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Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by bidexiii: 9:34am On Feb 24, 2022 |
jl115: “Military infrastructure at Ukrainian army air bases has been rendered out of action,” the defence ministry said in a statement carried by news agencies, which added that Kyiv’s air defence systems were “eliminated”. https://punchng.com/breaking-ukraines-airbases-air-defences-destroyed-russia/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1645684691
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Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by kabe1: 10:03am On Feb 24, 2022 |
Stormtrooper11: These are legitimate security concerns. |
Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by tutudesz: 10:13am On Feb 24, 2022 |
bidexiii:China and Taiwan loading |
Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by kikuyu1(m): 10:35am On Feb 24, 2022 |
kikuyu1: I really didn't expect things to go hot in the Ukraine. While I know there's been a concerted effort among certain Global Elites to eschew the use of force an opposing faction only knows force. They're addicted to the traumatisation of innocents and know no other way of doing things! Also they're not about to let their weapons production lines stay silent while Russia earns big from the Nord Stream 2 gas pipleine supplying Europe cheap gas. The MSM isn't showing much on TV. I've no info on the op apart from this. Putin can't allow NATO to control the Ukes for obvious reasons-what the endgame is is unclear. Edit: the 3000 US troops sent to Poland are no more than a speed bump in the face of full scale armoured spearhead combined arms invasion. They're too lightly armed to be anything but a tripwire.
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Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by OutOfContext: 10:36am On Feb 24, 2022 |
kenpaul0:Nigeria doesn't need SA so go fck yourself |
Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by jl115: 10:55am On Feb 24, 2022 |
bidexiii:yeah.... Just making sure Russian airplanes have some peace 1 Like |
Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by jl115: 10:56am On Feb 24, 2022 |
OutOfContext:wrong thread... If you want to behave in this manner go back to the Kenya vs Nigeria thread 4 Likes |
Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by OutOfContext: 11:07am On Feb 24, 2022 |
jl115: Oga mido ur busine mke i no rison ur mata fa ye oooo! |
Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Lurker4Long: 12:28pm On Feb 24, 2022 |
Meanwhile, in the DRC. "Republic of South Africa Battalion (RSABATT) deployed under the umbrella of the United Nations in the Eastern side of the Democratic Republic of Congo, were ambushed while on escort duties. The RN4 road connects Ituri province to North Kivu province. The vehicles are escorted by security forces because of the presence of armed groups along this regionally important road. Republic of South Africa Battalion soldiers was ambushed while escorting civilian trucks from the Luna checkpoint to Banwansura checkpoint as it is the responsibility of peacekeepers to protect cargo vehicles. Allegedly Allied Defence Force (ADF) rebels tried to cut the convoy in the middle, by attacking the middle vehicles. Young lions of the SA National Defence Force under the Leadership of Lieutenant C.D. Ramphele responded accordingly to protect the civilians and their comrades in arms. At least eight armed groups members were killed during the shootout, unfortunately, three civilians succumbed to injuries. Four AK 47 assault rifles have since been seized with 18 rounds of ammunition. "Train as we fight" proved to be the key to winning a firefight, as South African soldiers came out strong with no fatalities. Lieutenant Ramphele said, "the first thing that came to my mind when I heard the first bullet from the armed group was Dash, Down, Crawl and Fire." The insurgents, who have lost most of the territory they once controlled to soldiers, have thus shown they are still able to carry out skirmish attacks." 4 Likes
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Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by jl115: 12:33pm On Feb 24, 2022 |
OutOfContext:sorry I don't speak gibberish 2 Likes |
Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Lurker4Long: 2:40pm On Feb 24, 2022 |
We already know the impact rising food prices can have on the north African countries. Egypt, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Libya import most of their grain from Ukraine. Below them, Ethiopia and Sudan might also find themselves in a spot of bother. I thought the turbulence in Ukraine had already been priced in, but watching grain futures today, it's going to be a white-knuckle ride for all 7 countries. 1 Like
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Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by bidexiii: 2:45pm On Feb 24, 2022 |
I have seen images and videos of dead Ukrainian army and destroyed equipment, likewise on Russian side; captured Russian POW and destroyed karmov attack helicopters. 2 Likes
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Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Nemesis4you: 2:47pm On Feb 24, 2022 |
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Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Lurker4Long: 2:51pm On Feb 24, 2022 |
Nemesis4you: Useful idiot! I see they did the same thing to Erdogan! Just heard a Turkish official on Al-Jazeera complaining that "Our Russian counterparts scheduled a meeting, which they never intended to honour." 3 Likes |
Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Nemesis4you: 3:05pm On Feb 24, 2022 |
Anyways what the biggest lesson from the Ukraine and Russia conflict ? Don't become a pawn for others / a pawn in a game between giants, when elephants dance ants get killed 10 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Nemesis4you: 3:39pm On Feb 24, 2022 |
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Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by kabe1: 3:51pm On Feb 24, 2022 |
Nemesis4you: This is the biggest take away from this conflict. However for small nations what options do we really have? A small country has to pitch sides with a larger neighbour. It was daft for the Ukrainians to ask to join NATO, I don't support this Russian invasion of the country, but better, smarter decisions should have been made. What's your opinion about this war? 3 Likes |
Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by kabe1: 3:57pm On Feb 24, 2022 |
Nemesis4you: From an African, specifically Nigerian perspective, this conflict shows the need to invest properly in modern military equipment. You might have all the fancy roads, bridges and infrastructure all you like. All it takes for all that infrastructure to come down is a properly timed cruise missile. Sadly all the countries in sub-saharan Africa have very weak militaries. MRAPs and Armoured vehicles don't win wars. 10 Likes |
Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by GreenandGold: 4:29pm On Feb 24, 2022 |
Nemesis4you: The lesson is simple; don't weaken you military to gain popularity votes like Ukraine leaders did. They had 770k soldiers in the 90s, the 3rd largest nuclear arsenal in the world and thousands of tanks. They gave up the nucles, shrank the military (even though they had a constant threat from Russia) and then allowed their hardware to be outdated. This was all in the name of social and infrastructural programs. See what they got now? This is the same problem that could happen to my own country as well, too much social and useless infrastructure programs eating up on defence money. 3 Likes |
Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by bidexiii: 4:33pm On Feb 24, 2022 |
DAY Z 3 Likes
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Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Nemesis4you: 4:41pm On Feb 24, 2022 |
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Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by kabe1: 4:49pm On Feb 24, 2022 |
GreenandGold: They did not give up their nukes, the weapons belonged to the USSR and Russia had the keys to all nuclear bombs in the USSR, so technically those nukes always belonged to Russia. This conflict shows that if you don't have the money to spend on your military, align with the closest military power to you. It was a terrible mistake asking to join NATO, and if the scenario was turned around and the US and Russia were to switch sides, the Americans would do the same thing. Russian SEAD missions today were incredibly effective though. I will say South-Africa is at least geographically safe, Nigeria on the other hand is completely surrounded by France on virtually all sides, plus the Nigerian military is a joke. We might be strong to deal with local African wars, but an invasion like we are seeing in Ukraine by France and we will collapse. 5 Likes |
Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Nemesis4you: 4:54pm On Feb 24, 2022 |
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Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by kabe1: 5:00pm On Feb 24, 2022 |
Nemesis4you: I mean a small country on the border of a big country has to pick the side of it's bigger neighbour. You simply can't be neutral. I too think the Russians made a huge mistake by invade Ukraine, they were options short of an invasion that could have deterred the Ukrainians. I agree with the rest of your comment, and I also think Russia has dug it's economic hole. 3 Likes |
Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Nemesis4you: 5:05pm On Feb 24, 2022 |
kabe1: True In that case unfortunately one will need to pick side all said and done but also depends on the country ability to manage within that too, that's what I meant by tyranny of geographical proximity |
Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by kabe1: 5:12pm On Feb 24, 2022 |
Nemesis4you: I mean invest in enough military hardware to have a sizable deterrence. A good example is Algeria. They seem to have a good balance. Should Taiwan be attacked today, what happens? Like I pointed out earlier, look at Nigeria's position in Africa, almost completely surrounded on all sides by France. In the event that the country is attacked today, what happens? While economic prosperity should be the focal point of every country, countries need to also have a decent military. NATO would be mindful of expanding towards Russia post-ukrainian invasion. This is the point for this military invasion. 1 Like |
Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Nemesis4you: 5:39pm On Feb 24, 2022 |
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Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by sczeska: 6:04pm On Feb 24, 2022 |
Nemesis4you:Good read |
Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by jl115: 6:32pm On Feb 24, 2022 |
kabe1:I disagree....Not the fact that African countries shouldn't invest in modern equipment BUT your notion that Nigeria should invest based on the Ukraine-Russia conflict for fear of "cruise missiles" and/or invasion..........None of Africa's 4 regional powers have the power projection capability to invade the other and only China, USA and Russia have the capability to launch a meaningful and sustained invasion across the ocean..... Nigeria should continue focus on a more COIN based approach to procurement like it has lately hence the success against BH. 4 Likes |
Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by jl115: 6:36pm On Feb 24, 2022 |
GreenandGold:Our Neighbours are far to weak!!, a weakening in our military would have a much larger impact on our ability to protect ourselves against irregular foes like Islamic extremist vs any invasion from our neighbours. 2 Likes |
Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by jl115: 6:40pm On Feb 24, 2022 |
kabe1:France don't have the capability to sustain an invasion of Nigeria........Yes they can seriously hurt you but they ain't invading a country that is as big and economically strong as Nigeria... 3 Likes |
Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by GreenandGold: 7:14pm On Feb 24, 2022 |
jl115: Do you know why Julius Malema was kicked out of the ANC after calling Botswana "US puppets"? It is because as weak as our neighbours are but if a country like Botswana could feel threatened, it would give the US or foreign power the legitimacy for a permanent military base... If you ask any SA military general, they'll tell you that any foreign nation that could stage a war from Botswana could match to Pretoria in a matter of hours, it's the shortest of all the routes to the capital. So yes, our neighbours are weak but they could be used by a foreign nation in a worst case scenario. 1 Like |
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