Do you know that the JF-17 can also be deployed in anti-ship and maritime reconnaisance missions?
That the NAF can actually have access to C-802AK anti-ship missile if situation demands.
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Also known as the YJ-83 is a jet powered anti-ship missile with a maximum range of 100 nautical miles. Programmable and can be used in different modes.
Now we cannot deny there are quality control issues with Chinese weapons. Thats a fact. They are no where near parity with West..but you also cannot deny that is a rich mans burden. Most cash strapped 3rd world armies have different mission requirements. The modular design
philosophy of Chinese and now Pakistani weapons, that are modular and incremental offers great advantages to not wealthy militaries. By modular i mean newly developed systems and weapons cant be fitted into existing platforms or interchangeable with relative ease without
..having to aquire a new platform or take apart existing frames. This way an aircraft retrofitted with the basic “Fitted for but not with” capability can become pottential strategic bomber or a ship killing weapon system, ready for weapons installation at any time.
This is an exciting time for Pakistans aircraft industry, and i dare say as these guys improve Nigeria stands to benefit immensely from whatever they come up with. Thanks to the strategic relationship between both nations. Exciting times.
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Air defense element of the NA Artillery Corp. NACA provides fire support against hostile artillery fire to manoeuvre units. They also provides Air defence cover for strategic installations as well as sensitive areas of operations.
ROLAND Short Range Air Defence System
The ZSU 23-4 Shilka is capable of acquiring, tracking and engaging low flying aircraft.
Employed in pairs 200 meters apart, 400 meters behind battalion leading elements, it is commonly used to surpress enemy ATGM launch sites, threatening army tank formation.
So hours ago the Nigerian army told the leadership of the Senate that
7,043 soldiers habve been wounded by bandits and insurgents in the last few years. Now, the army said something i feel Nigerians are yet to understand.
He lamented that Nigeria had not experienced this level
and type of insecurity. Not even during the civil war. What is he talking about?
ASSYMETRIC/HYBRID WARFARE
The nighmare of conventional forces all over the world.
Asymmetric warfare is hard to fight. In a hybrid battlefield, military might in the traditional sense counts for nothing. It doesnt matter how many submarines you have or the number of tactical nuclear warhead you have on hairs trigger alert.
This man right here, Sheikh Gumi is single handedly responsible for the death of hundreds of innocent civilians. Bandits became more brazen after his mediation effort and call for Amnesty. They have stepped up their attacks, going on a bloodlust killing spree....
.in the hopes that more civilian casualties will force the Nigerian government to the negotiating table. Sheikh Gumi even reprimanded Nigerians months ago for calling bandits criminals. He says they are not criminals, just agrieved.
This, ladies and gentlemen is what evil looks like. A religious scholar with no concience. "Its tit for tat". Niger Delta militants received Amnesty. Bandits deserve to be accorded the same priviledge.
Dont call this corruption. Corruption as bad as it is has certain limits.
Some military hardware aquired by the Nigerian military between 2016 and 2021.
This is not a comprehensive list, just the most notable.
July 2017. Nigeria took delivery of 10 Super Mushank trainers from Pakistan. The NAF had inducted the Super Mushshak aircraft into the NAF inventory in Dec 2016 courtesy of the kind gesture of Pakistan to temporarily make 4 Super Mushshak available to the NAF, at no cost.
January 2017. The NAF starts taking delivery of AW109M "Power" attack helicopters from Italy. Six helicopters were ordered and delivered in batches.
Well theres breaking news. 48 hours after announcing the withdrawal of troops from Mali, the French army miraculously kills an al-Qaeda leader in the Sahel, vowing to keep a substantial military presence in the region.
Observe the reverse psychology in motion again.
For seven years this al-Qaeda commander was elusive to French forces. No matter how hard they tried he was supposedly invisible.
Then 48 hours after Macron announced the draw down of forces in Mali the French army finally nails him !!
...and not only that, French defence minster Florence Parly vowing to keep a substantial military presence in the region.
When you take into account the mental backflip Macron has been doing in reent months you realize France has no interest in leaving Africa.
So, France suspended military and economic cooperation with the Central African Republic over growing anti-French sentiments. The Friend military said it considered the Central African Republic as complicit in an anti-French campaign. This is the modus operandi
..of France in Africa. A country is destabilized. They send troops, and set up shop. The day the host country adopts or take a position contrary to French interest, Paris threatens to withdraw its troops. There are French troops in Gabon, Niger, Chad,
Mali, Cameroon. These troops are deployed with blackmail in mind. How many times have France threatend to withdraw troops over rising anti-French sentiment? In a NATO Summit in London Macron threatened to withdraw French troops in the region over rising anti-French sentiments.