What hope do anyone have in a cesspit where the Court Order, not just a Court, a High Court means nothing? And the idiots went out in their drove to cast their votes in a supposed democracy? And some inept citizens as usual claimed a court order is a judicial jargon? I bury my head in utter shame . Buffoons

So in the Cesspit, a High Court order means nothing? Jesus wept!

The most an average Nigerian knows about Russia is from Hollywood movies where the ruskies are usually the conquered baddies. There is a reason why Nato was formed, and still in existence, if US could defeat Russia on its own, they should not have formed and continue to have Nato.

I don't want to see a war between these two, America is not likely to come out of any war with Russia unscathed, history has told us the Russians never give up, US have not fought a major war on its own ever, the little middle eastern countries it has occupied had been via coalition, we have not seen the American resilience in a war and I don't think any sane person wants to see that happening in a war which involves Russia.

Fed up of the West's indecisiveness on dealing with the ongoing situation in Syria, Russia is now providing direct military air support to Syria, and it is using electronic warfare to jam Islamic State's (IS) communications, as well as to prevent Nato from detecting what it is up to, according to an electronic warfare expert.

Electronic warfare is the ability to manipulate the electromagnetic spectrum in order to sense where enemy targets are so that you can attack the enemy first, or to prevent the enemy from attacking you. Examples of things you can do with electronic warfare include communications jamming, radar jamming, reconnaissance and countermeasures using infrared, radio and electro-optical frequencies.

On 5 October, Russian military Krasukha-4, its mobile, ground-based electronic warfare systems, were spotted in Syria. The Krasukha-4 is a broadband multifunctional jamming station that is based on a BAZ-6910-022 four-axle-chassis and is able to neutralise low-Earth orbit (LEO) spy satellites such as the US Lacrosse/Onyx series, airborne surveillance radars and radar-guided ordinance at ranges between 150km-300km.

According to David Stupples, a Professor of Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Director of Electronic Warfare at City University London, the Krasukha-4 is being used by the Russian military to deny IS surveillance information and radio communications.

Russia against all of Assad's enemies

Russia has long been supporting Syria's president Bashar al-Assad, supplying arms and training to Syrian forces. However, the issue is that Russia isn't just there to get rid of Isis, but all of Assad's enemies, which include all the rebel groups who oppose his rule.


This contravenes with Nato's objective, which has been to also use electronic warfare to gather information about and hinder IS, and give it to friendly rebel forces. So, both Nato and Russia are now turning their state-of-the-art technologies against each other, on top of dealing with IS.

"Russia is aware that NATO surveillance assets are able to monitor all Syrian-based Russian military aircraft activity, including the rebel groups it is targeting, locations and weapons used. Some of these rebel groups are directly supported by the US and its allies which may result in Russia becoming in direct political conflict with Nato," Stupples writes in a piece for The Conversation.


To avoid being spied on, Russia needs to blind the eyes and silence the ears of Nato reconnaissance and intelligence-gathering assets so its actions are not open to close scrutiny."

The problem is that the Krasukha-4 has already proved to be highly effective when used against Ukrainian forces in Donbas, according to Lt General Hodges, the commander of US Army Forces Europe.

"The quality of the electronic warfare [EW] capability that Russians have employed in eastern Ukraine, this is not something that you can create in the basement of your home," Hodges told Defense News in March.

"The Russians have continued to move forward with their EW modernisation. They have demonstrated the ability to completely shut down everything the Ukrainians are using in terms of communications."


A New Cold War?

Stupples says that the Krasukha-4 will definitely prove to be a thorn in the side of Nato: "Its surveillance systems will not only be able to monitor Nato aircraft movement over Syria but also the types, and from its intelligence it will know the frequencies used and signal characteristics present – Lacrosse satellites and AWACS operate in S-band, Sentinel (and similar) in X-band, and drones in J-band.

"Lacrosse/Onyx satellite positions are continually tracked by Russia. With this intelligence detail the Krasukha-4 can be programmed to engage in order to deny or disrupt Nato intelligence gathering."

On the plus side at least Nato forces have electronic counter counter measures (ECCM) that they can use against Russia, which will require Nato to dodge Russian jamming signals by jumping onto other frequencies, or pointing its antennas away from the jamming source.

"Of course, it would also be possible for Nato to jam the Russian surveillance radar, denying them of identification and positioning of Nato aircraft – but this would really ramp up the war of words with Vladimir Putin," Stupples concludes, adding that Russia's results using the Krasukha-4 against Nato will help it sell the system to other governments.

"We must also accept that the Krasukha-4 EW system is an essential part of the defence of Russian forces at the Latakia airfield in Syria and this must not be denied them."

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/russia-using-electronic-warfare-cloak-its-actions-syria-isis-nato-1523328

adekunle0000:

HYPOCRISY!!! Get it into your thick skull that WE ARE NOT UNITED OOOOO! the sooner we stop pretending about it, the better for all parties involved. I cannot pretend to be in unity with a group of nomads who thinks that it is their divine right to rule and lord it over others Or those that considers themselves the fountain of knowledge (products of Free education, aimed just to mass produce school attendees) as well as the most hospitable host to a fellow Nigerian. imagine. SAY NO TO HYPOCRISY NOW.

And here was me thinking we'd make it through the weekend without another pointless post from the identified group?

Hidentity:
Just before you pick his name and insult his ethnic group, read this.


I think that I have observed this for quite a while and I think that it need be said.

I expressed my concern on why Nigerian youths remain leaders of tomorrow even till tomorrow to someone a few years back, and he suggested that I become a member of a few social media outfits. I did- Nairaland is one. He didn't say more, but I have seen more.

E-friends, it is easier to trap the water in an ocean in a glass cup than it is to see one reasonable comment on a page on Nairaland. Is it that hard to just ignore a topic if one has nothing intellectually benefiting or wise to say than insult the feelings of a tribe, religion or sex?

Look at it from here, a lot of unemployed youths are here lamenting and the story continues year in and out. If you were an employer, are you likely to take someone on a forum like this serious to conduct the affairs of your business or firm? These things matter, but it seems we either don't know or we just deny that we don't. There are people of incredible and distinguished personalities here, but with these comments fanning the embers of ethnic war, can youths like us be left with sensitive issues like nation building?

We can't lament that we are being sidelined when we lack the diplomatic tact and mental credential to make a simple remarkable comment. Insult me for this, I don't care- people take to insult when they are short of logic. But it is saddening that these e-children of ethnic war are thought to mirror the rest of us who are not in the bandwagon of victims of social, moral and intellectual decadence.

I expected that Seun or the mods would fashion out a way to halt this madness. The truth is that not paying attention to little details has lead to several wars and disasters. If this trend of singling out an ethnic group as criminals, rapists or ritualists subsists, we all may not be able to tell the story of the consequences. We can choose our actions, but we cannot choose the consequences, why don't you just keep quiet or type something worthwhile?

I am a proud Yoruba and a Christain, but I know that in my formation process, I became human first before becoming a Yoruba or a Christian and as long as the next person is human, I should be fair to him. Why can't we just live and let live? The leaders of tomorrow are just more terrible than the ones of today.

If an Igbo person is caught for doing drugs, it is not because he is Igbo- it is because of the inherent criminal nature in every human which he didn't curb. If one Hausa man is caught for terrorism, it is not because Hausa people are terrorists, it is because of the inhumane part of every human he did not restrict. If a Yoruba man is caught for raping, it does not make Yoruba people rapists, it is because that particular Yoruba man failed to control the animal instinct in him. Committing crime is never an identity of any tribe or ethnic group because speaking English does not make one a Briton.

The future awaits us- we cannot succeed in giving it the best with the way we reason, comment and react here.

Thanks

At the time of posting this-

I see that your intelligent post had not been liked by any of the mostly nuisance parading this forum, they in their drove lack the ability to incept and appreciate the significance of what you have posted, to most of them, you are writing in a foreign language, the level at which the standard had fallen argh! Words fail me

mojeer678:


Dude, google is ya friend

I know what a superior record is, you do not seem to understand my post, I know what it means but do you? If you do let us know!

mojeer678:


It's easy to spot a desperate lawyer looking for a juicy brief. Agbakoba is yearning dust. What's wrong with these individuals?

His statement that the National Industrial Court is not a superior court, despite all evidence to the contrary, that's when I knew that this yeye man has lost it!

Exactly what do you understand to be a superior court of record? It appears many of you are loosely using the term superior court of record, there couldn't be many superior court of record in one country, it will fall apart. The Courts as we know it normally operate on a doctrine of stare decisis.

This is an interesting and important legal discuss. I must declare that I am not a legal expert.

Nigerian legal system AFAIK is closely in line with the British legal system.

In the UK, the Upper Tribunal is a court of record, an appeal from a decision of the Upper Tribunal always lies with the Court of Appeal in England & Wales and Inner Court of Session in Scotland, and the Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland, however this does not put the Upper Tribunal judges in the same footing or position of power as the High Court judges. The High court can dismiss a conclusion of the Upper Tribunal without question, whereas the Upper Tribunal could not disagree with the conclusion of a High court judge.

A tribunal is not the same as court, and whilst they may have similar authorities, I stand to be corrected as to the position in Nigeria, the High court prima facie does appear to have the power to review the CCB's decision, review and appeal are two separate things in law.

In the UK, judicial review of an Upper Tribunal's decision lies with the High Court whereas an appeal of an Upper Tribunal's decision lies with the Court of Appeals.