C'mon Westgate was never supposed to be a military operation in the 1st place.

It's a fact that when going into war with another country in their territory then ground tactics are way ahead of weaponry and number of troops. The latter compliment the former. Remember Ethiopia took over Somalia in months, but also had to leave in months after the situation got unbearable. Kenya took a longer time to take Kismayu, but has consolidated its hold there, Ethiopia now has a chance to sneak back into Somalia!!!!

@guru..you clearly have issues with KDF,right? And it has everything to do with the OLN foray into soomaliya!

You cannot use the Westgate fiasco (we still dont know the full story,do we?) as a yardstick of KDF's abilities while blissfully ignoring the fully military Op in Kismayu. KDF's amphibious landing to retake kismayo was a major strategic and intelligence move involving real-time coordination of the 3 branches of the armed forces (and military intelligence) and instantly made military chiefs in the region (+western militaries and west africa) sit up and take notice and totally change their perception of KDF - why, it is case study in major military schools now! The West african's even came to Nbi to take notes on this Op. when they wanted to go into Mali!

@Swenani..be careful of that site, like the other Strategic Intelligence News its full of planted info and half-truths...

About Angolan army anyone who disputes they are one of Africa's strongest, experienced and well-armed militaries is wasting your time, simply don't argue with them.

Ethiopian army is also large and experienced but short on strategies - akin to a large blundering giant that comes crushing everything in its sight but doesnt think of the aftermath. That is why they cant sustain military expeditions ala Somalia campaigns.

KDF are a small disciplined professional army good in strategy and modern tactics ala Special Forces and Deltas - they were the vanguard team that played a key role in Kismayo's capture. KDF could do even better with modern equipment (bulk of our F-5s fighters were bought by Old Man Jomo). If you are stuck with the conduct of a few soldiers at westgate ala Nakumatt paperbags then you are missing out on the bigger picture. Its like saying the U.S. militray is indisciplined just because some soldiers actually looted from Sadam's palaces in 1991. Shauri wako.

@Intellintentsia, Well grounded submissions, ahasante!!!

oh really, tell us more

Egypt employed its best military strategy yet at Youm Kippur. Won some battles but lost the war. Propagada in Egypt focus on a few decisive battlefront upsets.

Think about the evolution of military strategy as well. Today, Egypt cannot even dream of attacking Israel - well, nobody can except China. Not even Russ. Israel's entente with Egypt is anchored on commercial interests. E.G. Israel grows best fruits, sell them to Egypt who rebrand it and sell to Arab world.

But Egypt is arguably the strongest military in Africa. When we shall be discussing the strongest police force in Africa, SA will feature prominently.

Like Obama told Romney, military evolves. Kenya has a small, disciplined and intelligent military. The future of military is not numbers or equipment. It is the head.

There is a certain country with a cyber warfare regiment. They can shut down major, digital cities in minutes...