jteku:


Is there any African nation that has produce an engine from scratch

MiddleDimension:


why can't they? #JustAQuestion

PrinxArthur1:
even apple import from China!!

nemesis8u:


That's a factor but not the factor .

Most cutting edge technologies are in the hands of western countries which they won't share , if one were to seek to develop one the R & D and test cycle will be close to a decade , the production cycle close to another decade . By then technology will have moved by 2 decades.

The whole process then becomes redundant , though u now have a base atleast to try to shorten the technological curve with ur own next iteration of the same.

Case of glass half empty or half full.

People underestimate the really huge range of technologies that needs decades of steady investment.

Eg adhesives , everyone knows what it is , but do u know there are mil grade adhesives , there r aerospace grade adhesives , space grade adhesives , nuclear grade adhesives, there r automobile grade adhesives used not just for sticking 2 pieces together but for use in micro nano scale components for processing .

Developing the same will require a decade with no guaranteed success in the required domains.

Point being it's not the cost only but range of other factors . One can develop the same provided one is willing to invest lot of time money effort on the same come what may , even at great loss.

Add to it other countries will try to play spoilsport all the way along

MiddleDimension:


why can't they? #JustAQuestion

shadowprimezero:
New acquisition.

jln115:
any idea on what class of ship it will be?

Odunayaw:
Its in the pic, LST.
But looking at immediate issues I can't get why its such a pressing demand. Maybe because of the Gambian issue last time?

jln115:
any idea on what class of ship it will be?

Odunayaw:
Its in the pic, LST.
But looking at immediate issues I can't get why its such a pressing demand. Maybe because of the Gambian issue last time?

Odunayaw:
Its in the pic, LST.
But looking at immediate issues I can't get why its such a pressing demand. Maybe because of the Gambian issue last time?

Jimi24:


You dont see a need to move half a battalion of men and their equipment with an onboard chopper and drop them anywhere in the Nigerian coast or west african coast? . I do.
NN has even acquired the chopper for this ship if what we hear is anything to go by. Apart from a submarine, this was one of NN's most glaring capability deficiencies

Odunayaw:
Its in the pic, LST.
But looking at immediate issues I can't get why its such a pressing demand. Maybe because of the Gambian issue last time?

jln115:
Quite impressive:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCTPSoaUtwk

kabe1:


Very impressive ship.

jln115:
so much one can do with a ship like this..............will be a great addition to the NN

kabe1:
New Nigerian navy ship coming may 2020

Absolute beauty of a ship

kabe1:
Ezugwu MRAP costs 70 million Naira. A foreign MRAP costs between 500,000 - 1 million dollars.

The EZUGWU can withstand 12kg mine blown underneath, that's more than the Reva MRAP, CS/VP3 and Proforce ARA II can withstand.

jln115:


Yes I know what a LST............maybe should of said Type or Model....but shadowprimezero at least understood the question

But in all honesty If i was in your shoes i wouldn't be complaining, a LST is a great asset to have.

kabe1:


The EZUGWU can withstand 12kg mine blown underneath, that's more than the ... Proforce ARA II can withstand.

kabe1:
Ezugwu MRAP costs 70 million Naira. A foreign MRAP costs between 500,000 - 1 million dollars.

The EZUGWU can withstand 12kg mine blown underneath, that's more than the Reva MRAP, CS/VP3 and Proforce ARA II can withstand.