₦airaland Forum

dlex21:
Kai! This is the problem with nigerians... We don't think outside the box. No offence oo

greenpasture:
I want to address the points you have made
1. Nigeria will soon have Jets in the class of the Su24 and I am talking about the JF 17 which is miles cheaper and yet a 4 G aircraft. We dont need F16 - they are basically air to air solutions, horrendously expensive and hard to maintain.
2. We already have surveillance aircraft the ALTR which does a great job.
3. There is no indication that BH has shoulder-held rockets and even if this was the case, these would not offer much protection if the stand off rocket fire of a helio has longer range than a shoulder held device which is an extremely close range device.
4. Dont believe what you see in films - it is not easy to stand up and get a fix on a helio when it's raining down cannon and rocket fire on you.

Respects.

greenpasture:
I think you underestimate the effects of a Helicopter cannon/rockets. These things will bring down trees; high rate of fire, high incendiary and scatter effect makes them more effective in asynchronous warfare irrespective of terrain. Where Nigeria is now, any type of helio platform can be kitted with fire power and it will work well. We don't need the Cobra helio and its variants - training for those things takes a heck of a long time and would be a significant departure from the Russian helio core that we already have. For this reason also - be sure that NA wont buy SA helios - they are in the main over priced. I tell you. The Denel Rooivalk is 40 million dollars per unit. That's tooooooooo expensive

Respects

NaijaTalkTown:
If I were a billionaire, I would host a science and tech competition annually. Innovators, inventors as well as talented scientists and engineers will be picked and paid to research in numerous scientific fields with concentration on military technologies. Military industrial complex is a lucrative business that I would like to invest in.

NaijaTalkTown:
We cannot just start manufacturing these things. We need to learn and develop the technologies first. And it won't hurt if you start developing those technologies and stop blaming the government for everything. At least Elon Musk and Bill Gates didn't ask government for anything and today, they have what it takes to buy the congress into passing bills that creates better environment for their businesses to thrive.