RiceProducers:


Mounted, not necessarily integrated. Integration is a software thing. It is laptop based work on the computers inside the aircraft and then the mounting.

I am just wondering whether the final integrations won't be done in Nigeria or not

This is a non-argument except you just wish to argue for argument sake. It is already integrated. Otherwise, what have the pilots been training with all these months?

Xbee007:

This is a non-argument except you just wish to argue for argument sake. It is already integrated. Otherwise, what have the pilots been training with all these months?

I agree. I forgot there were live weapons training already done. That's good news. So they are ready to be pressed in service. Thanks

RiceProducers:


I agree. I forgot there were live weapons training already done. That's good news. So they are ready to be pressed in service. Thanks

Yes, straight into service.

What happened to this Paramount Group Aircraft?

kabe1:
What happened to this Paramount Group Aircraft?

I came here to post this. It's at the USSOCOM trials for Armed Overwatch. No details yet.

Lurker4Long:


I came here to post this. It's at the USSOCOM trials for Armed Overwatch. No details yet.

If there was any chance initially for this aircraft, this accident has completely destroyed it.

Lurker4Long:


I came here to post this. It's at the USSOCOM trials for Armed Overwatch. No details yet.

kabe1:


If there was any chance initially for this aircraft, this accident has completely destroyed it.

How?

Odunayaw:
How?

You're in a competition with other aircrafts, and your aircraft sustains this sort of accident.

You don't have a chance any more.

Your rivals will capitalize on this, the client would also score your aircraft poorly.

Military releases 1,009 ex-Boko Haram fighters to Borno govt



https://punchng.com/military-releases-1009-ex-boko-haram-fighters-to-borno/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1626327812

kabe1:


You're in a competition with other aircrafts, and your aircraft sustains this sort of accident.

You don't have a chance any more.

Your rivals will capitalize on this, the client would also score your aircraft poorly.

Too simplistic. Except the cause of the accident raises eyebrows there'd nothing like all you've said.

Odunayaw:
Too simplistic. Except the cause of the accident raises eyebrows there'd nothing like all you've said.

No need to argue over this, end results will tell.

Off-topic:
registration for 35-50 year olds to get vaccinated opened last night and I duly registered. Got my first jab an hour ago.

Lurker4Long:
Off-topic:
registration for 35-50 year olds to get vaccinated opened last night and I duly registered. Got my first jab an hour ago.

Congratulations!!!

kabe1:
Nigeria's advanced maritime security surveillance system, Falcon Eye

Nice stuff...seems you guys are investing lots of resources on your navy.

kikuyu1:


I rmbr a decade or so ago it was basically an open field and only a couple of 25 and 50 m firing lanes would let you know it was a shooting range!
Now they're holding IDPA tournaments. Mind you, it's mainly civvies, connected though behind it all. We've a depth of naturally talented shooters and in couple of years will compete with SA.


[url][https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/sports/Sports/2001416785/results-kenyan-shooters-hold-benchmark-tournament-ahead-of-idpa-championshipurl]

After westgate and dusit there has been a surge of civilians wanting to own firearms . Gunshops and dealers have also Increased ... though the govt is making it hard especially the licensing part.

FIRST BATCH OF A-29 SUPER TUCANO AIRCRAFT DEPART THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FOR NIGERIA

The first batch of 6 A-29 Super Tucano aircraft have departed the United States of America on Wednesday, 14 July 2021 enroute Nigeria. The 6 aircraft will be leapfrogged through 5 countries including Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Spain and Algeria before arriving their final destination in Nigeria towards the end of July 2021.

An official induction ceremony of the aircraft into the inventory of the Nigerian Air Force is already being planned at a later date in August 2021 to be announced in due course. The Office of the Director of Public Relations and Information remains open to any inquiry regarding the arrival and induction of the aircraft.

Thank you.

Edward Gabkwet
Air Commodore
Director of Public Relations and Information
Nigerian Air Force
15 July 2021

NTSA:

Nice stuff...seems you guys are investing lots of resources on your navy.

Investing in the Nigerian Air Force - Yes

Nigerian Navy- Not really

NTSA:

Nice stuff...seems you guys are investing lots of resources on your navy.

Nigerian spends around 4 billion dollars on defence, most of the funds go to the air force.

I'll say 45% to the Air Force, 30% to the army and 25% to the Navy.

Nigerian Navy Naval Air Station we can see 2 x AW-139 and 1 x A-109 about to take off.

bidexiii:
Military releases 1,009 ex-Boko Haram fighters to Borno govt



https://punchng.com/military-releases-1009-ex-boko-haram-fighters-to-borno/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1626327812

REPORTS ON RELEASE OF BOKO HARAM FIGHTERS IN BORNO FALSE

The Nigerian Army (NA) has been notified of a media publication alleging that the NA has handed over 1009 Ex-Boko Haram fighters to Borno State government. The report also alleged that the event was shrouded in secrecy. This report, is obviously one of those attempts to dampen troops' morale and denegrate the NA, riding on the back of unsubstantiated report and misinformation.

While the NA would not want to join issues with the masterminds of this false narrative, it is important to set the records straight.

It is an indisputable fact that the ongoing Counter Terrorism Counter Insurgency Operations (CTCOIN) in the North East has led to the arrest of several terrorism/insurgency suspects. These suspects have been held in custody, while undergoing profiling and further investigations by experts from the Joint Investigation Centre (JIC) and those who are found culpable are usually handed over to prosecuting agencies accordingly, while those who are not implicated in terrorism and insurgency are cleared and released to the state government for rehabilitation before they are reintegrated into the society. These cleared suspects are therefore not ex Boko Haram fighters, as peddled in the said online report and as the masterminds would want to impress on the public. A total of 1009 cleared suspects, not ex fighters, were therefore released after this rigorous process on Wednesday 14 July 2021. It is also necessary to categorically state that the handing over of the cleared suspects was not shrouded in secrecy as it was witnessed by United Nations Humanitarian and government agencies, in tandem with global best practice.

The NA therefore urges the general public to discountenance this misinformation, as it is evidently a manipulation and distortion of the truth and reality of the event.

ONYEMA NWACHUKWU
Brigadier General
Director Army Public Relations
15 July 2021

Nigeria to have Africa’s strongest military
– Osinbajo

He said in a few years, Nigeria would become “by far, the greatest military force in Africa.”

“We are Africa’s largest economy by GDP – states of Nigeria have larger economies than many African States. We have become the last frontier for major economic growth.

Vice President of Nigeria
Professor Yemi Osinbajo

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/340110-nigeria-to-have-africas-strongest-military-osinbajo.html

Nigerian Air Force A-29 Super Tucano

kabe1:
Nigerian Air Force A-29 Super Tucano

Rejoice not my beloved people for these things you see are not instruments of war. They are farm implements remodeled to look terrifying. Why are they not being considered for armed overwatch? Because they can be armed but they cannot watch.

These things do not deserve an induction.

Salatavor:
[s]Rejoice not my beloved people for these things you see are not instruments of war. They are farm implements remodeled to look terrifying. Why are they not being considered for armed overwatch? Because they can be armed but they cannot watch[/s].

You're a nonentity.

kabe1:


You're a nonentity.

so why then do you quiver and squirm in fear before me?

The instruments that your masters have acquired cannot withstand the terror of a potent foe. These aircrafts are at best good for wildlife hunting expeditions. I believe a nation that has attached the word giant to its name should not walk in the footsteps of ants.

Russia's new 5th Gen single engine aircraft targeted at the export market.

Aircraft is due to be unveiled at MAKS 2021

Nigerian locally made Inshore Patrol Boats and Rhibs( imported) due for commissioning.

Odunayaw:
Too simplistic. Except the cause of the accident raises eyebrows there'd nothing like all you've said.

I'm always in awe of people gifted with the talent to determine what went wrong -in a situation with multiple possibilities- based on looking at a photo.

Salatavor:
Rejoice not my beloved people for these things you see are not instruments of war. They are farm implements remodeled to look terrifying. Why are they not being considered for armed overwatch? Because they can be armed but they cannot watch.

These things do not deserve an induction.

Once in 365 days resist the urge to be an idiot

At least have dignity and stop being a mumu on every post

Close up shots of new Russian single engine 5th generation fighter.


I would think the Nigerian Air Force would be very interested in this aircraft.

VIP transport AW 139, NAF 540 and NAF 541 in Kano yesterday....just been wondering if anyone has an idea on the status of NAF AW101 both of them ?