africaken254:
drive around 30km fence,so in total you have covered almost 60kmn. thats is just pure Genius

giles14:
wen I saw beeg's tweets on the issue I can't help but laugh.

America dis western dat.
wot we need is available in Russia China Belarus Pakistan even israel with the right incentive will sell.
and delivery will be on time

Henry240:


It's important for the navy as it allows a large ship like NNS Centenary appear as a small boat on radar.

Imagine a suspicious ship loading a million litres at sea, a large ship like the NNS Unity could easily spike the criminals, given them enough time to flee. However scenarios immediately change if a they aren't able to positively identify the incoming ship.



NNS Unity and Centenary are both much larger variants of the normal Type056. They could, if required be able to accommodate missiles.

Patchesagain:


You don't know that

Henry240:


.....but nobody asked them to buy F-16s. The jf-17 is available, the J-10 is also there, there is also the Mig-29smt or M.

3 good choices of available birds, why bother with American?

tdayof:



Explain better.

tdayof:
four super mushak around already. I have got pictures.

henry240
odunayaw

tdayof:
four super mushak around already. I have got pictures.

henry240
odunayaw

Xer0:
Glad tidings, this means the JF 17 is around the corner

Tinfoil:


Ordinary law abiding people will cross through the official border post, for the rest 30km will not deter them, as usual your small brain is not able to fathom the big picture.

tdayof:
four super mushak around already. I have got pictures.

henry240
odunayaw

tdayof:
four super mushak around already. I have got pictures.

henry24
odunayaw

giles14:
wen I saw beeg's tweets on the issue I can't help but laugh.

America dis western dat.
wot we need is available in Russia China Belarus Pakistan even israel with the right incentive will sell.
and delivery will be on time.


Oga henry any idea about the loan the Russian granted us during the last days of GEJ

Henry240:


Where are the other photos?

You said you got pictures?

tdayof:



Explain better.

bidexiii:

easy man........

tdayof:
four super mushak around already. I have got pictures.

henry240
odunayaw

tdayof:



Yea I heard the delay is probably due to the dual seat version NAF wants.

Henry240:


The dual seater would fly at the end of this year or early January. However, the single seat versions should have been delivered since.

Henry240:
@Giles14 this is for you. The CAS specifically read your comment.



CAS denies Agusta AW 101 helicopter crash landed in
Makurdi


[b]The Chief of Air Staff, CAS, Sadique Abubakar, has disclosed
that the Agusta AW 101 helicopter handed over to the
Nigerian Air Force, NAF, by President Muhammadu Buhari,
was used to convey the 21 Chibok girls released by Boko
Haram from Maiduguri to Abuja, adding that it was not true
that the air craft crash landed in Makurdi, Benue State.
Speaking with some online journalists in Abuja on Saturday,
he explained that the aircraft landed successfully in
Makurdi, but only had problem while taxiing to park.
He also debunked speculations in some quarters that the
pilots who flew the helicopter caused the incident, stating
that they were the ones who had been operating the aircraft
while it was still in the Presidential Air Fleet, adding that the
pilots were the ones that used it to successfully fly the
released Chibok girls at night.


According to him, “What happened in Makurdi was not a
crash. Immediately we received the aircraft, we took one of
them to Kaduna to paint it into desert camouflage. They
removed the seal of the President and painted it into a
combat machine. When they finished the painting, they were
supposed to go to Maiduguri but they needed to go to
Makurdi to pick certain things before proceeding to
Maiduguri. So the aircraft took off from Kaduna, landed
perfectly in Makurdi, they were just taxiing to go and park
when the incident happened. I don’t want to preempt
whatever investigation that is going on.


“Those same pilots were the ones that picked the 21 Chibok
girls that were moved out in the night and brought them
back to Maiduguri and from Maiduguri to Abuja. So
accidents happen and we are investigating to find out why it
happened and we will make it public when we get the
picture of what really happened.”[/b]


While extolling President Buhari for surrendering the aircraft
to NAF, Abubakar stated that there are few persons who can
give up such comfort, adding that the President realised that
the air force had need for it.
His words, “The Augusta 101 was given to the air force from
the presidential air fleet. It is a wonderful aircraft and for
the president to surrender and give out his comfort for us to
go and remove those comfortable chairs and convert the
aircraft to troop carrier, there are very few people that can
surrender that kind of comfort so that our troops can use
the aircraft.
“He has realized that we needed the aircraft to be able to
move. If you look at the size of the Northeast, it is quite
huge. We were very happy when the president said take
these two aircraft and convert it. We have people who have
been flying the aircraft because the Presidential Air Fleet,
PAF, is ran by the air force including the president’s aircraft.
So it is not as if people were not trained; people were
trained and right now. We invited the manufacturer of the
aircraft to see how we can convert it from a presidential
aircraft to troop carriers and ambulance.
“In fact, one of the airplanes were used to recover the 21
Chibok girls. One of the air crafts is what we used to fly them
from where they were released in Maiduguri and
subsequently to Abuja. And it was in the night that our pilots
flew them. So what I am saying is that accidents will always
happen no matter what you do.”
The Air Chief went on to reply those who criticise the
Nigerian Air Force for still retaining old aircraft, explaining
that such persons are ignorant of what the Service passes
through before it can acquire new aircraft or the equipment.
This was as he disclosed that the procurement of aircraft
equipment is shrouded in a lot of politics.
According to him, “Sometimes I see online comments ‘why is
Nigeria operating these old aircraft, I just laugh’. I say the
man is ignorant because he doesn’t know. Even if you have
your money to buy an aircraft, you might not see one, not
even an aircraft, spare parts and that is why we are forced to
go into R and D (research and development).
“To get just quotation: please tell me how much is this
aircraft, it might take you four months to get response
depending on the type of relationship you have with the
country or wherever you are buying these things. So it is not
an easy thing. People will say why are you not buying F16,
why are you not buying these aircraft.
“Even if you have the money, the manufacturer may decide
not to sell to you, we have human rights issues for instance;
they can use whatever excuse not to sell to you and you go
back with your money and that is why we said look, we know
what we want, we know what we have. we know the gap
between what we want and what we have.
“So what we need to do now is to put up a strategy that will
help us to make the best of what is available. We have an air
force plane that can be used for training and fighting. But all
the while we have been using it for training, we know this
aircraft can actually carry objects, it’s there in the manual;
we know it but we have not been using it because there was
no need for it.
“But when we have challenges here and there , we put back
the weapon system and activate it and we train our guys to
fire with that aircraft.”


https://www.today.ng/news/nigeria/225781/cas-denies-
agusta-101-helicopter-crash-landed-makurdi

giles14:
Oga Henry no mind the CAS do they ever agree on any thing.

every international defense news outlets reported it.so its either the CAS is economical with the truth or the chopper that crashed is not the AW101

Henry240:


Where are the other photos?

You said you got pictures?

chkil:
Soummam training ship - Algerian Navy

5500 t, 132 m

[img]http://s.photosight.ru/img/b/e5f/4301052_large.jpg[/img]

Patchesagain:


Mirage F1AZs from Paramount would be a better deal

Pay in Rands, no political issues and you get an excellent aircraft as well as in-house training from Paramount. Not to mention the huge pool of (grey-haired) well trained technicians

giles14:
you south Africans cannot be trusted,your dealing with GEJ shows you are just the west puppets

tdayof:

Lol. I'll upload the rest when I get to my room. they're on my laptop.

Henry240:


Don't mind Patches, he is talking his usual dust.


What is an OPV, an OPV is a Corvette or Frigate that has been stripped of it's missiles and instead channeled to patrol duties.
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