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The Lockheed AC-130 gunship is a heavily-armed ground-attack aircraft.
General characteristics

Crew: 13
Officers: 5 (pilot, copilot, navigator, fire control officer, electronic warfare officer)
Enlisted: 8 (flight engineer, TV operator, infrared detection set operator, loadmaster, four aerial gunners)
Length: 97 ft 9 in (29.8 m)
Wingspan: 132 ft 7 in (40.4 m)
Height: 38 ft 6 in (11.7 m)
Wing area: 1745.5 ft² (162.2 m²)
Loaded weight: 122,400 lb (55,520 kg)
Max takeoff weight: 155,000 lb (69,750 kg)
Powerplant: 4× Allison T56-A-15 turboprops, 4,910 shp (3,700 kW) each
Performance

Maximum speed: 260 knots (300 mph, 480 km/h)
Range: 2,200 nm (2,530 mi, 4,070 km)
Service ceiling: 30,000 ft (9,100 m)
[edit] Armament

Gunners loading 40 mm cannon (background) and 105 mm howitzer (foreground)
AC-130H SpectreAC-130A Project Gunship II
4× 7.62 mm GAU-2/A miniguns
4× 20 mm M61 Vulcan cannon
AC-130A Surprise Package, Pave Pronto, AC-130E Pave Spectre
2× 7.62 mm GAU-2/A miniguns
2× 20 mm M61 Vulcan cannon
2× 40 mm (1.58 in) L/60 Bofors cannon
AC-130E Pave Aegis
2× 20 mm M61 Vulcan cannon
1× 40 mm (1.58 in) L/60 Bofors cannon
1× 105 mm (4.13 in) M102 howitzer
AC-130H Spectre[29]
(Prior to circa 2003)

2× 20 mm M61 Vulcan cannon
1× 40 mm (1.58 in) L/60 Bofors cannon
1× 105 mm (4.13 in) M102 howitzer
(Current Armament)

1× 40 mm (1.58 in) L/60 Bofors cannon
1× 105 mm (4.13 in) M102 howitzer
AC-130U Spooky II
1× 25 mm (0.984 in) 5-barrel GAU-12/U Equalizer Gatling gun
1× 40 mm (1.58 in) L/60 Bofors cannon
1× 105 mm (4.13 in) M102 howitzer
AC-130U Plus 4 / AC-130U+4 (cancelled)[30]
2× 30 mm Bushmaster II cannon
1× 105 mm (4.13 in) M102 howitzer

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Lovely looker. . .

The FN P90 is a Belgian-designed personal defense weapon (PDW). The weapon's name is an abbreviation of Project 90, which specifies a weapon system of the 1990s.[5] The P90 was originally designed as a compact but powerful firearm for vehicle drivers, operators of crew-served weapons, support personnel, special forces and anti-terrorist units.[4]

Developed between 1986–1987 by FN Herstal, the P90 features a compact bullpup design, ambidextrous grip and a polymer and alloy-based construction. The weapon contains several innovative features including the top-mounted magazine and proprietary 5.7x28mm ammunition, designed for greater penetration of body armour than conventional pistol ammunition.

By 2003, 17,000 P90s were in use by military and police forces[6] in over 25 countries worldwide.[6][7] The PS90 sporting model is also popular among civilian shooters.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FN_PS-90

The F2000 is an individual 5.56mm weapon system, developed at the turn of the 21st century by the Belgian armament manufacturer Fabrique Nationale (FN) of Herstal. The F2000 made its debut in March 2001 at the IDEX defense exhibition held in Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates.

Design details
The F2000 is a modular weapon system; its principle component is a compact 5.56x45mm NATO-caliber assault rifle configured in a bullpup layout. The F2000 is a selective fire weapon operating from a closed rotary bolt.

The rifle consists of two main assemblies: the barrel receiver group and the frame, joined together with a pin located above the oversized trigger guard. The barrel group has an integral MIL-STD-1913 Picatinny rail used to mount optical sights. The frame or lower receiver contains the trigger group, the bolt and bolt carrier assembly, return mechanism and magazine well. A removable handguard is installed in front of the trigger which completes and encloses the trigger guard.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F2000

Sukhoi Su-47 Berkut (Russia) experimental supersonic jet fighter

Specifications (Su-47)
Data from World Aircraft & Systems Directory

General characteristics

Crew: 1
Length: 22.6 m (74 ft 2 in)
Wingspan: 15.16 m to 16.7 m (49 ft 9 in to 54 ft 9 in)
Height: 6.3 m (20 ft 8 in)
Wing area: 61.87 m² (666 ft²)
Empty weight: 16,375 kg (36,100 lbs)
Loaded weight: 25,000 kg (55,115 lb)
Max takeoff weight: 35,000 kg (77,162 lbs)
Powerplant: 2× Lyulka AL-37FU(planned) Flying prototypes used 2 Aviadvigatel D-30F6 afterburning, thrust-vectoring (in PFU modification) turbofans with digital control
Dry thrust: 83.4 kN (18,700 lbf) each
Thrust with afterburner: 142.2 kN (32,000 lbf) each
Thrust vectoring: ±20° at 30° per second in pitch and yaw
Performance

Maximum speed: Mach 1.6 (Achieved in test flights [2]) (1,717 km/h, 1,066 mph)
* At sea level: Mach 1.14 (1,400 km/h, 870 mph[1])
Range: 3,300 km (2,050 mi)
Service ceiling: 18,000 m (59,050 ft)
Rate of climb: 233 m/s (46,200 ft/min)
Wing loading: 360 kg/m² (79.4 lb/ft²)
Armament

Number of hardpoints: 14: 2 wingtip, 6-8 under wing, 6-4 conformal under fuselage

Guns: 1 × 30 mm GSh-30-1 cannon with 150 rounds
Missiles: 14 hardpoints (2 wingtip, 6-8 underwing, 4-6 conformal under the fuselage)
Air-to-air: R-77, R-77PD, R-73, K-74
Air-to-surface: X-29T, X-29L, X-59M, X-31P, X-31A, KAB-500, KAB-1500
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukhoi_Su-47

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This is the area for Obi Wan Kenobi's wet dreams. . . Weapons current and future (not for the squeamish). This is the ideal cool off lounge; after a dose of the usual heated political argument with the usual immovable opponent.
Post your best. . .

Dedicated to Macteejay2 (concept originator).

Justice must be done. Pressure needs to bear down on this sh*t

Does anyone have suggestions, are there any lawyers in the house?

[quote author=james_ibor link=topic=347795.msg4870051#msg4870051 date=1257457084]No weapon formed against me shall prosper and every tongue that shall rise against me in judgement shall be condemned.

I decree cancer to any tongue that will speak evil of me![/quote]For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places, against james_ibor and tosh_acer 

May your d.ick fall and never rise again!

^
You are bang on the money there about citizens not knowing their rights.

For each citizen to play their full part in national development, it is essential that each a individual knows both, knows their rights and what their nation demands of them.
Precisely, because no one knows what goes where, national development lacks definition and is governed by, stupidity, fuzziness, fits and starts, corrupt loopholes and the sickening displays of government "very busy doing nothing" that we see everyday.

The reason most Nigerians do not know their rights is primarily due to illiteracy.
However, there is a much more frightening manifestation, were the "educated" choose to either ignore or forego their rights as shortcuts to a full belly (one that eventually shoots down both the nation and the individual). This sort of behaviour is caused by poverty, the lack of opportunity and frustration from the absence of an enabling environment. The spillover effects of this behaviour are so serious and destructive that it is in Nigeria's interest to raise as high level National security issues; education, poverty eradication, creation of opportunities and an enabling environment.

It is only when we get it right in that way, that we will be able to imagine how a man rated by Forbes, could weep for the sake of his employees welfare. To the Nigerian, such an event is a very wild impossibility; but it happened. http://people.forbes.com/profile/tadashi-yamashina/80512

See how that man is disgracing his red cap!

[quote author=becomrich, link=topic=346255.msg4868214#msg4868214 date=1257439427]beaf==onye_ngbu

beafcorrect word is to

currently expanding te search

Is that english or cramp.??

beafcorrect word is speak[/quote]Damn!
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[quote author=becomrich, link=topic=346255.msg4868214#msg4868214 date=1257439427]onye_ngbu
chinake

onye_ngbu correct yourself.
hmmmmmmmmmmmm

beaf==onye_ngbu did you not tell us , you have a PHD?? in what?? which university? name the university you went to.

I am ready to run a live radio show, between me and you on saturday at 11 am. Do you want to know if I know how to speak english.

So do you think yar adua speak english better than me. Answer me yes or No.??[/quote]
[size=21pt]Yes![/size] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megalomania

[quote author=becomrich, link=topic=346255.msg4868214#msg4868214 date=1257439427]awo did not need billions to win election.
i really do not have time for your cramp. i am very busy person. Go get a job. stop siting online. we have life. look many years ago tony rapu dream. he called pastor adeboye to come and bless his dream on a plot of land, tope said he wanted to build a redeemed university. do you have a redeemed university now. dream came thru.

Martin luther king said he had a dream, they called him a dreamer. Obama was martin luther king dream. A black man is president of the USA.

If you know nigeria politics, you would know i would beat yar adua. it is in the numbers.yar adua can not win a state south of the river niger. there are 20 state south of the river niger, only 15 bove the river. That why my dream is possible. I know how to checkmate yar adua. [size=14pt]I am a yorubaman person[/size] . And even yar adua knows is major fears are the yorubas. I would not get less than 90% vote in yorubaland. Go ask any nigerian, they would tell you i am not telling you a lie. Omo wa ni , e je ose.
I am busy, when i get home at 7 pm. call me
I have to make money , i dont have time for your cramp. Go look for a job, it would help you. You are jobless beaf.[/quote]I hereby crown you, "yorubaman person" Adesegun "becomeObamaKingYarAdua"!
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Afam:
Maybe, for the wrong reasons sha. Maybe when they cannot cheat them at will without any consequences. . .

I think our problems lie there.
The govt is so corrupt that practically the only way to survive is by imbibing the same greed, wickedness and and kleptomania.
I am wondering, is there any way that citizens can pull together to avoid this loop to nowhere? Perhaps, forming coorperatives with strict rules might do the trick; but only for a start. The great positive in banding together, is that people would increasingly begin to speak with a single voice and in time, could force the govt along the path to change.

One thing keeps ringing in the words of those foolishly condemning Nigerians in the diaspora; it would seem that to them, that development simply means acquiring personal wealth and comfort. One of Nigeria's major problems is greed, with Farida Waziri even believing it to be a mental health issue.

The majority of us, however believe that development is a collective thing. Everyone benefits, everyone contributes, the government must lead and empower.
It is a failure for government to blame its citizens, instead, it must be at the forefront, sacrificing to create an enabling environment to spur growth and development. This includes power supply, rule of law, reduction of bureaucratic processes, investment in transportation, communications, health, education and IT.
There should also be tax breaks and other juicy incentives for Nigerians only, to encourage transfer of technology or innovation.

Above all, there must be investment in people. This includes caring for citizens both home and abroad, as well as, setting up means to harness individual talents for the benefit of all.
When the govt cares for the people, they will respond by caring for each other.
The scene in the image below is not in the least possible in Nigeria; it shows the Toyota Motorsport Chairman and Team Principal Tadashi Yamashina weeping when asked about the future of their young Formula 1 drivers at a news conference to announce their withdrawal from the sport (mainly due to cost in the current global downturn) . The interview took place at the company's headquarters in Tokyo November 4, 2009. Can an employer ever weep for their employees in Nigeria? Can our govt ever weep for an individual Nigerian?

[quote author=becomrich, link=topic=346255.msg4865040#msg4865040 date=1257411962]Is typo mistake , call bad grammer, this is a chat room, not my final exam. comot here, you want to tell me, you dont know, i include pinkin english when i write. pidgin  english is an acceptable way of communication in nigeria.

There are many credible people that can rule from the south. Do you think I am joking that I want to be president.[/quote]Imagine the most foolish person from Benin Republic wants to be our president. In your dreams becomerich!

[size=14pt]Chai! English don suffer[/size]

I have been asking if you are you actually speaking pidgin English or Egun, please tell us na?
The following types of dictionary and thesarus have been unsuccessfully consulted to find the source of your lingo!
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[li]Babalawo dictionary (result; fail!)[/li]
[li]Spiritual dictionary (result; fail!)[/li]
[li]Cotonou dictionary (result; fail!)[/li]
[li]Bayelsa dictionary (result; fail!)[/li]
[li]Oduduwa dictionary (result; fail!)[/li]
[/list]

we are currently expanding the search to the following types of dictionary and thesarus:
[list]
[li]Area boy and alaye[/li]
[li]Ogberikoko (Wafi side)[/li]
[li]Egbira[/li]
[li]Okokomaiko[/li]
[li]Oduduwa dictionary volume II[/li]
[/list]

Bros, please free us na.

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[quote author=becomrich, link=topic=346255.msg4863630#msg4863630 date=1257378241]You have a problem. Look, fear for nigeria, that why i am doing it. Beaf, i wrote president yar adua, members of the senate and house of rep. For you to know How I believe in this.

Look young man, the nigeria army, and I tell you this, I know in my heart the military is not an option. Look Yar adua can fix the problem with the nation assembly. it is a one time thing. You can have Benin republic and Nigeria into one country.

The other option, is if the north want to join Niger republic.[/quote]

Did you attach a map?

[quote author=tpia. link=topic=345504.msg4863728#msg4863728 date=1257380190]Nigeria did nothing- i was just guessing.[/quote]Ok, my bad. I assumed you were telling me we'd done something (You know the way we 9ja's use questions to answer questions ).

Oghara is an Urhobo town.

You should be more civilised with your jokes.

[quote author=tpia. link=topic=345504.msg4863708#msg4863708 date=1257379709]if you dont know, then you dont know. finito.

Quick question: were Urhobos/Isokos the ones sold by Benin to Ghana? [/quote]

Your question makes no sense.

You claimed Nigeria has done something about slavery, can you please share that?

[quote author=tpia. link=topic=345504.msg4863683#msg4863683 date=1257379062]and that's never been done? [/quote]Tell me where, when and how.

Compare whatever lip service is likely to turn up to the sort of concrete things Ghana is doing eg http://www.fihankrainternational.org/Our-Story-The-Mission-of-Fihankra-International.html

Not one of those guys mentioned is an "Urhobo elder". Its more like Oghara elders, Ibori is from Oghara.

[quote author=tpia. link=topic=345504.msg4863615#msg4863615 date=1257377855]my great great grandfather was sold- what say you to that?

shouldnt you apologise to me?

Or is it only the dollarific ones that you're concerned about? [/quote]. . "Dollarific" Abeg, free me jare!

Its really saddenning to hear about your grandfather.
We should be concerned about thoroughly resolving issues, regardless of who is concerned. Yes, a lot needs to be done about atoning for the likes of your grandfather. We need to be big enough to hold our hands out to embrace our own, no matter where the winds of slavery have blown them.

nex:
you believe that Benin is cursed because they sold slaves. Why then is London "blessed"? Because they bought slaves and set them free? Halleluya! And why has Washington progressed so far? Because they whipped, mutilated and drowned slaves?
Please let's stop bringing up answers that don't have bearing with anything.

And I'd like for us all to stop bringing personal fears and putting them up as points in this discussion. Do you really have facts backing the killing of humans for sacrifice in Benin? I thought it was in Isiala'Ngwa they still eat human flesh raw with boiled groundnuts?

Then you have to be sure that Benin City is the peak of immorality in this country. It has more strip clubs than Lagos? More homosexuals? More prostitutes and rapists? Please be sure before you start posting on forums or fora.

Why can't we deal with our local issues and then we can go out united to deal with the slavery heritage in London and Washington. Let us come to terms with the level of cruelty that could have led our people to sell their loved ones off to strangers; after that, we can go after those who bought them. First things first.

If today, your neighbour was to sell her children into slavery and was found out. Where and to whom would the first questions be directed?

Ilorin is a place you must fear!
We used to dodge out of school in the night into Ogidi, until one day, head hunters almost enticed us with their sweet music and chased us all the way back to the hole in the school fence.

See what? Ehn Adesegun Eguofor!

[quote author=tpia. link=topic=345504.msg4863177#msg4863177 date=1257371136]seriously, were you sold?

This one that you're going around demanding apology everywhere.

i see your point but its getting too much nah.

and sometimes the slave traders themselves ended up being sold as slaves- did you know that? [/quote]Was I sold? . . .Bad question.

Shouting on the rooftops above slavery can never be too much. We aren't smaller than the Ghanaians who have done a lot in that direction; if not, why do we like to be seen as the giant of Africa, when we cannot open our arms to embrace our own who are separated by water? Those that were sinned against by their own kind?
It can never be too much.

naijaking1:
I would go on to disagree with you about curse and supernatural reasons why things are not moving as they should in Benin and other ancient African cities. Topographically, the drainage in Benin is not worse than that of Amsterdam or other low-lying cities, the difference is that unlike African cities, other cities have taken the challanges of good engineering, town planning, and architecture in their hands, while we still think that there is a supernatural diety preventing us from doing the right thing.

Na man! I'm not the superstitious type, the place just looks so old, grey and dirty that it reminds you of things like shrines and curses, thats all.
I strongly believe that aside from physical infrastructure, Benin owes a lot of folk an apology (at the very least) for its part in the slave trade.

There is a huge problem when the FG decides it is better to talk to boyloaf than Wole Soyinka, a Nobel Laureate.

Tell me who is being insincere. . .

A seventeenth century Dutch engraving from Olfert Dapper's Nauwkeurige Beschrijvinge der Afrikaansche Gewesten, published in Amsterdam in 1668 wrote:

"The king's palace or court is a square, and is as large as the town of Haarlem and entirely surrounded by a special wall, like that which encircles the town. It is divided into many magnificent palaces, houses, and apartments of the courtiers, and comprises beautiful and long square galleries, about as large as the Exchange at Amsterdam, but one larger than another, resting on wooden pillars, from top to bottom covered with cast copper, on which are engraved the pictures of their war exploits and battles, "

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Benin

. . .From international city to cursed land. Why?

meexteriox:
It was in line with pics and views above that our dear Lucky Igbenedion swore he would maintain the ancient city of Benin.
For that alone, he did nothing for 8 years. Fortunately, after 4 years, his dad begged Edo people that a child that fails an examination
should be allowed to repeat the class. That was how he got the second term.

To be honest, its like, since the British rampaged through (17 February 1897), Benin has not been able to recover from what hit them. The place is now like a bunch of dark, menacing cobwebs, God forbid that rain meets you between Ugbowo and Uselu and you don't have a submarine. Bands of black goats move around freely, in an urban area! Benin is like an open gutter, like a place with a curse on it.

[size=14pt]Is is karma?[/size] The bight of Benin was also known as [size=14pt]"Slave Coast"[/size] . Maybe it is time to atone for slavery? Edo empire participated extensively in slave trading and blood letting throughout her territories; Ouidah, Lagos, Little Popo, Great Popo, Agoue, Jakin, Porto-Novo, and Badagry.

[quote author=tosh_acer link=topic=346953.msg4856003#msg4856003 date=1257280367]Contract awarded- I am sure some diasporians will scream this is a waste of time and money. 10 months completion date. wow.[/quote]Fools talk like you

Singapore got their independence after Nigeria. They are now a DEVELOPED COUNTRY.
They are at the forefront of computer controlled, driverless trains. While you are proud of prehistoric technology being delivered within 10 months.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/East_West_Line%2C_Singapore%2C_Train_cabin%2C_Nov_06.JPG/800px-East_West_Line%2C_Singapore%2C_Train_cabin%2C_Nov_06.JPG