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africaken254:
india generate double your output using only coal !! dont forget we are adding another 90MW within 60 days http://ltwp.co.ke/

ethiopia made APC's

90 MW? Does that even count as electricity production? I give up


As for the APC, it looks Israeli

frumentius:
Is it my eyes or have the Ghanaians removed the gun on the Ratel turret in the first pic?

By gun you mean the main gun or secondary gun? As for the main gun, it's still there.

africaken254:
yes i am truly having one of those 'special moments' i hope and pray it never ends

Hehehe, you brag about 2100MW for the whole country? have a nice day.

africaken254:
OFF Topic: second tallest building in africa is about to be completed,the Britam towers KENYA

Dude you like patching in Kenya everywhere?

A tall building doesn't contribute to mass social investment... Henry240 was talking about serious national infrastructure, not some lone building.

africaken254:
thats not a ranking but shows countries which are seriously investing in renewable energy in the world

That's exactly what jakeporeshenko was talking about

africaken254:
which mercenaries ! african countries can't buy a 4++ generation jets because some has a photo of africans living in a mud hat !!?? egyptians live in more poverty than most of us in the sub sahara africa,they have poor diets because they live in arid regions with no cultivable land,they are water insecure.stop perpetuating africans as the image of poverty

..... not sure if that's a relevant answer. :/

africaken254:
are you sure !!

Dude, you're posting a GEOTHERMAL chat... When it comes to renewables,here's a proper list..

https://cleantechnica.com/2016/02/04/how-11-countries-are-leading-the-shift-to-renewable-energy/

MikeCZA:
They won't drop to that altitude.

They are mostly used at night in high risk areas.

Range of the 30mm cannon it's armed with is 3-5km. At that range, it's known that Soviet era AAs can nock it out.... At night, it's own rounds expose it.

chkil:
During the Farnborough Airshow, the Algerian delegation has shown a keen interest for the MC27J

For such (slow) gunships, I would prefer they're also armed with 76mm cannon loaded with AHEAD ammo. I wouldn't want to drop down to 3km to fire the 30mm cannon, too risky.

patches689:
This time.

They went too far.

They took the cyber attack thing very literally. Poor cables, they were probably beheaded

Henry240:
Bad network in east-Africa

Al-Shabab attacked the Internet sea cables

I have noticed the disappearance of East Africans on the thread... Are they banned or something?

pacretus:
guy are you alright at all? Why can't you go a day without mentioning agugaust in your posts.

If you hate his personality why not move to defence web and tell him how you feel.

I don't see anything wrong in one airing his views(freedom of thought and speech).
And hope you don't? ? ?



I think it's more of He being a Nigerian and you a southie.

Sorry, augubugugugug posts rubbish everywhere he goes. I don't care if he's Nigerian or Egyptian or the American researcher that hangs out with USAF pilots that he claims to be. If you have a problem with my view of him then you deal with it.

frumentius:
A market so niche you expend scarce treasure to develop a product that'll never break even?


My argument is specifically about Mongoose. Simply the viable unfinished Denel products which could more profitably utilise the funds spent on SARA.

Denel has been developing nothing but subsystems and ammunition for 20 years. If Denel has to be a serious contender, they should go back into their root of developing platforms.... It was a shame when we had to buy the AMV Patria because no one at Denel or Land Systems OMC could make an IFV. I say let Denel get back at building bigger things (platforms) as they're already making a profit from ammo and missiles.


Let the SARA project continue, as Patches said, it would have military uses down the line.

patches689:
If we could replace the Casspir with this...

Only if

frumentius:
The world's first all-composite trainer was killed by a corrupt deal just before democracy involving the Swiss, the Nats and some senior people in the military with an eye on retirement. And because sanctions were still in place, we got Pilatus we weren't allowed to modify nor arm.

Worry not, those days are gone. We'll get the SARA and we'll do as we wish with it.

frumentius:
Personally I think it's a vanity project for the politicians [what other planned Denel product has made it onto a ministerial and presidential speech?] . That market segment is saturated. Other than "it's African", what else? Denel will never achieve the economies of scale to compete on price. I'll tell you what though: I have no doubt they'll produce something great and that's fantastic for all the young engineers at Denel. Not so great for SA as the big boys will scoop them all up as usual .

Seeing Denel isn't exactly awash in funds, shouldn't they have completed the myriad commercially-viable military projects they have on their books? Bateleur MALE UAV, Mongoose etc...Hell, the Armour guys were just saying they need a Scout car lighter than Rooikat and more robust than Eland.

It's a niche market they're targeting. This plane is designed for non paved airports while offering a semi- luxurious setup.

Regarding the Mongoose, it's argued that the current market doesn't actually need much of them. Check out, the Middle East (which is the war market) doesn't use anything more advanced than the RPG as ATG and generals can't justify buying something so advanced like the Mongoose to repel rockets so cheap, just cover vehicles with armour "nets" and you're done.


As for the Machenized wanting something in between a Rooikat and Eland, I would say they're simple asking for the impossible at the moment. They're not going to get it, not from the current budget.

Henry240:
Mbombe 6

I like this version better than the earlier version. It's a matured design

patches689:
I cant beleive he comments on Defenceweb, the people who comment there are experts from the banking sector like Matthys Jacobs, former Denel engineers, major players like Dr Young and Crawford-Browne, members of Parliament (DA shadow secretary for defense) and analysts like Heitman - people who know what-is-what

Sh1t, even I bite my tongue over there, because if I talk sh1t, people will see it straight away.

But he just talks... sh1t I just cant even

He went on and claimed he was an American military researcher and he hangs out with USAF pilots

(read comments)

https://www.africandefence.net/angolas-su-30ks-are-not-a-serious-threat-to-the-south-african-air-force/

ssaengine:
Technically not true. Denel OVID

OK I didn't know about those, I thought they stopped with the Kudu.

patches689:
It will definitely have military applications further down the development stream

Yeah maybe like transporting the generals

I honestly hope they fit a handful of them with ISTAR/EW capabilities and throw those Dakotas away.

Centrifude:
When will our Government realise that the initial Development cost will be expensive but the benefits would be greater. Production wouldn't of the Aircraft would be limitless and not suffer the same fate as the Rooivalk. The Production factories would hire local Engineers and workers which would boost the economy.

Developing aircraft engines is a bit costly. Denel would have to be aided by the Department of Defence and the Science and Technology Department if it would attempt to do so.. But we know that the two departments are currently underfunded because of the current economy.


... I say buying existing engines is a good move. Let the engineers figure out the basics of an aircraft for now then the rest later.

giles14:
looks more like a luxurious aircraft than a military aircraft

It's meant for commercial use. They're targeting the small passenger segment. Understand that Denel has never developed a fixed wing plane before so this is more like a capacity building exercise for them.... We can all guess what they'll do after this.

Centrifude:
Locally made engines? Please tell me it uses locally made engines.

Developing an engine for it locally would have been great BUT considering that Denel doesn't have the budget of the Boeings of these world then they're forced to source something that's already available on the international markets.

*Excited*
Full scale mockup of the Denel SARA... Exciting aviation times in Africa

tdayof:
LOL. I don't just like the design.

I don't like the design of Russian helicopters, however my dislike doesn't stop governments from buying them - why? Because they're cheap and they deliver.

tdayof:

Fixed

The AHRLAC just made the cover of Flight International.. That's some good sh#t right there

Henry240:
It belongs to one dude who's detached from reality. Oje, he used to blog on beegeagle , and was always chased out for always making completely delusional and outlandish comments.


Agaugust, I read his comment on the Nigerian Air Force Airbus purchase story on defenceweb.

So there's someone more detached from reality than augubugugugug, who could have guessed

Henry240, do you have an idea who's blog this is? Something tells me it belongs to augubugugugug the self-proclaimed military researcher

https://ourtimeiscome.com/

saengine:
ARMSCOR Alkantpan Test Range, Middle of Nowhere, Republic of South Africa

https://www.armscor.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/banw.jpg

https://www.armscor.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/ac.jpg

Do you have an idea what's being tested in particular?

Henry240:
Sudan acquires 6 units of FTC-2000, with Nigeria also considering the FTC-2000 as a lead-in fighter trainer.

It seems like the Nigerian Airforce is considering everything that flies...