₦airaland Forum

Toju200:
thought of it too
Except maybe it's not for NAF?

Odunayaw:
Reported to be $50m a pop

Flanker:
Oh man , if the secret S300 is parading like this in daylight , for sure they are preparing a parade for this 5 july independance day .

Last military parade in algeria was in 1989 ! 33 years before , get ready for a huge parade several kilometers long and a lot of HD pics

Omofaye99:
I doubt the bold.


Please elaborate.

ariesbull:
says a Nigeria that his economy is in tatters.... Russia economy is robust... What Russia makes in a day is what Nigeria dream of in years

Sir, Russia has the smartest president and patriotic people that is building a robust economy...

Toju200:
either Serbia or Czech will run the upgrade for us
Plus it's the Mi24 variants in PH that are set out for upgrade...
Maybe paramount would do the upgrade

Covert1:
No doubt but the politics is irritating for a regional power like Nigeria, its a no go no go.

Except of course we redefine and recalibrate our domestic and foreign policy and Nigerians being extremely proud people I don't see that happening now or the future. I think a mixture of things works, an F-15 here an SU-35 there. This has worked well for Nigeria previously.

JOSCOFELIX:
sir no western aircraft have being involved in this type of war with a well equipped country. Majority of this western weapons may produce the same result if involved in a conflict related to this

lionel4power:
With the way Russia is handling the war in Ukraine, and the loss of it's equipment is making Western weapons now looking like a preferred choice.

Asides the political constraints on western gears, I am now convinced that western weapons has superior and quality build compared to Russian/Soviet build.

Secondly, in today's air combat, BVR is now the mainstay of aerial warfare. It doesn't matter which aircraft.

Whoever sees and shoots first lives. Nevertheless, considering the technical aspects, range of BVR missile, AESA radar detection range, and radar cross section are important in deciding who comes out alive.

Likewise other support systems like EW suite, ECCM, AEW&C, and data links can act as a force multiplier.

So in this scenario, I believe the western jets ticks off all the box.

Rarely do aircraft now come into merge but if they ever do, I believe the SU-35 gets the advantage even against stealth primarily because of it's maneuverability and it's internal OLS-35 electro-optical infra-red search and track system which can comfortably track, target, and KILL stealth aircraft from at least 20 nautical miles.

Covert1:
It's a good question. Aircrafts have roles. Bottom line is in today's modern air warfare, in the context of air-air combat, air superiority fighters are not up there programmed for first line of action Within-Visual-Range engagement (WVR) rather the F-15 or F-16 is programmed or suited for Beyond-Visual-Range (BVR) engagement. Simply put it is set up to detect at longer ranges and out of sight enemy aircrafts and light them up. That is why today the USAF incorporates 5th generation subsystems into the F-16s. I believe a portion of current US F-16 inventory have now AESA radars same which they have on the F-35s giving it the advantage to detect more targets at longer ranges and light them up. So in effect in the context of BVR combat its more about what you have on the aircraft than about the platform itself. The difference in platform in this instance is either a two engine fighter or single engine fighter, single seat or dual. In a practical warfare scenario an Tactical Air Combat Command would send aircrafts up for the roles they are best suited and for which they are built.

Now for the Su-35, generally the Flanker family aircrafts are built to be super maneuverable which gives it an edge in Within-Visual-Range (WVR) engagements. Here the Russian aircraft excels the F-15. Except for the USAF F-22 no other known fighter aircraft arguably can super maneuver as the Sukhoi aircrafts. However nations pour money into stealth and BVR technologies because in a peer warfare you might be dead in the air before you blink, it's more about who sees first shoots first. However the SU-35 an excellent non-stealthy aircraft has been used by the Russians to go up against the F-22 or F-35 both stealthy aircrafts and detected them at greater ranges so that would put it above the F-15 and certainly above the F-16. It is a deadly fighter. The Americans still don't have an answer for the SU-27 in the F-15 except for the stealthy F-35. Also of note is other factors that can play a role, aircraft availability which brings in maintenance, here western aircrafts have an edge as they are easier and cheaper to maintain and more reliable jet engines which produce more thrust.

I stress in the end pilot training, air combat hours, pilot agility and skill play a crucial role. A Saudi fighter pilot for instance can not be compared in proficiency to an Irainian fighter pilot. So having a shiny bird is one thing and having a nationalistic loyal skilled pilot is another factor in an adrenaline air combat.

Ground based systems or air borne systems like AWACS also can give an advantage. For everything developed there is a counter development. The Germans already excel in detection of stealth aircraft from ground based systems and reports have it the Iranians have once picked up the signature of USAF Lockhead-Martin Stealth F-35 aggressors with Russian supplied ground based radar.

I will choose an SU-35 as a sovereign nation with no inhibitions whatsoever in deployment and access to every code in its weapon suite to optimize employment of the fighter jet. JF-17s are now being optimized with AESA radars too.

Covert1:
Nothing like "miraculously" in Air Combat in the context of putting in the good work, systems & platforms: air training hours, re-training, air combat hours, BVR, stealth, EW, ECM, doctrine, pilot skill, discipline, exposure with counter forces to pick up radar signatures, pay & incentives, motivation, logistics, satellites, AWACS, ground based systems and a host of other factors including allies play into inevitable or predictable outcomes other than that combat pilots attribute unseen forces as an "act of God" which can be bird strike or generally uncontrollable acts of nature.

Omofaye99:
Nobody knows bro, until they both engage each other anything can happen..even the hyped Raptor might get shot down by JF17 miraculously

Stormtrooper11:
Okay, people I got these questions. Can someone please tell me what's on the Mi-28 rotor?! I'm thinking is a radar or something cos I found out that the AH-64 got something like that.

Also, do you think the Ugandan Mi-28 purchase is a better option than our AH-1Z vipers? Afterall, we ain't gonna be getting AGM-114 hellfires or any ATGMs but there is word they'll be having em in alotta numbers.

Thanks.

kabe1:
African Special Forces from Ghana and Morocco train together during this year's African Lion Exercise

Nemesis4you:
How about combining the technicals (some of them in a group) with

1. Drones for extended situation awareness in the vertical envelope and for tasks like mines/ied detection and mapping for opening safe routes etc , threat detection and generating real time ground situation picture for counter action etc etc

Nemesis4you:
2. Onboard sensors for extended situational awareness in the horizontal envelope as a backup or secondary measure in support of the drones or incase drones incapacitated etc

This would keep the technicals out of the harms way more or less while increasing their combat effectiveness

NTSA:
Just watched a recent video of an IED hitting a technical in Lamu the thing was shredded into pieces

Nemesis4you:
The one on the left isn't it the tank destroyer ?
Forget it's name

In 2nd pic in the middle the small sized tracked vehicle what's its name ?

Nemesis4you:
Any guys here with interest in IMINT ( imagery intelligence) ?

Ain't sure of the implied messaging in a pic

If anyone upto the task , feel free to ask for the pic i will post it than

Exnavyboy62:
First the "Ghost of Kyiv", now the "Goat of Kyiv". When Ukrainians are expecting good news of their troops securing victory, all they get is this nonsense. Well u can't expect less when your president is a comedian, everything is bound to be a joke