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Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Nobody: 9:54am On May 17, 2015 |
africaken:Spoken like an internet warrior. You do realise the military is just one out of many tools to practise statecraft, right? |
Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Nobody: 9:58am On May 17, 2015 |
Henry120:Henry, does Nigerian Airforce doctrine classify the C-130 as heavy lift? |
Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Nobody: 10:21am On May 17, 2015 |
frumentius:even the colombia rebel group FARC, i have seen them wearing them in the jungles of colombia. |
Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by MikeCZAR: 10:45am On May 17, 2015 |
africaken:Strategic vs tactical. |
Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Nobody: 10:58am On May 17, 2015 |
frumentius: Nigeria has 2 variants of the C-130 in service. The stretch(H) variant and standard variant. The stretch is classified as heavy lift, while the standard and G222's are considered medium. |
Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Nobody: 11:07am On May 17, 2015 |
Nigerian Airforce 1 Like
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Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Nobody: 12:29pm On May 17, 2015 |
sudan airforce MIG-29 being loaded to a AN-124 en route to sudan ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Nobody: 12:38pm On May 17, 2015 |
MikeCZAR:wise decision that's chad's sphere of influence |
Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Nobody: 1:27pm On May 17, 2015 |
sudan airforce SU-25 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 1 Like |
Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by patches689: 3:17pm On May 17, 2015 |
frumentius: new jungle boots? |
Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by patches689: 3:27pm On May 17, 2015 |
Henry120: for once you are right, AN-70 is cheaper, slings more cargo and has a longer range But apart from raw stats, the A400M has an advantage in "hidden" benefits - for example each A400M comes with tanker capabilities, fy-by-wire, threat warning, EW capabilities and despite the smaller load capacity, its internal volume is massive - you can fit a Paladin SPG inside of one And the maintenance abilities are utterly astounding- 15 days flying with ZERO maintenance, 150 days without scheduled maintenance (stuff that will require it to be grounded) and only 84 days of scheduled maintenance for every 12 years of flying (meaning that over a 12 year period, your A400M will be grounded only 0.019% of the time) You must admit that those are stunningly impressive stats Thats the edge that the A400M has. BUUT Birds of this size are under-utilized. The USAF did a study that found that even their smaller C-130's were on average 40% underutilized for their operations (only 60% of its capacity for cargo was used) - or something like that (i remember only bits and pieces from something I read a very long time ago) Nigeria and South Africa should both rather focus on building decent light lift capacity before it even considers medium and semi-strategic lift. Both countries would profit more in terms of improved capabilities from a fleet of 10 or so C-27J's/G.222, CASA C-295 or An-32's than they would from a handfull of A400m's or AN-70's in the dedicated transport role |
Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by patches689: 3:29pm On May 17, 2015 |
africaken: Tell that to Germany, Spain, Italy, Korea, Japan, Brazil, Finland, Mexico etc etc etc 1 Like |
Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Nobody: 4:10pm On May 17, 2015 |
patches689:whats your point ? |
Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Nobody: 4:35pm On May 17, 2015 |
Tanzanian Special forces soldier is this year's cover of UNPKO magazine 1 Like
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Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Nobody: 4:36pm On May 17, 2015 |
Nigerian Air Force C-130
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Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Nobody: 4:57pm On May 17, 2015 |
patches689: Mumu, i'm always right !! ![]() ![]() The AN-70 is a much better plane than the C-130J, has many advantages over the A-400m, however the problem with the AN-70 is, with the crisis in the Donbass, the future of the AN-70 is looking very bleak. Asides the E.W capabilities of the A-400m as you claim, it's ease of maintenance, i see no other advantage it has over the AN-70, as those extra capabilities can easily be retro-fitted in the AN-70. I differ, the G-222 and much larger C-130's have various roles they carry out in the military. They are important lift capabilities a large military must have in service to be truly effective. In an emergency I would need my C-130's to be available to deploy men and resources in real-time. A fleet of 10 G-222's or casa's is like having only 30 A109's in service. In peace time they are okay, but in an emergency were considerable supplies are required, they are totally useless. |
Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by MikeCZAR: 5:03pm On May 17, 2015 |
africaken:where? |
Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Nobody: 5:08pm On May 17, 2015 |
Amisom
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Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Nobody: 5:21pm On May 17, 2015 |
MikeCZAR:CAR |
Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Nobody: 5:26pm On May 17, 2015 |
amison uganda troops Looking for Alshabaab hiding in the flooded swamps of Johwah in North West Mogadishu ![]() |
Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Nobody: 5:56pm On May 17, 2015 |
uganda special forces in somalia ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by MikeCZAR: 6:01pm On May 17, 2015 |
africaken:And? |
Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by agaugust: 6:39pm On May 17, 2015 |
. 4 units of Israeli, French, or Chinese small missile armed boats for Nigerian navy 2016. Confirmed order. Might carry Barak-8 missiles, Gabriel III missiles, C-704, or C-705 missiles. The Barak-8 missile offers space saving on deck with vertical launchers. http://www.defenceweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=38643:african-customer-orders-four-super-dvora-mk-3-boats-from-israel&catid=51:Sea . 1 Like
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Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Nobody: 6:42pm On May 17, 2015 |
sudan army ![]() 1 Like |
Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Nobody: 6:54pm On May 17, 2015 |
MikeCZAR:busy with something else,will discuss later |
Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Nobody: 7:09pm On May 17, 2015 |
agaugust:Uhm...your source says African customer not Nigerian Navy, it would be advised to wait until clarification before publicly proclaiming that the NN have ordered these boats! 6 Likes |
Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Nobody: 8:04pm On May 17, 2015 |
Honourary Africa's largest military ship. Algeria's LPD (amphibious transport dock) Flagship of the Algerian Navy, kalaat Béni Abbès LPD The vessel was ordered in 2011 and she's based on an updated and larger San Giorgio LPD, it displaces 8,800 tons at full load, she's 149.2 m long and 21.5 m in beam, the vessel's stern dock can carry three 19.5m LCM When not loaded with armoured vehicles the hangar can be used to house up to 5 helicopters. 2 Likes
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Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by agaugust: 9:50pm On May 17, 2015 |
jln115: My real source is NOT defenceweb, I just used that to show it may be Israeli boats. I said missile boats from 3 likely countries not just Israel. It's a confirmed order, 4 missile armed small boats for Nigerian navy 2016. Order is firmly confirmed. |
Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by agaugust: 9:51pm On May 17, 2015 |
Henry120: Money speaking. Algeria has the best equipped and most modern military in Africa. I guess even France cannot defeat Algeria in conventional war. |
Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Nobody: 10:23pm On May 17, 2015 |
agaugust:Ok Bro if you say so. |
Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by patches689: 3:31am On May 18, 2015 |
Henry120: Like i said, the A400Ms advantage comes in ease of service - 99.9% servicibility over 12 years is unheard of. Like I said, the US who is at war, found that their c-130's were 40% under-utilized in operations. Hence why they are looking for a small transport platform to improve efficiency And the A109 has many military applications - a highly mobile and fast light helo will allways have a role in the military |
Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by patches689: 3:59am On May 18, 2015 |
agaugust: Whats your source? |
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