![]() ![]() All of the Napoleonic and Coalition wars saw French governments secure until defeated militarily in the field, and catastrophically so. The French haven't suffered any social upheaval or revolution in any conflict in centuries - their revolutions always came from internal matters. Even then, the bloodletting didn't begin until the war was over, and was directly related to a siege of Paris. ![]() The United States is one of the major arms suppliers for Nigeria, including recently for aircraft it uses in its long conflict with jihadists in the country’s northeast.Pray tell, when exactly did the French fall down in internal chaos in another conflict? The only time that the French in a war suffered internal social upheaval and revolution was in 1870 and that was when the emperor was captured in battle and the entire French army effectively lost in the field. “As a first priority, we need to prevent or deter a Chinese space on the Atlantic coast of Africa,” he said, according to a US Department of Defense statement. Townsend, commander of the US Africa Command, told Congress the US military was concerned about China opening a naval base on Africa’s coast. One of the three ships, the destroyer Nanning, berthed in Lagos and the three will leave on Wednesday, according to the Chinese embassy in Nigeria. “They hope the visit will strengthen ties between the two navies.” The visit is to improve diplomacy,” Nigeria’s navy spokesman Commodore Ayo Vaughan said. ![]() “They are on port call on completion of task before heading home. The Gulf of Guinea - a major shipping route stretching 5,700 kilometers (over 3,500 miles) from Senegal to Angola - has long been at risk from piracy with Nigerian gangs carrying out most attacks on foreign shipping vessels.Ĭhina’s Escort Task Group 162 compromising three ships arrived in Nigeria after escorting a Chinese merchant vessel from the Gulf of Aden, according to Nigeria’s navy. The visit comes after US defense officials last year expressed concern over Chinese plans for a military base on West Africa’s Atlantic coast.Ĭhina is a major investor in infrastructure projects in Nigeria, including in the recently opened Lekki deep sea port near the economic capital Lagos. Three Chinese warships are visiting Nigeria as part of growing naval cooperation between the two countries, officials said on Monday. ![]()
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