₦airaland Forum

kikuyu1:
I swear certain Saffas blame Zuma for the weather,the falling rand,domestic violence and everything! IIRC,I once saw a BBC article blaming him for halitosis in the ME! I admit I don't have all the details but I do know the the State Capture enquiry quietly returned the Gupta property confiscated and Zuma's son Duduzane was also cleared.

Nemesis4you:
3rd party implication tactics eh ?

Nice try though

Nemesis4you:
How do u know tdayof

Nemesis4you:
I have no truck in the ongoing discussion

But allow me to play the devils advocate

If those countries who have common interest with US are American lackeys

Than those countries who have common interest with China are Chinese lackeys ?

What's good for the goose is good for the gander too

Countries are not in the business of being good or bad they are in the business of survival and furthering own interests which is ever changing with time (sometimes also get to part with their lands permanently or loose their national assets on 100 years lease for pennies etc for all their trouble to further own interests )

Sometimes from an individual nations perspective & interests choice is at best limited to 2 options - lesser evil or bigger evil & sometimes no option at all

kabe1:
From been referred to the Group of Eight industrialized nations , to Group of Seven Industrialized nations and now to the Group of Seven Largest democracies.

Semantics , just call it group of American lackeys against China, and be done with it.

You keep mentioning South-Africa, for all that is holy, your country has been in and out of recession for the last 4 years.

You're funny, there's first a different meeting held by the G-7 nations, before invited guests like South-Africa are called in for a different session.

You should be more worried about challenges present in South-Africa than mastubating over a G-7 conference with no real direct impact on the lives of ordinary South-Africans.

Sizzorkay:
No mind them, these fvkers now suddenly remember China isn't a democracy and now want to form a coalition of democratic countries to counter China, isn't that funny, they didn't remember they aren't a democracy while their corporations were pouring billions into China and making a killing.
It's just US's insecurity, they know they can't compete with China one and one, now they doing around trying to turn every major country against china, in other words, to try to stop China's rise so America won't be surpassed.
All of a sudden now they want to copy China's belt and road initiative? why not do that 10yrs ago or 20yrs ago. Silly people.
No country should have monopoly of power. US is busy have military drills in China and Iran's backyard, but are making threats over two Iranian ships coming their way to probably Venezuela .
What i'm wondering is, if all countries, especially developing countries start using crypto and bypass fiat currency, that should render the US dollars useless a bit and America's ability to sanction weakened

kabe1:
Group of American lackeys.

What meaningful impact can be made without China?

Lurker4Long:
Spare me wahala, I beg oo.
Guest invitations were announced in February.

I'm more interested in the geopolitics at play, when one considers Biden's campaign undertaking of a "Coalition of Democracies", taken in with whom he called, and the order he in which it was done.

Then the Secretary of State Blinken followed suit. And now Boris as chair of the current G7 summit.
For example, Brazil might feel aggrieved at the omission. But under Bolsonaro, do they fit in the so-called coalition of leading democracies?

Lurker4Long:
Mhmm...

Lurker4Long:
Interesting...Australia, India, South Africa and South Korea invited to the G7 summit in the UK.

bidexiii:
Exactly they don't need to win it !

bidexiii:
Good one for south Africa defence industry.

Sizzorkay:
you expecting a guy who banned twitter to be invited? lol
i see what you doing there

Salatavor:
bunch of loose guard fellows standing on the rail of a chopper to gain importance.

kabe1:
I hope Paramount wins this order.

kabe1:
This is exactly why the contract was awarded to Damen.


When you're done laughing you can dispute any of the facts I shared.

kabe1:
There's a 35 years gap from the launch of SAS Drakensberg. There is no evidence the shipyard would be able to handle such a project.

The design for the hydro graphic ship which Southern African Shipyards is building for the South African navy is imported. Indicating a capability shortfall.

Steel used for building the ship for Project Hotel is also imported, the engines, navigational equipments, shafts and generators are imported.

The contract for Project hotel was awarded in 2017, yet till this year 2021 the ship is still been built.

Steel cutting for the Nigerian navy LST began in November 2019, the ship has been launched and would be transferred to Nigeria next year.

The capability for a South-African shipyards to deliver an LST for Nigeria is nonexistent. Awarding a contract to South-Africa would be similar to building the LST in Nigeria.




P.S: This is not to say South-Africa does not produce some nice military equipments like MRAPs etc


However given current capabilities no South-African shipyard would be able to build an LST for Nigeria.

Sizzorkay:
hahaha. i think i just lost my knees lol

when we are done stroking ourselves sha, hope someone go remember to leave the lights on tonight lol

kabe1:
Let's be realistic.

kabe1:
SAS Drakensberg was built in 1986

The second ship hasn't been built.

Yet you want to build an LST for Nigeria?



I admire your optimism but you really need to wake up to reality.

kabe1:
South-African shipyards don't currently have the skills to deliver complex ships.

There's no way any company from RSA would have bidded for the LST.

Odunayaw:
But did any of your shipyards place a tender? I assume we are talking of the LST

Odunayaw:
Yeah, I didn't imply it was cheap. I'm only glad we could keep a bulk of that investment in-country

My joy will be full when we also have exports