iamord:
I wrote an article on this issue. While it's a good thing that Accra has a world class emergency control center. It's sited on the land mean for the gold Coast city development. Which is not suppose to be

the link to the article

Nigeria Random


- Nigerian troops try out their 12.7mm HMGs



- Nigerian navy AW139 SAR Helicopter

* the Nigerian navy operates 12 Helicopters.


- Nigerian soldier conduction COIN/CTCOIN operations in the N.E


- the pride of the Nigerian navy and a vessel all Nigerians are proud of. 31m NNS Andoni participating in Exercise Treasure Guard 2016. An approx. 40m sister boat would be launched later on this year.


* the Nigerian Navy can design and Construct vessels in 10 - 50meters length independently. The Navy's facility in Port-Harcourt can build Ships in 80 - 130 meters range with the assistance of a technical partner.

Anybody following the recent operations in Syria? ........... I guess we can all agree that the Russians are not "smiling".

- Nigerian Navy,


- Namibian Navy participants at India's IFR

uganda army casspir hit by a SVBIED in somalia

Henry240:
Anybody following the recent operations in Syria? ........... I guess we can all agree that the Russians are not "smiling".

turkey is quiet,the Gulf countries are now threatening to send troops to syria with their embarrassing exploits in syria and yemen.several months later they haven't being able to capture Taiz from houthi,with all their advance weaponry power

africaken:
turkey is quiet,the Gulf countries are now threatening to send troops to syria with their embarrassing exploits in syria.several months later they haven't being able to capture Taiz from houthi,with all their advance weaponry power

After taking so much of a beating, they are now dishing out threats, especially those Saudis and Emiratis who can't fight.


If you only follow mainstream U.S/British media, you would think the Russian military or their bombing operations are weak and inefficient.

africaken:
turkey is quiet,the Gulf countries are now threatening to send troops to syria with their embarrassing exploits in syria.several months later they haven't being able to capture Taiz from houthi,with all their advance weaponry power

agaugust:


Is that the topic or subject of the discussion? The answer is NO, everydody already knows the status of the ship and we are all talking about if there is need to fit with in future. Stop trying to bring wounds from the other thread to this place and use your brain to understand the subject of other people's discussion before you jump in, use your brain even if its not that efficiently functional, just try use it, half bread is better than none my dear friend.

I think its really sad that when someone disagrees with you, your only response is aggression.

This is not the other thread, stop behaving like this

agaugust:


Direct your comment to MikeZAR, he is the one making mischief about fitting missiles on the P18N, everybody was discussing the matter peacefully to share knowledge until MikeZAR brought in the manners of the other thread....and you too copued his statement few minutes after. Go backwards and read his provocative posts and yours that copied his words. I could retaliate by hitting back on the Rooivalk sales he is trying to promote here using Congo DRC, but I decided not to do so because I don't think we need many imbéciles here, one is enough.

Read his post:

1. Did he use agressive language? No
2. Was he insulting? No


Read your posts:

1. You did use aggresive language
2. You were insulting


This is not the echo chamber of agreement that is beegeagles blog. People will disagree with you here, and if you cannot handle that, then do not post.

PS: "I was going to hit back about the rooivalk" - this shows me that you are unable to seperate the other thread from this one

Rooivalk shows UN who is boss (summerized for ease of reading)

Rooivalks in the DRC flying 40 hours a month

The Rooivalk combat helicopters deployed to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are flying more than 40 hours a month with the United Nations (UN) mission there, and have fired 200 rockets and more than 600 rounds of cannon ammunition during a number of live engagements.

“In fact, the UN is so pleased with the operations conducted by the Rooivalk that it is the helicopter of choice for reconnaissance and combat missions (particularly at night). They are currently still involved in actual combat missions,” the SAAF told defenceWeb.

From 2013 to 2015, the Rooivalk flew 1 163.3 hours in the DRC. Three Rooivalks were painted white and were deployed to the DRC. Two are used for combat missions while the third is kept in reserve.

Several days after they arrived in the DRC, Rooivalks engaged in their first ever combat mission, against M23 rebels, using 70 mm rockets and 20 mm cannon. The following day, the M23 group called an end to its 20-month rebellion, saying it would disarm and pursue peace talks. “We believe M23 had to retreat because of the Rooivalk,” defence minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula said at the time.

Moroole said that the terrain in the DRC poses quite a challenge to pilots, with thick jungle and mountains, making it easy for rebels to hide. He said that identifying targets is challenging in the tropical terrain, which also makes ordnance delivery a challenge – this often requires steep approaches to get cannon and rocket rounds through the foliage. Some of the other challenges he highlighted include bad weather, especially at night.

Defence expert Helmoed Heitman has said that the DRC deployment has demonstrated the Rooivalk as having significantly better availability and easier maintainability than the Mi-25s/35s in the theatre - that despite old 286 computers etc. “There are only two things wrong with the Rooivalk - we do not have enough of them, and we do not yet have any precision weapons (Mokopa is now in production; laser-homing rockets we can buy in).” Denel is in the process of qualifying the Mokopa on the Rooivalk, and late last year fired laser-guided rockets from the helicopter.

After the enthusiastic response following its successful combat debut in the DRC, Denel is in discussions with the South African Air Force and Department of Defence on upgrading the Rooivalk combat helicopter and developing a next generation Rooivalk Mk 2, which is being marketed to potential foreign clients.

Source - Defenceweb

The Fire Rises! Rooivalk Mk2 soon

So since this thread is now a discussion thread.

And henry is cool with that

Allow me to ramble on about a whole lot of random stuff

agaugust:


Orange or red is marine colour code for search and rescue, the boats are deliberately bright coloured to make them clearly visible in peacetime maritme role, the people in distress at sea need to clearly see and signal by waving hand and screaming voice to attract attention of incoming rescue boat that is searching for the victims including near drowning men struggling to float in stormy sea.

Most likely Nigeria wont have conventional war at sea in the next 10 years or more, that threat is zero for now, but only God can predict tomorrow 100% correctly.

NNS Unity, second P18N

Yes, I know why they are made orange.

The fact is that most military vessels have deployable life rafts that are brightly colored and stored in small grey tubes along the sides of the vessel.

Not to mention the fact that it is taking up a berthing for what could be a second RIB

patches689:


you see the guy in the center of the picture?

10 internets to the guy who can tell me what he has done wrong

you talking about the guy with the mic/comms who is not in part of the formation? , he must have been relaying communication from HQ or he must have been in charge, giving orders, or he was just consulting, see the guy next to him listening


Or are you talking about the guy holding the the rifle facing the camera? I see nothing wrong with him

denisfidha:
you talking about the guy with the mic/comms who is not in part of the formation? , he must have been relaying communication from HQ or he must have been in charge, giving orders, or he was just consulting, see the guy next to him listening


Or are you talking about the guy holding the the rifle facing the camera? I see nothing wrong with him

the guys facing the camera

look at his rifle

Henry240:


After taking so much of a beating, they are now dishing out threats, especially those Saudis and Emiratis who can't fight.


If you only follow mainstream U.S/British media, you would think the Russian military or their bombing operations are weak and inefficient.

there are rumours that allepo syria second city is about fall to assad forces and his allies.recently when iran threatened to remove the saudi monarchy,saudi went to pakistan to help them calm down iran.check out new counter measure mounted on syria tanks,technicals,APC's to notify when targeted by TOW's

patches689:


the guys facing the camera

look at his rifle

his safety is his trigger finger ,is that a device to help them see through walls !

africaken:
his safety is his trigger finger

lol - is that a quote from Black Hawk down

Nice reference!

Look at his sights, he has his iron sights flipped up and a holo mounted on the rail. This means that his irons obscure his holo and his holo obscures his irons.

patches689:


lol - is that a quote from Black Hawk down

Nice reference!

Look at his sights, he has his iron sights flipped up and a holo mounted on the rail. This means that his irons obscure his holo and his holo obscures his irons.

i hadn't noticed that

patches689:


the guys facing the camera

look at his rifle

I cant see the problem, you'll have to tell

patches689:


lol - is that a quote from Black Hawk down

Nice reference!

Look at his sights, he has his iron sights flipped up and a holo mounted on the rail. This means that his irons obscure his holo and his holo obscures his irons.

Nah, it doesn't obscure, , sometimes it takes longer to acquire a target with the holo-sight as you must place the red dot on the target... Some guys co-wintness there EOT Tech and iron sights, you can make a spilt second target acquisition without having to aim and look for the red dot, which means your eyes will have to adjust, then shoot.
Also when you move to a dark room and come to light, you can still fight on without waiting for the red dot to adjust

Police raided a mans home in Northern Namibia today and found more than 10 firearms and uniform that belonging SWAPO Plan fighters, unita, MPLA, Koevoet, SWATF,SWAPOL and even the current NDF tiger flash Cammo

gottfried21:
Police raided a mans home in Northern Namibia today and found more than 10 firearms and uniform that belonging SWAPO Plan fighters, unita, MPLA, Koevoet, SWATF,SWAPOL and even the current NDF tiger flash Cammo

Some more pics

Anyone else wondering why we have seen so few images from Nigerian NE of:

- Vickers
- AMX
- Scorpion
- AML
- Palmaria

I think I have only ever seen one pic of a Vickers deployed and none of the others.

You would think the AML's would be perfect for those operations.

patches689:


I think its really sad that when someone disagrees with you, your only response is aggression.

This is not the other thread, stop behaving like this

He did not disagree with me, he just went completely off topic and twisted a decent exchange of ideas between jn115 and myself, he twisted it into an image of the other thread to start a fight....and you joined him. Two adults who act like kids. Now dont derail this thread by continuosly replying me, trying to always have the last word, sign of immaturity of an adult.

patches689:
So since this thread is now a discussion thread.

And henry is cool with that

Allow me to ramble on about a whole lot of random stuff

Not quite so. This remains a photo thread NOT discussion thread.

We all agreed at the beginning that its okay to add a brief explanation to your photo it so people understand the photo content. We also agreed we can ask anybody questions about his photos posted so we get more info. Anything more than that....we are derailng the thread. Let us not legalize derailment.

agaugust:


Not quite so. This remains a photo thread NOT discussion thread.

reveiw your posts on this thread

You are the one CONSTANTLY posting opinion and long random essays.

Stop.

MOD Patches689

patches689:
So since this thread is now a discussion thread.

And henry is cool with that

Allow me to ramble on about a whole lot of random stuff

It is primarily a photo-thread, we all know this. However, we aren't robots. Discussions have to be on photos posted, any off-topic posts should be accompanied with 4 photos. It makes sense this way.


Incitement or deliberate provocation of other members isn't allowed.


This is our Photo-thread, the most extensive photo-thread in Africa, let's all keep it this way.

patches689:
Rooivalk shows UN who is boss (summerized for ease of reading)




The Fire Rises! Rooivalk Mk2 soon

Can't the rooivalk fire Ingwe missiles?

patches689:
Anyone else wondering why we have seen so few images from Nigerian NE of:

- Vickers
- AMX
- Scorpion
- AML
- Palmaria

I think I have only ever seen one pic of a Vickers deployed and none of the others.

You would think the AML's would be perfect for those operations.

The reason you don't seem them is because Nigerian photo distributors usually pick what they like the most. So images they post online are skewed towards their POV.