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Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Nobody: 12:24pm On Oct 21, 2016 |
Breaking News Nigerian Air Force Super-Mushak Trainer purchase contract official signed in Abuja.
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Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by iblawi(m): 12:38pm On Oct 21, 2016 |
Henry240:What of JF17? Or do the Pakistani have to come back for that? Well good to know we are moving ahead. 1 Like |
Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Nobody: 12:49pm On Oct 21, 2016 |
The very maneuverable Super-Mushak would replace the Diamond Trainer as the primary Trainer of the Nigerian Air Force. 1 Like
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Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Nobody: 12:55pm On Oct 21, 2016 |
iblawi: We would have to wait till november. The contract would be announced during IDEAS 2016 in Pakistan. We would have to be patient. We are moving ahead as you said, and that's all that matters for now. 3 Likes |
Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Nobody: 1:22pm On Oct 21, 2016 |
SAS Assegaai looking good hopefully she'll be open to visitors again!! 1 Like
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Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Nobody: 1:23pm On Oct 21, 2016 |
SAS Drakensberg: Image credit: Allan Roy 1 Like
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Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Nobody: 2:04pm On Oct 21, 2016 |
both egyptian and russian paratroopers show casing each others weaponry
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Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Nobody: 2:09pm On Oct 21, 2016 |
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Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Nobody: 2:13pm On Oct 21, 2016 |
Tinfoil: source ?? that's a racist lie or maybe you need some lessons in history/geography . occidental countries classify them in economic reports in the MENA region " MENA = Middle east and North Africa " , and they offcially state that they are african , and historically they are the first named africans hundreds years before the african name be extended to the whole continent Pic : 20 Oct 2016, 7T-WHZ Algerian Air force C-130 spotted in South Africa 6 Likes
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Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by sheyiofficial(m): 2:46pm On Oct 21, 2016 |
At least 83 Nigerian soldiers,
including a commanding
officer, are still missing days
after they came under a Boko
Haram attack, PREMIUM
TIMES can report.
Top level military sources
monitoring the development
told this newspaper that the
soldiers were still missing in
action as of Friday morning,
four days after the attack.
The Army confirmed the
attack in a statement on
Tuesday, but has not given
further updates. It did not also
admit 83 soldiers were
missing.
The latest update from several
military personnel, follows
our earlier report on how
Nigerian troops drowned in a
river as they scampered for
safety in the face of a superior
firepower from the terrorists.
While about 22 of the fleeing
soldiers were later rescued by
their Nigerien counterparts
and dispatched to a hospital
in Diffa, southern Niger,
several others were fatally
wounded after Boko Haram
opened fire on them when
they jumped into the River
Yobe.
The Army leadership has
established contact with the 22
soldiers —including two that
sustained serious gunshot
wounds— recuperating in the
Niger hospital, PREMIUM
TIMES understands.
The missing Commanding
Officer of 223 Tank Battalion
in Gashigar, was identified as
K. Yusuf, a lieutenant colonel.
Military sources said the
troops could not withstand
Boko Haram because they had
only two light armour tanks to
work with.
Even the two tanks were withdrawn from
the battlefront in Damasak to Gashigar,
leaving soldiers in Damasak and other
small units nearby with no tank.
“May God touch the heart of our dear
president to equip the Army,” the source
said. “How have we offended him that
has made him not to equip us as
promised?” one source said. “May God
touch his heart to forgive. Our men are
dying daily here.”
Besides the poor equipment, the renewed
show of strength by Boko Haram has
frightened many, coming after months of
relative success by Nigerian troops.
Since the beginning of this year, the Army
had maintained that troops were clearing
the sect’s remnants across the troubled
Northeast as a precursor to a new phase
of winding down combat operations.
The Buhari administration claimed credits
for the “improved morale” of the troops
which had made it possible for previously
displaced residents to return to their
communities and commence rebuilding
efforts.
Corruption returns
But high-ranking sources on the ground
told PREMIUM TIMES the latest setback
was because poor morale had returned to
the battlefield.
“On the day they were dislodged, troop’s
morale was at the lowest ebb and troops
were not ready to face the terrorists,”
security sources said.
The sources said the soldiers have had to
endure months of unpaid salaries and
their allowances also being held by their
superiors.
All military sources who spoke to
PREMIUM TIMES asked that their
identities be protected because of the
sensitivity of the issue.
This turn of event had compelled some
commanders on the battlefield to go out
of their way in search of financial support
to keep their men fed — albeit poorly.
“The cause of the low morale was due to
their being fed once a day and the
insensitivity of the authorities to pay
them their allowances,” the source said.
“Only part payment of their allowance for
August has been paid to date.”
“The commanders on the ground go out
of their ways to incur debt in order to
feed their troops.
“The ration cash allowance meant for
feeding was last paid for the month of
August. So the Commanding Officers on
the ground are the worst hit,” the sources
said.
The sources blamed alleged greed of a
few brigade commanders for the situation
the troops now find themselves.
“Some brigade commanders reduce the
official feeding ration of N500 per day to
a meagre N300 just to make money. Our
findings reveal that most locations
outside Maiduguri only feed their troops
once a day with mostly beans,” the
sources said.
The sources said this “insatiable craze for
quick money” bears a stark similarity
with what obtained under the Goodluck
Jonathan administration.
“The last administration doled out a lot of
money to the theatre of operations which
was mismanaged,” the source said.
Other sources said the current pain is part
of the consequences of a new distribution
policy put in place by the Chief of Army
Staff, Tukur Buratai, who came in a little
over a year ago.
“The present Chief of Army Staff, in his
good effort to minimise waste, decided to
check these excesses by reducing
maintenance allowance for the various
units by half.
“So the commands are not too happy with
the development and have resorted to
looking into troops feeding money,” one
source said.
They, nonetheless, described the policy as
“a patriotic one” which was put in place
to check the commanders’ use of
allowances by “to settle political
godfathers and patronise women”.
Army spokesman, Sani Usman, did not
respond to PREMIUM TIMES’ requests for
comments.
Nigerian troops are fighting alongside
their counterparts from Cameroon and
the Republic of Niger.
Monday’s development marked the first
time in more than two years that Nigerian
troops would come under superior
firepower that required foreign military
personnel to come to their rescue.
A similar incident last occurred in August
2014 when about 480 troops crossed the
border into Cameroon while fleeing Boko
Haram.
The insurgency, which began in 2009, has
left approximately 20,000 people dead and
displacement of millions.
Boko Haram leaders recently engaged in
negotiation with the Nigerian government
which led to last week’s release of 21 of
the over 200 girls kidnapped from Chibok,
Borno State, in April 2014. 1 Like |
Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Nobody: 3:02pm On Oct 21, 2016 |
chkil:Any idea why it landed at Lanseria Airport?? both Swartkop and Waterkloof air force bases are less than 4min(Flight time) away?? |
Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Nobody: 3:07pm On Oct 21, 2016 |
jln115: the comment on original pic said : 20 Oct 2016, 7T-WHZ Algerian Air force C-130 delivering some cargo to SA |
Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Nobody: 3:24pm On Oct 21, 2016 |
chkil:or it could be there for heavy maintenance and overhaul |
Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Nobody: 3:32pm On Oct 21, 2016 |
jln115: chkil: Embassy supply run. Lanseria because the security companies that embassies use to deliver to Pretoria aren't too keen on the rigmarole that getting security clearance for Waterkloof would entail. It's a nice little regular earner for Lanseria. I'm also told that from there it's going to Denel for milestone MRO. 2 Likes |
Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Fynline(m): 4:00pm On Oct 21, 2016 |
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Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Nobody: 4:06pm On Oct 21, 2016 |
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Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Nobody: 4:27pm On Oct 21, 2016 |
Ghanaian navy boarding team
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Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Nobody: 4:28pm On Oct 21, 2016 |
Nigerian navy boarding team
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Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Nobody: 4:30pm On Oct 21, 2016 |
Fynline: Nice. |
Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Nobody: 6:10pm On Oct 21, 2016 |
The President and Commander in Chief of the Namibian armed forces has called on young women to join the defence force. @ Gottfried ever present the Zimbabweans....Some chaps from the Commando's also got their commission
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Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by gottfried21(m): 6:12pm On Oct 21, 2016 |
"Alpha Team" Anti-rhino poaching unit... @SomewhereInSA 3 Likes
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Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by gottfried21(m): 6:15pm On Oct 21, 2016 |
ViceAdmiral: It was very hot 1 Like |
Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Nobody: 6:28pm On Oct 21, 2016 |
gottfried21: Whats the difference between the regular 17 month cadet officer course which culminates with commissioning from the CiC and the shorter (6 month )quartermaster commissioning course which is mainly presided over by the Defence minister? pics related
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Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Nobody: 6:49pm On Oct 21, 2016 |
Namibian Commercial farmers slowly but surely handing in unlicensed weapons and ammo following a general amnesty from the police https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esKawu9WhpU |
Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Nobody: 7:36pm On Oct 21, 2016 |
Nigerian Navy Sustains Operation Tsare Teku Get RID of Excess Body Fats & Pot Belly In 2weeks Time.. Click HERE To Start Now! The Nigerian Navy’s anti piracy operations code named ‘Operation (Op) TSARE TEKU’ has been extended by 3 months with effect from 20 October 2016. This follows the successful conduct of the first and second phases of the Op which were launched on 25 April 2016 and 22 July 2016 respectively. TSARE TEKU which is an Hausa phrase means ‘Safe River’. Ships and platforms of the Nigerian Navy currently participating in the Op include NNS CENTENARY, NNS OKPABANA, NNS SAGBAMA, NNS ANDONI and NNS KYANWA. The Task Group is supported with a robust intelligence network from the Regional Maritime Awareness Capability Centres (RMAC) and the FALCON EYE located at Yenagoa, Calabar, Lagos, Oghara and Abuja. At the flagging off ceremony of phase 3 of the Operation held on 20 October 2016 in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. 2 Likes
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Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Cannonleo(m): 11:09pm On Oct 21, 2016 |
The russkies decided to showcase its shiny new toys of its sole carrier while crossing the English channel in a world that thought massive naval deployment was an alien word to them , damn I wonder what NATO nd the crew of the type 45 was thinking. Meanwhile, the hear signature of the admiral kuznesov is definitely massive.
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Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by LTGEN: 1:04am On Oct 22, 2016 |
Russia is playing a very Risky game, the same type of Game America overreacting to simple events in the Ukraine.Britain exited from the E.U.not from the NATO.Britain out of all Nations has recent experiences in sinking Ships and recently spent over $2B on a Single Ship.This Russian Ship is far from home a fact not lost on NATO with its most Advanced Planes .Subs from Scotland and Sweden and Norway would sink this Ship in Minutes. Russia should not overplay it's hand over simple spats and it does not entail it showing its most Advanced goods. |
Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Odunayaw(m): 1:12am On Oct 22, 2016 |
Nigerian naval aviation roundel 1 Like
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Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Nobody: 3:03am On Oct 22, 2016 |
media and its sensationalism Russia or any country is well within its rights to operate and conduct exercises in international waters and airspace. UK NATO and EAST BLOCK also know this, it is a routine thing for them , it also gives all of them the opportunity to snoop and collect information on the vessel / platform of interest . be rest assured the respective militaries are not loosing sleep over this as opposed to the media , they r more interested in conducting surveillance in order to identify any possible vulnerability of the platform under surveillance. 2 Likes |
Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by tdayof(m): 5:07am On Oct 22, 2016 |
sheyiofficial: 83 armed and trained soldiers. Stop posting Bullshit.... |
Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by tdayof(m): 5:10am On Oct 22, 2016 |
Cannonleo: That's a well armed aircraft carrier that's capable of defending herself. So obviously the thermal signature should be that high. |
Re: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by tdayof(m): 5:15am On Oct 22, 2016 |
LTGEN: Funny.. In minutes.. So funny.. Experience. When last did that happen? You want to sink a carrier capable of commiting offensive cruising with a submarine, battle cruiser escort? Am not pro Russian but sentiment apart it's not easy.. The carrier will rather be the last man standing. |
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