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Vikkie14:
Two type security vehicles built by two guys from Ekiti, Nigeria..

Vehicles name unknown. Protection levels unknown. Specification unknown as well.
Pix 1, 2 and 3: 1st variant
Pix 4: 2nd variant

Henry240:
What does this mean? In english.

tdayof:
That is the issue. The Nigerian army should buy the MRAP and the NAF should get an AWACS. The AWACS will perform the work of ATR too so I do not see how that is a waste of money.

The missile bay amidships is fitted with three different types of launchers. At center is a new 32-cell Mark 41 Vertical Launch System from Lockheed Martin, able to handle Standard SM-2 and SM-6 missiles. The weapons have yet to be purchased, however, and the system is not yet operational. Flanking the Mark 41 are two Raytheon Mark 56 missile launchers to handle Evolved Sea Sparrow (ESSM) anti-air missiles. Just visible in the foreground are the support structures for Boeing Harpoon surface-to-surface missiles. Both the Mark 56 and Harpoon launchers come from decommissioned ships.

The Harpoon supports in the foreground show blast wear — evidence of their prior service aboard older patrol boats.The Harpoon supports in the foreground show blast wear — evidence of their prior service aboard older patrol boats.

The Danish frigate is 455 feet long overall, 65 feet in beam, with a draft of nearly 21 feet. Major hull components were built in Lithuania and Estonia and assembled in Denmark.

The ship’s clean lines are functional, reducing reflective surfaces to lower the ship’s radar signature.

Danes have a well-deserved reputation for designing and building efficient, effective ships on tight budgets.

The forward superstructure is dominated by the Thales Active Phased Array Multifunction Radar (APAR), able to simultaneously support anti-air and anti-surface engagements.

nemesis2u:
@henry240 giles14 bidexiii tdayof jakeporeshenko africaken254 M14A1 MikeCZA chkil and others whats ur view on the above article

Flames08:
Yeah rusty bucket

Aradu needs a goodbye kiss and a big torpedo to the side, other ships from her days are either decommissioned or in line. I reckon she would sit nicely at bottom of the sea, off the coast of Lagos, and make for an excellent artificial reef.

Henry240:
Exactly, that's the problem with the Aradu, the low maintenance we saw with the Navy especially during the military days. I mean, the Aradu, Combatantte class ships and the landing ship all saw active action in Sierra-Leone and Liberia. What happened between that time to today. "Do we have to then always have to go back replacing things when they get broken?".


After 25 years, the new Ships that are hypothetically going to be bought would then have to be replaced when they are in need of repairs? Why does it stop.


She would eventually be replaced as the cost of a refit would not be feasible.

Flames08:
What?? That Rust bucket?
Hell no

jakeporeshenko:
Nigerian navy SBS schooling regular combatants at the range, they seem to have a new camo

africaken254:
can't solve insurgencies and terrorism from groups poorly funded in our continent (just imagine an african country facing well funded insurgent groups like assad is facing.how long would it take before such a state collapses.we can't even maintain simple airframes like MIG-21,most air force in this continent have air crafts rusting on backyards of their air bases

africa is not poor but stupid,incompetent,subservient,non progressive e.t.c problems that can be solved a high school graduate can't be solved even by a university graduate.the rest of the world have transformed their agriculture sector,but we are still starving to death.in the past for every 5 peace keepers in africa only 1 was african. with help from foreign countries now its for 5 peace keepers 2 are from africa. border security is non existence in most of our countries.we can't protect our coastal waters from illegal fishing,let along piracy. proliferation of small arms is serious problem due to porous borders,failed states,civil wars e.t.c

Patchesagain:
Fong-kong typhoon

Patchesagain:
All that rust

I know that as long as the internals are clean it's not a problem.

But as a gun enthusiast, that picture gave me cancer

Perfectdanny:
Sorry boss Henry. Sailor no sailor. I win. No offence.

Perfectdanny:
Boss man they don't have it doesn't mean it isn't a requirement.

All those machines may fail at some point. What if during combat i get seperated and my primary weapon jams (which of course is perfectly possible) what then do i use? Or you think this event wouldn't be possible.

You can view my profile and see for yourself a thread i created about sidearms.

africaken254:
absolutely ,dont take things seriously.too much testosterone all around

Odunayaw:
yes Sir

Odunayaw:
we both know US will not grant nigeria the license to copy
it was built from scratch here

Odunayaw:
are u not confusing urself already?


now...The gulma is used by the NAF and not NA...in the event of the NAF's Op gama aiki or Op lafiya dole with NA..the gulma takes off from the FOB

on the field of play itself the army has it's quad copters and ichoku drone(which is like the raven)

nemesis2u:
i had to struggle a lot ,
i have worked as a stone mason
i have worked as a wood carpenter
i have worked as a plumber
i have worked as a software engineer
i have worked as a telecom engineer
i have worked as a civil engineer (lol)
i have worked as a electronics enginner
i am a electronics engineer by qualification
and as for my present profession i cant tell u and it is non of the above

i envy u , i also wanted to be a pilot , but my financial background was not strong, commercial pilot training is very costly. did u train in Malaysia ?

nemesis2u:
@ M14A1

u a commercial pilot ?

nemesis2u:
and exactly how did they find out gripen can handle the Su30MKi in BVR combat ?

gripen was evaluated along with rafale f16i typhoon mig35, with all of them being extensively flight tested by indian pilots in hot and cold conditions etc.
typhoon and rafale came out tops on the basis of technical evaluations and later rafale was selected of of the two due to lower costs.

did thailand testflight SU30MKI ?
the answer is a big no

i hope u realize articles / reports etc r not worth much in terms of credibility .

anyways good luck shooting down SU30MKI
u will need it, lots of it

and excuse me from any further discussion on this subject
thank u.

61mech:
Great for airshows, but it would get you killed in real AA combat.
You bleed off virtually all your airspeed doing these manoeuvres. BIG no-no in dogfighting. Even if you get a missile shot off, the other guys wingman will kill you almost for certain, so the best outcome is a 1 for 1 suicide tactic. IF you get the other guy.