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kabe1:
Nigerian army Helicopter Order.


Nashville, Tennessee, April 27, 2023– MD Helicopters, LLC (MDH) is displaying the first example of its highly anticipated armed Cayuse Warrior Plus at the 2023 Army Aviation Mission Solutions Summit (AAAA) in Nashville. This aircraft was recently selected by the Nigerian Government to fulfill a 12-aircraft requirement for the Nigerian Army.

“Our team is proud to showcase our best-in-class light attack aircraft solution at Quad A,” says Brad Pedersen, President and CEO of MD Helicopters. “We are excited about our award from Nigeria and confident our proven solution will support not only the Nigerian Army, but armed forces around the world. With this aircraft, defense services globally will experience reliable, agile, and cost-effective air capabilities with trouble-free operations, seamlessly complementing their broader defensive needs.”

https://www.edrmagazine.eu/md-helicopters-showcases-cayuse-warrior-plus-helicopter-and-appreciation-to-nigerian-army

GreenOris:
This is not the place for this please, create a thread in politics section

kabe1:
Imagine carrying out such a massive PDM in-country and nobody knew until House members visited, it's really not good PR at all.

kabe1:
Nigerian army and DSS seem to have taken delivery of new Sandcat Vehicles.

jteku:
Dearsan OPV-76 for Nigerian Navy



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhrbfdh0tjw

Faithful007:
I'm sorry that was wrong.

They are AH-1Z indeed. I confused it for the old deal which fell apart.

kabe1:
It's not contradictory.

Nigeria has no expeditionary ambitions, however to ensure security and the flow of trade in Nigeria, Nigeria needs to have the capability to deploy troops, armour and aid across the West-African quickly and efficiently.

This is why the Nigerian Navy has a requirement for a minimum of 2 LSTs.

Toju200:
okay SOF units in Nigeria
NASFC
Nigeria air force SOF (Panthers)
Nigeria navy SBS
Nigeria navy special operations forces (CNS intends to create them different from the SBS)
DHQSOF(Phantoms)
The guy i posted is a NAF SOF (panther)
Have i answered you?

Toju200:
Exactly

MUTERIKA:
News like these are soul lifting. However, our current problems are more of lack of political will and not the of weapons per se. The more the merrier. NAF is surely acquiring more platforms. The best part for me is the APC part. NA would have more protected carriers.

kikuyu1:
The world doesn't work like that! Everything is quid pro quo-before exposing your quid make sure the other guy has a verified quo whether he's Oyinbo,Chinese,Russian or Uruguayan.

kabe1:
From some reports I have seen, there are claims that the T-129 ATAK will be delivered in 2023, while AH-1Z deliveries would be completed by 2025.

I don't know how true they are, but these are unsubstantiated reports at this time.

We obviously get more for less with the ATAK, I would also support a cancellation of the AH-1Z if it were up to me.

At this point though, I'll just prefer to watch and see.

I'm more interested in the equipment the army will get, I hope they get more Tanks and IFVs if possible.

Toju200:
NAF pilot training in Italy

kabe1:
Nigeria Defence



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7NVe0nKr-Q

Toju200:
and a zulu cobra cost how much again

kabe1:
That's what happens when you procure nearly 400 armoured vehicles.

It also shows that Nigeria has the money to properly equip troops, but laxity, laziness and corruption of past governments made it seem like the funds were never available.

It also depends on the government in power, this government has prioritized security, even though we haven't seen the results yet.

I think Pickups are important in today's land battlefield, any responsible government should employ a right mix of vehicles.

kabe1:
This documentary is still not out. I'm looking forward to it.

I wish we could have documentaries like this from Nigeria.

jl115:
shame man.... LTGEN is one of the oldies...he also want some of the good ol days back now you denying him

GreenandGold:
Do you know how powerful Nigeria's military is? This little vehicle here can shoot down all of Nigeria's Air Force fighters without even reloading

NTSA:
Interesting I didn't know we /CIA secretly trained SPLM on how to "use them"

kabe1:
Those Tanks are owned by South-Sudan.

kabe1:
Any links?

Whalesharkcroc:
Guys, have a look at our NNS Kada again. The Red marks look like missile/rocket launchers. I may be wrong though, but my my eagle eyes sighted them. They have the shape and design of launchers.
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davefurn:
50, wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!............. Heard Ukraine are making great strides towards the Russian Border

mekussa:
A clear case of voting to please the west without thinking it through then having a rethink after.

Lurker4Long:
Because my company's clients do a great deal of business in Nigeria, Ghana and the greater ECOWAS region, I consume a lot of Nigerian and west African media content.
I have not come across any official explanation of why specifically the Nigerian government voted with the West twice at the UN on Russia's aggression against Ukraine, and then abstained on the 3rd instance. I have my own hypothesis, which rightly, can change depending on more information coming to light. I shall therefore, refrain from putting my perspective forward, lest it contaminate this query.

So, from the Nigerians here, why do you think your government adopted the stance it did? Why, with all the knowledgeable facts did they vote the way they did on those 3 occasions? Why can't I find any public explanation of their shifting stance? Last, in the absence of opinion survey data, what is your sense of public opinion on the issue?

Odunayaw, kabe1, davefurn1, lionel4power, toju200, shadowprimezero, supersixseven, mekussa, xbee007, sczeska, naijasauce69, iblawi and anyone else I might have neglected.

Toju200:
Yes

Stormtrooper11:
It's so uncomfortable. Paying nearly 1 billion dollars and not getting the hellfire missiles is kinda "not cool". Nevertheless, seems the Turkish UTMAS missile is compatible with the choppers. It can be purchased if the US hellfire missiles are unavailable to us.