₦airaland Forum

komekn:
All this is political rambling without a shred of substance.

You made the claim that by far PMB has been the best for the military against any other HOD.

So how did you come to that conclusion ❓ sentiment based biased preference or by objective measurement. ❓

You cannot throw it back to me you are effectively EVADING the question and proposition you presented.

You should at the very least have the decency to quote what I actually said.

I said PMB has done better for the military than GEJ/Ya'Ardua. This is what I said.

Like I said previously carry out your own research, I don't need to spoon feed you with sources.

It is right in front of your eyes.

jln115:
Its a utility helicopter!! hence why it can do many things....that's what utility means!!

It's an attack helicopter.

This also confirms that 2 of the 3 JF-17s Nigeria ordered have now been flight tested.

All 3 JF-17s would definitely arrive Nigeria this November.

With the serial number now confirmed, without a doubt this was the Nigerian Air Force JF-17 flying in Pakistan a couple months back.

NuclearBomber:
You are a genius, for this pic.

Bro, anybody can do this. Thanks for the compliment.

slimthugchimee2:
Soon odunayaw will not see other countries MIG29s and pray "God when"

We hope so.

My main problem is the number of aircrafts.

komekn:
So what has our military expenditure budget been to date since the inception of the PMB regime then compare that to the actual procurements made.

Then we can do a comparison by cost of procurement against each particular regime.

Do your research provide evidence of our military expenditure budget since the inception of the PMB administration.

Right out of the bat you will notice major changes in Defence procurement between PMB and GEJ/Yar'Adua administrations.

PMB does government to government deals, a clear departure from GEJ whose administration relied mainly on contractors and middle men in more than 60% of the latter's procurements.

PMB also pushes mainly at local defence manufacturing, especially for things we can produce.

A clear example is the Nigeria was supposed to receive Varta MRAPS from Ukraine, instead the government rejected that and instead went for Proforce MRAPS.

The military has it's shortcomings but there has been a lot of improvements in many, many areas under PMB.

jln115:
lol, kinda backfired on you kabe2

Semantics, also stop cherry picking responses.


This is everything and more the Rudra can do.

nemesis8u:
Everything from

DEAD
CSFO
SHBO
CSAR
Anti armour
Electronic warfare
Scout
Armed reconnaissance and surveillance
Anti UAV role
Etc

Clearly it is an attack helicopter.

First official photo of Nigerian Air Force JF-17.

Seen in the recently aired documentary celebrating the Air Force at 56.

Serial number 2P-60.

This indicates it is a Block II aircraft.

Iblawi1:
MUST SEE: Live Battle Field Video As Nigeria Army Confronts Boko Haram [WATCH] https://m.scoopernews.com/detail?newsId=9940350&shareChannel=WhatsApp

Sweet combat video.

Odunayaw:
Gone are the days I look at this tank and say "God when"... we have the VT-4 *winks*

I agree. I wish we can get up to 100 units though.

Toju200:
Check out this logistics convoy..
Spot the innoson G12 guntrucks in the fleet

Beautiful picture.

nemesis8u:
Everything from

DEAD
CSFO
SHBO
CSAR
Anti armour
Electronic warfare
Scout
Armed reconnaissance and surveillance
Anti UAV role
Etc

Meaning it is an attack helicopter. Saying dedicated is just semantics.

Yes I know their are design improvements, including avionics and performance but both the MI-28 and Rudra are attack helicopters.

komekn:
Unless you are a political supporter you should give your reasons.

Please be a bit more substantive so we can appreciate PMB in this regard and or the opposite if we find to the contrary.

Accomodation for officers and men of the Nigerian military. It is unprecedented in the history of Nigeria.

Government to Government deals.

For Air Force

12 x MI-35M for the Air Force
12 x Super Tucano "
2 x. MI-17e "
10 x Super Mushak
3 x JF-17
3 x Aerosode UAV
3 x Tsaigumi UAV
10 x Maurader MRAPs
15 x Proforce ICAV
2 x Bell 412
6 x A-109k

- Transfer of 7 x helicopters from the PAF & NEPA reconfigured and reactivated for military use.

Including more I might have missed.

Army

50 Proforce MRAPs
38 Ezugwu MRAPs
177 Typhoon & Streit group LAVs
35 VT-4 Tanks
ST-1 Tank Destroyers
New artilleries all part of the 150 million dollars China deal.
Innoson military vehicles.

Including some I might have forgotten.

Navy

1 Damen LST
2 x maritime patrol aircraft
4 x A109 and AW-139
1 x Hydrographic ship

Over 30 new different types of navy platforms.

Over 200 x locally made gun boats

nemesis8u:
It's semantics actually , intent of use as per end user.

If you ask me I will not consider it as a dedicated attack helicopter , because it was not purpose built to be a dedicated attack helicopter .

It is derived from ALH which is a transport helicopter .

If one wants to be strictly accurate , than dedicated attack helicopters r those which r built as attack helicopter from design stage onwards eg Apache LCH Mi28 etc

In it's current form as Rudra, what does it do?

nemesis8u:
IAF / IA Rudra attack helicopter

Jln115 / Jl115 will tell you this is not an attack helicopter.

Interior of NNS Karaduwa SDB II under construction.

- Power plants that power NNS Karaduwa.

- Fire resistant/ fire proofing

- Hallway showing air conditioning system.

- Electrical panel.

With each iteration of the Seaward Defence Boat produced in Nigeria, we can see considerable defence improvements and sea keeping abilities.

SDB 1 is more of a littoral vessel.

SDB 2 looks more seagoing and can handle significant days at sea, is larger and has more armament.

SDB 3 defiantly looks sea going. Would be able to handle the west-african ocean, looks faster and is more heavily armed.

Seaward Defence Boat 3

Third locally built Seaward Defence Boat (CAD)

Still under development.

NNS Karaduwa (P102)

Second locally made Seaward Defence Boat

Nigerian made NNS Andoni (P109)

First locally made Seaward Defence Boat

Toju200:
the Nigeria army is possibly the biggest supporter of Innoson vehicles

The Nigerian government and parastatals support Innoson very well. In fact made in Nigeria manufacturers receive huge government support.

Look at rice farmers as an example.

Algerian army T-90S Tank

BabaOwen:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9430GRarxw
The meeting of the National Security Council is ongoing, at the Council Chambers, State House, Abuja. The meeting which is being presided over by @MBuhari, is summoned over the recent security challenges in Katsina, Nasarawa, Kaduna and elsewhere.

The meeting of the National Security Council is ongoing, at the Council Chambers, State House, Abuja. The meeting which is being presided over by @MBuhari, is summoned over the recent security challenges in Katsina, Nasarawa, Kaduna and elsewhere. pic.twitter.com/7buqc8KwEz

— Bashir Ahmad, OON (@BashirAhmaad) May 14, 2020

https://www.freshreporters.com/2020/05/buhari-meets-service-chiefs.html

Always holding meeting, but still yet, there is hardly any change

With regards to reequipping the military, Buhari has tried a lot, let's be honest.

I will rate him above Yara'Adua/Jonathan.

S400:
In nigeria , You call french jean-fraud ??

He's from Kenya bro.

Today the Nigerian Army Commander of the Infantry Corps, Major General SO Olabanji, commissioned the newly built Hqtrs Infantry Corps & Center, Administrative Battalion office complex, Jaji Military Cantonment, Kaduna.

Nigeria is due to receive this LST from Damen shipyards UAE in 2022.


On 9th December Damen Shipyards Sharjah in the UAE held a keel-laying ceremony for a landing craft for the Nigerian Navy, an LST 100. The start of the vessel’s construction was attended by Nigeria’s Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas.


Damen has designed the LST 100 for a range of duties including amphibious operations, strategic transport of equipment and troops, disaster relief, evacuation operations and humanitarian assistance.

https://www.damen.com/en/news/2020/02/damen_holds_keel_laying_ceremony_for_nigerian_navy_landing_craft

Kabe2:
The Egyptian Navy is set to launch its final Gowind class corvette from the Alexandria Shipyard.

In 2014, Egypt signed a €1b Euro contract with France's Naval Group to buy four Gowind 2500 corvettes.

At 250 million Euros each, the Gowind 2500 corvette is quite affordable, especially for countries like Nigeria.

Egypt recently committed to the purchase of six German TKMS frigates in a €2.3+B Euro deal. potentially ruling out future Gowinds.

The navy spent an estimated €600m Euro on armament.

Egyptian Gowind class corvettes are outfitted with:

1 × OTO Melara 76 mm main gun
16 × VLS for MICA VL
8 × Exocet anti ship missile
2 × Nexter Narwhal 20 mm cannon
2 × triple MU-90 torpedo launcher

Egyptian production was limited to the cutting and welding of hull parts whilst major systems were assembled after French deliveries.

The Gowind (986) Luxor is the third corvette to be produced* under license in an Egyptian shipyard.

The first Egyptian Gowind corvette El Fateh (971) was launched at the Lorient naval shipyard in September 2016.