agaugust:


It's published on defenceweb, 3 LPDs for Nigerian navy in 10 year plan ending 2018. I am tired of repeating old posts.

Same way I told you France offered Gowind OPV to Nigeria including technology transfer to build one in Nigeria.

I am just tired of recycling old posts for every dumb South African who cannot use google....nation of fools !

http://www.shipsandports.com.ng/news.php?id=690

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Henry120:


South-Africa signed the Gripen contract in 1999, that's 15 years ago.

SAAF has at-least 9 D models, the two seater model.

SAAF has only 18 Air crew members trained for 26 planes.

9 D models = 9 navigators
SAAF is now only left with 9 pilots for 26 planes.


Patches689, J115, Mikeczar, mzilakazi, 9 pilots for 26 planes, is this a good number?

We can now all agree SAAF only has 9 Gripen pilots.

patches689:


Nigeria isnt getting any dutch boats

jln115:
Firstly your pic really make the stan patrol 4708 look more modern than it actually is, and secondly how do you know for a fact he is a naval officer?

BTW here is a pic of a stan patrol 4708 that Nigeria might be getting:

patches689:


Nope

2 F7 pilots, its widely known fact

Henry120:


You claim to have been on this thread for 2 years, yet you ask this silly question?

This is the picture of the MPV Nigeria, definitely is getting.

jln115:

This is a pic of the OPV South Africa definitely will be getting.

agaugust:


LOL...we have many F-7 pilots, surplus !
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Henry120:


You have no money, you're getting nothing.

jln115:

one photo alone show 9 SAAF Gripens in the Air.

Henry120:


The South African National Defense Force is reportedly considering selling off its Gripen fighter planes and its Agusta A109 helicopters as it has no money to operate them.

According to a Beeld report, the South African Air Force's 18 Agusta helicopters were occasionally enabled but the craft did not ascend.

Due to military budget cuts, the 26 Gripen fighters purchased in the controversial arms deal were also not being used. The report said that the SANDF was considering selling off the aircraft due to the lack of money.

Military expert Helmoed-Romer Heitman suggested that the SAAF was suffering from the state's indecision about its military expectations.

"An air force without fighter aircraft is a dead duck in Africa's military context. An army without helicopters and transport aircraft is a dinosaur in a swamp," he was quoted as saying in an IOL report.

"An army without attack and tactical transport helicopters is a lame duck. A navy without helicopters and maritime patrol planes is blind."


2013 report, but it clearly proves my point.

Ah ! South Africa may auction off their Gripen jets....Okoko-bioko
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jln115:

www.defenceweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33804:progress-at-last-on-offshore-patrol-vessel-acquisition&catid=51:Sea&Itemid=106

www.janes.com/article/34678/south-africa-s-opv-project-gets-green-light

www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/rsa/project-biro.htm

jln115:

9 SAAF Gripens in the Air!!

agaugust:


The Gripens in that photo does not show SAAF roundel or RSA flag, how do we prove which country is flying them?
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agaugust:


No SAAF roundel, no RSA flag, we need proof of whose Gripen jets are flying...
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Henry120:


18 000 flight hours flown by your Presidential Air Fleet. Yeah, bravo.

I've provided prove multiple times.

You only have 9 pilots for 26 planes, pathetic.

You had better sell off those planes to Mexico, it sure as hell won't take them 15 years to train 9 pilots.

Henry120:


You claim to have been on this thread for 2 years, yet you ask this silly question?

This is the picture of the MPV Nigeria, definitely is getting.

jl115:

You keep shouting about South Africans low iq, need i remind you that you said air is more dens at higher altitude!!

Henry120:


You have no money, you're getting nothing.

jln115:

www.gripenblogs.com/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=914

agaugust:


[size=16pt]#ShowUsTheMoney !![/size]

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agaugust:


"FACTS OF SCIENCE:

Did You Know that Cold Air is heavier than Warm Air?

Cold air is much heavier than warm air and this is the basis for much of what we call weather. Did you ever notice after taking a hot shower, that when you first open the door to the bathroom, the cooler air from outside the bathroom comes in at the lowest level? Or how about when you open your freezer, you could feel the cold air just rush downward towards the floor. Cold air in the atmosphere behaves the same way and this is why it stays separate from air that is warmer. Why is cold air heavier than warm air? Cold air is denser than warm air. The molecules are packed closer together. The amount of water vapor in the air also affects the density of the air. The more water vapor that is in the air, the less dense the air becomes. That is why cold, dry air is much heavier than warm, humid air.

You may have heard that a baseball or a golf ball will travel further on a warm, humid day than it would on a cold, dry day. Since the warm, humid air is less dense, the ball travels through it with less friction. ."

http://www.weatherdudes.com/facts_display.php?fact_id=51

South Africans have a low I.Q. even Botswana beats you

Henry120:


The South African National Defense Force is reportedly considering selling off its Gripen fighter planes and its Agusta A109 helicopters as it has no money to operate them.

According to a Beeld report, the South African Air Force's 18 Agusta helicopters were occasionally enabled but the craft did not ascend.

Due to military budget cuts, the 26 Gripen fighters purchased in the controversial arms deal were also not being used. The report said that the SANDF was considering selling off the aircraft due to the lack of money.

Military expert Helmoed-Romer Heitman suggested that the SAAF was suffering from the state's indecision about its military expectations.

"An air force without fighter aircraft is a dead duck in Africa's military context. An army without helicopters and transport aircraft is a dinosaur in a swamp," he was quoted as saying in an IOL report.

"An army without attack and tactical transport helicopters is a lame duck. A navy without helicopters and maritime patrol planes is blind."


2013 report, but it clearly proves my point.

agaugust:


"FACTS OF SCIENCE:

Did You Know that Cold Air is heavier than Warm Air?

Cold air is much heavier than warm air and this is the basis for much of what we call weather. Did you ever notice after taking a hot shower, that when you first open the door to the bathroom, the cooler air from outside the bathroom comes in at the lowest level? Or how about when you open your freezer, you could feel the cold air just rush downward towards the floor. Cold air in the atmosphere behaves the same way and this is why it stays separate from air that is warmer. Why is cold air heavier than warm air? Cold air is denser than warm air. The molecules are packed closer together. The amount of water vapor in the air also affects the density of the air. The more water vapor that is in the air, the less dense the air becomes. That is why cold, dry air is much heavier than warm, humid air.

You may have heard that a baseball or a golf ball will travel further on a warm, humid day than it would on a cold, dry day. Since the warm, humid air is less dense, the ball travels through it with less friction. ."

http://www.weatherdudes.com/facts_display.php?fact_id=51

South Africans have a low I.Q. even Botswana beats you

agaugust:


Nope, we wanna see the SAAF Roundel on those 9 Gripens, thanks for your PhotoShop fraud, it was nice seeing how criminally minded you are
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patches689:


That the beeld ran a speculative peice in 2013 that has since been proven to be without substance?

Indecision about what to do with the SANDF has been solved by the defence reveiw

Good job at wasting data

agaugust:


Nope, we wanna see the SAAF Roundel on those 9 Gripens, thanks for your PhotoShop fraud, it was nice seeing how criminally minded you are
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agaugust:


LOL...we have many F-7 pilots, surplus !
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agaugust:


"FACTS OF SCIENCE:

Did You Know that Cold Air is heavier than Warm Air?

Cold air is much heavier than warm air and this is the basis for much of what we call weather. Did you ever notice after taking a hot shower, that when you first open the door to the bathroom, the cooler air from outside the bathroom comes in at the lowest level? Or how about when you open your freezer, you could feel the cold air just rush downward towards the floor. Cold air in the atmosphere behaves the same way and this is why it stays separate from air that is warmer. Why is cold air heavier than warm air? Cold air is denser than warm air. The molecules are packed closer together. The amount of water vapor in the air also affects the density of the air. The more water vapor that is in the air, the less dense the air becomes. That is why cold, dry air is much heavier than warm, humid air.

You may have heard that a baseball or a golf ball will travel further on a warm, humid day than it would on a cold, dry day. Since the warm, humid air is less dense, the ball travels through it with less friction. ."

http://www.weatherdudes.com/facts_display.php?fact_id=51

South Africans have a low I.Q. even Botswana beats you

agaugust:



Bwahahaha

Your above story is dated May 2013, almost 3 years old news, yet SAN does not know the name of OPV and IPV it will buy....because they will buy NOTHING....no money !
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mzilakazi:
The true reflection of the Nigerian Army ad told by the Commander who is directly involved with the operation of the military on daily bases, absolutely not lies and fallacious claims that @agaugust is parading to us. Now we know what Nigerian military is.


PLEASE MR PRESIDENT SAVE THE MILITARY
AND NIGERIA FROM COLLAPSING

1. Sir, I am constrain to write you this letter
which I consider it a matter of more than great
importance for me to inform you and put to
record issues that are happening in the North
East (Operation Zaman Lafiya). I choose this
medium to write you this open letter because I
have written similar letter but no action was
taking which I believe some forces have blocked
it are now after my life. Sir I have served in 7
Division as staff officer and presently I am the
commanding officer of 103Bn in the field. My
combined wealth of experience as a staff officer
and now commanding officer are the disturbing
fact that necessitated me to write you this letter.
While as a staff officer, I was among those who
believed that the commanders in the field are not
doing well. But presently, as a commander in the
field, I found out that it is not the fault of any
commander that the defeat of the so called
BOKO HARAM (BH) has not been achieved.

2. First and foremost sir, the Nigerian Army is
poorly equipped in the North East, if all the
battalions are well-equipped as required; it will
not take the Army more than two weeks to flush
out the BH. Presently there are four units in my
location here in KONDUGA including 21 Armoured
Brigade HQ. If all the units are provided with all
their requirements, we can advance and flush out
BH out of North East. Mr. President sir, the
Nigerian Army is well-trained and capable of
defending our nation. It has demonstrated the
capacity to even successfully enforce peace in
other nations. Why not in our own country
Nigeria?

3. The fact about NE operation is that we are
poorly equipped, understaffed, high corruption
from Army Headquarters down to battalion level.
Commanders see it as opportunity to make
money. My predecessor has complained of the
same problem. Instead of ASA addressing the
issue raised by him, the army authorities decided
to Court Martialled him. All the units in NE are
understaffed, but on payroll their strength are
complete just to collect more allowances than
what each unit is supposed to. The commanders
see it as a personal money making venture
rather than taking care of men and equipment.
This ugly trend led to loss of many officers and
soldiers and thereby having adverse effect on the
moral (sic) of troops. Majority of soldiers in the
operation area wear mufti (civil cloths) under
their military uniforms in case there is an attack
and the troops cannot withstand the BH, they
found it easy to disguise as civilians to enable
them escape. This is not the traditional practice
in the NA. Though it is lack of adequate
equipment and poor administration from the
higher authority that resulted to this ugly trend
by our troops

4. Sir, another bad and unprofessional act is
that soldiers don’t take to orders from their
superior officers because they have lost
confidence/trust from them. The case of former
General Officer Commanding 7 Division Major
General A. Mohammed is enough evidence to
show that all is not well in the Nigerian Army. It
will interest you to note that worse cases has
been recorded before that of the former GOC and
more are still happening, but nobody is ready to
investigate the root cause of problems facing the
troops in the field.

5. This brings me to a recent occurrence which
is my main purpose of writing this letter. As I
mentioned earlier, due to the failure of the
authority to address issues that I made
mentioned, when a unit is attacked and overran
by the BH not because the soldiers are unable to
fight, but lack of weapons, ammunitions and
communications equipment, the soldiers on
many occasions will ran away, and a commander
cannot stand and fight alone as a result of this.
Presently seventy percent of commanders in the
NE are facing Court Martial due to the reasons
mentioned. We the commanding officers are very
worried over this development. This is because
we many soon find our self as victims of this
maladministration from our higher authorities.

6. There is no sincerity in this operation; this
is because the present acting GOC has never
visited any location outside Maiduguri town not
to talk of principal staff officers in Army
Headquarters or even the COAS. But we keep on
hearing all sorts of lies that Generals are leading
the fight against BH. These are facts that can be
confirmed from officers and soldiers in this
operation including those in the 7 Division
Headquarters. The GOC is so afraid that even
with the Divisional Headquarters; he doesn’t go
out and always locked himself inside his office.
Infact it is a common knowledge among officers
and soldiers in this operation that the acting
GOC is here to make his money and earn his
promotion to the detriment of the operation. The
completion of his mansion at No 8 Gwamna
Road in Kaduna which the GOC ignorantly
disclosed that when he completed it, will be
among the best houses in Kaduna, has turned to
be a subject of discussion among troops.

7. The former 21 Armored Brigade commander
is facing Court Martial today because the acting
GOC does not want to see him and his garrision
in Maiduguri town simply because of the huge
monthly allocations from the Borno State
government to the brigade garrision. He wanted
to be collecting his money by using 7 Div
Garrison, but in reality 7 Div Garrision does not
have troops to claim such money. It is worthy to
note that the GOC received 33,000litres of AGO
and PMS each, 600 bags of rice monthly from
Borno State government. All these items are
diverted for his personal use.

8. Recently the newly appointed 21 Brigade
commander lead 3 units to flush out the BH, that
operation was successful, almost 300 BH were
killed, weapons and vehicles were recovered from
them, in the process the troops exhausted their
ammunitions from the Div, the GOC simply
replied that there was no ammunition this made
all the troops to withdraw back to KONDUGA.

9. Presently more than 3000 officers and
soldiers are either killed in action, deserted,
captured as POW or on AWOL. But due to lack of
proper administration the army directed that
their salary should be stopped. This affect the
families of those that are either genuinely killed
in action or captured as Prisoners of War. It has
also affected some of the troops that are still
participating in this operation.

10. Mr. President sir, if all issues raised in this
letter are not urgently address, the Nigerian Army
will soon be history and by implication there will
be no country called Nigeria. No country without
strong army will survive. I decided to write you
this letter because the life of officers and soldiers
trusted in my care are no longer save. My life is
also at the stake because the NA authority as
usual will say I have communicated directly to
you as the Commander in Chief of the Armed
Forces and may sanction me. As a citizen of this
country and a commander in the operational
area, with all the points I have mentioned in this
letter, it is clearly that the Military authorities
have failed the country, as such they should be
held liable for their misdeeds. I have consulted
seasonal constitutional lawyers if writing you
this letter will be an offence, but they said it is
my constitutional right to inform the C in C
about what is happening in the NE and within
the military which if not address will affect the
survival of Nigeria.