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| Re: Why We Refused To Sell Cobra Helicopters To Nigeria - US by NaijaDoWell: 10:13pm On Nov 15, 2014*. Modified: 10:59pm On Nov 15, 2014 |
I see... |
| Re: Why We Refused To Sell Cobra Helicopters To Nigeria - US by Horus(m): 10:14pm On Nov 15, 2014 |
| Re: Why We Refused To Sell Cobra Helicopters To Nigeria - US by Callfubu(m): 10:23pm On Nov 15, 2014 |
DaBullIT:need I say more? |
| Re: Why We Refused To Sell Cobra Helicopters To Nigeria - US by zboyd: 10:25pm On Nov 15, 2014 |
oluwafemi113:You're right. They're also trying to keep their hands clean. And I'm pretty sure they know the lowdown on BH. Money talks...BS walks. The reward of American citizenship is also a juicy carrot to dangle before the eyes of voluntary turncoat, desperate to leave his/her country...in exchange for vital information, of course. |
| Re: Why We Refused To Sell Cobra Helicopters To Nigeria - US by NaijaDoWell: 10:55pm On Nov 15, 2014 |
chamboy:Nigeria's potentials will be fully achieved when we start holding our leaders accountable, vote-out the non-performing once, and vote-in competent patriotic people. Thats when! |
| Re: Why We Refused To Sell Cobra Helicopters To Nigeria - US by IniwavesCME(m): 11:43pm On Nov 15, 2014 |
DaBullIT:koni da fun e,iwo oloriburuku yi. U dey nuts. How cn u support anoda country and hate on your own, don't u know patriotism is wat makes d US Gr8. Idiot, u r here talking about human rights. Can you count how many ppl d boko haram hav killd,ppl who also had ryts were killd for no significant reason. Those white @$$ monkeys arent half as gr8 as an average nigerian. The most successful people thr r blacks whc means they r from africa or even ng. So shut d fu(k up, if u got ntin good to say. MTCHEEW |
| Re: Why We Refused To Sell Cobra Helicopters To Nigeria - US by zboyd: 11:54pm On Nov 15, 2014 |
Horus:If you let the big bad wolf in, you have nobody to blame but yourself, when your chickens come up missing. |
| Re: Why We Refused To Sell Cobra Helicopters To Nigeria - US by eddiebomba(m): 12:09am On Nov 16, 2014 |
NaijaDoWell:Delusional bulls.hit!! ![]() |
| Re: Why We Refused To Sell Cobra Helicopters To Nigeria - US by snthesis(m): 2:43am On Nov 16, 2014 |
simple- sum1 is trying to limit collateral damage to its personnel come its predicted 2015 annexure |
| Re: Why We Refused To Sell Cobra Helicopters To Nigeria - US by Nobody: 6:31am On Nov 16, 2014 |
DaBullIT:So what stops you from relocating over there & denouncing Nigeria ¿ |
| Re: Why We Refused To Sell Cobra Helicopters To Nigeria - US by Nobody: 9:15am On Nov 16, 2014 |
ocelot2006:My brother, if you have a shop, and I come to your shop to buy something, and for whatever reason (good or bad/reasonable or not) you refuse to sell to me, and I start shouting to the whole world that you dont want to sell/that you must sell/that why wont you sell.....IT IS BEGGING! |
| Re: Why We Refused To Sell Cobra Helicopters To Nigeria - US by Nobody: 9:35am On Nov 16, 2014*. Modified: 9:57am On Nov 16, 2014 |
Critisizing America for not selling does not bring back missing girls. It does not eradicate BH. Nigeria has the potential to make weapons. We have the money to make weapons. We have the population to be as great as any other nation. It may take some time but it can be done. WILL WE EVER BE GREAT? Thats the issue. This is more than just buying weapons. We dont have the mentality of Great people. Americans learn from their mistakes. Nigerians dont! Nigeria had the opportunity to buy weapons/develop our military after 1) opc 2) bakassi boys 3) niger delta militants 4) massob and countless other uprisings all over the country.....BUT NO! Whenevr theres an uprising, we run to look for "assistance" from America. Our borders are still very porous. I live in Port harcourt and majority of the maiguards here are from Niger Republic. How come? Most cant speak English. How did they get in. We don't care. Who showed illiterate Nigerdelta boys where to buy weapons that they used to almost cripple Nigeria. And then we looked for the easy way out - paying them millions of dollars monthly for peace to reign. Tompolo (a former militant) got the contract to supply the Nigerian Navy with Gun boats. Ateke is protecting oil pipelines and you want Foreign govts to take us serious? NO! Nobody takes us serious. Nigerians are rotting away in prisons all over the world. Nobody cares. BH drive around with Nigerian army cars, use nigerian army weapons, take over army barracks.....and we want more weapons? If we dont get we blame politics/religion/God/America/ hausa/ yoruba/ijaw/ Jonathan/Obasanjo/APC for our problems. We import toothpick. 70% of poultry. 2nd hand pants and bra. A country of 170 million people. The Giant of Africa. America is not our problem. They have refused to sell. Period. Crying wont change it. Whether they sponsor boko haram. Whether apc sponsors boko haram. Something must cause a problem. It is left for you to avoid or solve it. Whether it is because of Gay rights, Why is america not sponsoring terrorists in Dubai(UAE) where Nigerians are rushing to. Guess what Gays are not allowed there. Infact public kissing (between man and wife) is a crime . Thats more discriminatory than in homosexuality. So why is America not sponsoring terrorists there. Excuses. Thats all Nigerians know. The Nigerian Universities Commision guidelines for engineering students is that in your 200 level you learn computer programming. You know what they teach? FORTRAN 77. A computer program that the world has forgotten about. Graduates dont know anything. Thats the problem. Politicians share rice and make the same promises every 4yrs. In my state during the last election, they shared 50 naira satchet salt to buy votes and village women were fighting for the salt. Its Goodluck Jonathan I pity. Theae problems arent his making. Unfortunately he doesn't seem to be any different from past leaders. Nobody has been tried for crime rather they're pardoned. A lot of old criminals are all becoming relevant again in his govt. Nobody is talking of graduates that died looking for immigration job. Nobody is talking of alleged missing 20 billion dollars from nnpc. With that money all the manufacturers of weapons in the world will come and form line in Abuja begging us to allow them open shop in Nigeria. That money will buy thousands of drones that will flood North East like "chekeleke" birds. We have spent about 4 billion dollars fighting insurgency. .. Where has the money gone? Nobody is asking Helicopters are not our problem. APC + PDP they know our problem. It is not America. |
| Re: Why We Refused To Sell Cobra Helicopters To Nigeria - US by DaBullIT(m): 12:06pm On Nov 16, 2014 |
sauceny:Dem never share the national cake reach my side ni Besides you failed to see the message in my comment .. |
| Re: Why We Refused To Sell Cobra Helicopters To Nigeria - US by DaBullIT(m): 12:26pm On Nov 16, 2014 |
IniwavesCME:Gaari lo wa ra. Omo eran she dori igba ? Face your music and begging career and try not to disrecpect anyone for their opinion , its enough to say you don't agree with my views rather than cursing your brothers and sisters at home. Mùmú |
| Re: Why We Refused To Sell Cobra Helicopters To Nigeria - US by DaBullIT(m): 3:12pm On Nov 16, 2014 |
sauceny:Dem never gimme national cake ni |
| Re: Why We Refused To Sell Cobra Helicopters To Nigeria - US by DaBullIT(m): 3:17pm On Nov 16, 2014 |
IniwavesCME:My guy , you for siddon for your your music and begging for help forum na instead of cursing your brothers and sisters at home If you don't agree with my point of view , talk your own , don't come here and be insulting or cursing your generation |
| Re: Why We Refused To Sell Cobra Helicopters To Nigeria - US by DaBullIT(m): 3:18pm On Nov 16, 2014 |
ocelot2006:Drone. Nigerian army ? Buh hahaha , he he he |
| Re: Why We Refused To Sell Cobra Helicopters To Nigeria - US by Nobody: 3:24pm On Nov 16, 2014 |
Horus:I wish to meet you dude. Do you live in Nigeria? |
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| Re: Why We Refused To Sell Cobra Helicopters To Nigeria - US by ocelot2006(m): 8:29am On Nov 17, 2014 |
DaBullIT:Keep laughing. Apparently, you don't have a single clue about what's happening in your country. It's no wonder you failed your job interview. 'heard of the AMEBO 1 & 2 series drones, or the newer GULMA UAVs? Of course you havent. Those are NIGERIAN MADE drones. Now you've learnt something today. Say "thank you, uncle". |
| Re: Why We Refused To Sell Cobra Helicopters To Nigeria - US by ocelot2006(m): 8:39am On Nov 17, 2014 |
Ichiato:Did you actually go through my quoted, or is there a faulty connection between your eyes and your brain? First of all, it so obvious that you don't know the difference between a FIGHTER PLANE (fixed wing, not "plan) and a HELICOPTER (rotary). 2nd, apparently you jumped the part were I mentioned the OV-22 OSPREY case. 3rd, we don't know if the helicopter crash was as a result of enemy fire, technical issues or pilot. Or do you work at NAF or AIB? Finally, even with our not - too - stellar safety record, recording a 2nd crash in a short period is even odd for us Nigeria. Now feel free to give your nearby power transformer a lap dance, a $$ wipe. |
| Re: Why We Refused To Sell Cobra Helicopters To Nigeria - US by DaBullIT(m): 8:53am On Nov 17, 2014 |
ocelot2006:http://www.janes.com/article/38528/nigerian-air-force-says-uavs-are-not-operational The Gulma unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) is developing is not operational as yet, NAF spokesman Air Commodore Yusuf Anas said in a 27 May statement. He explained that the Gulma unveiled in a ceremony attended by President Goodluck Jonathan on 17 December was a prototype, and that full-scale production is still in progress. "The Nigerian Air Force unmanned aerial vehicle Gulma is yet to be deployed for operational uses. Meanwhile, training of the NAF UAV operators is currently ongoing," he said. 2. http://www.suasnews.com/2014/05/29455/nigeria-air-force-gulma-yet-to-be-deployed-for-operations/ Abuja — Nigerian Air Force on Tuesday said its Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), nick-named “GULMA” was yet to be deployed for operations. This is contained in a statement signed by Air Force Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Yusuf Anas, in Abuja. The statement said that training of the UAV’s operators was currently ongoing. It noted that what was unveiled by President Goodluck Jonathan, on Dec. 17, 2013 at Air Force Base, Kaduna, was a prototype, adding that its full scale production is in the making. The statement was reacting to a report which said the opportunity to locate the kidnapped girls was blown because the drone was not used. The report stated that last December, Nigeria unveiled a locally made drone at an Air Force base in Kaduna, although it had not flown since. The story alluded to the fact that the Nigerian Air Force unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) which could have been used by government to locate the girls had not flown. The statement noted that there was need, therefore, to put the record straight as it concerned the service’s UAV. [size=20pt] Uncle , where did you collect your certificate ? Toronto ? GO BACK TO SS3[/size] |
| Re: Why We Refused To Sell Cobra Helicopters To Nigeria - US by ocelot2006(m): 11:02am On Nov 17, 2014 |
DaBullIT:Okay pikin, lemme school you a bit more. Remember the Aerostar UAVS bought during the Niger Delta insurgency? Of course you don't. Anyway, those were isreali made. Fast Forward to the current insurgency up north, you do know about the Nigerian made AMEBO 1 and 2 series UAVs? Still no?......Hmmm, darn coconut head of yours... At the exit/handover of the previous Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. General Ihejirika (rtd), to his current successor, he mentioned that the Nigeria Army itself had acquired UAVs. Finally, while the report on the new GULMA UAV is correct on the fact that it's still being tested (and rightfully so), it also backs my claim that it isn't only Nigerian made, but proves that we have the expertise. Thanks for the backup, douche ![]() So......a$$ wipe (or should I say coconut - Head pikin), if you're so terrible in simple Current Affairs, only God knows how you faired in other subjects. My advice: spend less time watching African Magic and more time on your book. Btw, you need to hand over that WAEC certificate from whatever magic centre you got it, and apply for your 5th exam resit. Is that clear? Say "yes uncle" ![]() |
| Re: Why We Refused To Sell Cobra Helicopters To Nigeria - US by ocelot2006(m): 12:52pm On Nov 17, 2014 |
iamnen:I couldn't agree more on your post. So on point. Indeed corruption has eaten deep into the fabric of this nation, and the military is not exempted. For years, I personally have been for the need to provide our troops transport helicopters and multi role fighters that will be used to support units isolated in the conflict zone. But it seems the service chiefs are more interested in buying VIP jets instead of these much needed platforms. There's need to change a lot, and stop playing the blame game. If America fails to deliver, all well and good. Russia is there. So is Belarus, China, France, Germany, etc. But the Americans shouldn't use our "inability" to maintain the Cobra as an excuse. That is my only grouse with them. |
| Re: Why We Refused To Sell Cobra Helicopters To Nigeria - US by DaBullIT(m): 1:14pm On Nov 17, 2014 |
ocelot2006:The surveillance drones which Nigeria bought from Israel years ago that might have been used to hunt for the more than 200 girls held by Islamist rebels, have been left grounded due to poor maintenance, two official sources and the aircraft’s manufacturer said. “To the best of our knowledge, these systems are not operational,” Tsur Dvir, Marketing Officer for Aeronautics Defense Systems, a firm based south of Tel Aviv that supplied Nigeria with Aerostar unmanned aerial vehicles, said yesterday. The former attaché said the deal was struck in 2006, with a view to deploying the drones in the oil producing Niger Delta, where militants were attacking crude pipelines and kidnapping oil workers before the amnesty programme. They never flew. Last December, Nigeria also unveiled a locally-made drone at an Air Force base in Kaduna, although it has not flown since. http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/05/nigerias-multibillion-naira-drones-obsolete-israeli-experts/ 2 The Aerostar unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) acquired by the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) in 2006 have reportedly been grounded due to a lack of maintenance, limiting surveillance operations against Boko Haram militants. Meanwhile the US has deployed a Predator team to Chad to search for kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls. The nine Aerostar UAVs were acquired in 2006 and 2007 from Aeronautics Defense Systems (ADS), a company based in the Israeli capital Tel Aviv in a contract which also included the supply of unmanned patrol boats to the Nigerian Navy, bringing the net value of the contract to $260 million. Israeli newspaper Haaretz quoted ADS marketing officer Tsur Dvir and military and diplomatic sources as saying that the Nigerian UAVs became inoperable five year ago due to poor maintenance. http://www.defenceweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=34782:nigerian-air-force-uav-fleet-grounded&catid=35:Aerospace&Itemid=107 [size=15pt]FLAWLESS VICTORY .FATALITY youpeee[/size]eeee |
| Re: Why We Refused To Sell Cobra Helicopters To Nigeria - US by DaBullIT(m): 2:22pm On Nov 18, 2014 |
ocelot2006:You don tire ? I bin dey enjoy our argument ! |
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