongoing campaign against the Boko Haram insurgents were firing indiscriminately into the air to protest against the killings which they described as strategic errors.

The soldiers were said to have demanded why the initial arrangement of aerial support was not provided to back the soldiers.

The source added that the casualty figure on the side of the Nigerian soldiers in the ongoing campaign against the insurgents had been on the high side as a result of repeated mistakes and communication inadequacies.

But the authorities of the Nigerian Army denied the report that it lost 40 soldiers with 65 others missing in a Boko Haram onslaught.

The Director of Army Public Relations, Brig. General Ibrahim Attahiru, said in an interview with our correspondent on Tuesday that soldiers of the 81 Battalion under the new created Division ‘7’ of the Nigerian Army carried out a raid on a Boko Haram hideout in Kasiya Forests of Ngazai Local Government Area of Borno State which resulted in a prolonged gun duel with the insurgents.

The Army spokesman said the invading troops of the Nigerian Army killed 150 of the insurgents and lost 15 men in the encounter, adding that nine other soldiers were still missing.

According to him, a wanted Boko Haram commander, Abba Goroma, was among those killed in the battle at the Kasiya Forest.

He said that the insurgents were well armed with anti-aircraft and anti-tank weapons mounted on their vehicles.

He said, “On the 12th of September 2013, troops of 81 Battalion under ‘7’ Division of the Nigerian Army carried out a deliberate attack on an insurgent camp at Kasiya Forest.

“During the attack, a fierce battle ensued between our soldiers and the insurgents which lasted several hours.

“The insurgents were completely routed and the camp cleared. Over 150 insurgents died. On our own side, we lost one officer, a lieutenant and 15 soldiers, and nine other soldiers are still missing.

“The insurgent camp was well fortified with anti-tank and anti-aircraft weapons mounted on vehicles.

“One Abba Goroma, one top insurgent commander was killed, he was a high valued target, he had a bounty of N10m on his head.”

Similarly, the Director of Defence Information, Brig.-Gen. Chris Olukolade, said the operation at the Kasiya forest was carried out by ground forces with aerial support.

He confirmed that the camp had a high concentration of armed insurgents who were shooting wildly as the Nigerian troops turned the heat on them.

He said that even though, investigation into the operation had commenced, it had nothing to do with any operational shortcoming.

On the issue of the protest and anger exhibited by soldiers in Borno State over the killing of soldiers by the insurgents, he said that such a thing could not have happened considering the high level of discipline exhibited by the soldiers since the commencement of the operation.

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NOW THE ILL DISCIPLINE NIGERIAN ARMY IS REVOLTING/MUTINY READ BELOW

ABOUT 40 soldiers from the Nigerian Army are feared dead and a further 65 missing after they ran into a Boko Haram ambush in the Kasiya Forests in northern Borno State. According to local reports, the troops were left to face the heavily armed insurgents who attacked them from different directions following the failure of the planners of the operation to provide aerial support. Their colleagues are reported to have fired indiscriminately into the air to protest against the killings which they described as strategic errors.

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Nigeria's army and Boko Haram militants have engaged in a fierce gun battle in the north-eastern Borno state, reportedly leaving scores dead on either side.

The army says it killed 150 militants, while 16 soldiers died and nine more are missing.However, local media report that around 100 soldiers may have died. BBC Nigeria analyst Bashir Abdullahi says it is clear that the army still faces a tough battle with Boko Haram.

He notes that the military often plays down its own casualty figures. Army spokesman Ibrahim Attahiru said a heavily guarded militant base in the Kasiya forest north of the state capital Maiduguri was raided on 12 September - this is the first time the details have been made public.

Brig Attahiru said the militants had gathered at a "well fortified position with anti-tank and anti-aircraft guns mounted on vehicles".

He also said that a militant commander, Abba Goroma, who had a bounty of 10m naira ($62,000; £39,000), was among those killed.

Communications with Borno state have been severely disrupted since May, when a state of emergency was declared in Borno and two neighbouring states. Boko Haram has not commented on the reports. Several thousand people have been killed since the militant group launched its insurgency in 2009, seeking to create an Islamic state in the mainly Muslim north of Nigeria. Under the state of emergency thousands of extra troops have been sent to the area. Local vigilante groups have also been formed to help counter the militants but scores of these volunteers have been killed in recent weeks. Last month, the army said it had killed Boko Haram's leader Abubakar Shekau but this has not been confirmed and the militants' attacks have continued. Brig Attahiru also said that President Jonathan had ordered the deployment of extra troops to the central state of Nasarawa, east of the capital Abuja, following ethnic clashes which have left a reported 50 people dead in recent days.

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Citicism by Naija wont make the story of being bleeped BY BH GO AWAY.....NIGERIAN ARMY CANNOT EVEN PROVIDE ACCURATE CASUALTIES FIGURES.......SYMPTOMS OF A RAG TAG ARMY IN POSSESSSION OF SOPHISTICATED WEAPONRY.

ON MISSILE ISSUE NIGERIA ASKED NORTH KOREA IN 2004 AND THE DEAL WAS NOT SUCCESSFUL....CONCERNING SO MUCH OFFICERS WITHIN NIGERIAN ARMY ...ITS A CLEAR INDICATION OF USING THE MILITARY AS AN EMPLOYMENT AGENCY...........BH PROVE TO THE NIGERIAN ARMY WHAT YOU ARE CAPABLE OF INSIDE NIGERIA. NOW WAITING FOR EXCUSES AND INSULTS AS NAIJA ARE EXPERTS ON SUCH MATTERS

@AUGUSTUS WORSE THAN SELEKE REBELS....NOW COME WITH EXCUSES

Defence sources, however, contradicted the casualty figure, saying at least 40 soldiers were killed and 65 others missing in a deadly ambush by the suspected members of Boko Haram.

NIGERIAN ARMY IN CRISIS.....BOKO HARAM INFLICTING HEAVY CASUALTIES

Army authorities disclosed, yesterday, that 15 soldiers and a lieutenant have been killed by Boko Haram terrorists along the Baga-Maiduguri Road in Borno State, while 150 sect members were killed by troops of the 7th Division during a fierce battle with the insurgents last weekend.

Defence sources, however, contradicted the casualty figure, saying at least 40 soldiers were killed and 65 others missing in a deadly ambush by the suspected members of Boko Haram.

Confirming the incident, Director of Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Ibrahim, stated that on September 12, 2013, troops from 81 Battalion under 7th Division of the Nigerian Army acting on intelligence report gathered that the insurgent had regrouped at Kafiya forest and were planning to launch an attack.

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"Following the information, the troops launched an attack and destroyed the enemy camp, and during the encounter that lasted several hours, the troops killed 150 insurgents while one Lieutenant and 15 soldiers lost their lives".

According to the Army spokesman, the enemy camp was well fortified with anti-aircraft and anti-tank guns mounted on vehicles.

The Army spokesman also disclosed that one Abba Goroma, one of the most wanted insurgent commanders, on whose head the sum of N10 million was placed as bounty, was killed in the encounter.

The Federal Government had last year placed a N10 million bounty on Goroma for any information leading to his whereabouts.

Asked to comment on reports on social media that about 40 military personnel were killed and 65 of them were missing as a result of the ambush, General Attahiru dismissed the report, saying it was a fabrication insisting that only 15 soldiers and an officer were killed.

An online publication quoting multiple defence sources, however, claimed that 40 soldiers were killed by the sect members while 65 others were missing. The report stated that the army authorities were miffed by the incident and have ordered an investigation into the suspected operation blunder that gave the militants such an upper hand. It quoted army officials as saying that the commanding officer of the unit that carried out the operation has now been removed from his post.

The casualty, one of the heaviest for the military in its campaign against the militant group in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states, was considered a classic case of operational and communication failure.

According to the report, a detachment of soldiers under the 134 Battalion of the 12 Brigade under the Multi National Joint Task Force, MNJTF, stationed in Kangarwa village in Kukawa local government, had conducted a reconnaissance to gather intelligence around the area, during which they established the presence of previously unnoticed Boko Haram camps.

Lagos, Makurdi, Kano, Damaturu, Abuja, Bauchi, Kaduna — Military barracks across the country are in dire need of rehabilitation and in many cases lack enough accommodation for soldiers in spite of the yearly budgets of billions for barracks repairs, Daily Trust investigations have found out.

Our correspondents, who visited military barracks in Lagos, Kaduna, Kano, Bauchi and other places report that many buildings are in a state of disrepair, with broken doors, windows and leaking roofs.

Some barracks, according to the reports, have not been rehabilitated in 30 years, and on some occasions soldiers are called upon to financially contribute to the repair work.

Lack of enough accommodation at certain barracks forces officers to live in buildings meant for their juniors, sometimes two officers in a room.

This is even as the Federal Government has spent over N11.524 billion on construction and rehabilitation of military barracks last year.

An analysis of the 2012 budget shows that the Defence Headquarters spent N140 million on rehabilitation of barracks, while the Nigerian Army spent N1.9 billion on barracks rehabilitation and N961 million on construction of new ones.

The Navy spent N1.9 billion on barracks rehabilitation and N961 million on construction of new barracks, as the Air Force spent N2.7 billion on rehabilitation and N341 million on constructing new barracks.

Units and commands of the Armed Forces also had hundreds of millions budgeted for barracks rehabilitation. The Nigerian Defence College used N64 million and N25 million for barracks rehabilitation and construction respectively, while the Armed Forces Command and Staff College Jaji spent N132 million on barracks rehabilitation.

For its part, the Presidential Committee on Barracks Rehabilitation spent N2.4 billion on repair of barracks, according to details of the 2012 budget.

Derelict

Investigations by Daily Trust correspondents show that in spite of the billions budgeted to maintain the barracks, most of them are in bad shape.

At the Ikeja Cantonment in Lagos, the situation was made worse by the bomb blast 11 years ago when military ordinances from the civil war era exploded, reportedly due poor storage.

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CUT AND PASTE AN EXCELLENT IDEA TO PROVE LIE OF NIGERIA BY SHOWING PROOF WITHOUT URGUING LIKE A FOOL NIGERIANS....@AUGAUGUST A NIGERIAN FAKE MILITARY EXPERT WHO CANNOT FANTHOM THAT SOUTH AFRICA IS FAR ADVANCE THAN NIGERIA AND RESORT TO LIES AND DISTORTED TRUTH......AGAIN POST LIES AND I SHALL PROVE YOUR FAKE CREDENTIALS AND NEXT I SHALL POST YOUR SECRETS

@augustus Haraaaaaaaaaa is this your military capabilities Nigerian navy has 19 admirals and 34 commodores, but can only put to sea nine main vessels. The air force remains with just a handful of operational aircraft, after 15 years of heavy budgetary allocations to the armed forces under military rule.

@AUGUSTUS READ THIS ATTACHMENT

The strategic relationship between former rivals South Africa and Nigeria has taken a step towards military cooperation as part of a broader commitment to stability across the
continent.

South Africa's military intelligence chief Lieutenant-General Johannes Motau arrived in Nigeria on Sunday on a five-day official visit as part of a process of establishing military ties between sub-Saharan Africa's two superpowers.

Gani Yaroms, a researcher at Nigeria's National War College told IRIN the visit would involve an "exchange of ideas to see how both countries can offer assistance to one another. It provides a working relationship that can spill over into areas of trade and other economic benefits."

South Africa - Nigeria's principal ideological foe during the apartheid years - "has an advantage in many areas of military hardware and can give technical advise. Basically, as of now, everything has been paralysed and destroyed so in rebuilding we need friendly nations to support training and professionalising the military," Yaroms said.

Nigeria's armed forces have suffered from years of neglect under military rule which politicised and corrupted what was once a proud institution. Since taking power in May last year, Nigeria's democratically elected government has tried to overhaul the service, retiring more than 100 senior
officers and bringing in foreign experts - particularly from the United States - to retrain the military.

There is a long way to go to the days when Nigerian peacekeepers served with distinction in the 1960s Congo crisis, a UN mission that President Olusegun Obasanjo participated in as a young officer. An external audit of the Nigerian military last year found that 75 percent of the army's equipment was faulty or out of commission. Its performance in Liberia and Sierra Leone
where it led a regional peacekeeping mission during the 1990s was rated as "abysmal by any professional standards", the London 'Financial Times' reported. Training procedures have "deteriorated sharply" and conditions in the barracks were described as "deplorable".

The navy has 19 admirals and 34 commodores, but can only put to sea nine main vessels. The air force remains with just a handful of operational aircraft, after 15 years of heavy budgetary allocations to the armed forces under military rule.

However, Nigeria retains significant political influence in Africa. On a visit to South Africa last year, Obasanjo said Nigeria would be willing to play an active role in mediation and peacekeeping in the continent's troubled regions in partnership with South Africa. Later this month, South Africa is to host a second meeting of the Bi-National Commission inaugurated last year which aims to deepen the strategic alliance between the two countries.

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Nigerians myth has been dispeled and nothing more than hot air is being attached......these Nigerians are saying nothing more than being angry about failures of their society.THIS WHAT NIGERIA IS CAPABLE OF

IN addition to small arms and other ordinances which the Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria (DICON) is already producing, the firm has begun the manufacturing of medium calibre weapons.

Among the new weapons already produced by DICON are Simm Mortar and the Bazooka/Cricket-Propelled Grenades (RPG-Model 7). Next on the line to be produced is the field gun artillery weapons.

And to ensure that the new weapons enjoy the benefits of modern technology and conform to international standards, Nigeria has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with China towards the installation of the new lines of production.

Already, Chinese experts are in the country to finalise arrangements towards mass production of the weapons.

Also, the medium calibre weapons produced at the military firm's plant in Kaduna have been test-fired and are working perfectly.

Chairman of DICON and Chief Steward of Albarka Airline Plc, Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa (rtd), said that the production had already been approved by President Olusegun Obasanjo.

Marwa said: "The Federal Government understands the need of DICON and approved the new development (lines of production) for this year's budget. The new lines of production will fully and effectively be ready in two to three years.

"In the area of production, I feel very fulfilled. We have now started producing weapons. We are breaking out of cocoon to higher calibre medium-range weapons".

Through its Research and Development Programme, DICON has produced its own Jimmy Soap, a device used in finishing rifles and other ammunition.

A 25-litre of the soap costs $5,000 in the international market.

Gen. Marwa also added that in the last three years, DICON had resumed the manufacturing of FM rifles, 7.2mm ammunition short guns and related cartridges.

He said that his greatest joy was that DICON had "corrected the major defect in sub-machine gun that has been defected since the early 70s". We have resumed production of pistols.

"The FM rifle used to have problem of heat generation. We also held meetings with Biafran scientists, including those who manufactured Ogbunigwe. We've had several meetings with them and they are offering their services to DICON".

According to Marwa, DICON has manufactured a stabiliser which is awaiting mass production just as it is also producing headframes for boreholes.**ok

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@AUGUSTUS YOU ARE A CLOWN....WHAT IS YOUR JELOUSY COMMENT REGARDING THIS ATTACHMENT

Science and Technology Minister Derek Hanekom has congratulated South African scientists for developing the world's first digital laser which is being hailed as a major scientific breakthrough.

The discovery was unveiled on Tuesday at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in Pretoria. The new technology is expected to make an impact on sectors including health, communications and manufacturing.

Hanekom says: “We can as South African be immensely proud of the quality of research being done in our country. The kind of scientists we have in South Africa and the contribution we are making as a country to global knowledge and global advancements in moving towards a different kind of world.”

He adds, “The world that is technologically advanced; that is better able to address the everyday challenges that people face; Health challenges, communications challenges etc...”

Professor Andrew Forbes at CSIR says the digital laser can be used in various fields including communications, health and manufacturing.

Forbes elaborates says, “ It's called digital because we address it through our computer, and as we change the picture on our computer the light coming out of the laser also changes. And so is a digital laser because you only have to change an image and the light coming out immediately changes.”

He says, “What we have done is to take technology that's 50 years old turn it around its head, make it much simpler, much cheaper, much easier to use in health, possibly manufacturing, certainly telecommunications. These are obviously application areas.”

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NOTHING @AUGUSTUS CAN POST WITHOUT PROVING A LIE....SOUTH AFRICA POSSESS A QUITE A SUBSTANTIAL NUMBER OF DIFFERENT MISSILE WITH A RANGE OF MORE THAN 200 KM AND ASK YOUR SSS INTELLIGENCE SERVICE TO FIND OUT.....ITS NOT FOR ME TO PROVE IT OTHERWISE KEEP ON DREAMING.

WE KNOW YOU MILITARY CAPABILITIES AND YOU KNOW NOTHING ABOUT SOUTH AFRICA..AND..WHAT IS POSTED ON THIS SITE IS FOR EVERYONE TO KNOW NOT TO MESS WITH SOUTH AFRICA AND WHAT IS NOT POSTED WOULD KEEP NIGERIA GUESSING.

YOU TOLD EVERYONE THAT M23 WOULD ANNIHILATE SOUTH AFRICA BUT THE TURN OF EVENTS HAVE LED TO NO LESS THAN 300 OF M23 SOLDIERS KILLED....THEY PROMISE THEIR PRAISE SINGERS LIKE YOU ABOUT MOTHER OF ALL BATTLES AND THEY VANISH LIKE MORNING DEWS EXPERINCING THE SUN LIGHT.

WHERE IS INDIGENOUS NIGERIAN MIND INTO THESE STORIES? ITS TRUE THAT DESPERATE SITUATION OF LIES NEEDS DESPERATE MEASURES TO TRY TO BE SEEN AS A GIANT....AGAIN INTIL NIGERA CONSTRUCT ITS OWN ELECTRICITY SUB STATION AND PRODUCE ELECTRICITY WITHOUT ANY OUTSISDE ASSISTANCE....TO SOUTH AFRICANS NIGERIA WOULD REMAIM A DWARF THAT BELIEVE ITS A GIANT

Nigeria has admitted it wants to develop a ballistic missile capability and has been in talks with North Korea.

On 27 January 2004 Nigerian Vice President Atiku Abubakar met with his counterpart from North Korea, Yang Hyong Sop, at the State House Abuja in Nigeria. Alhaji Atiku sought the support of North Korea in Nigeria's quest for a Permanent seat in the United Nations Security Council. He also spoke about Nigeria's support for expansion of the Security Council and the democratisation of the United Nations itself.

Vice President Abubakar told the Vice President of the North Korean Presidium that Nigeria would continue to seek a peaceful world without regular threat of confrontation by nuclear powers. The Vice President said while Nigeria understands the antecedents of North Korea nuclear program as explained, it seeks a peaceful use of the program. He also assured his guest that "Nigeria is ready to support all peaceful means to ensure the immediate unification of the Korean nations."

On 28 January 2004 it was reported that North Korea had agreed to share missile technology with Nigeria. Officials gave no details of the deal, including whether Nigeria would receive assembled missiles or technology. Nigeria claimed the missile help would be used for "peacekeeping" and to protect its territory. Vice President Atiku Abubakar agreed to the "program of cooperation that includes missile technology" with Yang Hyong Sop. A statement from the Nigerian Vice President's office said the West African nation's "government would continue to cooperate with the Korean government in the defense sector, an area in which both Nigeria and North Korea had cooperated over the years."

According to Vice-President Atiku Abubarkar's spokesmen Onukaba Ojo in the report " The subject of arms sales had come up at a meeting in Abuja, Tuesday between Atiku and his North Korean counterparts, Yang Hyong-Sop. Atiku had met with the North Korean delegation to discuss buying missiles. We have since discussed the matter with Nigerian defence officials and found that the suggestion had come from North Korea". He added, " They came to us wanting a memorandum of understanding signed with us towards developing missile technology and training and manufacture of ammunition. They were just trying to get us interested, but there hasn't been any interest shown on our side. We are not interested, but we didn't tell them".

After the United States hinted at sanctions, Nigeria walked away from the planned partnership

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has offered to share missile technology with Nigeria and the two states are expected to sign a preliminary agreement soon, a Nigerian government spokesman said on Wednesday.



The United States said it would encourage Nigeria, a key oil supplier and ally, to reject any arms deals with DPRK, which is suspected of developing nuclear weapons.


A memorandum of understanding is being discussed between Nigerian Vice President Atiku Abubakar and his DPRK counterpart, Yang Hyong-sop, who is on a five-day visit to the West African country.


"They have made a lot of offers including training of army personnel, defense cooperation and missile technology, but definitely nothing to do with nuclear weapons or weapons of mass destruction," said Onukaba Ojo, a spokesman for the Nigerian vice president.


Ojo said he had no details on the type of missiles on offer, but the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency ranks DPRk as the world's largest exporter of ballistic missiles.


The United States labeled DPRK as part of an "axis of evil" with Iran and pre-war Iraq, and has intervened in recent DPRK's missile deliveries to Yemen.


"Obviously, this issue of regional stability and military acquisition is something that we do care about, something that's a regular part of our dialogue with Nigeria," U.S. State Department spokesman Richard Boucher told reporters.


"We'd welcome a decision to turn down any such offers from DPRK. We want to stop DPRK's missile activities. And we've gone to many countries to try to encourage them not to buy."


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Ojo said that Nigeria had already bought arms from Britain, the United States and Russia, and that the offer of DPRK's hardware had been on the table for a long time.


The two sides were expected to sign the Memorandum of Understanding soon, he added.


On Tuesday night, the state-run News Agency of Nigeria said that Abubakar had "expressed an interest in signing a defense pact with DPRK on the grounds that the Asian country was developed in that area."


A Western diplomatic source said Nigeria already had a supply of Soviet surface-to-air missiles, but that they were in a poor state of repair.


The government of President Olusegun Obasanjo is key ally of the United States in Africa, and is the fifth-largest supplier of oil to the superpower. But the country has also been reaching out to Asia in an effort to attract investment and alliances.


Nigeria says its weapons are needed for security and peacekeeping. Africa's most populous nation, Nigeria sees itself as a regional superpower and currently has troops in war-torn Liberia.


Missile sales are a major source of revenue for cash-strapped DPRK, which is expected to resume talks soon with Washington and other nations on dismantling its suspected nuclear programs.

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@AUGUSTUS as usually you are lying about Nigeria's capability on missile technology as you have lied in the past about Satellite ballon technology....nowhere Nigeria can produce its own missile without producing first its own electricity and refining its own oil without outside assistance .....NORTH KOREA OFFERS NIGERIA MISSILE TECHNOLOGY AND MAYBE PRESIDENT OBAMA AVOIDED NIGERIA DURING HIS VISIT TO AFRICA

North Korea's isolated totalitarian regime has offered to sell Nigeria advanced missile technology, a Nigerian official said Wednesday, announcing talks that are likely to anger the United States. "They came to us wanting a memorandum of understanding signed with us towards developing missile technology, and training and manufacture of ammunition," said a spokesman for Nigeria's Vice President Atiku Abubakar. "They were just trying to get us interested. There hasn't been any interest shown on our side," Onu Kaba Ojo said. Ojo confirmed that Nigeria was seeking ballistic missile technology, and said that this had come up at a meeting on Tuesday between Atiku and his North Korean counterpart Yang Hyong-Sop, although no deal had been signed. A statement issued by Atiku's office after the meeting said: "He assured that government would continue to co-operate with the Korean government in the defence sector, an area in which both Nigeria and North Korea have co-operated over the years."

But, Ojo said, Nigeria bought weapons from "many countries" and no deal had yet been struck with Pyongyang.

Any move by Nigeria to acquire North Korean ballistic missiles would be sure to annoy Washington, which is locked in a bitter stand-off with Pyongyang over its nuclear ambitions and international arms sales. Kim Jong-Il's totalitarian regime -- which US President George W. Bush regards as a member of a so-called "axis of evil" -- earns much of its hard currency by selling and swapping missile and weapons secrets.

North Korea has developed missiles capable of carrying warheads as far as Japan, and is reported to have shared its technology with Libya, Syria, Iran, Yemen, Pakistan and Saddam Hussein's former Iraqi regime. Profits from the proliferation are said by US intelligence to feed back into North Korea's search for a nuclear weapon.

Nigeria, by contrast, is seen as a friend of the United States. Bush visited Abuja last year and praised President Olusegun Obasanjo for his leadership within Africa. Some 15 percent of the United States' crude oil needs are supplied by Nigeria's burgeoning oil industry.

Ojo insisted that Abuja's talks with Pyongyang should not give Washington cause to worry, and promised that Nigeria was not at all interested in acquiring weapons of mass destruction.

"I'm sure that Nigeria is not dreaming of nuclear weapons at all, just missile technology," he said, adding that a "multi-use foundry" also discussed at Tuesday's meeting would be for civilian use.

"If you're acquiring technology for peaceful purpose I don't think that should make our allies uneasy," he added.

Nigeria is Africa's most populous country, and its military is by far the most powerful in west Africa, where it has contributed successfully to a number of widely praised peacekeeping missions. It has never made war on its weaker neighbours, although it does have an unresolved boundary dispute with Cameroon over ownership of the potentially oil-rich Bakassi Peninsula. The disagreement is under UN mediation.

Ojo said that missiles would add to Nigeria's defensive capabilities. "Nigeria has a very formidable military ... I'm sure it's not out of place to want to fortify ourselves. Nigeria is not a belligerent nation, we don't make wars," he said.

"Anything we do is for the defence of our country and peacekeeping in west Africa," he said. Yang Hyong-Sop is vice president of North Korea's ruling Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly, and is regarded by observers as a powerful figure in Pyongyang's secretive regime. The United States is seeking to convince North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons programmes and return to talks with China, Japan, South Korea, Russia and the United States. A spokeswoman for the US embassy in Nigeria had no immediate comment on Nigeria's talks with North Korea.

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The South African Army has awarded Denel a R30.6 million contract for design risk reduction related to the ground based launcher for the Denel Dynamics Umkhonto missile. The work forms part of Project Protector, also known as the Ground-based Air Defence System (GBADS) Phase II.

The award takes known spending on the missile component of the project to R134 787 961.39 since 2007. Total known spending stands at R200 738 80.27.

Denel Dynamics last September showcased the short-range infra-red guided air defence missile's capacity in the ground role at the Africa Aerospace & Defence (AAD) 2010 exhibition in Cape Town. Machiel Oberholzer, Executive Manager Air Defence at Denel Dynamics, says the 125kg, 12km range missile is now proven as a surface-to-air and surface-to-surface missile in high clutter naval environments including littoral water and land warfare scenarios. “Umkhonto can now comfortably be applied to Ground Based Air Defence Systems (GBADS),” he said just before AAD.

The missile is the Mark II version of the weapon featuring much enhanced “clutter” performance proven earlier this year during live firing trials with the Finnish Navy that operates the short-range air defence system (SHORADS) aboard four Hamina class missile boats and two Hämeenmaa class minelayers.

The SA Army has stepped up its funding for Project Protector, in recent months. Denel Dynamics was in July awarded a small contract to conduct risk reduction study for a ground-based launcher. The tiny contract came just before an announcement by the navy of Finland that the Denel Dynamics Umkhonto-IR Mk II SHORAD had successfully completed a series of system validation firing trials in the Baltic Sea.

The Finnish Navy launched Umkhonto Block 2 surface-to-air missiles during two successful test firings at the Lohtaja test range in May last year. Finnish Navy minelayer Uusimaa and other participating vessels made their way to the test range through the winter ice and after taking up their respective positions, and after system and safety checks were completed, a Banshee target drone was deployed from land. “For the first firing this extremely small target was tracked by the ship sensor systems,” Denel says in a statement. “After a white run confirmed all systems were working, Umkhonto promptly destroyed the target with a direct hit during the red run. The second firing utilised a different ship sensor to track the target. Again Umkhonto achieved a direct hit confirming the unique capability of this missile.”

The Air Defence Artillery has a long-standing requirement for a SHORADS to compliment its small number of twin GDF Mk V 35mm air defence guns and Thales Starstreak very short-range air defence (VSHORAD) missiles. Project Protector is currently a technology programme being funded by the SA Army ADA through the Department of Defence's Defence Secretariat's Defence Materiel Division's Directorate Technology.

[B]The Umkhonto is also in service aboard the SA Navy's Valour-class frigates. Frigate project director Rear Admiral (JG) Johnny Kamerman at a media conference in 2006 said the development of the system had begun in 1993. South Africa decided to develop its own system even after sanctions was lifted because high-end systems such as the US AEGIS were unaffordable -- "we can't afford the launchers, let alone the missiles," Kamerman explained -- and low-end systems like shoulder-launched missiles were "a waste of time". [/B
]Land-based testing ended in July 2005 when the system was adjudged shore-qualified. The testing involved telemetry intercepts of a Skua target drone in various profiles, including low-level, head on and in evasive manoeuvres. The tests culminated in a Skua being destroyed with a “standard warhead”, Kamerman said.

In May 2008 Oberholzer told defenceWeb the Umkhonto development path included an extended range (ER) IR variant as well as an all-weather radar-guided version and an ER version of that. As stated above, the current infrared-guided Umkhonto has a range of 12km. Oberholzer said this was being expanded as part of a pre-planned product improvement initiative. An extended-range infrared version is planned and will range up to 22km. The radar version, dubbed the AWSAM – all weather surface to air missile – would have a 20km range, while an extended range version fitted with a booster rocket (AWSAM-E) – would hit out up to 30km – which placed it in the medium-range capability. He added the advantage of such a family of missiles was that "you can have a cocktail of missiles in your launchers so you can engage with the most appropriate one to the threat. Infrared missiles are cheaper than radar and you don't want to use an expensive missile to shoot down an easy target."

Denel Dynamics CE Jan Wessels has said the company is looking for funding partners for the advanced Umkhonto future configurations. “It will ideally be a programme like A-Darter”, the R1 billion joint venture 5th generation IR short-range air-to-air missile being developed with Brazil. But he also questions the notion that Umkhonto IR is just a good-weather system. “If you can just highlight that's not the case. The fact that the SA and Finnish navies have selected Umkhonto after in-depth studies – despite typical naval weather conditions – says it all. How this missile works is you have an advanced 3D radar on the ship or launch point and that keeps tracking the target after the missile is fired and via datalink guides the missile to within the last kilometre or so.

“Only then does the IR seeker become active. The more accurate the 3D radar is, the more you can do and the better the performance as an all-weather system. The IR seeker is just used for the last pinpoint accuracy. The better the radar, the better the missile.” It is therefore no longer clear that the all-weather variant will be radar guided as was provided for in earlier thinking.

Oberholzer says the Block 2 weapon will form the basis of Umkhonto GBADS. "It is a good concept, six missiles in an ISO-container that can be mounted on any type of vehicle, that has a 360-degree engagement capability and a high kill probability due to is large warhead," Oberholzer adds. “Now that the missile’s range, all weather options and rejection of ECM (electronic counter measures) have been extended, these test firings re-affirm that Umkhonto is still the best choice for any navy and we are proud to have the the Block 2 for land application as well.”

The upgrade also enables easy integration with different radar and platform solutions in network centric applications.

Meanwhile, Reutech Radar Systems (RRS) is separately receiving funding to demonstrate a 3D air defence artillery radar for known as the RSR 320 or DBR XL. The system is based on the ESR 220 Thutlwa (ex Kameelperd, Giraffe) local warning radar already in service with the SA Army ADA, but with the addition of high-accuracy 3D target detection and tracking capabilities. Known funding stands at R65 950 918.88.

The Denel Dynamics Seeker 400 will soon be available as an armed reconnaissance platform, capable of carrying the company's latest missile – the 25kg Impi, a hybrid of the business' existing Mokopa and Ingwe precision uided missiles (PGM). The combination is on display at this year's Africa Aerospace & Defence exhibition at AFB Ysterplaat in Cape Town.

Denel Dynamics' Garsen Naidu says the new missile concept “brings all our experience together”. The missile combines the Mokopa's seeker and laser guidance units with the Ingwe's multipurpose warhead and Umkhonto surface-to-air missile's datalink. Like the Mokopa, the weapon, on display at AAD as a mock-up has a 10km range.

Impi is currently in its design phase and is a small, low-cost system designed specifically for operation on light weight platforms.

Both developments came as a surprise as Denel Dynamics until recently played down any intent to develop an armed unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). It also successfully kept news of the Impi under wraps. Asked about arming the Seeker 400, Denel Group Senior Executive for Business Development: Africa/Asia/Middle East, Wessie van der Westhuizen, conceded a turnabout, saying the development was in line with a global trend to arm UAV for self-defence and armed reconnaissance.

Meanwhile, the Seeker 400 is also gradually maturing. First introduced to the market during the AAD2008 show, at Ysterplaat two years ago, the aircraft is now expected to make its first flight in the next year and become operational in time for the next AAD, in 2012. “We expect to have first flight in 12 to 16 months and be in production with the 400 in two years”, Denel Dynamics UAV business development manager Burt van Staade says.

Denel Dynamics says Seeker 400 builds on the proven capabilities of the Seeker II but with greater payload (allowing for multi-payload missions) and greater range (allowing “vastly increased” time over target). The system is some 30% larger than Seeker II. The twin boom, push-prop tactical UAV has an endurance of some 16 hours. The UAV, developed for an undisclosed Middle Eastern launch customer, is capable of carrying up to 100kg of payload plus fuel.

Seeker 400 literature notes the system boasts a dual-band datalink, necessary for a UAV to carry multiple payloads. As well as electro-optical systems the company is also offering synthetic aperture radar and signals intelligence payloads. The system is modular and will allow operators to swap out payloads dependent on mission.

The literature continues that Seeker 400 can operate at distances up to 250km from its base station and has an operating ceiling of 18,000 ft. A typical Seeker 400 system is expected to consist of between four and six air vehicles, one or more mission control units (allowing for hand-off between stations), modular payloads and a tracking and communications unit.

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