MBDA has been given the green light by Italy to develop an evolved-range variant of its Otomat MK2 Block IV anti-ship missile, Jane’s reports.


The missile will eventually be the primary anti-ship weapon for the Italian Navy’s PPA (Pattugliatore Polivalente d’Altura) multirole combatant patrol vessel.


You guys know what this means??

Nigerian Army

Henry240:
Nigerian Army

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

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Mig 25 , Algerian AF

CZ 807 riffle , egyptian army

il 76 , algeria

hudge snow fall this days in algeria

Namibia and Zimbabwe will take up own national pavilion space at AAD this year - graduating from the smaller "Africa Pavilion".

Well done Nam and Zim cousins .

http://www.defenceweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=51119:fourteen-national-pavilions-at-aad-2018&catid=7:Industry&Itemid=116

Electronic warfare operations by the Egyptian military in Northern Sinai.

South African-made jamming system from GEW Technologies, of which Egypt has bought dozens.

What the fvck?

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

The West African regional bloc ECOWAS has approved China’s request to build its headquarters building in Nigeria’s capital Abuja with a grant of $31.6 million from the Chinese government.

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?

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.

lionel4power:
MBDA has been given the green light by Italy to develop an evolved-range variant of its Otomat MK2 Block IV anti-ship missile, Jane’s reports.


The missile will eventually be the primary anti-ship weapon for the Italian Navy’s PPA (Pattugliatore Polivalente d’Altura) multirole combatant patrol vessel.


You guys know what this means??

If you're thinking of the ARADU, you are lapping a fat malu

Everything is being tapped by everybody with the capability to do so.

Official or public releases , media reports etc r meaningless when it comes to Intel activities.

Fun facts

Intel work is all about denials wether successful or unsuccessful

Nobody will say we bugged u , obviously they will deny.

Nobody will acknowledge breach of data or the extent of penetration etc . SOP in order to keep the intruder in the dark regarding the countermeasures and capabilities in place inorder to defeat future breach.

A good percentage of Intel work is parasitic in nature.

Party A is regularly stealing data from party B , party C intercepts the data transmission medium and rides on the hard work done by party A without party A being aware of it.

Got the hint

tdayof:

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.

that africans go to A.U headquarter to b@tch to each other all their secrets,what a load of bullsh@t.the copy all that info on their servers.the west must be very desperate

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.

Odunayaw:
If you're thinking of the ARADU, you are lapping a fat malu

our Combattante IIIB Fast Attack Craft were formerly armed with otomat right??

nemesis4u:
Everything is being tapped by everybody with the capability to do so.

Official or public releases , media reports etc r meaningless when it comes to Intel activities.

Fun facts

Intel work is all about denials wether successful or unsuccessful

Nobody will say we bugged u , obviously they will deny.

Nobody will acknowledge breach of data or the extent of penetration etc . SOP in order to keep the intruder in the dark regarding the countermeasures and capabilities in place inorder to defeat future breach.

A good percentage of Intel work is parasitic in nature.

Party A is regularly stealing data from party B , party C intercepts the data transmission medium and rides on the hard work done by party A without party A being aware of it.

Got the hint

"The gatherer of the intel and the target both denied". Ergo, fake news, nothing to see here.

lionel4power:



our Combattante IIIB Fast Attack Craft were formerly armed with otomat right??

Exocet

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.

Maybe I have been reading too many conspiracy theory books, but I believe that AU building constructed by Chinese is bugged.
And if they construct ECOWAS building too, it has to be bugged.
Heck, why shouldn't they bug them?

The only way that they can truly figure it out that the building has been bugged is to totally tear it down. The doors, fans, ACs, chairs, paintings, tables and whatnots could be powerful listening devices with battery that can last for years.

Xbee007:
Maybe I have been reading too many conspiracy theory books, but I believe that AU building constructed by Chinese is bugged.
And if they construct ECOWAS building too, it has to be bugged.
Heck, why shouldn't they bug them?

The only way that they can truly figure it out that the building has been bugged is to totally tear it down. The doors, fans, ACs, chairs, paintings, tables and whatnots could be powerful listening devices with battery that can last for years.

Reminds me guys I know long ago had placed bugs inside the hotel room where the U/K premier was supposed to stay and the hotel attendants including service staff was our fellows.

As SOP U/K guys did a sweep of the rooms , they did not find anything. Later the too friendly behaviour of the waiter who most of the time was too reluctant to leave the room after he was called for room service tipped them off that something was amiss.
They again did a sweep and they found the bug but could not do anything about it , since it was buried deep inside the concrete pillar

So they transferred the premier to another suite. Which was again bugged
And again which was found out

tdayof:


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.

Hotels only meetings idonblivit

Just for info

Bugs r difficult to trace , especially passive bugs .

And software embedded bugs r difficult to detect they can be anywhere in Ur routers in Ur data servers in Ur computers etc

Especially if the hardware and software manufacturer and the snooper is of the same country then kind of impossible.

Reason why US knows everything that happens most of the time.

nemesis4u:


Reminds me guys I know long ago had placed bugs inside the hotel room where the U/K premier was supposed to stay and the hotel attendants including service staff was our fellows.

As SOP U/K guys did a sweep of the rooms , they did not find anything. Later the too friendly behaviour of the waiter who most of the time was too reluctant to leave the room after he was called for room service tipped them off that something was amiss.
They again did a sweep and they found the bug but could not do anything about it , since it was buried deep inside the concrete pillar

So they transferred the premier to another suite. Which was again bugged
And again which was found out

Honestly, the intelligence community will be very disappointed if the Chinese don't have at least three solid bugs in each rooms of that building. I am sure the maintenance and refitting of furniture in that AU building is done by the Chinese, which gives them unfettered access to make sure the bugs are in good working condition.

Haba, and someone is saying we should believe they didn't bug it just because they said so.
Do we expect them to be like, "we have thoroughly bug your building that we spent so much money on constructing, now go do your meetings so we can listen. Remember, English please and no funny accent!"

Xbee007:


Honestly, the intelligence community will be very disappointed if the Chinese don't have at least three solid bugs in each rooms of that building. I am sure the maintenance and refitting of furniture in that AU building is done by the Chinese, which gives them unfettered access to make sure the bugs are in good working condition.

Haba, and someone is saying we should believe they didn't bug it just because they said so.
Do we expect them to be like, "we have thoroughly bug your building that we spent so much money on constructing, now go do your meetings so we can listen. Remember, English please and no funny accent!"

Au/China matter is not my business

What I want to point out is one must have open mind to all options and flexible thinking.

If people posting here (including me) can figure intelligence ops or events happening around the world , then the highly capable intelligence analysts etc employed across all the countries would be out of jobs

Anyways

Regarding what u wrote yes if it was me , I will place multiple redundant bugs both active and passive plus target all sources of info for bugging both via hardware and software . It will be good to have some people working there on my payroll too inorder to cater for contingencies.

Yes having own people is a bonus cuts down risks and allows new opportunities

I will even bug the loo

Passive bugs don't require maintenance and don't emit any signal in the EM spectrum.

Try reading about the Soviet passive bug which was gifted to USA and detected only by accident. Lol

Seriously it's funny the Soviets gifted a bug to USA , the Soviets must have had a hard time keeping a straight face while presenting the gift

Odunayaw:
Exocet

Okay...

nemesis4u:


Reminds me guys I know long ago had placed bugs inside the hotel room where the U/K premier was supposed to stay and the hotel attendants including service staff was our fellows.

As SOP U/K guys did a sweep of the rooms , they did not find anything. Later the too friendly behaviour of the waiter who most of the time was too reluctant to leave the room after he was called for room service tipped them off that something was amiss.
They again did a sweep and they found the bug but could not do anything about it , since it was buried deep inside the concrete pillar

So they transferred the premier to another suite. Which was again bugged
And again which was found out

why bother bug a room when you can turn anyone smart phone into a listen device by find a bug (error, flaw, failure or fault )in the operating system or Apps installed.making them vulnerable or using phishing attack to install a malware in someone device !?

Xbee007:


Honestly, the intelligence community will be very disappointed if the Chinese don't have at least three solid bugs in each rooms of that building. I am sure the maintenance and refitting of furniture in that AU building is done by the Chinese, which gives them unfettered access to make sure the bugs are in good working condition.

Haba, and someone is saying we should believe they didn't bug it just because they said so.
Do we expect them to be like, "we have thoroughly bug your building that we spent so much money on constructing, now go do your meetings so we can listen. Remember, English please and no funny accent!"

And the funny thing is President Paul Kagame, current chair of the AU, basically said, "So what, everybody does it." And now they're offering to build Ecowas HQ and are not told "Thank you for your donation, here's the account you can deposit the funds, West African companies will be pleased with the work."

frumentius:


And the funny thing is President Paul Kagame, current chair of the AU, basically said, "So what, everybody does it." And now they're offering to build Ecowas HQ and are not told "Thank you for your donation, here's the account you can deposit the funds, West African companies will be pleased with the work."

when snowden leak intel that british GCHQ was spying on opposition leaders,presidents,warlords,businessmen e.t.c did african countries stop doing business,cut military ties or procurement from Britain !?

Jihadist threat haunts northern Mozambique

What's left of the Nanduadua mosque lies deep within a labyrinth of alleyways in Mocimboa da Praia, a port town in Mozambique's far north.

A handful of veiled women hurry past the one-time place of worship, which is now reduced to rubble.

"It was the mosque of criminals," local resident Ussene Amisse told AFP. "The mosque of those with hearts of stone."

The Mozambique government ordered it to be levelled in October after a bloody attack blamed on radicalised Muslim youth who allegedly worshipped at the mosque.

The apparent jihadist attack -- the first of its type in the country -- sent a shockwave through Mozambique, which emerged from its long civil war in 1992.

The strike targeted a nearby police and military post, leaving two officers and 14 attackers dead.

A number of subsequent armed incidents and kidnappings followed, fuelled by long-suppressed frustrations in the majority-Muslim northern region.
The initial bloodshed happened in the small hours of October 5.

"We heard shouting and gunfire," recalls local man Juma Tuaibo.

"We quickly understood that the youth from the mosque were behind the incidents. We fled to seek refuge in a nearby village."

Dozens of armed men, known locally as "al-Shabaab" -- Arabic for "youth" though with no confirmed link to the Somali jihadist group of the same name -- stormed the police station, the fire station and a forestry ranger post.

In a matter of hours, they had taken control of the town.

"We were taken by surprise," a local official told AFP on condition of anonymity.

"It took us two days of fighting and the deployment of reinforcements to chase them out of town."

Authorities were initially hesitant about identifying their new enemy, referring vaguely to a group seeking to "upset the established order".

The attackers had nothing to do with Al-Shabaab, officials insist.

In the following weeks, at least 300 Muslims were arrested and several mosques forced to close.

President Filipe Nyusi also fired the heads of the army and the intelligence agencies, blaming them for having missed the warning signs.But in Mocimboa, the emergence of a radical faction in the Muslim community was widely known.

"It started three years ago. Fifty or so young people from the town said that we weren't true Muslims," said Ussene Amisse, a teacher at a Koranic school.

"Some of them learnt these things in Somalia. It was when they returned that they started to cause problems."

Radicalised men told their followers not to send their children to school, not to vote and to disobey the authorities.

"They followed the example of fundamentalists in other countries," sighs Amadi Mboni, one of the town's religious leaders.

"We knew, we informed our authorities of the danger -- but we weren't able to prevent some of our children and grandchildren from joining them."

According to official statistics, 17 percent of Mozambicans are Muslim but Islamic leaders say the real figure could be double. In Mocimboa, more than half of the population is Muslim.

- The neglected north -

Frelimo, the ruling party since national independence, has long trumpeted the peaceful coexistence of different religions in Mozambique.

But the country's north has largely been excluded from the economic growth of the last 20 years.

Many in the north also doubt that they will reap the rewards of the vast gas deposits recently discovered off the shores of Palma near Mocimboa.In a region which sees itself as a neglected outpost, radical Al-Shabaab-style ideology has found a receptive audience.

"It's an area of Islamic influence, where state power is weak," said journalist and commentator Fernando Lima.

Other than a pair of armoured vehicles stationed outside police headquarters, Mocimboa is quiet for now.

Mayor Fernando Neves says everything has gone back to normal since the attacks.

"We have started working again," he said. "These people used Islam to try to divide us... but we didn't let them."

- Fear spreading -

While security checkpoints have been removed, police warnings to travellers visiting the region suggest an ongoing risk.

Police refuse to comment on the number of Islamist sympathisers thought to still be at large, but several witnesses reported that the group has retreated to nearby forests.

Last week, raiders stormed Chitolo village where one man was killed and several homes were burnt down, according to state radio.

"Since the attacks, I don't want to go to other villages, I'll only go there armed," said Amisse Oumar, a traditional chief of Quelimane village, 15 kilometres (10 miles) north of Mocimboa.

"People can no longer access their fields, people don't have any more food."

Oumar said a female villager was kidnapped in October while another man was captured and his head reportedly cut off.

There are dozens of similar stories of kidnappings blamed on "al-Shabaab".

- Boko Haram tactics? -

And while the number of abductions is still far from the scale of kidnappings by Boko Haram in Nigeria, there are striking similarities in their tactics.

"I was in the field on January 1 with my wife when I saw armed men in the forest," said Momadi Mfaoume."We ran, but my wife was captured. Other women who managed to escape told me that my wife had been forced to remarry," he added, sobbing.

Authorities said they were not aware of the disappearances.

"The region is safe," stressed the local official, but he called for authorities to investigate who is leading the attackers, who arms them and what links they may have with other countries. link http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/afp/article-5535693/Jihadist-threat-haunts-northern-Mozambique.html

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?

Is there any evidence to back le monde claim about au building been wire taped.
If there is none.
That report is pure propaganda.
That doesn't mean china cant do it.

Stupid dude should have blown up and the national gross stupidity level would have gone down significantly.

I mean just look at the guy in the pictures..
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Military bomb experts have detonated an old rocket propelled grenade found at a car wash in Nakuru Town West.

Resident Wycliffe Nyaoga said he noticed the device at the car wash in Kaptembwa estate while farming.

"I had been digging a trench to plant cabbages when I saw it. I decided to pose and take photos with it because it had an awesome shape," he said.

The 30-year-old said he had never seen such a device so he did not think he was in any danger.

"I took several photos before residents started milling around. After a few minutes, they started talking in low tones, saying it may have been a grenade. That's when I realised my life was in danger and ran away like a frightened antelope."
https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2018/03/21/kdf-detonate-explosive-found-in-nakuru-after-man-takes-photos_c1734256

KDF Participates in the Launch of Mariara River Rehabilitation to Mark International Day of Forests

The Kenya Army soldiers from Armoured Brigade participated in a tree-planting exercise at Githongo area, Abothugucii West Ward, Meru County on Wednesday 21 March 2018. Other than being in adherence to the Environmental Soldier Programme, the exercise was also in commemoration of the International Day of Forests. Soldiers were drawn from Isiolo Units.

The exercise was undertaken in conjunction with the Meru County Government, with the Deputy Governor & other stakeholders in attendance. The Mariara River Rehabilitation initiative was also launched during the exercise. The idea is the planting of bamboo plants to replace the existing water-sapping eucalyptus & blue gum trees. An approximate of 3000 seedlings was planted by the Kenya Army personnel. The seedlings were supplied by the Green Pot Enterprises company (“The Bamboo People”, as their tagline goes).

The target, as expressed by the Deputy Governor, is to improve the National Forest Cover from the current 6.9% to 15%. It was however observed that Meru County’s forest cover stands at 18.3%.

The exercise commenced at 0830hrs (the County Government officials arrived at around 1245hrs) & ended at 1615hrs after the Deputy Governor’s address.

1.Lieutenant Colonel K K Masai planting a tree at Githogo Stadium during the launch of Mariara River Rehabilitation to mark the International Day of Forests in Meru County on Wednesday 21st March 2018.

2. Lieutenant Colonel K K Masai planting a tree at Githogo Stadium during the launch of Mariara River Rehabilitation to mark the International Day of Forests in Meru County on Wednesday 21st March 2018.

3.A member of the event participants planting a tree at Githogo Stadium during the launch of Mariara River Rehabilitation to mark the International Day of Forests in Meru County on Wednesday 21st March 2018.

4. A senior member of the event participants signs the visitor’s book at Githogo Stadium during the launch of Mariara River Rehabilitation to mark the International Day of Forests in Meru County on Wednesday 21st March 2018.