frumentius:
To avoid this nonsense in future:

Every system in the Nigerian military - currently and in the future - is the best in Africa south of the Sahara!!!

There, now may we never hear it!

MikeCZA:
Radar and Electronic Warfare demonstration



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCAGZKRPH2g&fulldescription=1&hl=en%E2%89%B7=ZA&client=mv-google

Hey @patches689 I know you have been looking for this baby for a while now only quote me if you were able to spot her! Might be your only chance. P.... t Ho........r

jakeporeshenko:
Airborne360 I hope you're not so busy this week, some NAF events are coming up and I'm sure you'll be attending, howmany megapixels on your smartphone camera ?

MiddleDimension:
dont worry. the NAF has a good PR team

MikeCZA:
Radar and Electronic Warfare demonstration



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCAGZKRPH2g&fulldescription=1&hl=en%E2%89%B7=ZA&client=mv-google

Hey @patches689 I know you have been looking for this baby for a while now only quote me if you were able to spot her! Might be your only chance. P.... t Ho........r

Tinfoil:

What happened to Africaken

Henry240:
Nigerian Air Force LUH

Henry240:
Nigerian Air Force LUH

Adminisher:


This is not LUH

Adminisher:


This is not LUH

oyinpr:
EC-135 Light Utility Helicopter(LUH)

patches689:

Spider?

Hrmnn:
Pantser okes and mounted infantry having bad days. Not at all funny at the time no doubt, but they make for good stories later.

The first one reminds me of a funny story that has been retold many times and undergone many national varieties. I think versions have been told in the Russian and US armies before.

So this lucky loot gets the word that he's going to be a new father. The dad to be decides to celebrate in typical army style by going fishing: takes a few of his men, a couple crates of ice cold shumbas, an APC, and they set off into the bush.

Soon they reach an idyllic lake.

Fishing in this context of course mostly means knocking back a few beers in good company. I suppose there was actual fishing involved, if you count throwing grenades into the lake.

After a few too many, one of the sharper sticks in the bundle gets the bright idea to fish in the middle of the lake. This will make things invariably more productive and interesting. Everybody agrees and they plunge the APC into the lake with gusto.

Unfortunately in all this excitement someone has forgotten to close all those lovely little hatches and ports so the vehicle almost immediately sinks. Whoops!

Nobody drowns, which is a miracle in itself, but now our heroes have to recover the APC. A distinctly unimpressed salvage team is summoned. These okes put on their scuba gear, and go underwater to see what's what.

When they surface, the team leader asks the loot what the serial number of his APC is. Naturally he is dumbfounded.

"The serial number? What? Why?"

"Because there are four sunken APCs in this lake!"

ssaengine:


South Africa's radar capabilities are well regarded worldwide (for those in the know).

http://itweb.co.za/mobilesite/defenceweb/home/item_id-31841/

South Africa developing passive radar


"South Africa is one of the a few countries in the world to have successfully developed a passive radar system, capable of detecting both large and small aircraft using only a signal receiver.
...
One of the most important benefits of passive radar is that it is covert, as it does not rely on a transmitter that can be detected and destroyed. Furthermore, it is possible to detect stealth aircraft using passive radar.Conventional radar relies on a signal bouncing back from a target - in the case of stealth aircraft, this signal is absorbed or reflected away from the radar receiver. A passive radar, on the other hand, measures distortions and disturbances in the soup of signals in the atmosphere and detects the aircraft in this way."

Namibian Defence Force (NDF) providing assistance to Civil Authorities and Communities
during the floods in the northern regions.

dragon2:
someone should please tell me we are not about to get 12 tucanoes for $600M. I am in shock...

Xbee007:

Truth be told the three units from Brazil is enough. BH war will not last forever, we need to have good foresight.

tdayof:

3 units ain't enough. They're still needed.

Adminisher:
The truth is that some systems aboard the latest Super Tucano are more sophisticated than JF17 and especially SU 30 MKI especially in the ground attack role.

If you look at systems alone, we are getting an aircraft we can use for almost anything ...And I am even adding disaster relief mapping, border patrol, emergency response, drought effect mapping, Fulani herdsmen trail mapping, crude oil spill mapping.

Everything we are getting and the platform will still be around in 25 years ...And it only costs $1000 to fly and can be on the air every day.

A lot of these other aircraft you mentioned are potent but will go to hospital for 5 days after flying for 10 hours.

patches689:


Because you cant respond... you have no response

Hrmnn:




It's also possible that by confining the Hinds to a few very well-protected bases the risk of sabotage and damage due to UNITA raids was mitigated.

Angolan Air Force Hinds: