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Re: Battle Field Discussion (picture/video) Of African Military . by bidex111: 10:31am On May 14, 2020 |
Xbee007: To some extent yes and no ! Simply because no attacks or ambush in the N.E that has resulted to lost of equipment to BHT. At least running up to a month now when the COAS was there with them. |
Re: Battle Field Discussion (picture/video) Of African Military . by bidex111: 10:32am On May 14, 2020 |
Xbee007: Just noticed it, with black trousers. Looks wounded lying his back against the truck. |
Re: Battle Field Discussion (picture/video) Of African Military . by bidex111: 10:46am On May 14, 2020 |
#NA 3 Likes
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Re: Battle Field Discussion (picture/video) Of African Military . by Toju200(m): 10:49am On May 14, 2020 |
Pls if u watched the documentary yesterday How was it ![]() |
Re: Battle Field Discussion (picture/video) Of African Military . by lebuhsi(m): 11:17am On May 14, 2020 |
Boko Haram/ISIS fighters ditch fasting, regroup in “unholy Ramadan Alliance” In a desperate jihadist survival tactics, Boko Haram and Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) have temporarily suspended their bitter rivalry to focus on the regional multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) offensives and the Nigerian Army led offensive in the Lake Chad Basin states. Credible information confirmed that the temporary jihadist coalition has banned fasting for their fighters; joined battlefield forces with ISIS in Libya and resorted to recruiting child soldiers and suicide bombers to boost battlefield capabilities. This report calls for active regional intelligence, security and military engagement; absolute local vigilance and a sustained regional collaborative effort as part of a joint counter insurgency strategy Rival jihadist factions loyal to either Abubakar Shekau’s JAS/Boko Haram and ISWAP have tactically regrouped along the fringes of the Lake Chad basin for the first time since major splits. However, the fissure was made worse by continuous land, Aerial and amphibious joint offensives attacks by the regional MNJTF – Nigeria; Chad; Niger and to some extent Cameroon. This was further exacerbated by the ongoing operations by the Nigerian military in some parts of Borno State led by the Army Chief, Lt. Gen Buratai. Ramadan Fasting Suspended To recover lost ground against the continuous huge battlefield deaths of several hundreds of key cell commanders and strongholds along the Lake Chad Basin, the bitter jihadists splinter groups have suspended fasting. It was reliably gathered that the respective Shura Councils have waived fasting for all frontline fighters during the Holy Month of Ramadan to muster energy. The jihadists have also adopted an active military style collaborative strategy with a more experienced fighting unit from Libya against the security and armed forces of the regional MNJTF and various countries’ troops. They are regrouping in a manner that is dubbed by reliable sources with knowledge of jihadist activities in the region, as the ‘unholy Ramadan Alliance of regional jihadists.’ The Unholy International Jihadist Alliance. In a quick fix international merger never seen before, Boko Haram and ISWAP factions linked to Abu Musab Al Barnawi; Abubakar Shekau JAS faction; the splinter faction of Bako Borzogo, Modu Sulum and other militant factions have joined forces with one “AZWAJ” jihadist faction. It is believed that ASWAJ is a tactically experienced and deadly terrorist group known to operate under ISIS in Libya. The international jihadist alliance is reported to be merging its combined experienced forces and influence along the banks and islands of the Lake Chad. The first Lake Chad Basin jihadist coalition reunion was held in mid April 2020. Sources describe the secret meeting as the start of a strategic, spiritual, tactical and operational framework building amongst the various Boko Haram and ISWAP jihadist camps with their new international network. The newly appointed Imam Goni Umar (who succeeded late Mohammed Shuwa, the ISWAP Chief Judge that was killed in an MNJTF aerial strike at Duguri), a leading ISWAP Islamic Scholar and the new Chief Judge is said to have spearheaded the jihadist coalition proceedings. In addition to ISIS in Libya, the unholy union is said to have attracted the presence of other influential and senior ISWAP commanders including one Baba-Kaka, currently the Governor of the Lake Chad general area; Mallam Ibrahim, Abu Imrana, Malam Sa’ad, Abu Abdullahi and Bako Fulgori, among other Boko Haram ISWAP local and regional war lords. The leaked outcome of the meeting has shown that a jihadist coalition is at an advanced stage. The essence is to actualise a common tactical and operational model of launching deadly coordinated attacks on Nigeria, Niger, Cameroon and Chadian military formations within this month of Ramadan. Consequently, this further demonstrates the urgent need for regional states surveillance, awareness, preparedness and response readiness to pre-empt the jihadist coalition. Jihadist Capacity The jihadists are re-deploying more experienced armed fighters to reinforce strategic locations in the Lake Chad Basin under the command of Baba- Kaka – the governor of the Tumbuns – with an approximate coordinate of …. (sensitive), Lat. …. (sensitive), – areas that suffered heavy bombardment by the regional MNJTF. Hence the dire need for the MNJTF to revisit known locations with maximum precision. Some battle experienced jihadist commanders and warlords including one Baba Isa; Abu Imrana; Abduljaleef; and Musa have been placed on standby with hundreds of jihadist fighters in the … Tumbus; Northern side of … village; Gari … located east of … and … – located close to …, respectively. They have an Approximate Cord. Long. 12…. (sensitive) and Lat. 14…(sensitive). Jihadist special fighters are known to be camping at… areas in the Tumbun; with an approximate cord. Long. (sensitive) and Lat. (sensitive). The jihadists are actively fortifying strategic locations in the Lake Chad axis. Many local fishermen who could potentially act as spies have been forced away from key areas. Some of the fishermen, some of whom the jihadist relies on for partial survival and funding activities, have all been resettled in other areas (sensitive). Jihadists commanders with deep knowledge of the terrain select hiding locations that are covered with dark “Kangar trees.” Areas that provide access but perfect camouflage for items as large as vehicles to move underneath for miles without detection from State Air-Force and military reconnaissance drones. To create a buffer zone, the jihadists militants frequently dig up trenches to shield their locations, leaving one ‘southern side’ open as entry and exit points. In most cases jihadist fortify their bases by burying mines and Improvised Explosive Device (IED’s) in anticipation for unsuspected land attacks from state and regional MNJTF. These locations are ordinarily hard to locate and access but known routes from sources familiar with these locations can provide an effective planning response for a coordinated regional MNJTF operation. North East Nigeria Boko Haram terrorists group leader, Abubakar Shekau JAS faction has joined forces with the faction of Amir Borzogo to strengthen positions in camps under Bama LGA in Borno State and some part of Yobe state. These camps are strategically established to ease abductions, restock food, medical supplies and petroleum products. Jihadist attacks could easily be coordinated along the eastern part of Maiduguri. These jihadist cells rely on local and cross-border trade of fish and taxation of merchants as a major fund-raising source. Other criminal activities include sales and rustling of cattle in Baga cattle markets and income generation through agriculture to fund some of their campaign of terror in Nigeria’s Northeast and the Lake Chad. Desperate Jihadists Turn for Child soldiers To replenish their badly depleted strength and hundreds of Jihadists fighters killed by the regional MNJTF, the Nigerian Army and Nigerien defence forces, the coalition of Boko Haram and ISWAP jihadist are recruiting child soldiers between 13-16 years old. On May 1, 2020, over 500 child soldiers are reported to have been trained and graduated at a location called “Tudun Kurna” under the spiritual command of the newly appointed Chief Imam, Goni Maina. The young and inexperienced child soldiers were given basic military style combat operation skills in preparation for upcoming offensives. While briefing the hapless children militants, the Chief Imam is said to have further radicalised the underaged recruits to show absolute loyalty and discipline to their commanders and prepare to revenge on the recent onslaught by the regional MNJTF and the various national defence forces of Chad, Cameroun, Niger and Nigeria and all infidels. In a typical jihadist motivational selection process and brainwash tactics, 200 young jihadist graduates have been ‘rewarded’ to take part in a specialised training on how to assemble Improvised Explosive Device (IED’s) and suicide mission techniques. Most recent coalition Attacks: Niger An ISWAP cell under the command of one Mallam Ali, have been sighted in hard to reach areas in Niger Republic key areas, such as LELEWA, DUWA, WALLAL and PEPEWA. On May 3, 2020, ISWAP launched its fight regional coordinated attack in a military base in Diffa Province, Niger Republic – under the command of one Mustapha Kirimama and Amir Modu Kafa, for the first time. The video taped joint attack was launched under the direct supervision of AZWAJ/ISIS in Libya. A MNJTF offensive from Niger and Nigeria later intercepted the retreating jihadist along the Niger-Nigeria borders killing more than 50 jihadists and destroying looted gun-trucks. The bitter splits and confusion that divided JAS Boko Haram and ISWAP camps has been plastered temporarily for what appears to be a common purpose. A split partly influenced by the sustained land, aerial and amphibious offensive from states of the regional MNJTF. These counter insurgency military battlefield efforts need to be comprehensively coordinated and sustained from the ongoing onslaught of “Operation LAFIYA DOLE” to the recent ‘Operation Boma Wrath’ and the existing MNJTF “Operation ‘YANCIN TAFKI.” Boko Haram and ISWAP jihadists factions operate complex network cells within the states of the Lake Chad basin. Each country in the region has the potential capacity to militarily defeat jihadist in-country, but no single state can defeat jihadist within the region. If rival jihadists groups can sacrifice leadership and operational differences and put their perceived differences aside to engage in a common tactic, the forces of law and order, the security and armed forces of the MNJTF can look beyond rivalry and coordinate a strategic multi-level approach that will put an end to jihadist activities in the region, at least on the battlefield. https://globalupfront.com/2020/05/14/boko-haram-isis-fighters-ditch-fasting-regroup-in-unholy-ramadan-alliance/ 1 Like |
Re: Battle Field Discussion (picture/video) Of African Military . by Nobody: 11:57am On May 14, 2020 |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kr_x5jjLFvw Report from Kaduna State says that armed Fulani herdsmen attacked Gonan Rogo village, near Makyali, in Kufana District of Kajuru Local Government Area, Kaduna State. The attackers arrived the village when the villagers were fast asleep and hacked down people in the community . They killed 17 and left 6 others injured as they went shooting sporadically. The victims were mostly women and children, among them was a 3 months old baby. The baby however, miraculously survived a bullet that passed though her mother’s heart to her soft skull. The 17 victims who died were buried by the community on13th May, 2020 amid tears. Names of people killed in the attack were given as follows: 1. Mailafiya Dallatu, 70 years old 2. Yari Dallatu, 60 years old 3. Na'omi Yari, 57 years old 4. Popular Teacher, 15 years old 5. Blessing Yari, 9 years old 6. Paul Bawa, 18 years old 7. Rahila Paul, 25 years old 8. John Paul, 6 months old 9. Jonathan Yakubu, 35 years old 10. Sheba Jonathan, 25 years old 11. Revelation Jonathan. 9 years old 12. Rejoice Jonathan, 6 years old 13. Patience Jonathan, 15 years old 14. Biyayya Lucky, 25 years old 15. Asan'alo Magaji, 32 years old 16. Yayo Magaji, 13 years old 17. Agei Magaji 8 years old. Names of the injured were also given as follows: 1.Abinso Yusuf 2. Isaiah Jonathan 3. Markus Kakuri 4. Philip Magaji 5. Magaji Ma'aji 6. Zipporah Jonathan. In another development, a second attack was carried out on Wednesday, 13th May, 2020 on Mikyali village in Kajuru LGA around 7:00 in the morning. Source: http://www.trezzyhelm.com/2020/05/fulani-herdsmen-attacks-kajuru-communit.html?m=1 Buhari has totally failed in terms of security, GEJ is not even as worst as this man. 3 Likes |
Re: Battle Field Discussion (picture/video) Of African Military . by jpphilips(m): 12:01pm On May 14, 2020 |
komekn: You have an uncanny gift of talking offpoint, poor understanding of clearly stated facts, ridiculous retentive ability, unprecedented inability to unlearn to relearn, a special kinda being you are. Will be great if you volunteer as a test subject for a medical research to under study which part of your brain that convinced you that you are making sense. no offence bro 7 Likes |
Re: Battle Field Discussion (picture/video) Of African Military . by Nobody: 12:13pm On May 14, 2020 |
70-year-old Man Arrested For Insulting President Buhari In Katsina Sentenced to 18 Months Imprisonment A court sitting in Katsina State on Tuesday sentenced a 70-year-old man, Lawal Izala, to 18 months imprisonment. Izala was arrested last week for allegedly insulting President Muhammadu Buhari and Governor Aminu Masari. The septuagenarian and two others were arraigned for inciting disobedience to civil authorities and disrespect to authorities through demeaning utterances. But speaking with journalists on Tuesday, Izala said he spoke out of anger when he visited his village and found out that bandits had killed his family members and rustled 15 of his cows. Delivering judgement on the matter, the court found Izala guilty of two count charges of inciting violence and disrespect for civil authorities. He was sentenced to six months jail term for the first charge and one year for the other charge. Izala was however, given the option of ₦10,000 fine for the first charge and N20,000 for the second offence. SaharaReporters gathered that some kind-hearted fellows in the state paid the N30,000 fine and the 70-year-old had been released. Source : http://saharareporters.com/2020/05/05/70-year-old-man-arrested-insulting-president-buhari-katsina-sentenced-18-months Armed bandits and Armed Fulani herdsmen are really wrecking havoc in the North West, insecurity should really be look into in those axis.
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Re: Battle Field Discussion (picture/video) Of African Military . by youghs: 12:39pm On May 14, 2020 |
bidex111: I thought as much...I hope they put it into consideration someday |
Re: Battle Field Discussion (picture/video) Of African Military . by jpphilips(m): 12:53pm On May 14, 2020 |
rka2: You forgot his warped best value for money cost analysis, that guy should be in a Museum entertaining visitors. 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Battle Field Discussion (picture/video) Of African Military . by jpphilips(m): 1:34pm On May 14, 2020 |
youghs: Because ISIS can track the location of the other vehicles on the network if they capture one. Its like revealing all your positions to the enemy for free. 2 Likes |
Re: Battle Field Discussion (picture/video) Of African Military . by dragon2(m): 1:50pm On May 14, 2020 |
About the tucano's usefulness. Throwback. Backwards. Illogical. Three words used recently to describe an emerging U.S. Air Force initiative to field light attack aircraft of a type not operated by U.S. forces since Vietnam. Aircraft that are compact, lethal, relatively inexpensive and easy to support in the field. Powered by a turboprop engine, looking remarkably like their forebears from the Second World War, they often inspire an emotional reaction that equates the design features negatively with older concepts, now long past. To some of the combat aviators who have been deeply embroiled in continuous conflict since 9/11, they’re a no-brainer. This discussion of options for new airplanes is no longer academic. This summer, the Air Force will engage in a light attack experiment at Holloman AFB, which may be followed by a combat demonstration the likes of which has not been carried out by the Air Force since Vietnam. If you’re prepared to take advice from individuals with no aviation background at all, this should worry you deeply. But if you’re prepared to concede, maybe, that professional aviators with extensive combat experience haven’t suddenly lost their minds, then it should become immediately obvious that there might be some utility in light attack. Certainly it has historical roots – The Navy, Marines and Air Force all used light attack aircraft in Vietnam. But just using the term doesn’t adequately describe the aircraft, or the reasons to consider them. Why a light attack aircraft? Light attack aircraft were just that – smaller attack aircraft like the A-37 Dragonfly or Navy OV-10, with significant weapons loads but not designed to stand up in the front of the apocalyptic Soviet/NATO battlefield. For the Air Force, the long path to considering a new attack aircraft started in 2008. Faced with increasing airpower demand in Iraq and Afghanistan, the existing fighters were being wrung out. For the kind of air support we were providing for U.S. ground forces, the existing F-16, F-15E and Navy / Marine F-18 were a ridiculous overmatch. Recall that by 2008, the Air Force and Naval aviation had been in continuous combat since January 16, 1991, and a decade and a half later the strain was showing. Meeting airpower demand with expensive, high end aircraft was the only option we had, and we were flying their wings off. We still are. First, we had to define the aircraft. At Air Combat Command, a handful of aviators wrote the concept for OA-X, OA meaning observation/attack, and X meaning something we didn’t have a number for yet (not meaning experimental, as some have written). We started with historical examples – the aircraft we used to fight an insurgency in the jungles of Vietnam. The first example was the A-1 Skyraider, a hulking behemoth of an airplane with a massive, 18-cylinder radial engine designed as a carrier aircraft and transferred to the Air Force in 1964 after the Navy retired them. Alongside, the OV-10. The OV-10 Bronco, a new-build, twin-turboprop observation aircraft used as a forward air controller by the Air Force and as an attack aircraft by the Navy and Marines. What the authors envisioned with OA-X was a modern turboprop aircraft with advanced sensors and precision weapons just like a modern fast jet. But we also wanted aircraft that could be forward deployed to austere airfields, fueled from 55-gallon drums, and supplied from the back of a pickup truck – none of which a jet can easily do. And we needed it to be relatively cheap to buy and to operate. In short, we envisioned an aircraft that looked like earlier designs, with the weapons and sensors of a modern jet. These aircraft existed. I had seen the A-29 Super Tucano in Colombia in 2007. Raytheon had a conversion of their T-6 trainer (the AT-6) that included a weapons capability. What we were looking for was off the shelf stuff, not needing a long development period. For combat operations in the Middle East, this seemed like a good match. The aircraft that existed were two-seaters with light armor, good day/night electro-optical sensors, guns, and precision munitions. Unrefeueled, they had twice the loiter time of the fast jets. They sipped fuel – the fuel they burned in an hour of flight approximated the fuel an F-15E used taxiing from parking to the runway. We were looking at traditional attack aircraft – combat aircraft that could be used for a wide array of missions from Close Air Support to interdiction to combat search & rescue. In 2009 these aircraft could have flown from a dozen US-operated airfields in Afghanistan that could not have supported fast jets. But making the case to an Air Force that had always been able to afford very high-end aircraft took time. The Air National Guard tested the AT-6 from 2010 to 2014 and judged it “operationally suitable and operationally effective.” Ironically, it wasn’t the combat capabilities of the aircraft that made the strongest case – it was the health of the rest of the fighter / attack enterprise. A quarter century of continuous operations was wrecking the force – readiness was the worst ever measured, aircraft sustainment costs were climbing, and the Air Force had long since run out of the cockpits we needed to turn freshly-graduated aviators into seasoned fighter pilots. The F-35, as capable as it is, could only provide a limited number of cockpits, and those not enough to “absorb” the new pilots to keep the force healthy. By 2016 we were short almost a thousand experienced fighter pilots, and the shortage was getting worse. The Air Force was buying fighter aircraft at a rate so slow that it was going to take us 200 years to recapitalize even the shrunken, post-drawdown force. We needed to return to a healthy balance – and that meant buying more aircraft. As the concept moved forward into a planned flying experiment in the summer of 2017, resistance mounted. Some objections were emotional. Turboprops were old, and suitable only for people too poor to afford jets. The objections to a turboprop were perhaps the most irrational, and the easiest to dispel with data. A modern turboprop is a computer-controlled marvel of engineering, and is the most efficient aircraft powerplant for the performance regime that we needed to operate in. It is easy to maintain and very resistant to ingested debris to be expected at forward airfields. Other objections were financial. Cost is always an issue, and under sequestration, the Air Force already has too much mission and not enough Air Force. But with the possibility of ending this self-destructive budget cap came the opportunity to buy new aircraft without taking the money from some other portion of an under-resourced service. The most pernicious objections came from industry, focused on what companies wanted to sell, rather than what the Air Force was looking for. In a flashback to the bad old days of acquisition, we heard over and over that a light jet was the solution – fuel demand, debris resistance, cost and maintenance requirements be damned. Jets were new, turboprops were old. But no jet had the characteristics we actually needed in a powerplant. Other resistance relied on a panicked notion of the air defense threat. Suddenly, the widespread proliferation of “wish-you-were-dead” air defense weapons would end the usefulness of light attack aircraft. Except that such a proliferation isn’t happening, and if it did it would spell the end of a worldwide aviation enterprise. Really good air defenses are expensive and have to be sustained, and very few people can afford to buy the radar-guided threats, much less operate them. There really are places and scenarios where airpower is going to have a hard time operating, but those places are not ubiquitous. It’s not reasonable to expect that there will be a sudden surge of radar threats in the places where violent extremists are the most firmly entrenched – unless there are Russian or Chinese units nearby. So you can be assured that light attack aircraft are not intended for a radar threat environment. Not are they intended for an environment dominated by hostile fighters. Because that would be stupid. That last issue deserves attention. Turboprop light attack aircraft are intended for lightly contested airspace, where the primary threats are guns and shoulder-launched, heat-seeking missiles, commonly known as MANPADS. This is the environment that has dominated the threat airspace over Iraq, Afghanistan, much of Syria, Libya, Yemen, Somalia, and almost the entire African continent. In fact, in the last 25 years, U.S. combat operations have involved 176 days spent in contested airspace – and over 9400 calendar days outside it. Counting simultaneous operations like the no-fly zones as separate events, the total count of permissive days exceeds 17,000. That’s the environment in which we have been using up our highly capable legacy fighter / attack fleet, and it’s not going away. In the most likely environment, OA-X would have three key survivability advantages over legacy jets. They are quiet. It may not be obvious, but most gunners in an irregular warfare environment have to hear or see an aircraft to find it. They have no early warning system to feed them information. Our experience with AT-6 and A-29 on our training ranges are that they are very hard to hear. By the time you hear them, you’re in range of their weapons. They are cool. Heat-seeking missiles rely on signatures from exhaust or hot metal, caused by friction with the air they fly through. The exhaust of the A-29s turboprop (the same as the AT-6C) is mixed with a strong propwash, and isn’t even hot enough to boil water by the time it reaches the trailing edge of the wing. The fastest moving part of the aircraft is the prop, which has to have special equipment built in to prevent ice from forming – the exact opposite of a heating problem. Add in the ability to detect missile launches and dispense flares, and the aircraft may well be less susceptible to the heat-seeking threat than any other fighter or attack aircraft in the inventory. They’re small. Worst case, the AT-6 has less than half the exposed area of the A-10 when looking straight up at it. Best case, looking at it nose on, it presents an even smaller target. The A-29 is only a little bit larger that the AT-6 and I can attest that it’s hard to keep sight of your own wingman at distances where the larger jets maintain a visual formation. Small size makes an aircraft much harder to hit with gunfire, particularly with the obsolescent, aimed-by-eye, ex-Soviet antiaircraft guns fielded by insurgent groups worldwide. Joint experience with more than 15 years of warfare against violent extremists shows that fixed-wing aircraft moving faster than a helicopter only rarely get hit by small-arms fire, and they are not downed. The alarmist among us can postulate about the proliferation of MANPADS but the reality is that comparable aircraft that stand out more in infrared would then be far more vulnerable that OA-X. That kind of air defense proliferation that would render OA-X unusable is extremely unlikely for the same reason that not everybody owns a new Lexus (cost, shortage of dealerships, supply limits, poor credit, etc). Yes, there are plenty of missiles and guns, but gunners able to hit moving targets, maneuvering in three dimensions, with countermeasures – those are hard to find. The Air Force could make excellent use of light attack aircraft. We are experimenting with them for a reason – because we already wish to confirm that their attributes (precision, firepower, low footprint, low cost of ownership, low logistical burden) are exactly what we need to provide responsive, deployable and effective airpower against violent extremists worldwide – an expectation that the Joint Force continues to have. We need more cockpits to alleviate our shortage of fighter pilots and to improve readiness. There are objections to light attack, the most telling being that the Air Force cannot afford any new aircraft without additional funding from Congress to buy them. Other objections fall by the wayside when we look at the available data, and we intend to capture more, and soon. Col. Mike “Starbaby” Pietrucha is a serving officer who was an instructor electronic warfare officer in the F-4G Wild Weasel and the F-15E Strike Eagle, amassing 156 combat missions and taking part in 2.5 SAM kills over 10 combat deployments. As an irregular warfare operations officer, Colonel Pietrucha has two additional combat deployments in the company of US Army infantry, combat engineer, and military police units in Iraq and Afghanistan. https://www.forbes.com/sites/beltway/2017/05/03/back-to-the-future-why-the-u-s-needs-a-light-turboprop-attack-aircraft/#6e45ff2a267d 1 Like |
Re: Battle Field Discussion (picture/video) Of African Military . by bidex111: 1:56pm On May 14, 2020 |
The inauguration ceremony of the fourth and last Egyptian Ghost Corvette is scheduled to take place shortly in Alexandria Maritime arsenal company in the presence of the commander-in Chief of the Egyptian Armed Forces Minister of Defence and War Production Team First Mohamed Ahmed Zaki and Mr. Commander of Marine forces team Ahmed Khaled Hassan Said and a number of gentlemen commanders of the armed forces.
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Re: Battle Field Discussion (picture/video) Of African Military . by komekn(m): 3:23pm On May 14, 2020 |
jpphilips: I am not offended in the least. To date you have NEVER CONTENDED WITH THE FACTS with anything of substance just name calling. Disagree with me by all means but be methodical, structured, objective and with balanced reasoning. But you do none of these things, I do not know how educated you are if at all you went beyond high school, either way it shows. You think by vitriolic rhetoric and name calling you present a substansive argument. why do you EVADE the subject completely ![]() ![]() ![]() With regards to your comments i suggest you look at the mirror and you will find the test subject you describe looking at you. 5 Likes |
Re: Battle Field Discussion (picture/video) Of African Military . by Nobody: 3:38pm On May 14, 2020 |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9430GRarxw The meeting of the National Security Council is ongoing, at the Council Chambers, State House, Abuja. The meeting which is being presided over by @MBuhari, is summoned over the recent security challenges in Katsina, Nasarawa, Kaduna and elsewhere. https://mobile.twitter.com/BashirAhmaad/status/1260905745337462785 https://www.freshreporters.com/2020/05/buhari-meets-service-chiefs.html Always holding meeting, but still yet, there is hardly any change ![]() 1 Like
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Re: Battle Field Discussion (picture/video) Of African Military . by Kabe2: 3:54pm On May 14, 2020 |
BabaOwen: With regards to reequipping the military, Buhari has tried a lot, let's be honest. I will rate him above Yara'Adua/Jonathan. |
Re: Battle Field Discussion (picture/video) Of African Military . by Nobody: 4:28pm On May 14, 2020 |
kemicalreact: One never sacrifices ( forces ) a pawn unless absolutely necessary and the gains outweighs the sacrifice. In geopolitics the end game matters, not the measures to reach the endgame . It makes good sense to indulge a pawn when one can use it to serve one's own means if not today , then tomorrow , if not tomorrow , then some day. Turkey is a loose ball , who will run to any side they deem fit , so why not put a bait and leash them to an extent so that you can continue to exert some sort of leverage on them for ur own interests, if not today , then tomorrow , if not tomorrow , then some day. Geopolitics is a game of patience and preemptive moves mostly . It is similar to hedging bets . 3 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Battle Field Discussion (picture/video) Of African Military . by komekn(m): 4:34pm On May 14, 2020 |
dragon2: That's a very well articulated view by the former USAF Col. from his perspective but as an intellectual document of proven fact it falls short of the mark without substantiation of the assumptions he makes on cost and low altitude flight risk. Further alternative options are not looked at particularly the impact of UAV's in Close Air Support Capability. But its context is not relevant to the Nigerian situation as the USAF had entirely different cost parameters and air combat strategies to Nigeria, it is really an irrelevance. Nonetheless, maybe we can learn something from the Col. entirely USAF related position and deduction. This is what i prefer an intellectual approach as opposed to wild assumption birthed from our own prejudices and or preferences. There is considerable commissioned research the US by the Army Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) and the USAF in this area that is far more substantive than that of a singular USAF colonel. I have read quite a few 40+ page documents many of them. In some regards it becomes the more you know the less you you understand to make a decision. Majority is not necessarily right, but what is established beyond all doubt is that light attack turboprop air frames constitute less than 1% of all NATO attack aircraft. That in itself says something. A key issue is cost, particularly in the context of Nigeria What is high cost and what is low cost how are we coming to that conclusion by assumption or by comparison analysis. For instance a brand new comparable single engine turboprop aircraft of similar capacity and or even higher performance such as the Swiss PC21 which costs under $4.5 million per unit. Indeed the Spanish air force bought 24 military spec. for under $185 million or thereabouts. Quite shockingly pilots have transited from the PC-21 straight to the F18. What will it cost to retrofit additional weapon systems ISTAR Capabilities not a huge amount IMO. This is food for thought for those who want to have a solution led approach and a red flag to angry bulls who find questioning and or even appraising NAF procurement decisions an act of high treason. The choice is yours is this best value or not. 1 Like |
Re: Battle Field Discussion (picture/video) Of African Military . by komekn(m): 4:58pm On May 14, 2020 |
Kabe2: Unless you are a political supporter you should give your reasons. Please be a bit more substantive so we can appreciate PMB in this regard and or the opposite if we find to the contrary. 7 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Battle Field Discussion (picture/video) Of African Military . by Kabe2: 5:35pm On May 14, 2020 |
komekn: Accomodation for officers and men of the Nigerian military. It is unprecedented in the history of Nigeria. Government to Government deals. For Air Force 12 x MI-35M for the Air Force 12 x Super Tucano " 2 x. MI-17e " 10 x Super Mushak 3 x JF-17 3 x Aerosode UAV 3 x Tsaigumi UAV 10 x Maurader MRAPs 15 x Proforce ICAV 2 x Bell 412 6 x A-109k - Transfer of 7 x helicopters from the PAF & NEPA reconfigured and reactivated for military use. Including more I might have missed. Army 50 Proforce MRAPs 38 Ezugwu MRAPs 177 Typhoon & Streit group LAVs 35 VT-4 Tanks ST-1 Tank Destroyers New artilleries all part of the 150 million dollars China deal. Innoson military vehicles. Including some I might have forgotten. Navy 1 Damen LST 2 x maritime patrol aircraft 4 x A109 and AW-139 1 x Hydrographic ship Over 30 new different types of navy platforms. Over 200 x locally made gun boats 5 Likes |
Re: Battle Field Discussion (picture/video) Of African Military . by dragon2(m): 6:25pm On May 14, 2020 |
komekn: The PC21 is a trainer aircraft,it's look and parameters show that is is meant primarily as a fighter trainer not attack.It is not armoured, all its weapon suite are simulated i.e. no weapon system.Its hard points are for smoke(during display) and fuel. ....The PC-21 is equipped with underwing hardpoints, which allow the carriage of external fuel tanks and smoke pods (for aerial displays) but, unlike Embraer or Beechcraft, Pilatus does not support any of the other external stores which would be required to use the aircraft in a light attack role..... ...The embedded simulation and training suite comprises tactical navigation and moving map, stores management, simulated air-to-air and air-to-ground radar and electronic countermeasures (ECM), radar target simulation through data link, air-to-air and air-to-ground weapons parameters simulation, and a no-drop bomb-scoring system (NDBS).... ....The electronic warfare (EW) suite includes simulated radar warning receiver (RWR), chaff and flares..... https://militarysimulation.training/articles/variations-on-the-trainer-theme-pilatus-pc-21/ Simulated radar,chaff,flare and weapons. https://www.flightglobal.com/flight-test-pilatus-pc-21-fast-learner/84147.article The aircraft is simply made for flying not fighting. 1 Like |
Re: Battle Field Discussion (picture/video) Of African Military . by komekn(m): 8:07pm On May 14, 2020 |
youghs: I asked this question years ago. Most NATO armoured vehicles are not just gps trackable but satellite as well. Particularly now that gps tracking systems are so much cheaper now and anybody who is computer savvy can install them DIY you can add all kinds of cameras and microphones and monitor what the enemy is saying. For this reason if any ISIS and the like where able to get a NATO armoured vehicle of value they have essentially picked up a Trojan horse and will find themselves easy targets for a whole range precision weaponry including the gps location US artillery Excalibur 155mm. I expected or speculated that just like "bait car" some of our gun trucks should intentionally be allowed in battle to be taken by the enemy but not so obviously. That essentially gives you eyes and ears in the enemy camp, you might even be lucky to hear via voice recognition Shekau voice that gives you his exact location, the possibilities are endless. Why have we not done it , no idea or maybe we are. 7 Likes |
Re: Battle Field Discussion (picture/video) Of African Military . by komekn(m): 9:09pm On May 14, 2020 |
dragon2: You miss the point completely, the embraer aircraft in its basic form is simply a turboprop aircraft everything is a retrofit to make it the A29. It was made not as fighter at its initiation. That attribute was added much later. The pertinent question is what other single engine turboprop aircraft of similar capabilities are available and can be retrofitted that includes up armoured . etc. Then how much will it cost. That includes the PC-21. Once an air frame moves from civil use and is given military attributes you can essentially make it ten times more expensive, that is why military inflation for its products rises exponentially. The South Africans have a unconventional single engine turboprop clearly with the role of close support in mind, expect it too now be quite expensive as they try to break into this market. https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/a21305/mwari-south-african-prop-plane/ Just discovered the USAF have adopted the Pilatus PC-9 to retrofit into attack aircaft https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/pilatus_when-the-us-adopted-a-swiss-war-plane-s-twin/44219834 This particular air frame is much cheaper than the the more advanced PC-21. My observation are to challenge us to think more strategically and look at ways to improve and increase capacity and best practice. I really do not see why NAF Engineers some with PHd cannot retrofit a single engine turboprop aircraft for our purposes at a fraction of the cost. If a Chinese Wing Loong 2 UAV costs $1 million, then why cant we procure the components from the individual manufactures again at a fraction of the cost. The arms race is motivated by extreme profits and the procurement process creates a huge avenue for individuals to get huge payments in thier offshore accounts. 1 Like |
Re: Battle Field Discussion (picture/video) Of African Military . by komekn(m): 9:13pm On May 14, 2020 |
Kabe2: So what has our military expenditure budget been to date since the inception of the PMB regime then compare that to the actual procurements made. Then we can do a comparison by cost of procurement against each particular regime. |
Re: Battle Field Discussion (picture/video) Of African Military . by rka2: 9:40pm On May 14, 2020 |
This guy must have come from the planet zog ![]() 3 Likes |
Re: Battle Field Discussion (picture/video) Of African Military . by Kabe2: 9:47pm On May 14, 2020 |
komekn: Do your research provide evidence of our military expenditure budget since the inception of the PMB administration. Right out of the bat you will notice major changes in Defence procurement between PMB and GEJ/Yar'Adua administrations. PMB does government to government deals, a clear departure from GEJ whose administration relied mainly on contractors and middle men in more than 60% of the latter's procurements. PMB also pushes mainly at local defence manufacturing, especially for things we can produce. A clear example is the Nigeria was supposed to receive Varta MRAPS from Ukraine, instead the government rejected that and instead went for Proforce MRAPS. The military has it's shortcomings but there has been a lot of improvements in many, many areas under PMB. 12 Likes |
Re: Battle Field Discussion (picture/video) Of African Military . by komekn(m): 10:42pm On May 14, 2020 |
Kabe2: All this is political rambling without a shred of substance. You made the claim that by far PMB has been the best for the military against any other HOD. So how did you come to that conclusion ![]() ![]() You cannot throw it back to me you are effectively EVADING the question and proposition you presented. |
Re: Battle Field Discussion (picture/video) Of African Military . by dragon2(m): 10:43pm On May 14, 2020 |
komekn: The tucano was built from day one as a military aircraft. The first aircraft was called tucano emb 301 and emb 311. The proposal was to the Brazilian AF. There is a reason millitary weapon systems are expensive....tolerance. For e.g. microprocessors on millitary electronics is completely different from commercial chips. Military components and platforms must be able to tolerate high gforce, large temperature swings,pressures,e.m.p. radiation,impact force/ shock. e.t.c. If you use civilian components or platforms they will fail. You don't do 8g's with a civil class plane. That is why millitary tech is more expensive. Inflated budgets is heavily censured in the U.S. what is possible is expensive un-required weapon systems. The South African Nwari is not cheap at baseline $10M (2011) with no known weapon system attached. As for drones, Which is cheaper? An expensive 50kg missile that has a small blast radius fired from a drone or a cheap 500lb dumb bomb dropped by an experienced pilot with a tremendous blast radius. Edit. Don't forget, we make our own rockets now?which is as effective as missiles in blast range,can be used by tucanos but not drones. 3 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Battle Field Discussion (picture/video) Of African Military . by Kabe2: 11:05pm On May 14, 2020 |
komekn: You should at the very least have the decency to quote what I actually said. I said PMB has done better for the military than GEJ/Ya'Ardua. This is what I said. Like I said previously carry out your own research, I don't need to spoon feed you with sources. It is right in front of your eyes. 8 Likes |
Re: Battle Field Discussion (picture/video) Of African Military . by dragon2(m): 11:14pm On May 14, 2020 |
BAE Systems was awarded a $225 million contract to produce almost 10,000 Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System units for the United States, Nigeria and the Netherlands, the U.S. Department of Defense said in a release. The $225,034,247 firm-fixed-price delivery order was issued against a 2017 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N00019-17-D-5517) to procure 9,999 Lot 7, full-rate production APKWS II units, the Wednesday, February 6 release said. Work is expected to be completed in September 2020..... .....APKWS is a component of Nigeria’s purchase of 12 A-29 Super Tucano light attack aircraft. A long-awaited contract for the sale of 12 aircraft was awarded last November, but it did not include weaponry. However, when the proposed sale was approved by the U.S. State Department in August 2017, the notification delivered to the U.S. Congress included 5,000 Hydra 70 2.75-inch unguided rockets, 400 Laser Guided Rockets including APKWS, as well as 200 Paveway II laser-guided bomb tailkits and 2,000 MK-81 250-lb bombs, and practice rockets and machine gun ammunition. Nigeria was one of the countries listed in U.S. Department of Defense contract notifications for Hydra rockets in June and September, although it was unclear if this equipment is related to the aircraft sale..... https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.thedefensepost.com/2019/02/07/bae-contract-apkws-rocket-guidance-nigeria-netherlands-225-million/amp/ 3 Likes |
Re: Battle Field Discussion (picture/video) Of African Military . by youghs: 11:45pm On May 14, 2020 |
Kabe2: Bro, if u say a million word to him it's still won't change a thing..A troll is always a troll, he's not searching for explanation cos even a blind man knows, he's just hungry and looking for his food which is attention and response. 5 Likes |
Re: Battle Field Discussion (picture/video) Of African Military . by LTGEN: 1:48am On May 15, 2020 |
Do not feed the Trolls. |
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