TMKsouth: Pretoria-based defence group Milkor’s 380 drone underwent a successful first test flight three years and seven months after the project kicked off.
The Milkor 380 is the largest drone built in Africa, with a wingspan of 18.6 metres, a continuous flight time of up to 35 hours, a range of up to 2,000km, and a maximum altitude of 9,000 metres.
The company is now conducting regular test flights and hopes to have four drones ready for the market by the end of 2023.
The Milkor 380 is controlled from the ground by three people, including a pilot, a commander, and someone to control the equipment onboard.
Daniël du Plessis, business development manager at Milkor, said the drone’s size is critical as it determines what equipment it can carry.
“Some of the sensors with which it is equipped are heavy. A larger drone can accommodate more of them and even weapons,”
The infrared and high-resolution cameras onboard allow the Milkor 380 to undertake observation, intelligence gathering, reconnaissance, and offensive missions.
It can also be used for conservation, combating land and sea poaching, and border control.
Milkor promotes the drone as a complete observation system. It offers a control room, maintenance programmes, logistics support for fuel and parts, operator training, and satellite and ground-based communication infrastructure.
The company doesn’t specify a price for the drone, as this varies based on each customer’s specifications. Milkor’s drones are entirely built in South Africa.
The company began testing the Milkor 380 with the South African Air Force in Cape Town.
Using drones for security in South Africa has received a big push recently.
Earlier this month, the newly-launched border management authority announced it would procure technology, including drones, to eliminate crime, lawlessness and corruption at South Africa’s 72 ports of entry.
In May 2023, the Gauteng Department of e-Government revealed it had set a budget of R1.7 billion to buy drones, camera surveillance, and other crime-fighting tech.
white indigenous south Africa people making the black south Africa proud While the black indigenous south Africa people are busy engaging in xenophobia, stealing, drinking and infecting others with HIV
oz4real83: I watched a footage on CNN and was surprised to see how hamas operated freely for a long time on Israeli territory, without the presence of Israeli security agencies which is reputed to be one of the best in the world . There is big truth in what you wrote up there, it must have been an intentional act on the part of the Israelis.
definitely! They baited hamas! But those ediot who knows not politics decided to enter Israel on a killing spray in honour of Muhammad the mad man and the next day started celebrating in Gaza not knowing Israel is planning to give them a special bomb shelling Bonanza
If not for hamas actions, the world would be against Israel and Israel wouldn't dear to invade Gaza.
Rahkman: seriously I fear for Europe allowing this terrorist lead them that's why more hardliners like trump should be elected in ....I seriously hope he wins again
Ask France now! They allow those terrorists into their country, now there are suffering from it
Kingsnairaland: I challenge you to find three things that everyone on earth can agree on..
All of you are ignoring the main terrorist = The United States of America and her puppets (NATO).
They do not blow up one or two buildings, they blow up countries.
They do not kidnap one or two people, they kidnap thousands (Guatemo bay)
They do not kill two or 200 people, they kill thousands to millions of people
They do not steal oil tankers, they steal oil blocs and even a whole country.
They do not belong to one or two terror groups, they create and fund terror groups (Taliban, Isis, al aeda, hamas, boko haram etc).
While you lot are here deceiving yourselves calling small flies terrorists, the main terrorist is out there constantly causing death and misery all over the world.
They steal lands and give to whoever they like.
Only few understand the above..
and if I give this ediot two visa to choose from either Afghanistan or UK.
yahoodetector: Stop writing epistle of cock and bull story that never happened yen yen yen!
The evidence is so glaring!
So many Nigerian men are married to white women both here and abroad and they are still together for years without any form of rancour...men like footballers like Mikel Obi, Odewinge, Nsofor, Emmanuel Amunike etc.
Go to Facebook and search for Nwanyi ocha and Lolo Ifunaya...the former is Swedish and the latter is Portuguese and they are married to Igbo man and everyday, they gush about how much they are so in love with their husbands.
...but Nigerian women...NEVER!
Let's take a deeper analysis...
Kate Henshaw... married a white man... CURRENTLY DIVORCED!
UCHE JUMBO married a Tunisian.... CURRENTLY DIVORCED!!
KORRA OBIDI married Dr Justin Dean (an American)...she cheated on him and blackmailed him... CURRENTLY DIVORCED!!
DJ Cuppy got engaged to an European...THEY'VE GONE THEIR SEPARATE WAYS!!!
Let's we forget...remember the lady from Edo State that was shot to death by her Italian boyfriend in Italy because she stole his money and tried to abscond it it after setting him up?
Remember the Chinese man who butchered his enstranged girlfriend from Northern Nigeria after she made him spend over N40m on her?
The evidence is so glaring! Nigerian women are the worst thing to ever happen to mankind after cancer and the holocaust!!
you forgot to add that stupid queen of tweaking on tictotk who got married to a white man, and after giving birth she got divorced and she is back in Nigeria with don jazzy
you guys should use common sense sometimes na. What that guy is saying is nothing but the truth
You self use your brain, can you go to a hostile environment and be jogging early in the Morning? If you answer otherwise, that means you must be a foolish ediot.
northern women especially the Fulanis are way beautiful with shining skin even in that hot sun. But go to Ogun state, Ibadan, ondo, and try and look their women
SmartPolician: I have come to realise that African Americans are finer than black Africans due to weather, less worries and good food. See as person pikin fine.
depending on some tribe ohh. If na Yoruba tribe I agree with you because that tribe dey breed the most ugliest black humans on earth
RealDeola: She must have use ur glory to japa..... Eyaah
which yeye glory! That guy na finished guy! Rather na him dey borrow the girl's glory You no notice as the guy breakup the girl instantly get breakthrough japa, while the guy still dey Nigeria dey watch tinubu speech for NTA
Stephen2324: Why are men afraid of sleeping at a woman’s house?
this guy never sleep for police station before that's why! Or you never chop their uncooked watery beans for prison cell
Mr finished man! Check any rape case, If the woman come your house, that case dey always dey dismissed most of the time, Unless the said woman na underage (you don enter besey be that). But if the woman na adult woman were come your House. Police go even ask the woman weti carry you come his house. But if na the other way round she shout rape and na from her own house. Oga na direct express way to prison ohh. No corner corner business
Easyincome24: Believe this, everyone has that one unique thing that sets him/her apart from another person. Technically, everyone has either an inane ability or acquired ability that makes one unique or stand you out from the rest of us.
Though this may be looked down upon based on the part of the world we found ourselves but always occur when you go for a job interview. No matter how secretive one wants to be, in no matter of time, it reveals itself in you. It's what makes you unique, that's who you are.
This qualities are what recruiters look out for in you. It also could be what the opposite sex long for in you during relationship.
The fact that some of these habits may not tow positive ways like others do not necessarily make them bad or to be termed negative. Everyone can't be a conformists thats why liberal society exists.
For you, what's that thing that makes you unique from the other person?
If this can get to the front page, it will allow us to get more comments on such a good question.
Believing in Christ Jesus as my lord and personal saviour!
Any other things can be categorised as normal human characteristic, but giving your life to Christ is a very rare and unique traits of human behavioural charismatic uniqueness which the world will often jealous and hate. For example just look at Islam with the symbols of pseudo peace which give birth to terrorism, murder, kidnapping, banditry and pedophilic behaviour in which in psychological terms can be said to be a traits exhibited by a demon entity.
In summary: your uniqueness shouldn't be base on kind, gentle, loving or caring which are all the normal characteristic of a humans on earth, but rather the spiritual attribute of an individual.
Point of correction! Retired repented ashawo, hook up ladies, my man must have 5 figure, my man must be 6.blabla inch tall, my man must be God fearing. In wedding gowns praying for an ediot ( simp) to locate them before the end of this year
TMKsouth: President Cyril Ramaphosa says officials were working on an evacuation plan for South Africans who are trapped in the conflict between Israel and Palestine.
Ramaphosa, who was attending the National Executive Committee meeting of the ruling ANC party on Saturday, said they have also received calls from various countries in the Middle East to send humanitarian assistance to Gaza.
Hundreds of thousands of people in Gaza have been without water, food and electricity for almost a week since Israel started bombing Gaza. Israel also cut off the supply of fuel, water and electricity.
But Ramaphosa and the ANC NEC condemned the decision by the Israeli government to force 1.1 million people in northern Gaza to move to southern Gaza.
He said what was happening in Gaza amounted to genocide and the world must stand up for the Palestinians.
South Africa was willing to participate in any peace process to resolve the conflict between Israel and Palestine.
As you know this is an unfolding situation and it changes hour by hour. Our government agencies, our international relations department as well as our intelligence services and our defence intelligence are monitoring the situation on an ongoing basis,” said Ramaphosa.
“To this end we have called on the international community, the United Nations and all other concerned organisations that peace is restored in Palestine and that the Israeli government is directed at withdrawing this command of getting people out of northern part of Gaza because in the end it is going to amount to almost genocide as many people are going to die.
“As we speak now half-a-million people, who are Palestinians, have been displaced. They have been removed from their homes, they live in schools and other areas as well. This is the most tragic situation and almost dangerous situation that the people of Palestine have been exposed to,” said Ramaphosa.
He said humanitarian corridors must be opened to allow for the supply of food, water, fuel and other needs. Electricity must also be restored to the people of Gaza.
Ramaphosa said they were also concerned that the conflict may spill over into the Middle East and drag other countries in the region.
There were already conflicts in Africa and Ukraine, and the world cannot afford to have another conflict.
dont know when last I take a woman on a date ohh. Ukraine war. Bandit Cost of living And present Israel war. Then I go come dey think of carrying one black yansh to restaurant