Henry240:


Isn't the guy in the 3rd photo Arab? He has brown skin.


EDF Soldier

yes he is the foreign jihadist killed ,there is a kenyan journalist who has released on twitter a memo from the ethiopians sent to the AMISOM headquarter .in the report the ethiopian military discloses they got hold of a camera and also 2 GPS devices.i hope later on when the intelligence agencies of various countries have analysed the video,some of it will be released to the public

Henry240:


J-20 isn't for sale. The J-31 is still un-development, so until the production jet is official launched, we cannot say. However a mix of JF-17s and. J-31 seems a realistic target.

The J-31 is a nice plane saw it flew by some months ago. Should be the prototype tho', Nice Airframe i will say. However why don't we consider buying some american 4+ planes?

SAAF Gripen flying with a "targeting pod".

Not necessarily OFF TOPIC


NAF JF-17 likely to fly with the WMD-7 Targeting Pod. Similar to the Sniper Pod the WMD-7, provides positive target identification, autonomous tracking, GPS coordinate generation, and precise weapons guidance from extended standoff ranges.

Katyusha:
J-31...I doubt the French will let such a deal take place...so as not to make thier "colonies" jittery..Stealth tech up for grabs? Talk about killing the stealth technology monopoly for them Yanks. The J-10 on the other hand, is not bad atall..quite comparable to even the F-16 Block 50s if you ask me.

Luckily, the French have no political clout over any deal we strike with the Chinese. However what is certain is, there would be an increased French military presence in West-Africa if Nigeria ever orders the J-31. Not like we aren't totally encircled by the French already, anyway.


I absolutely love the J-10. My only issue with the J-10A is it's combat radius of only 500kM, that's no good for a country like Nigeria. J-10B has an improved range of 1000KM. The J-10B and F-16V (latest model) are comparable.

tdayof:

The J-31 is a nice plane saw it flew by some months ago. Should be the prototype tho', Nice Airframe i will say. However why don't we consider buying some american 4+ planes?

Are you a Nigerian living in China?


American planes for Nigeria.... , did you only recently start browsing African defence? America that won't sell you 40 years old Cobra helicopters, would now turn around and sell you F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet, F-16V or the F-15SE , HOW?


Nigeria can also not afford $100m for a single plane.

SAAF Gripen

Henry240:


Are you a Nigerian living in China?


American planes for Nigeria.... , did you only recently start browsing African defence? America that won't sell you 40 years old Cobra helicopters, would now turn around and sell you F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet, F-16V or the F-15SE , HOW?


Nigeria can also not afford $100m for a single plane.

Yea i school in China and in shenyang same city with J 31 manufacturing company. Yea have been following African defence just thinking there should be something we can do to win the American Heart.. lol... However the EA-18 growler is my favourite of American aircrafts.

Henry240:
SAAF Gripen flying with a "targeting pod".

its a Rafael/Zeiss Optronics LITENING III

 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GECdjTB24o

Henry240:
Not necessarily OFF TOPIC


NAF JF-17 likely to fly with the WMD-7 Targeting Pod. Similar to the Sniper Pod the WMD-7, provides positive target identification, autonomous tracking, GPS coordinate generation, and precise weapons guidance from extended standoff ranges.

is there a presentation video about its specs ?

africaken254:
is there a presentation video about its specs ?

None that i know of, maybe the Chinese forumer would be able to throw more light on the system.

tdayof:

Yea i school in China and in shenyang same city with J 31 manufacturing company. Yea have been following African defence just thinking there should be something we can do to win the American Heart.. lol... However the EA-18 growler is my favourite of American aircrafts.

Congrats...... You can now wake up from your dream. Your's is actually a dream within a dream.


The EA-18 growler is an EW aircraft, very potent from what i've read so far.

africaken254:
is there a presentation video about its specs ?

the detection range of WMD-7
not as far as LITENING III or Thales Damocles ,but probably enough for COIN



https://www.thalesgroup.com/en/worldwide/defence/targeting-damocles-multifunction-targeting-pod-pirate-and-fso
JF17 is capable of mounting a Thales Damocles which Pakistan is considering with

http://defence.pk/threads/jf-17-thunder-multirole-fighter-thread-7.427560/page-16

ilyushin il 78 midas and sukhoi 30 MKA - Algerian air force

my favorit old fighter the Mig 25 foxbat , mach 3 speed and many worlds records established for speed, rate of climb and altitude , some of them still unbeaten until now

pics: mig 25 PDS , algerian air force; still in service


a trip close to space

@Seun, what's happening with Nairaland.com? It keeps going offline, please fix up the bug before we get another data loss.

Nigeria COIN


Nigerian Armed Forces Special Forces (NAFSF) Commandos from the Navy.

GOC 7 division comes visiting troops in their outposts. I love the way the GOC's body armour blends perfectly with his desert Cammo. This type of bulletproof vest should be the basic standard for all Nigerian troops.

Henry240:
Nigeria COIN


Nigerian Armed Forces Special Forces (NAFSF) Commandos from the Navy.

men!!!.now when i say kitting thats what i men.only in few countries can this be found.but they've got to add just few stuffs,nd,bammm,u'll have a 1 world mil.
france go dey begin shake unpeu.

Henry240:
Not necessarily OFF TOPIC


NAF JF-17 likely to fly with the WMD-7 Targeting Pod. Similar to the Sniper Pod the WMD-7, provides positive target identification, autonomous tracking, GPS coordinate generation, and precise weapons guidance from extended standoff ranges.

Dude.

No, lets not start this again

chkil:
ilyushin il 78 midas and sukhoi 30 MKA - Algerian air force

Bleep

Algeria, you guys get all the fun

Henry240:


My point, EXACTLY!!!


We(Nigerians) were discussing the exact same thing. It's quite unfortunate for the rest of the militaries engaged in operations in Africa. If a severely poorly equipped Ethiopian Army/ outpost could be so well defended with the enemy hopelessly damaged and scared, why are the others, Nigerians even complaining.


The outposts of Uganda and Kenya sacked by militants were much more well equipped than this, in Nigeria Baga is a MultiNational Joint Task Force base with literally tons of light and heavy equipment with atleast 6 APCs, yet it was completely sacked.


In truth, this calls for a sober reflection, i salute the Ethiopian gallantry.

The truth is Ethiopian success on Al-shabab is partly due to deployment of UAVs and helicopter gunships. Special unit forces were also deployed to Somalia operating separately from the Ethiopian force under the AU which played a key role during the war last year.

Watch starting 28:16

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

More videos from last year operations, starting at 12:54


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJ0ZB0ypzjk

Nigerian Airforce Pilot....first pix not NAF

SEU(special effizy unit)

SADC troops

patches689:

Dude.
No, lets not start this again

Start what?

Are they(WMD-7 & Sniper pod) not targeting pods?

More

jteku:
More

Those aren't Nigerians, your first photo. They are a congolese display team.

pacretus:
men!!!.now when i say kitting thats what i men.only in few countries can this be found.but they've got to add just few stuffs,nd,bammm,u'll have a 1 world mil.
france go dey begin shake unpeu.

Our boys are usually very well kitted.

This South-African commando wants to summit 7 of the world's highest peaks for charity.

off topic:free syria army is now proud owner of a T-90 Tank.saw a video FSA driving around with this T-90