Henry240:

Africa Aerospace and Defence expo South-Africa. It is one of 4 bi-annual defence shows held in Africa. The other's Marrakesh in Morroco, Shield Africa in Ivory Coast and Cairo air show which holds in Egypt.

Nigeria used to have one, but it was cancelled after 2 editions in 2010 and 2012.

barineh:



Our military would be sanctioned by the US. They did same to China recently.
It depends some contracts were signed before these sanctions went into effect.
For example the contracts for the Helicopters were signed in 2016.
No law can simply erase a contract due to sanctions.

frumentius:


You forgot the mods done for the Singaporeans.

kikuyu1:


Quick-we need the auto 120 mm mortar carrier to equip our motorised brigades!

NNAMDIII:
Oh! I've really learnt alot from this forum

The Africa Aerospace and Defence (AAD) is Africa’s only aerospace and defence expo that combines both a trade exhibition and an air show.

It is also the only international defence exhibition and conference in the African region demonstrating the latest technology across land, sea, and air...

frumentius:
Really can't understand our Britisher cousins sometimes. Having foolishly decoupled from the EU, they decide the old Commonwealth will be the replacement market. Then PM May goes on a 3-nation safari, makes an arse of herself and only focuses on trade discussions in only 1 country. In the other 2 she talks aid -despite Kenya's Uhuru Kenyatta's valiant efforts to steer the conversation towards trade; I can't make head or tail what Nigeria's Buhari's intent was.

In the 21st century, the Britishers still haven't gone beyond beads, trinkets and mirrors.
Read their words: http://www.defenceweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=53204:uk-says-it-is-looking-for-sa-defence-partnerships&catid=56:diplomacy-a-peace&Itemid=111

and then judge their deeds:

PIC: the vehicle the UK stupidly withdrew from service, upon which base SA created the vastly superior Gecko, exhibited at AAD2018 as part of the effort to announce that "Britain is back!"

frumentius:
Really can't understand our Britisher cousins sometimes. Having foolishly decoupled from the EU, they decide the old Commonwealth will be the replacement market. Then PM May goes on a 3-nation safari, makes an arse of herself and only focuses on trade discussions in only 1 country. In the other 2 she talks aid -despite Kenya's Uhuru Kenyatta's valiant efforts to steer the conversation towards trade; I can't make head or tail what Nigeria's Buhari's intent was.

In the 21st century, the Britishers still haven't gone beyond beads, trinkets and mirrors.
Read their words: http://www.defenceweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=53204:uk-says-it-is-looking-for-sa-defence-partnerships&catid=56:diplomacy-a-peace&Itemid=111

and then judge their deeds:

PIC: the vehicle the UK stupidly withdrew from service, upon which base SA created the vastly superior Gecko, exhibited at AAD2018 as part of the effort to announce that "Britain is back!"

frumentius:


Who no know go know...



More here: https://mybroadband.co.za/news/trending/276727-aad-2018-photos-of-the-awesome-jets-tanks-and-weapons-on-display.html

61mech:

Does anyone have info on the new PGM displayed with the Ahrlac and the Swift upgrade from Paramount ?

61mech:
Commonwealth total GDP = $6 trillion (subtract UK of course)
India = $2.256 trillion Will absolutely fleece the UK in any trade deal.
Canada = $1.529 trillion Not legally able to do any trade deal with the UK that negatively impacts any EU country (as per their EU trade deal, w which ironically includes the UK until nxt year)
Australia = $1.258 trillion Same goes here as per the stipulations in the TTP trade agreement.

That leaves about 1 trillion in the rest. Prey tell what the UK is going to export to these remaining countries ? Most of whom doesn't even have proper ports. Why would countries like SA,Nigeria and Brazil risk access to the $20 trillion EU market for a deal with Miss May ?
The UK is in for a lost decade like Japans economy went through.

61mech:

Does anyone have info on the new PGM displayed with the Ahrlac and the Swift upgrade from Paramount ?

Truvelo launches new AMRIS 20x42 mm rifle
It is light enough to be carried in a sniper’s backpack but powerful enough to take out a vehicle.
As salesman Elardus de Lang explains: “it’s a much cheaper option than calling in an airstrike or firing a missile, indeed the fact that it is subsonic with a suppressor makes it an ideal sniper’s secondary weapon, fitting snuggly inside a backpack when the butt is folded, shortening the rifle from 1100mm to 815mm. Weighing 10.2kg without a scope it is easily carried by a single soldier, unlike the 1 824mm long 20x110m Hispano which is normally mounted on a tripod, weighs a total of 32kg and is served by a three person team.

The 20x42mm AMRIS is specc-ed according to the manufacturer at 2 MOA (minute of angle) accuracy at 500m with a range of 1 000m (ammunition dependent); its bigger siblings with longer cartridges have longer ranges, with the 20x110mm Hispano almost double the 20x42 AMRIS, but that’s exactly the point.

The fact that the rifle has a suppressor at the end of the barrel and fires subsonic rounds means it’s an ideal sniper weapon to complement Truvelo’s .338 Lapua, a more conventional precision rifle for anti-personnel targets.

Lots of talk from the troops manning displays that the US brought an extra plane at night that was taken straight to one of the non-accessible to the public hangars and only special cavalcades are allowed in to see it.

Wonder if this is the P-8 that was said to be coming but never seen outside ?

Guess whatever it is is in the old 707 hangars

BlackBaron:
One partially unrelated news...
ROSOBORONEXPORT, the main export arm for Russian hardware is under US sanction for propping up Assad.

What are the possible implications if Nigeria goes to Russia for weapons while we're still awaiting Tucano jets?

frumentius:
Really can't understand our Britisher cousins sometimes. Having foolishly decoupled from the EU, they decide the old Commonwealth will be the replacement market. Then PM May goes on a 3-nation safari, makes an arse of herself and only focuses on trade discussions in only 1 country. In the other 2 she talks aid -despite Kenya's Uhuru Kenyatta's valiant efforts to steer the conversation towards trade; I can't make head or tail what Nigeria's Buhari's intent was.

In the 21st century, the Britishers still haven't gone beyond beads, trinkets and mirrors.
Read their words: http://www.defenceweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=53204:uk-says-it-is-looking-for-sa-defence-partnerships&catid=56:diplomacy-a-peace&Itemid=111

and then judge their deeds:

PIC: the vehicle the UK stupidly withdrew from service, upon which base SA created the vastly superior Gecko, exhibited at AAD2018 as part of the effort to announce that "Britain is back!"

Field0Marshall:
It took me 3 mins to understand the sentence... With appropriate punctuation marks, it would have been easy like;
Who no know, go know.

kikuyu1:


The Brits have been overtaken by new realities so comprehensively those who see the big picture must still be in shock. Here they used to supply military equipment without tenders,unbelievable as that sounds. Our Vosper Thorneycraft,Hunters and Vickers 3 all came at that time. Ishyt changed in 2003 and they tried to bribe us with the Mk 1 SA 80,whose mag often fell out (no ishyt!) and the 120 mm Vickers 7 a nd a frigate rebuilt around a 2nd hand engine.
On hearing,"thanks but no thanks!,"they did their best to undermine the Kibaki gov and nearly succeeded-luckily we're resilient but many of ns will never forget. Now there's Su 25s,L 15s,Chinese and Indian hulls all at a better price,btw. In a truly competetive market,Johnny Brit is fcvked! Btw,are there destroyers still tied up at home?

Henry240:
Repost

Nigerian army combat footage from 1 year ago.

Still a very nice video to watch.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Uw84u75BrI