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11 Jul, 6 tweets, 5 min read
African countries with some of the most fearsome artillery guns.

Ethiopian army 155mm 2S19 "Msta-S" self propelled gun and 122mm BM-21 "Grad" multiple launch rocket system.
Rwanda army SH-3 122mm self propelled Howitzers and CS/SH1 122mm howitzer.
Egyptian Army 155mm M109 self propelled gun.
Egyptian army 130mm M46-1 wheeled self propelled field artillery.
Buk-M2E, Tor-M2E, S-125 "Pechora" anti-aircraft missile system.
South African Army G6-52 Self Propelled Howitzer.

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11 Jul
Hahah France24 strikes again.This time encouraging Niger Delta militants to fight for their right to equity in resource sharing.

When is France going to leave Africa alone. Conialism ended 60 years ago. They already make $500 billion in colonial taxes levied on 14 francophone
countries. These countries also domicile their foreign dollar reserves in French treasury. These countries are not legally allowed to withdraw up to 60% of their own money annually. The French use this money to trade in the stock/forex market..
..make billions of dollars in profit. None of this profit go to the impoverished African states. They are not even aware their foreign receives are traded. Apparently this not enough.

They need Uranium from Niger Republic
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10 Jul
While civil/military agencies can identify threats posed by terrorist groups to public safety, they are ill trained and equiped to effectively respond to such threats. It requires an elite crop of highly trained forces to effectively tackle threats of such nature.
Nigeria's crop of special forces units are best trained and equipped to make decisions on the precise action to take to enhance public safety and how to respond if the worst happens.
Over the years the Nigerian military has created one of the largest, best trained, equiped and efficient Special Forces units in the world.

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9 Jul
..as we discussed in Part 1. The 10 year modernization project to transform the Nigerian army's mechanized infantry units was in full swing. In 2014 the army took delivery of 10 BTR-4E 8x8 wheeled fighting vehicles from Ukraine for evaluation, with plans to aquire 90 more.
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8 Jul
I like to address DMs like this publicly for those who share similar opinions.

In Nigeria we have a myriad of militant groups that has an external dimension to it. This is not your stereotypical Niger Delta MEND agitating for a "cause" kind of group.

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..gun trucks fitted with anti-aircraft guns. Boko Haram once had a rocket making factory in the Sambisa forest. Where do you think they got the technical know-how from? ..that's right..Hezbollah. Where is Hezbollah. .middle East.
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