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Lieutenant General TY Buratai has led a delegation to the Republic of Korea to seek strategic bi-lateral collaboration in the fight against terrorism and insurgency. The visit which was at the instance of KIA Motors Corporation, was further aimed at improving the capacity building of the Nigerian Army by Republic of Korea in the areas of military logistic, intelligence gathering, army aviation and military vehicle manufacturing.


https://saynigeria.com/nigeria-army-seeks-strategic-partnership-in-counter-terrorism-operations-as-chief-of-army-staff-visits-north-korea/

shadowprimezero:
NA soldier with a South Korean K-125

This seems like a rather odd purchase. I think the army might be looking at an armoured utility vehicle rather than an MRAP, replacement for the VBL and Otokar.

Or this was a donation from South-Korea.

Buratai and Ezugwu visited KIA plant in Korea 2 years ago to see their armoured vehicle manufacturing process. Probably this is part of the outcome of that visit.

Nigerian Navy ship

NNS Unity. What a beauty!!

Nigerian Navy Flagship - NNS Aradu after her refit.

She would return to service as an OPV.

Aradu used to be the most powerful warship in Sub-saharan Africa. However mechanical problems have plagued her for nearly 15 years now.

Behind are two naval seagoing barges been built for the Nigerian navy.

Arrewa:
why didn't you Blame Ortom when innocent were being killed in Benue??

Why didn't you blame Jonathan when he was the president about the killing of Christian in southern kaduna and Benue?

Your hatred for Elrufai is just for the fact that he is a Fulani man and a Muslim.

Your hatred for elrufai is making him more popular in the north.

And he will one day rule this country.

You are the majority online but we are the majority on where it actually matters

Yet you and your people are illiterate and miserably poor.

For the guys who are looking for information on this.


In 2018 Nigeria tried to buy the Varta APC from Ukraine, however this order has since been cancelled.

We know of the confirmed order of 30 units of ARA II and 43 units of Ezugwu.

Tsaigumi UAV spotted in Hanger after a long while.

dragon2:
The JF 17 is a fighter jet that is fit for purpose in our region. None of our neighbours have anything close. It's function is multirole not air superiority.Our air force is a force,not a museum or display showpiece. We don't fly jets but fight with them. Many of our east,south and central neighbours have su27and 3x but can't maintain a fighting airforce with those plane because of the cost,hence when a conflict breaks out they have to hire mercenary pilots and engineers. Really,how many sub-saharan air forces have engaged in as many sorties as our air force has in the last few years? We buy planes we can fly and fight at anytime with; not to pound our chest at on the ground. The Su series are twin engine jets,that's twice the fuel,twice the maintenance cost and a lot of down time.our airforce will struggle with its maintenance with its budget,and most African airforces are grounded with no ability whatsoever because they have it.
Better to fly and fight with a JF17 than have a grounded Su27,3x.

Unfortunately it is this line of argument that has been the bane of our development for a long time.

How does Algeria maintain it's jets?

What sort of political leverage does Nigeria get from buying the JF-17?

You see so many considerations go into buying military equipment, there is a huge reason why Algeria buys from Russia and why Morocco buys from the USA. These reasons are far more important than the Jet itself. Look at Syria for example.

We live in a rapidly changing political environment, we cannot rely on the JF-17 as an asset for the future, it barely lasts for today even.

Our military planners have been smart with military acquisitions, however we need to ditch the JF-17 today.

On a purely technical side, apart from the number of ordinance it can carry for ground attack, which advantage does the JF-17 have over the Tucano for ground attack and ISR?

When you get the answer, this leaves air to air combat as the only advantage that the JF-17 has over the Tucano.

In this area, French Rafales and Mirage-2000D's based in N'jamena completely floor the JF-17.

So again, what advantage does this aircraft actually provide us? It's had to figure out, as it provides no peer to peer capability and there simply is no political coverage.

Countries that have bought the SU-30 in recent years include Myanmar, Armenia, Angola, Kazakhstan and Belarus.

No offence, but Nigeria is not Uganda.

With the Super Tucano in our inventory, we need at most 16 or 18 SU-30s.

The capabilities an SU-30 and MIG-29M brings to the table is at least 10 times that of a JF-17.

Nigerian Air Force JF-17


By the time the JF-17 attains FOC in the Nigerian Air Force, the aircraft would have become obsolete. It's sad, but true.

In my opinion, after these 3 units, NAF should cease any further purchase of this aircraft type, like the F-7, it should be just another stop gap while military planners head to the drawing board for a suitable aircraft type for the Nigerian Air Force fighter fleet.

If not for the threats posed by CAATSA, Nigeria should really be considering Russian fighter jets.


America already has a 6th Gen flying prototype, there are already 1,000 units of active flying F-35s, Rafales, Euro fighters, SU-35s, MIG-35s are constantly been upgraded. In fact the SU-30sm would receive the same radar and engine as the SU-35, we simply should not be flying JF-17s in 2020.

We have not received the Jet yet, but the jet is already obsolete.

BREAKING: The US Air Force has built and flown a mysterious full-scale prototype of its future fighter jet

Exclusive image of Proforce Defence MK 1 in combat operations.

dragon2:
SDB4 should be on the drawing board.

I think we would be looking at exports and possibly Nigeria's first OPV.

We currently have the capabilities, and if you look at the amount of small vessels we currently have on order from France, Vietnam and Nigeria, it is unlikely we would see an SDB 4.

SDB3 would show greatly our capabilities.

A ship like this FOULADOU, Senegal Navy would be the next likely step.

This one is 58 meters.

Exclusive picture of Nigerian navy Landing Ship Tank(LST) currently been built by Damen. This picture was taken in march.

Jimmy17:
Sorry to bother you.
But why is Nigeria not bothering to equip their war ships with missles (anti air Craft and anti ship missles)?..
Or is there anything they are currently working on?

That's because our threats are mainly maritime security threats. Since we don't have a big budget like Algeria for example, we have to prioritise.

We might see a Nigerian navy missile capable ship in 5 to 8 years though. For now it's not possible.

youghs:
is this what they were testing here?
https://www.instagram.com/p/CE--RYyjkBK/?igshid=1ixo1mnpf6c30

That's a 23mm anti aircraft gun modified by DICON for ground forces.

It's the exact same gun used by our MI-35m helicopters.

The recoil is not that bad. South-African soldiers use a similar type, but in 20mm caliber.

Finally, but definitely not going to be the last picture, SDB 3 is taking shape. A modern design for a modern ship.

The construction of SDB 3 shows Nigerian has the capability to build ships of at least 80 meters in length.

SDB 3 also gives us an idea of what a future Nigerian Navy OPV would look like.

On the armament of SDB3 it is currently unknown the type of main gun she would carry. The 30mm is solid, but a 57mm seen in the second render would allow the Navy attack land targets which are close to shore.

Similar to our operations in Liberia and Sierra-leone.

This picture provides a solid bird's eye view of the construction of SDB3, it also shows other projects including the refit of Aradu, the fuel and water seagoing barges, construction of crude oil rig/platform and other projects.

Very busy dockyard.


Superstructure getting installed on the hull of SDB3

The hull and superstructure were built simultaneously.

Actual construction began in 2019

Chronicle of photographs showing the construction of Seaward Defence Boat 3, the largest naval ship built in Nigeria.

We can see the Keel of the Naval vessel already laid and prepped for construction.

jln115:
Thanks to Zuma and his Gupta mates but yeah for both Chad and Denel this was the best outcome since the contract was a loss making one.

Loss making for Denel but highly profitable for Nigeria. 100 units on order is a very significant purchase.

Sea going barges built for the Nigerian Navy.

Nigerian Navy SBS commandos

Those who dare!!

Nigerian Navy SBS commandos, the tip of the spear!!

Toju200:
but Kabe1 if you look closely some are 4x4 some are 6x6

Yes, some are 4x4 while others are 6x6. This means there's going to be considerable competition amongst manufacturers.

Proforce LAV, Wizard!

Daverytimes:
While it's awesome that Dicon is building this, I do wish they focused on tracked vehicles and let proforce handle wheeled mraps. Nevertheless, nice to see that the ezugwu is changing and improving.

I think wheeled vehicles are easier to manufacture and maintain.

slimthugchimee2:
Why is there only one picture of this new MRAP, we need more

There are more units been manufactured.

Exclusive pictures of Nigeria army Ezugwu MRAP from CAD design to real thing.

Toju200:
nice.. uhm Kabe1 those items you posted that DICON was producing are they gun barrels or...

They are barrels for guns, heavy machine guns, gun parts, spring systems and armoured vehicle parts all produced in Nigeria.

Nigerian army Proforce MRAP seen in the combat area of the North East.