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All you've said is true and very impressive, but I still believe there is greater potential in Nigeria..I'm Kenyan btw so I say this from the perspective of an outsider looking in with no bias

On defense industry, government's role should be facilitative..provide a condusive environment for private sector to thrive and offer support through bulk purchases, low interest or zero interest loans to companies on collaborative projects and assistance in marketing to foreign clients through soft power diplomacy.. Government should be no where near manufacturing, and that's a trend we are now witnessing in Kenya. Though the current leadership of KDF is progressive and efficient and geared towards manufacturing, what happens when leadership eventually changes and those in power become tools of the political elite..that is why most government run industries and companies are terribly inefficient, conduits for nepotism and never break even always begging for taxpayer funded bailouts.

Back to Nigeria's case, with all the conflicts the country's military has faced both internally and externally, such experience coupled with proper private sector RnD could lead to production of military hardware that best suits the environment at hand. This would offer the country an advantage in export to neighbouring countries as the selling point would be it's worked for us and we face similar situations to you, so it's also guaranteed to work for you. It may sound as an offensive cliche but there are literally Nigerians in every field in almost every country on earth..provide them with a condusive environment to bring their expertise back home, you won't have to be like Turkey and hire foreign expertise..plus improve your relationship with South Africa in RnD and everything else..that way you won't be like Turkey having to delay or even cancel export contacts because of sanctions on parts because you choose to diversify your partnerships
Call me overly pessimistic but if Africa's great powers don't collaborate in the military sphere..this continent will become the new middle east in terms of conflict and Anti-Terrorism operations this decade and we will all be forced to buy foreign military hardware to maintain strategic partnerships just like the UK has become a vassal and client state of the US, purchasing equipment from them that they can very well manufacture themselves just to keep the Americans happy..let's make our own equipment from our own experience and unique environment to solve our own challenges
It may be tedious but not impossible
African solutions to African problems

Why does Nigeria keep purchasing equipment that it should be manufacturing itself? I understand the enthusiasm from the term "technological transfer" but I believe Nigeria already has the financial and intellectual capacity to do all this itself
The purchase of arms and equipment from foreign companies mostly serves to line the pockets of the higher echelons of the military and I feel it's no different here..Nigeria does not face any peer sized threat in the near future that would require it to make these purchases externally..I feel that the country should be investing this cash in local capacity and RnD so that when the time eventually comes and trust you me it will, the country will have systems and expertise in place to produce these vessels at a larger scale and pace..There is no greater investment than in yourself, the only justifiable part of this deal is the training of Nigerian Engineers, which should happen with or without the purchase of such vessels.
There is a great market for inshore and offshore patrol vessels in the Gulf of Guinea, foreigners have seen the opportunities and started making moves..This is to Nigeria, the path to self sufficiency and export of surplus military equipment is no longer long and tedious as it used to provided money and state goodwill is guaranteed, focus on that or you'll be left watching as all your neighbours (potential clients) buy equipment from China, Turkey, Russia and Israel

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Kenya National Police Service
G.S.U (General Service Unit) Recce Company
S.P.E.A.R (Special Program for Embassy Augmentation Response) conduct live drill with members of US D.S.S and ATA at US Embassy, Nairobi.

KDF SF Operator in Somalia

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1st Pic: KDF 30 SF

2nd- : Kenya GSU Recce Squad during operation in Mombasa 2021

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Plus KDF 30 Special Forces (Crossbreed between US ARMY Green Berets & British SAS) in Somalia during operations earlier in the year

Kenya Defence Forces 40th Ranger Regiment Operators (Modelled after US ARMY 75th Ranger Regiment)

Stargate254:
Looks like the same Media Company that was given access to cover the SOF competition is also producing its own Movie



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhAHKgorP78


Nigeria you started it, Now it seems Kenya is also doing it too ... i.e. Producing a combat movie for the love of the military, inspired by local and current events, and whereby the production company is given real access to the military to help them produce a realistic movie.

Psychological warfare at its best..boosts the image and perceived capability of the military in the eyes of the populace to attract the best talent during recruitment..has worked for the US with SOCOM and the general US military sponsoring movies from time to time to boost recruitment numbers

Kenya Police Recce Squad Operators raid in Mombasa March 2021

https://twitter.com/_Karis_002/status/1378645303524478977?s=09

2019 Special Forces Operators Competition ( Army & Police) KENYA
https://twitter.com/africaken1/status/1368461707593592835?s=19

KDF 40RSF in Somalia

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Kenya Defence Forces 40th Ranger Regiment & 30th Special Forces