₦airaland Forum

xwolverine:
Former VP... Maybe?

Henry240:
As a former VP, he is entitled to have state protection for life. DSS and Police, same as the rest of the former VP's, Presidents, Speakers and Senate Presidents, including the Governors.

NafeesaAA:
I Love this guy,

Katyusha:
Lack of vision..these people should leave this aircraft alone.. Haba!

DEATHMACHINE:
All these innovations must not go to waste , I feel NAF should try and work corporations to produce this aircraft and perform their main role as trainers while dedicated attack platforms are sourced.

NafeesaAA:
I Love this guy,

xwolverine:
Former VP... Maybe?

Nok234:
For the training role this aircraft is good, its a trainer. NAF choose it for this role training, and this aircraft saved our lives after being militarise. For the role of ground attack im ok with it is not appropriate. But for advance training & light attack the only jet better than alpha jet is the Yak-130

lionel4power:
you people should stop taking your opinion as fact, most arguments usually starts with someone stating an opinion as fact.

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The alpha jet is nowhere as good as other regular trainer/attack plane, heck its not even near the top ten in its trainer class. with a bomb load of 2,500Kg and a combat radius of just 600+ km its not really a spectacular aircraft.

 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAaFrUe0Eb0

jakeporeshenko:
I don't think they participated soomuch in this years event, either they are really busy or their superiors realized how big of a joke the whole exercise is.

Henry240:
From the videos I've seen released, it is clear the exercise is a big joke. I'm just in it for the photos.

Cutlass Express 2017, sponsored by U.S Africa Command and conducted by U.S. Naval Forces Africa, is designed to assess and improve combined maritime law enforcement capacity and promote national and regional security in East Africa.

 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csJTPOiU8GE

frumentius:
Hmmm...when I said the exact same thing in the past, Henry and others reacted as if I'd insulted their mothers.

CSIR develops active aerostat

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has developed a novel active aerostat, which although tethered, has control surfaces to allow it to better withstand the elements and provide better stability than traditional aerostats.

The helium-filled wing shaped balloon is fitted with rigid control surfaces, allowing it to better maintain its position in high wind conditions through the additional lift created by the envelope. This results in better coverage from sensors fitted to the aerostat, as conventional aerostats will be pulled back and buffeted by the wind. The aerostat features an active control system, with an autopilot controlling pitch, roll and yaw.

Applications could include military and security, farming, wildlife monitoring, crowd control, border surveillance, mining surveillance, shark monitoring, advertising and communications relay.

The active aerostat, designed by the CSIR in collaboration with Dr Ralph Katzwinkel, first flew in April 2016.

The plan is to put the aerostat to work monitoring 300 km stretches of South Africa’s coastal and northern borders.

The CSIR’s Francois Anderson believes that with an appropriate mix of mountain-based and aerostat-based radars it should be possible to cost-effectively cover all of South Africa’s land and coastal border zones. South Africa has more than 4 400 km of land borders and a coastal border of a further 2 800 km.

frumentius:
My last Armed Forces Day 2017 pics.

Henry240:
Nice photos as usual. Do you usually take them yourself?

Beautiful Roni kit.

frumentius:
I dabble sometimes. I can't however, take credit for these.

frumentius:
Hmmm...when I said the exact same thing in the past, Henry and others reacted as if I'd insulted their mothers.

Henry240:
Unfortunately it is true. From the videos I have seen of this year's exercise, the whole thing looks like a big joke.


Again, I'm making a comment based on what I've seen.

frumentius:
Hmmm...when I said the exact same thing in the past, Henry and others reacted as if I'd insulted their mothers.