Litmus:
I would never buy technology this crucial from Pakistan or India. We're thinking too narrowly humbly at this point, it seems.




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TKcRSsc_KM

I posted the you-tube featured aircraft sometime ago. As we strive to create a modern air-force, this type of aircraft should form the majority of our basic fleet, therefore our third best assets, then we'd have more sophisticated second and first rated fighters. Buying from Pakistan and India firmly places our ambition as typically African.

NB

In many ways the Scorpion does look like one of those patronizing technologies created for the third-world market but it has the advantage for us of being modern and something we could take apart and learn from how to build our own indigenous air vehicles.

Missy89:

i doubt it.
There is no reason to since it cannot be made locally. China/Pakistan will only have their personnel in Nigeria to maintain it and we will pay for it just like the Hinds.

Personally, i think it is a bad idea. not a fan of a one engine jet fighter

felifeli:


You are still a lvnatic. Real people don't live on the internet. They live in real houses and have real friends, familes and real jobs. Go get a life , you are a slimy brainless worm.

holatin:
cool !
I just pray e no end for boko haram hand.

Vikkie14:

There is nothing like off radar my brother. Radar isnt some kind of television you can turn on and off. Or you think there is just one radar in the whole of US then? Those planes are not stealth planes bro, they are commercial planes. Even a stealth plane is nt completely off radar as in the case of F117 night hawk. Stealth only make jets "partially" invisible and invicible on the radar bros. Or are you saying those F16 or F15 eagles that were drafted doesnt have their radar? Bro, every fighter jets have their own inbuilt RADAR and Infrared trackers, or you think they make use of ground radars to attack up there? No matter the problem the controller may encounter, the jet doesnt rely on the ground radar. Ground radar is just for tracking and detection of "unwanted" guest and to alert a response of interception.
A country that has the capability to fire 15,000 nuclear missiles within 15minutes notice and you expect their Airforce to be a junk?

hazyfm:
[size=38pt]LOOKS LIKE A TOY[/size]

I HOPE THIS IS NOT CHINA?

ducii:


http://youtu.be/-iWtgF1XU_s

Litmus:
Gtrust, you misunderstand. There's a difference between thinking like an African and thinking like an African. you're drawing reference to the state of being a developing Nation. Nigerians think like Africans the majority of people i know from other African nations think like colonial masters want Africans to think.

Litmus:
I would never buy technology this crucial from Pakistan or India. We're thinking too narrowly humbly at this point, it seems.

SirShymex:


Well, it's not about being able to make it locally, the technology transfer would at least give them insight into all the technical stuffs, on how it was built. And it might be helpful in future projects, don't you think?

Anyway, these ones are still better that obsolete Alpha Jets they have now. Not that impressed as well, but at least they bought something.

Akalia:
In as much as am a military aircraft enthusiast, i quite don't like NAF procuring Fighter jets from non-european and American Manufacturers. Reason been that military aircrafts made in europe and america is superior to what china or any asian manufacturer has to offer.
I remember vividly shortly after the NAF procurred some chinese F-7, series of crashes happened, basically because this machines are not very mechanically stable.

Litmus:
One advantage in selling to Nigeria is you can sell 'em any crap you want; for, if things go wrong, you can blame them and everyone will accept its their fault including Nigerians themselves.

The Chinese will sell us stuff and do the best that they can to make sure it work so you''d come back next time to buy from them. Indians will sell you things that they themselves won't ever touch- such as embalmed chicken in Rhy-lane Peckham - I'm supposing the Pakistanis are like Indians.

Cannonleo:


jf-17 is a joint initaitive china and pakistan..so where do u place "chincopakstani"in the equation

holatin:
cool !
I just pray e no end for boko haram hand.

Ovamboland:


It's even worse than Chinko, it is pakistani which is worse than India

podosci:

lol...If Boko collect this one, nah to pack dey go Niger repulblic

Horus:


Terrorist organisations have the capability to fly planes. Remember 9/11 at the World Trade Center

GenBuhari:
No high profile Doctor would fail to have some sort of web presence in 2014

What about finding web presence for Patrick Sawyer - supposedly a high profile minister in Liberia's govt.

GenBuhari:
Please provide a link for any internet / web presence for the so called Dr Adadevoh prior to the Ebola outbreak. Until you can do that then you have no basis for calling anyone a lunatic

Williamso:


All you need to do is Google-search the names, and edit the dates (via search tools) to get the info you're looking for; and ultimately rid yourself of this lunacy...

GenBuhari:
Go ahead and prove that you can find them.

Williamso:

http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/new-appointments-at-learn-africa-plc/143749/
http://41.203.6.134/sf/index.php?page=person&personcode=209027
I guess it's now safe to say you are a lunatic!!!

realnas:
my guy all these noise u r makin bout western weapons being superior to weapons mde in asia and the near east is nothin but hogwash ! For ur information chinese and russian weapons r rugged .easy to maintain and they come cheap meanin countries lik nigeria wit our poor maintenance culture can actually afford to operate these platforms . Do u expect naija to buy f 16s,apache helos etc? Haa mr man wake up frm ur slumber and face reality weapons frm america come wit a lot of restrictions ,they r veri expensive , d americansand d british place a lot of restrictions on what we can do with their weapons if u r not convinced go and read about d sepecat jaguar debacle and see hw britain frustrated nigeria to d extent nig had to ground her entire fleet due to british black mail go ahead kip livin in a fool's paradise waitin 4 f16s . Typical nigerian mindset of thinkin that non western things r inferior

Missy89:

What future project? I doubt the radar would be as good as that of the Chinese and Pakistan version anyway. the only way you can get an insight to the tech is to have them built in Nigeria. that is how the Chinese knew how to build their own version of Su27 and how Pakistan could build their own J17.

Deals like this will include a long term maintenance and training program for the pilots that would fly it and the engineers that will maintain it. If they agree to train local engineers to maintain it the long term, Those engineers will sure have an idea on how to maintain a new aircraft but not how to build it.

If they are getting 2 squadrons, thats between 25 to 50 aircrafts. That wont be enough incentive for the Chinese/Pakistan to show you the tech. maybe if we are buying like 5 squadrons, they may send you 3 ready made squadrons and work on building a plant in Nigeria for the remaining 2. But then again, 2 squadron should just be enough for the whole country

You have a point there. Far better than the alpha Crap.

Horus:


Terrorist organisations have the capability to fly planes. Remember 9/11 at the World Trade Center

SirShymex:


Nah, I think technology was included in the initial deal. And that is a huge deal for a country like Nigeria that can't build anything. At least, if they can't use it now, it might come handy in future, when the country starts churning out real intellectuals. Also, it is 4th gen aircraft and they is nice, regardless of its capabilities.

Technology can't be lost - and getting Engineers to show you how to use the technology is the easiest part of the puzzle. Two squadrons, with probably 10 of the 4th gen Sukhois should be enough.