SalamRushdie:
Busy bought a propeller driven plane more expensive than an SU 29 flanker..SMH

Chefoflife:
Emerging information reveals that Nigeria was duped to the tune of over N137 billion in the purchase of 12 tucano aircraft’s from the United States without approval from the National Assembly.

President Buhari had without legislative appropriation approved the purchase of the 12 war planes from the United States at a cost of $496 million.

Interestingly, the market price of the aircraft $10.2million (bulk purchase) since we are purchasing 12 planes it should cost a total of $122.4million but Nigerians were charged $496m instead of $122m.

This means that Nigeria was duped tonthr tune of $373.6m (N137,484,400,000).

Read more>>

https://talkparlour.com/2018/04/28/nigeria-was-duped-over-n137-billion-in-purchasing-of-12-super-tucano-aircrafts-from-usa/

GodFreyinNORSE:
The negotiation for this plane started since the last regime. Unfortunately, the GEJ administration couldn't strike a deal with the erstwhile US regime wjo slammed Nigeria Military with Human Abuse. However, Buhari administration continued on the negotiation and has successfully strike a deal. The deal is not just a plane but comes with support, training and maintenance.

Firstly, the market price of the plane cost $10m. That is just the price of a single unit. We have not added the configurations, the cost of training personnels, spare parts, maintenance, bombs and rockets. From what I heard, this plane is coming with thousands of bombs and rockets, this is coming at a cost.

The warplane is not guguru and epa which you buy and simply eat. Nigeria is not technologically buoyant enough to maintain or fabricate spare parts for planes. We do not have the skills of building our own bombs or rockets. We do not have the the talents that can fly warplane without proper trainings from the manufacturer. These are what added to the cost.

Think about it... You want to buy a phone that worth $100 from Aliexpress, this phone can arrive at $200 when we add more more ram, rom, tscard, screen guide, mouse, touch pen, mode of delivery (dhl, fedex and destination), system upgrade and modification of system. This will add more to the initial cost.

So we all need to throw sentiment away and ask questions. The senate are angry because they do not have pay cuts. And Government is paying directly to US Government for the planes without intermediaries unlike what was obtained in previous government.

SternProphet:


You tried but the market price of the plane is not $10m. Why is everybody embracing of lies?. Who gave you that price?. Where is this particular plane version manufactured Brazil or US?. The price every idxxt is quoting off Wikipedia and other places, is it not 2003 price?. What has changed in the price of components and basic materials like titanium, steel, aluminium or carbon fibre? Why do we embrace ignorance and half knowledge in this country?.
MI 35M is a helicopter that Nigeria just bought , the version we bought cost $35m each. There are used MI 35 for $12m.

What of surveillance systems on It? EO/OR, same price?. There was even nothing like that on that same plane in 2003.
So many complexities. To be a youth in Nigeria is not easy. The ignorance is astonishing.

SamuelAnyawu:
We just need 15 F-16 fighting Falcons

The NAF is going through a comprehensive modernization program. The Mi-35Ms will contribute to the NAF’s close air support (CAS) efforts, which will be directed at the country’s counterinsurgency (COIN) campaigns. Nigeria is also hopeful of securing U.S. approval for the sale of Embraer EMB-314 Super Tucano CAS aircraft to bolster its CAS arm. Although a turboprop, the Super Tucano is capable of deploying air-to-ground munitions – including precision-guided bombs – much akin to a fast jet. It is often marketed as a lower cost, but attack-centric, alternative to fast jet fighters such as the F-16.

https://quwa.org/2017/01/15/nigeria-receives-two-mi-35m-attack-helicopters/

Nigeria placed a contract for six Mi-35M combat helicopters in August 2014.

https://www.airforce-technology.com/projects/mi-35m-hind-e/

GodFreyinNORSE:
@sternprophet

Please read this



From the above, it appears that Nigeria bought and had received two Mi 35M and Buhari wants to add another 12 super tucano cas aircraft to the airforce fleet.

The total order was Mi 36M is six. We have received delivery of two and awaits four.



Please elaborate more on this. Is Buhari paying for Tucano plane or Mi 35m helicopter. I need some clarification there

GodFreyinNORSE:


The Tucano plane is the best flying weapon for counter insurgency. You don't fight insurgents with jet. America and many tech advance countries owns it. Get your fact right.

Chefoflife:
Emerging information reveals that Nigeria was duped to the tune of over N137 billion in the purchase of 12 tucano aircraft’s from the United States without approval from the National Assembly.

President Buhari had without legislative appropriation approved the purchase of the 12 war planes from the United States at a cost of $496 million.

Interestingly, the market price of the aircraft $10.2million (bulk purchase) since we are purchasing 12 planes it should cost a total of $122.4million but Nigerians were charged $496m instead of $122m.

This means that Nigeria was duped tonthr tune of $373.6m (N137,484,400,000).

Read more>>

https://talkparlour.com/2018/04/28/nigeria-was-duped-over-n137-billion-in-purchasing-of-12-super-tucano-aircrafts-from-usa/

SternProphet:

Open their skull and plant it there, they'll still believe want they choose to believe.

So the Americans sending Super Tucanoes to Iraq and Afghanistan to destroy ISIS and the Taliban, they have squadrons of F16s in those countries. Those planes are useless against a small fast moving enemy that is hiding. For Iraq, ISIS came out and captured territory, the F 16s were useful in only that role.
I support Nigeria buying F 16s but it is for use against Chad, Niger, Cameroon, Sudan ...not Boko Haram. Boko Haram will dodge them and stick commit havoc. You need a slow plane that carries many cameras that can see at night and under the trees and deliver accurate bombs and rockets. A plane that is also not expensive to fly. One of the only planes like this is Super Tucano

9jaArea:

LAZY youth... Don't just start a thread about topics you know nothing about.
The same plane you are talking about can go way above $10m, the price of military platforms varies according to the level of sophistication and configuration.
The Nigerian contract is not just about the 12 war planes, the total package includes infrastructure that is needed to successfully operate the Tucanos, training, spears, precision munitions among other things.

SalamRushdie:


And who told you the Tucano is not a jet ? You clearly know nothing about aircrafts or jet engines ... Nigeria doesnt have any air superiority aircraft to conveniently intercept for and defend our air space with so I would have expected the govt to use that money and buy a squadron of flankers and use the change to buy a curtain of decent two seater attack helicopters that will put an end to Boko Haram forces territorial movt in the North East.. the Tucano is no doubt great asset to provide close support with for advancing ground troops similar where it can be used to attack advancing armored columns and breaking up defensive positions just like what the great A10 warthog did for US forces but unfortunately Boko Haram rag tag insurgency doesnt and never uses any complex offensive strategy...The best was to take out Boko Haram type of forces is with attack helicopters and not a fix wing aircraft .