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GabrielYulaw:
Easily doable. The US did a lot of that in Vietnam.

If we can do that (combined with leveraging on UAVs) ambushes and loss of service men will be greatly reduced.

kabe1:
A gunship like the AC-130 is a very expensive piece of kit. We can buy 3 fighter jets for one gunship.

Not economical.

So what about buying a standard military cargo transport and outfitting it?

bidexiii:
Tiny but the sting will bring hell and destruction from above.
This Tucano jet is specially designed for COIN operation and quote me there is no assets in its class that cheap, easy to maintain, that can bring destruction to terrorist, precise munition and targeting system .......etc

I know why some people don’t like this jet, one it’s a turbo-aircraft and solely for COIN and it can never be used for air power projection. But we have a serious internal problem we need to deal with, we can always get aircraft meant for our air space cover and power projection in the nearest future. Until few days ago no body knew the army was doing some serious shopping which deal was activated almost a year ago.
Who and some equipment are still coming in from Russia and Eastern Europe.

The army needs to Invest more in battlefield communication and coordination. Our Intelligence gathering agencies are asleep.

My grouse with the super tucano is that the aircraft doesn't seem to have sufficient armor protection to be able to withstand potential aa gun attacks and whatever BH/iswap might want to fire at it. Because BH isn't fielding manpads now doesn't mean they won't try to shoot down our air assets. Theyve fielded aa guns before. We need something that'll survive any BH onslaught while performing 2-3 hrs cas for the army. My 2 cents.

Whyem15:
There is going to be some heavy shake up in the military heirachy soon, an offensive is alo being planned by the president's inner circles and ONSA.

A shake up is needed in the air force soon. Ams why don't we have naval amphibious units in the lake Chad area too? No b water dey there?

kabe1:
Nigeria bought 12 Super Tucanos for $329 million. That individual claiming 600 million is telling lies.

We are also getting JF-17 thunders, we are also getting MI-35m helicopters. For the MI-35m once we pay the balance the remaining 8 units would be delivered.

The Tucanos can carry all the ground attack bombs and munitions in the US Air Force service apart from MOAB and Nuclear weapons.

The Tucanos can loiter and provide reconnaissance for 10 hours to ground troops, imagine that capability.

The Tucano is perfect for Nigeria considering we are not in a threat environment like Syria were the enemy has MANPADs.

We cannot buy the TU-160 it's not going to happen. We cannot buy the AC-130, that's not going to happen either.

What the Nigerian army needs in addition to more of the VT-4 Tank is a dedicated Air Arm, armed with Light Attack Helicopters.

No offence, but U sure say that tiny mosquito go fit do all those things u talk? 12 for $329 million equates to $25m+ each. With that kind of money, we can still do better. What happend to the su25 someone mentioned? We still can't overemphasize the importance of dedicated gunship platforms as well as armed UAVs for 24hr all weather surveillance and attack. Air force needs to address that.

kabe1:
The US can block a sale from Russia and China if they want.

The US blocked the sale of SU-35 fighter jets Indonesia wants to buy from Russia.

E be like say I don dey suspect trump.


JUST thinking out loud, Isnt it even possible for na to buy a couple of big military cargo plane and maybe contract the ruskies to retrofit it if its not possible to buy it ready made because of great satan (USA)?

kabe1:
The Russians don't have an AC-130 equivalent.

The ruskies are currently working on converting the an12 to a gunship.


JUST thinking out loud, Isnt it even possible for na to buy a couple of big military cargo plane and maybe contract the ruskies to retrofit it if its not possible to buy it ready made because of great satan (USA)?

slimthugchimee2:
US can still block that sale if they want to

Remember the brazil super tucano?

Okay let's say ure right. The Russians will have an ac130 equivalent definitely. I know it. Like I said earlier, why am I not coas/hop for Nigerian armed forces?

AskiaHarem:
I agree I'd rather see some SUs or Migs but the tucanos are just so much more cost efficient for dealing with these types of insurgencies. At least the Airforce is getting the J-17s.

Someone said 15 for $600m. Very cost ineffective bro. I Don't think that's true sha. And from the screenshot, it isn't what we need. We are not fighting in a low cost environment. we need heavily built, full cas attack aircraft that have endurance capabilities and can pummel BH 3 hours nonstop. These tucanos isn't just it. We could have gotten more su25s, mi35, ka25s, a ton of attack drones and the Russian equivalent of the ac130 and b52 bomber.


I think the air force leadership needs some real punishment/sanctioning. They're pretty much the reason why our bases fall to BH and our boys have to retreat from time to time. In the general Adeniyi video, man complained they came under at least 100 RPGs fired from BH. They were flanked on all sides. So many stories of no air support during a 2-3hr gunfight whereas in the us army it would have been the opposite. Na air force bombers go dey do d work while marines go dey flex.

AskiaHarem:
Not bad but I'd rather see a squadron or two of Su30s. At least the Airforce is getting J-17s.

America will NEVER EVER sell Nigeria a single AC130 or any type of sophisticated heavy weapons systems no matter what! When will you guys ever accept this?

Na only us dey sell them? We can buy used ones from 3rd party sellers like countries who want to upgrade their hardware. A little diplomatic maradonna may be involved, but its possible.

komekn:
Topic for discussion and question.

Quite recently well last 18 months a lot of talk went into the procurement from the USA of 12 Super Tucano A29 light attach aircraft.

Cost of procurement for 12 aircraft $600 million.

It's been presented by quite a few as the game charger we need in the SE to completely turn the tide in this seemingly never ending war.

Is this " best value " and best use of our very limited resources for the greatest impact and best outcome delivery.

If you do agree why ❓ and if you don't what would be your alternative procurement model and or approach.

I don't know why we keep choosing these tucanos


We can do so much better.

The fact is that our soldiers aren't the ones to be blamed for the prolonged nature of this war. The people who are responsible for this mess is the men in charge of our security and intelligence infrastructure.

The president
National security adviser
The minister of defense
Our intelligence agencies
The army and air force leadership

This war can be won fairly quickly (1yr) using the right tactics and weapons.

We need better long endurance aerial reconnaissance and striking hardware that can be in the air 24/7 being on the lookout, ready to strike at moments notice. Dozens of armed drones to patrol our borders. Even more to watch sambisa forest and the lake chad region. Its not every time we need to send our boys to put their lives in danger on the ground. With the right aerial strategy and weapons, we can make BH afraid to move in the open.

these tucanos don't look like they'll be able to take heavy fire.we need heavy duty stuff

Su25s
Ac130s if possible
More mi35 helos

There is no battlefield command, control and coordination system. Especially BTW the army and air force. Do we have laser designators and other targeting equipment we can use to relay targets to our aerial platforms?

Our guys need better weapons and vehicles with heavy armor. These Toyota pickups we use is rubbish. None of our ifvs should be lightly armored. What happend to tanks? There are many good Tanks that aren't expensive na.

The boys need upgraded armor. What about sniper teams? Night vision goggles and thermal imaging devices? Those will make it easy for us to strike at night thereby giving us the element of surprise.

How I wish I was head of procurement for NA

our intelligence agencies are the greatest failure and embarrassments of this war. Identifying the logistic and organizational structure of BH/iswap should be the job of the DSS nia and dmi rather than intimidating innocent citizens and making a joke of themselves. The saying "drain the pond to kill the fish" comes to play here. We must also have an emphasis on degrading the organizational and logistics structure of BH. If we can identify how they get fuel and tools for their vehicles, how the get funding, movement patterns then we can get ahead of this thing.

Intelligence gathering is the biggest key to this fight. The sooner we do these the better. Enough of reactive strategy, its time for us to be proactive.

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If I like a girl and she rejects me

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If girl dey feel too prouding for you

One effective solution:

Ignore/reject

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Admissionclass:
When a girl you like starts playing hard to get, what should you do especially when she is showing subtle signs she likes you, leaving you confused.

Should one continue to chase her till she accepts or move on?

Ignore her.

It works all the time

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Its another form of humiliation

Any girl wey dey over do shakara

Just act like she doesn't exist

Shell be the one warming up to u

culf:
forget, some of our guys the try. most ladies don't appreciate romance and are not as simple and easy going like this one.

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I'm tobi

Living in Lagos

Will be 30 this year

Looking for a female for relationship

28 and above

Has to have something doing

Intelligent and engaging

Tallness won't be bad

Chat or call 08084697651

I'm tobi

Living in Lagos

Will be 30 this year

Looking for a female for relationship

28 and above

Has to have something doing

Intelligent and engaging

Tallness won't be bad

Chat or call 08084697651

I'm tobi

Living in Lagos

Will be 30 this year

Looking for a female for relationship

28 and above

Has to have something doing

Intelligent and engaging

Tallness won't be bad

Chat or call 08084697651

I'm tobi

Living in Lagos

Will be 30 this year

Looking for a female for relationship

28 and above

Has to have something doing

Intelligent and engaging

Tallness won't be bad

Chat or call 08084697651

I'm tobi

Living in Lagos

Will be 30 this year

Looking for a female for relationship

28 and above

Has to have something doing

Intelligent and engaging

Tallness won't be bad

Chat or call 08084697651

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