₦airaland Forum

SamuelAnyawu:
Nope we don't use Military escorts on Damasak and Monguno roads.

those roads are dangerous especially damasak

bidexiii:
That's the reason I posted it.
In fact Sahara reporters side of the story was different claiming 20 soldiers died in the attack.

I can never believe Sahara reporters they are Terrorist supporters in the whole sahel region

SamuelAnyawu:
Nope we don't use Military escorts on Damasak and Monguno roads.

sorry for ur loss pls lemme ask wat work do u do... I thought u we're a military personnel at first

bidexiii:
Nigeria: Islamic State fighters attack Jakana military base after deadly ambush


Islamic State militants attacked a military base in Jakana town in northeast Nigeria’s Borno state after ambushing a military vehicle nearby and killing the six soldiers aboard, two military sources told AFP Thursday.

Heavily-armed Islamic State West Africa Province fighters opened fire on a patrol vehicle on Wednesday, July 17 near Jakana, which is around 40 km (25 miles) west of Borno state capital Maiduguri, killing all the soldiers on board.

“We lost all six soldiers in the ambush, including a colonel,” said the first of two military sources, who both spoke on condition of anonymity.

The soldiers were on their way to Maiduguri from Damaturu, the capital of neighboring Yobe state, when the militants attacked around 5:20 p.m. local time (1620 GMT), said the source.

“The gun truck the soldiers were driving in was destroyed,” the second source said.

Following the ambush the insurgents attacked a military base just outside Jakana in seven technicals – pickup trucks fitted with machine guns, also known as gun trucks in Nigeria – engaging troops in an hour-long battle, the sources said. The attack was repelled by soldiers at the base, with ISWAP fighters abandoning weapons and one vehicle as they fled.

Nigeria’s Sun News outlet, which first broke news of the raid on Jakana on Wednesday, said the attack began at around 6:30 p.m. and that scores of residents had fled into the bush.

The army has not officially confirmed the attacks, and ISIS has not yet said that ISWAP fighters were responsible.

Read more-https://thedefensepost.com/2019/07/18/islamic-state-attack-jakana-nigeria-ambush/amp/

they got it wrong....the ambush was carried out by fleeing BHT after the military repelled the attack on the base...

nemesis8u:


If Putin was reading what u wrote he would be like........

lol&

nemesis8u:
Good night uncle toju

lol � � na still evening na.... Ok good night

Good evening house I saw a post recently on proforce Nigeria Instagram page it was posted late last year around December 18 or so... It says the NAF and proforce signed MoU for collaboration in production of attack helicopters and drones....there were photos of the signing but I couldn't upload it

bidexiii:
Let's tell ourselves the truth the military as to step up there game and the federal government is not doing well at all when it comes to funding, for a country fighting terrorism.
We lost six good soldiers as a result of ambush by BHT, we can't rely on villagers to always give us intell on BHT movement & activities. What do we do to always counter threats in form of ambush, I.E.D threats and how to stop BHT from overrunning our military Base. These have been happening for years and how top rank officers haven't preferred solution to all these threats our troops are facing.
Troops on patrol riding on hilux are vulnerable to ambush and I.E.D threats. It takes grace to survive an ambush under fire, where you are out numbered 5 to 1 and you don't have a drone overhead.
Mr president is doing well in funding the army well, the army is not just lucky. We need the ARA II MRAP in large numbers 300-500, especially for patrol missions.
For Base defense our front line troops are not doing well in these aspect and to do just also our bases are not well fortified/protected as compared with many western/European bases in Afghanistan, Syria and Iraq etc. I think the army authorities should emulate there airforce counterpart on how to defend bases and train soldiers in large numbers before they are been sent to the northeast, the earlier the better to stop these humiliation of BHT overrunning our F.O.B and carting away of ammunition caches.
We should contact the United States army on these, I like the way they protect there bases in the east.
If all law makers and elected personnel are ridding in bullet proofed/up armored cars then each soldier in the northeast deserves something much more better.
We should face out every Toyota hilux vehicle and the MRAP should be the minimum vehicle for operation of any sort, we are rich and we can afford.

Well said our major problem is just the leadership. ..they are bringing down the morale of troops

jteku:
Off Topic:

Russian Airforce Su30LL low fly less the a meter to the ground

it's so majestic and flies like a prince &

bidexiii:
May there soul R.I.P

I think the cause of some attack on our military base is the citizens (villagers) in borno since BHT are providing some amenities for them they are their sympathizers... they provide Info for BHT....the military has said this Before and it's true on the other hand the army should be ready anytime any day for anything coming their way the army said they had sophisticated UAV it should help them... some unit should take a cue from the troops in Yobe...they are well able to repel any attack and inflict damage on BHT/ISWAP

MiddleDimension:
the same turkey that shot down SU24 pilots. but why is Russia doing deals with them?

I heard that incident was a mistake and they have settled their difference.... Russia was even the cos why would they not respond to their radio message and warning

Henry240:
No report to suggest NAF are working with DEMFAS.

you know I asked just to be sure cos I was going through some past post and I saw the info about the N-ICON drone saying NAF will take care of the Arming of the drone while a Chinese company will handle the GCS

Henry240:
Exactly.

I think this is what the armed Tsaigumi would look like.

hope so.....pls one question is NAF actually engage in the DEMFAS N-ICON drone program.... Cos I really want that project to come out successful it will be a game changer in our defense industry.....

Henry240:
Off-Topic

The F-35 Turkey would never see.

Turkish Air Force F-35A, now ex.

Was it a good decision for Turkey to have gone for the S-400 over the F-35?


Turkey has the second largest army in NATO.

Turkey also spends above the mandatory 2% of GDP on defence. It actually spends over, while the likes of Germany spends under 2%.

Turkey had pledged to buy 110 F-35A's.

Turkey also makes parts for the F-35 program. This manufacturing would now be moved back to the US.

Russia is now offering Turkey the SU-35.

so turkey grounded their F35 or it's still in service...

Henry240:
Off Topic

Iran Army, Nezaja, receives the first batch of 3 HESA Mohajer-6 ISTAR-capable unmanned combat aerial vehicles.

The battle-tested Mohajer-6 has an endurance of 24 hours and a range of 2000 km.



Not a bad looking UAV at all.

yeah I saw this on the news looks like the tsaigumi uav

Henry240:
I used to follow the conflict in that region but since AMISOM stopped publishing photo updates I haven't been following up.

Alright...No problem

Henry240:
He saying the truth. The Nigerian Air Force over a period of 12 months has recorded over 1800 combat sorties.

If we had as much assets like Algeria for example or Morroco. The figures would be far higher.

So on average, haven seen publicly released figures, it is comparable to the UAE or Saudi Arabia for example.

Russia and the US are a bit of a stretch.

Uncle Henry just leave the guy and forget this topic I'm just a kid(17yrs) so wat do I know........ Plss any new update..... Less I forget I saw a news headline which quotes"Alshabab remains a lethal and formidable Force in Somalia" how do you check that...

Salatavor:
you saw all these happen or you read it on the news? What this man has said are very serious and should be closely looked into. Stop throwing around words like " our airforce is best in this", most active this, battle hardened that. People are dying and boko haram remains a fighting force and there is a reason why that is happening. Battle hardened my dirty left Gregorian foot.

if our forces ain't doing nothing by now the whole of north would be under terror rule and cgad,Niger and Cameroon would be experiencing the heat too...... Do u know the amount of Force and hardware US, Germany, Russia,UK had to deploy to help degrade ISIS even France had to deploy it's Aircraft carrier,US had to deploy it's Destroyers even B2 spirit bombers and F22 raptors as if it was world war 3 though we don't have have such hardware but we are putting in everything we got...u can tell the difference of how insurgency was way back in 2009 to this present time if it was then BHT are capable of carrying out bomb attack in ABUJA!!!!!! And other states our troops and air Force is doing well our problem is the leadership

These units supposed to be operating some of the indigenous military vehicles (Light tactical vehicles) it will help in their ops

Goooooaaaaaaalllllll obob!!!!!!!! See goooooaaaaaaalllllll

LTGEN:
The guy is on a fishing expeditions in recent weeks bh has suffered horriffic unsustainable losses hence they are lying low .
I would not bee surprised if this is a closet informant for bh
I am not going to give him any information he does not know
NIGER AND CHAD between the two of them have barely two serviceable HELICOPTERS
NIGERIA/ FRANCE / US provide AIR COVER for NIGER
The NAF provides air cover for our troops in close up battle support operations
The NAF was the difference in the BATTLE OF AON ( The video Is there)
The NA MAINTAINS their hilux trucks and TANKS not that there is much to maintain anyway change the engine oil / tires and brakes you can train a MONKEY to do that
BH do not maintain their captured equipment recent captured equipment attests to that.
People should not give credence to this troll/ closet symapthizer

well said I mean the level, standard and quality of airstrike that NAF carry out can be compared to that of the USA and Russia in Syria and Iraq against ISIS

Henry240:
The Nigerian Air Force regularly carries out Air Ops for Diffa in Niger Republic.

the guy that made up dat story eehhh.... Needs check up all what he is saying he can't defend it...just so annoying

kenpaul0:
Someone posted this : I had a discussion with an Army officer posted to the North East

The young officer is tasked with protecting this nation from Boko Haram, he and his men could pay the ultimate price, this is why what he told me was important.

Somethings said I knew, others I did not, let me itemize what he told me

1. The Nigerian Army has no overall strategy to defeat Boko Haram He said there is no clear plan, just reactions.

2. The Chief of Army staff deployed lots of hardware to protect his village Brutai, this deployment is similar to Maiduguri. The strategy seems to be to counter and hold Boko Haram

3. The Chadian Army are better managers of equipment. He said the Chadian military has far older weapons but that they ensure everything is working. The task force they sent over is 100% mobile, but the Nigerian Army struggles to maintain Hilux Pickups talkless of modern tanks.

He said the Chadians were suprised at the poor state of our army, that they doubted our ability to defeat Boko Haram, the said Chadians dont run from battle when Boko Haram attacks but that the Nigerians do.

4. The bulk of Boko Haram Haram weapons are captured from the Nigerian Army. He said the NA will declare trucks or Artillery as unservicable but Boko Haram will capture same assets and get then to work.

5. There are sufficient arms delivered to the NA. He said before he got to his post he read about "lack of arms" but found out that was not true....the army had lots of arms but did not know how to maintain or deploy them

6. There is zero air cover. I asked him about the attack helicopters, he said they were grounded. He said Nigerian Army preferred the Niger Airforce (not Nigerian) and Chadian Airforce to conduct close strike Air to Surface operations because the have better and dedicated ground attack planes like the Sukhoi flown by Eastern Europeans.

7. He said the recruits coming out of training to join the Nigerian Army are sub par training and standards have really fallen.

8. Many Forward Operations Bases have been overan by Boko Haram. The Nigerian Army has been forced to destroy their own equipment as they flee, including our modern T72 tanks

9. He says money or even equipment is not the problem, he says there is no leadership of purpose and that many military men are "breaking protocol" just to survive

I think we get the picture. I am just posting this with the hope that something good will come out of this.

Boko Haram has exposed Nigeria.

Please pray for all our soldiers fighting Boko

and also they officer said our attack helicopters are grounded which is not true and secondly our air Force is possibly the most active and battle hardened Force in this counter insurgency operation....we go as far as carrying out airstrike outside our airspace don't forget the lives of the MI35 crew that was laid down during close air support in damasak and also the close air support given to troops during an attack on MNJTF base....the air Force most times has to deploy our Alpha jet for night ops...we have gone as far as deploying jets in niger so they are closer to our troops.....

kenpaul0:
Someone posted this : I had a discussion with an Army officer posted to the North East

The young officer is tasked with protecting this nation from Boko Haram, he and his men could pay the ultimate price, this is why what he told me was important.

Somethings said I knew, others I did not, let me itemize what he told me

1. The Nigerian Army has no overall strategy to defeat Boko Haram He said there is no clear plan, just reactions.

2. The Chief of Army staff deployed lots of hardware to protect his village Brutai, this deployment is similar to Maiduguri. The strategy seems to be to counter and hold Boko Haram

3. The Chadian Army are better managers of equipment. He said the Chadian military has far older weapons but that they ensure everything is working. The task force they sent over is 100% mobile, but the Nigerian Army struggles to maintain Hilux Pickups talkless of modern tanks.

He said the Chadians were suprised at the poor state of our army, that they doubted our ability to defeat Boko Haram, the said Chadians dont run from battle when Boko Haram attacks but that the Nigerians do.

4. The bulk of Boko Haram Haram weapons are captured from the Nigerian Army. He said the NA will declare trucks or Artillery as unservicable but Boko Haram will capture same assets and get then to work.

5. There are sufficient arms delivered to the NA. He said before he got to his post he read about "lack of arms" but found out that was not true....the army had lots of arms but did not know how to maintain or deploy them

6. There is zero air cover. I asked him about the attack helicopters, he said they were grounded. He said Nigerian Army preferred the Niger Airforce (not Nigerian) and Chadian Airforce to conduct close strike Air to Surface operations because the have better and dedicated ground attack planes like the Sukhoi flown by Eastern Europeans.

7. He said the recruits coming out of training to join the Nigerian Army are sub par training and standards have really fallen.

8. Many Forward Operations Bases have been overan by Boko Haram. The Nigerian Army has been forced to destroy their own equipment as they flee, including our modern T72 tanks

9. He says money or even equipment is not the problem, he says there is no leadership of purpose and that many military men are "breaking protocol" just to survive

I think we get the picture. I am just posting this with the hope that something good will come out of this.

Boko Haram has exposed Nigeria.

Please pray for all our soldiers fighting Boko

Despite all this how come we still record some success....you have a point there though.... Our boys really need our prayers they are fathers to children and they are brothers to others they are humans like us.....God plssss help them

bidexiii:
Okay.
Any info I av on it I'll make it available.

sure!! Thanks pal

bidexiii:
Love your spirit mate and your enthusiasm for indigenous military invention. But most of these hardware your asking for are just in there blueprint stage, it's going to take years before we start them or getting Info's about them.

alright thanks bidexiii just more concerned about the NAFSA eagle Aircraft and the N-ICON drone most especially the N-ICON I love to know more about it and pray it comes to pass

Pls has anyone gotten any info about some of our upcoming indigenous military hardware like the SDB 3,Nigeria army helicopter NAFSA eagle Aircraft, and also is NAF and DEMFAS actually collaborating to build the N-ICON drone...

SuperSixSeven:
Ok ok, I wish to apologize for my over-hasty criticisms. But I have to admit that i did not really understand how you came to this number, it has become clear how!

no problem

SuperSixSeven:


We should not talk ourselves into something that we cant proof -

I don't get....... I mean the first 9 plus 10 during nadcel 2018 (19) plus the 30 we are acquiring 49..... So wats is it that I didn't prove...

Henry240:
https://www.defenceweb.co.za/land/land-land/nigerian-army-orders-nine-ara-mraps-from-proforce/

Take a look at this old defenceweb article.

this was actually the type with the split wind shield.....the very first 9... The they upgraded to the other type and the army commissioned 10 during nadcel 2018 they might have more than that....now currently according to the internet the army has 13 of the new type...... So if we are to calculate all together plus the expectation.... the army will have roughly 50 ARA mrap

Henry240:
I'm quoting Jane's though. No of the information is from me.

I also think these versions were not included. I think the army got 4 of these.

the army actually got 9 of this then 10 of the one with single wind shield and now 13 of the princess

bidex111:
The NA should place order for not less than 100units of ARA-II

Abi......nearly all soft skin vehicles should be replaced with these cos it's cheap and capable..... this is world class the most beautiful and unstoppable MRAP.....maraduer is no where near this beautiful beast