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Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by andrewza: 7:29am On Apr 16, 2015 |
agaugust: No where does it say Nigeria fought in Angola. Mocamedes never saw any ground combat and the only fighting there was a air strike in the late 80s. The Cubans defended the town. |
Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by andrewza: 7:34am On Apr 16, 2015 |
stillchris: How so. Some explanation please. |
Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by MikeCZAR: 8:29am On Apr 16, 2015 |
DEATHMACHINE:Never set foot in Angola. 1 Like |
Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by MikeCZAR: 8:32am On Apr 16, 2015 |
agaugust:Nigeria couldn't challenge SA militarily in the 1970s. |
Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by MikeCZAR: 8:34am On Apr 16, 2015 |
stillchris:Nigerians never fought in Angola. |
Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by MikeCZAR: 8:37am On Apr 16, 2015 |
agaugust:How many MIG-23 did Cuba have? Which airstrip would they use for such mission. And No, they didn't have MIG-23s then. South Africa had a strong ant-shipping capability. |
Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by MikeCZAR: 8:41am On Apr 16, 2015 |
stillchris:Your opinion. |
Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by Nobody: 9:36am On Apr 16, 2015 |
MikeCZAR: [b] The fact that as many as 5,000 Nigerian troops fought in Angola around 1976-77 may be the most widely-unknown fact in the annals of Nigeria’s very long history of foreign military operations. In the aftermath of January 1976 OAU summit where General Murtala Muhammed in his timeless “AFRICA HAS COME OF AGE” outing decisively swung the support of the OAU and Africa in favour of the MPLA regime, to the chagrin of their UNITA and FNLA competitors, the FMG backed up the new MPLA government with N13.5m(US$20m) and sent a squadron of MiG-17 jet fighters in support. It has now emerged that as many as 5,000 Nigerian troops were deployed to Angola and that they saw action in various theatres across the then war-blighted country. Writing in an article entitled “MOSCOW’S NEXT TARGET IN AFRICA;Paying the Price for Angola“, Robert Moss clearly indicates that …. QUOTE: “The Nigerians are said to be heavily involved in Angola. Western intelligence sources report that Nigerian troops were present at battalion strength when the MPLA and the Cubans pushed south last year. According to UNITA sources in Paris, the Nigerian strength has since been reinforced. UNITA sources have tapes of radio intercepts showing that at least 5,000 Nigerian troops have been deployed in Angola. They are operating as far south as Mocamedes, and are also based in Lobito, Luanda and the eastern diamond mining town of Henrique de Carvalho. UNITA claims to have intercepted radio communications in English (the common language between the Nigerians, the Cubans and the MPLA), in the Ibo, Hausa and Yoruba dialects, and in a form of pidgin Creole…..An intriguing sidelight is that UNITA also claims that a British shipping line played a key role in ferrying Nigerian troops and military supplies to Angola. Nigeria, rich in oil and boasting an army of some 210,000 men, can clearly afford to be more than rhetorical in its backing for the guerrilla movements of southern Africa.” END OF QUOTE Corroborating this report, the world-renowned photo-agency GETTY IMAGES in an archival photo dated 1 January 1977 actually bears a caption which read as follows; QUOTE: “Caption: 1977: An Angolan soldier crawls beneath barbed wire trenches during training. Dr Jonas Savimbi and his UNITA movement is doing well in its fight against the ruling MPLA (Movement For The Liberation Of Angola), and its Cuban allies. UNITA claims to control at least half of Angola. In addition to the Cuban forces, Western intelligence sources report that at least 5000 Nigerian troops are also deployed in Angola, on the side of the MPLA. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images). Date created: 01 Jan 1977 “. END OF QUOTE [/b] We kicked your A$s in Angola 5 Likes |
Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by Asuokaa: 9:37am On Apr 16, 2015 |
patches689: story for the gods .... which country in africa champion united nation missions which country in africa has military officers that acts has commanders in different countries which country in africa has the highest military advisers to united nations which country has gone to more wars to defend their brothers than to snapp selfies in Africa so many questions do you knw why Egypt called Nigeria to help fight isis in libya and not SA is because we will be fighting not snapping selfies..... we are battle tested ww1 and 2 we fought too...u went as slaves to die wretched on the battle field we went as heroes we have soldiers that have their ww1 and ww2 medals to show hope ur not blind to see goodbye 3 Likes
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Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by Nobody: 9:38am On Apr 16, 2015 |
MikeCZAR: Not his Opinion, your military is poorly organised, poorly trained and Outright incompetent. That beach landing photo is yet another proof. 1 Like |
Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by Asuokaa: 9:38am On Apr 16, 2015 |
Henry120: leave them...they are licking their wounds...cause dey nvr saw this coming 2 Likes |
Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by Nobody: 9:44am On Apr 16, 2015 |
Asuokaa: I've never really taken a keen interest in the War in Angola, never even knew Nigerian Troops and Fighter jets took part part in the conflict. Now Seeing that our troops took part, I'm going to read on the conflict. 1 Like |
Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by Nobody: 9:45am On Apr 16, 2015 |
Asuokaa: "They never saw this coming?".............. I'm just as stunned myself!! 1 Like |
Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by Asuokaa: 9:46am On Apr 16, 2015 |
Henry120: bro that is the point i blame the military pr for not bringing out our war achieves.... just got this from aljazeera our involvement in ww2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=BREOezfAJSU http://www.nigeriavillagesquare.com/articles/guest-articles/nigeria-for-victory-the-story-of-nigerias-contribution-to-world-war-ii-efforts.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonial_troops http://www.onlinenigeria.com/independence/?blurb=635 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by Nobody: 9:51am On Apr 16, 2015 |
Asuokaa: Just WOW!!!!! I've read on our involvement in Burma, and how we gave it to the Japanese, but Angola.......... Just so Surprising over 5 battalions plus a squadron of MIG jets, that's a large deployment by any standard. 1 Like |
Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by Asuokaa: 9:55am On Apr 16, 2015 |
Henry120: bro i will go to the department of military secretary some day and check our achieves myself...if i see images ill snapp 1 Like |
Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by agaugust: 9:59am On Apr 16, 2015 |
Patchesagain: Inferiority complex is your problem, so you keep screaming "Military Researcher" like it tor.ments y.ou day and night Did you read what I wrote? Yes you did, because you even quoted it. I already explained why Japan does not export weapons, better explanation than yours, actually you failed to explain and hit the real point they way I clearly said it.... agaugust: Keep yelling "Military researcher" as we can all see it that the thing is a great tor.ment to you as if you are already in h.ades . |
Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by agaugust: 10:07am On Apr 16, 2015 |
Msauza: NAF had it's first jets during the war, used mercenary pilots for 12 months while we trained Nigerian jet pilots who took over for the remaining 2 years of the war. That history is clearly posted on NAF official website, we trained pilots in war and took over ALL our jets in 12 months . 1 Like |
Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by agaugust: 10:10am On Apr 16, 2015 |
Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by agaugust: 10:11am On Apr 16, 2015 |
[size=16pt] Imagine Nigeria still growing GDP to lead Africa, despite war and level of power supply... http://www.punchng.com/business/business-economy/kia-to-assemble-25000-vehicles-annually-in-lagos/ .[/size] |
Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by Nobody: 10:11am On Apr 16, 2015 |
Asuokaa: That would be just fantastic. We have a very rich military history. 3 Likes |
Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by agaugust: 10:12am On Apr 16, 2015 |
Henry120: I told SiriusBlack to go relax back then, Nigerian army 150 years, never lost a war. Boko Haram was doomed to fail from beginning . 1 Like |
Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by Nobody: 10:12am On Apr 16, 2015 |
patches689:10/10 my bru! |
Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by Nobody: 10:13am On Apr 16, 2015 |
agaugust:Not if the oil prices stay this low mate!! |
Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by agaugust: 10:14am On Apr 16, 2015 |
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Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by agaugust: 10:15am On Apr 16, 2015 |
jln115: You are not smart enough to see a move away from oil to manufacturing. 1 Like |
Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by Nobody: 10:16am On Apr 16, 2015 |
agaugust: Despite an Insurgency, we attracted 32 Car assembly plants and car component manufacturers in 2 years. If we produced 40,000 megawatts we would in the Top 10 world's largest economies with double digit growth figures. At our current output, we are the worlds 21st largest economy. 2 Likes |
Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by Nobody: 10:18am On Apr 16, 2015 |
agaugust:Uhm.......You can go look it up! every thing he said was fact!!! |
Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by Nobody: 10:20am On Apr 16, 2015 |
jln115: Oil only accounts for 16% of total GDP, while services is the largest at 50%. Still, with Africa's largest Oil refinery coming on stream in 2017, growth rate would still increase. 1 Like |
Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by Nobody: 10:21am On Apr 16, 2015 |
agaugust:Really? Just last week I read an article that states 80% of Nigeria's income was based on oil sale! BTW oil prices are projected to stay under $65 per barrel even after 2020, so you guys are fvcked! |
Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by Nobody: 10:23am On Apr 16, 2015 |
Henry120:80% of Nigeria's income is dependent on oil sales, I posted multiple source! |
Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by Asuokaa: 10:25am On Apr 16, 2015 |
Nigerian soldiers leaving Kaduna for a second tour of service with the United Nations in Congo 1 Like
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