The US has acquired the A29 super tucano from serria Nevada...

COAS IN KADUNA TODAY

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https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/03/influential-nigerian-traditional-ruler-dethroned-200309174644836.html

"Ganduje won re-election as governor and quickly ordered the creation of four new emirates in Kano in a bid to reduce Sanusi's control and influence."

How on earth did a Governor have the power to create Emirates, that's just odd

Toju200:
The US has acquired the A29 super tucano from serria Nevada...

You are going to draw the ear of ignoramuses who think a plane is not advanced because it is a turboprop and shout in their ears.." if you dont know, shut up!!!"

Sizzorkay:
Off Topic:

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/03/influential-nigerian-traditional-ruler-dethroned-200309174644836.html

"Ganduje won re-election as governor and quickly ordered the creation of four new emirates in Kano in a bid to reduce Sanusi's control and influence."

How on earth did a Governor have the power to create Emirates, that's just odd

He has 100% of the power. Emirates are not LGAs. Governors can play with traditional institutions anyway they like. Ganduje is not doing half of what we have done in the SW with traditional institutions.
In the SW, we have dethroned, banished, demoted and sometimes exiled traditional rulers. We've been doing it since the 50s.
Most Nigerians reason kids that is why I have corrected people many times that the problem with Nigeria is not the Presidency but Governors. Governors are emperors. They reign usually unchecked in their states and they are getting away with blue murder because they can sell ethnic nationalism to those who cannot see beyond their hatred. When they do that they come into power and illegally appropriate LGA funds, play around with traditional institutions and finance thugs and ethnic militias to perpetuate themselves in power.
What if SLS was the kind of person who sends mobs into the streets? .
Governors are the reason that Nigeria is unsafe, not Buhari and if you have not figured this out yet, you need to travel

WARTHUNDER:


Correct 2Kobo !!!!

You just summarized the final solution to this 10 year insane insurgency, this is the only known strategy Nigeria has not yet used because in a strange way, MoD, ONSA, NA Procurement units have never suggested or tried it. Yet we want to win CT-COIN war?

Such asymmetric wars are driven by mechanized infantry/composite regiments, platoon-centric frontline fighting units.

The platoons need light weight < 5 tonne, light foot print, high speed, all terrain urban field land amphibious Motorized infantry vehicles combined with medium weight​ < 15 tonne, heavy anti-gun-truck firepower, enemy battalion size assault force suppression firepower, accurate firepower range 1 km to 4 km effective on a point target.

Add the; full platoon (every soldier connected not only Oga NCO & CO) comms + personal night vision, add that Platoon Level long range thermal vision you said – and hey, get all the other smart human aspects of CT-COIN conflict right, and this bloodie war is over for ever!

A Nigerian mechanized infantry platoon of 50 troops must have enough modern equipment firepower to fight alone and totally defeat 400 or else we are no longer a quality army and continental power !!!

A task force deployed detachment of Nigerian mechanized infantry company of 200 troops must be able to fight alone to hold their AOR for a calculated number of days, against a calculated number of repeated enemy assaults, without degrading into a combat ineffective unit/detachment.

Those who should do what you say are not interested, they have photos of good IFVs on their Samsung phone, you see pics of our AFSF DHQ and ONSA MoD top shots playing with ATGMs at annual European Arms Expo – but they just think the day this war spending ends, they will be missing something

Nigerians just need to learn to be sincere with ourselves, like does Rwandan MoD do better procurement? Rwandan population is half of Lagos when I saw Rwandan Otokar Cobras armed with ATGM some years ago, and I was laughing at Nigerians' level of insincerity once they hold public seat of authority, like they've become gods now

It's not all about ignorance, low budget, etc, it includes failure to buy right things for national defence and nobody gets sacked from office or demoted for it.

Please stop this over emphasis on over equipping platoons with gold plated stuff that have no relevance to battle field evolving threats. The NA is doing a lot of "appropriate procurement ".
What you dont want to buy is kit that is useless in battle. A lot of the stuff you are suggesting cannot work.and half would be captured by Boko Haram. They get captured not because NA is weak but because BHT can sacrifice 5 suicide bombers to capture one tank and they can isolate heavy weapons for capture in the heat of battle.
On ATGMs, we have made the point severally that they are difficult to use in a dynamic battle environment. Compared with recoiless rifles and ordinary RPGs, ATGMs are a dud and there are technical issues - guidance systems get interfered with, vegetation cover can disturb electro optics.
The NA has asked for choppers, give them that instead of expensive field equipment to be fielded against a weaker enemy who knows how to choose his battles and wont play to your strengths.

There are also wider threat landscapes than Boko Haram. Nigeria is restocking on main battle tanks in a few months but most of these are going to other theaters aside from Boko Haram

NAF PANTHERS

Jimi24:


You are going to draw the ear of ignoramuses who think a plane is not advanced because it is a turboprop and shout in their ears.." if you dont know, shut up!!!"

And did u say I should shut up
If I don't know what Uhmmm??

Shots from the movie :”eagles wing”


The Air Component commander is super pissed and organises a rescue operation to recover the pilot of a downed NAF fighter jet that had been captured.

like I said: can’t wait for these movie to be out

More shots

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https://twitter.com/defensenigeria/status/1237154352852357125?s=21


https://twitter.com/defensenigeria/status/1237147104700760064?s=21


https://twitter.com/defensenigeria/status/1237144551363694593?s=21


Shot video links on the movie for people who are interested. To cap it all, this is the most dangerous and expensive part of the movie. Live rounds were used in the helicopter attack scene. In the F-7Ni live 60mm rockets were expended. For obvious reasons I cannot show you the clips. But the risks taken is incredible.
Source @DefenseNigeria

bidexiii:
More shots

why is their low publicity of this movie?

I thought by now, media streams and ads must ve been popping up for this movie?

Why cant they liaise with mainstream companies like Netflix, and the likes for publicity and awareness?

This movie will gross money if they put their acts together..

Anticipating In patience

Conclusions

Nice pictures @ defenseNigeria

seankafor:
why is their low publicity of this movie?

I thought by now, media streams and ads must ve been popping up for this movie?

Why cant they liaise with mainstream companies like Netflix, and the likes for publicity and awareness?

This movie will gross money if they put their acts together..

Anticipating In patience

Honestly the publicity is very poor and a lot of resources has went into the movie.
Movies like “Lion heart” enjoyed a lot of publicity on Netflix.

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A throwback from a deployment in eastern DRC while I was working with a UPDF battalion in counter-LRA operations in 2013/14. I am about to be airlifted back the division HQ in S Sudan. The Div Commander had arranged for my medic (Shawn P) and I to be greeted with doughnuts and tea on arrival at the Div HQ. The Bn Commander is bidding Shawn and I farewell.


@eeben Barlow

Nigeria scheduled to get 4 remaining of 6 choppers AW-109M Armed Gunships this 2020 year. Wonder if FGN can order all 6 deploy & employ as 6 chalks army controlled via C2 of theatre commander N.E. with Chalk 1 to 3 in L. Tchad Basin ISWAP resurgence zone, chalk 4 to 6 Yobe sector AOR Nigér Rèpublic borderline hot sector. Senegal's​ 4 planes L-39NG 4th Gen. light combat jets delivery scheduled to start this year 2020 too.

Ethiopian Army silently took delivery of her 4 vehicles Pantsir SAM with 100 missiles, ahead of Cameroon's Army Pantsir SAM incoming. Many South-Sahara African Armies arming up beyond CT-COIN hardware, all 5 regions of Africa now to operate or already operating new Panstir SAM missile systems.

Angola when it gets her 3 planes C-295M MPA, means the NAF MPA fleet of 2 planes ATR-42 MPA will no longer have monopoly of maritime security airpower in our oil rich Gulf of Guniea. Competition for the air above huge riches in off-shore oil & gas wealth.

Senegal takes lead in Green Water naval sea power in ECOWAS region with dozens of sea skimming anti-ship Marte missiles 30+ km range and Simbad SHORAD SAM ordered for her 3 new OPV-58 guided missile fast attack crafts in addition to main guns. Some countries telling others "when you have billion dollar ocean deposit oil & gas you need more than gunboats to secure it, repeated perception of 'no big threat' is national military stupidity in this unpredictable world.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ERHtGtGW18

Is this different from the eagles wing movie?

seankafor:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ERHtGtGW18

Is this different from the eagles wing movie?

This another military movie in conjunction with the NA.

“CAMP ZAIRO”

Jimi24:




There are also wider threat landscapes than Boko Haram. Nigeria is restocking on main battle tanks in a few months but most of these are going to other theaters aside from Boko Haram

Other theatres like bandits? Highway robbers?

bidexiii:
Shots from the movie :”eagles wing”


The Air Component commander is super pissed and organises a rescue operation to recover the pilot of a downed NAF fighter jet that had been captured.

Hopefully they give us good Nigerian flavored English, Nigerian military lingo, some dose of indigenous language and mad soundtracks.

bidexiii:
Conclusions
Nice pictures @ defenseNigeria

I see an original SF guy here
To think of my advocacy on this 2016/2017

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There are cycles in military deployment. Whether army, navy or air force etc, every asset is deployed in cycles.
1 in the field; 1 in training; 1 in maintenance (r&r in the case of people) and 1 in reserve.
One can provision for 3 and forgo the reserve at a pinch, but it's not optimal.
No decent military will disregard this axiom and hope to survive.
So, if a commander has 3 or 6 Mi35 and commits all to the field, inevitably he will have none in the field.

bidexiii:



This another military movie in conjunction with the NA.

“CAMP ZAIRO”

I'm sure this one is called operation last dance...
This was the first film
Before Camp zairo and Eagles wings.

Odunayaw:
I see an original SF guy here

To think of my advocacy on this 2016/2017

Yeah some SF and SFI participated in the movie

Toju200:
I'm sure this one is called operation last dance...
This was the first film
Before Camp zairo and Eagles wings.

It’s Camp zairo

bidexiii:


It’s Camp zairo

in the video it says operation last dance..

Toju200:
in the video it says operation last dance..

Yeah didn’t watch it to the end

Papel on set with an ATR-42 Maritime Patrol Plane. King Air 350i surveilance plane, Alpha jet light attack aircraft