₦airaland Forum

kikuyu1:
The massive geopolitical implications of the ongoing LAPPSET project.

nemesis4u:
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gif of some of the brahmos test fires to show its accuracy

Seened:
I can't get any gif I attach on Nairaland to play. It just get stuck on the first frame. How did you do it Nemesis4u?

Seened:
Kawasaki EC-1 electronic warfare experimental aircraft

nemesis4u:
such trade / economic / infrastructure projects spread over multiple nations r always welcomed as they have the potential to dramatically increase trade / socio-economic integration / mutual dependence and cooperation over a variety of issues and across multiple domains . geopolitically also this levels the playing field when dealing with bigger powers.

however such projects r long term projects with enormous financial needs, this is where things get a tad interesting

this leaves a opening for vulnerability in terms of external interference , project mismanagement , loss of interest etc

but as long as the involved countries r on the same page and share the same interests the pitfalls can be avoided easily.

on a personal level i will advice to implement the infrastructure (eg road/highway corridor) by leverage the existing roads/highways of the involved countries under taking construction only where necessary. ie using existing infrastructure resources of the participating countries with minimum investment to kick start the project and then sustain and expand on it using the revenue generated from it . much likehow a pilot project but in this case expanded to its maximum capacity.

later on when revenue starts pouring in , it can be used to under take new road/highway construction as deemed fit for expansion or new routes.

my emphasis is on 'a large scale project must be self financing' from the earliest possible time of project initiation.

ie use stage/phase concept not in terms of project construction only, but also implement stage/phase concept in self driven financial sufficiency of the project.

these will keep the involved countries interested, made the project sustainable financially as well as make it self sufficient financially to a considerble extent , lower the financial burden of the participating countries etc etc

kikuyu1 what is the progress level of this project

This mega project consists of seven key infrastructure projects starting with a new 32 Berth port at Lamu (Kenya); Interregional Highways from Lamu to Isiolo, Isiolo to Juba (South Sudan), Isiolo to Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), and Lamu to Garsen (Kenya), Crude Oil Pipeline from Lamu to Isiolo, Isiolo to Juba; Product Oil Pipeline from Lamu to Isiolo, Isiolo to Addis Ababa; Interregional Standard Gauge Railway lines from Lamu to Isiolo, Isiolo to Juba, Isiolo to Addis Ababa, and Nairobi to Isiolo; 3 International Airports: one each at Lamu, Isiolo, and Lake Turkana; 3 Resort Cities: one each at Lamu, Isiolo and Lake Turkana; and The multipurpose High Grand Falls Dam along the Tana River.

A Lapsset project progress report dated July 2016 shows that of 15 road sections, two are complete, while another two are more than 90 per cent complete. The rest are undergoing design and tendering. Preliminary designs for the standard gauge railway from Lamu to Ethiopia were complete.

Currently, construction on three berths at the Lamu Port is underway. The first berth is expected to be completed in June 2018, with the other two being completed by 2020. Both the Lamu Manda Airport and Isiolo Airport have been completed

iblawi:
mig 29 jets that we can easily track with our satellites

nemesis4u:
interesting nose and the rear section !

tdayof:
He's actually right. I know CSTD linked a radar system to a Nigerian satali.te (exact sat is what I'm not sure about).

I don't really know how this works but . Som.e things are better left untold before DSS carry person



IMO. The guys from DHQ are watchful of Cameroon and Chad. What I don't know is why we don't just get some ADS from China.

Seened:
Henry240 would have been irritated by the aesthetics

Yoooo Henry240

nemesis4u:
if DSS send in female personnel to carry u
i think u should risk it

first let me clarify my views r strictly amateurish
and just for the sake of interest / conversation and not to be taken as facts

there r 2 observation satellites niger/iasat2 and nigeria/sat x in sun synchronous orbits

niger/iasat2 has the best resolution of the 2 at 2.5m (open source)

so this rules out nige/riasat x

mig29 has a length of 17.3m, breadth of 11.99m

so nigerias/at2 is in business

but problem is niger/iasat2 has a global revisit time of 2 days due to its orbit ie if the sat passes over abuja it will visit abuja again after 2 days or so

what if the suda/nese keep track of the satellite path and time of pass , ie after the sat makes a pass over a airfield then after a predetermined time based on the sats coverage its jets can come out for take off which will not be detected or any other activity at the base atleast for next 24-48 hrs

point being sats in near polar sun synchronous orbits r good at global reconnaissance (since the sat orbits north to south and since the earth rotates from west to east it allows the sat to have near global reconnaissance coverage but not continuous view of the same area ), however geostationary satellites r good in continuous near real time reconnaissance becz they keep viewing the same potion of the earth at all times .

so orbit plays a important role

pic1 2.5m resolution imagery from ni/geriasat2 (most probably degraded)

pic2 CSTD has a 7.3m X band terminal for imagery/data reception from nige/riasat2 and x , it is not a radar.

chances r the guys from DHQ are watching everybody of interest globally

It is also useful in environment monitoring like oil spills, flooding, urban growth, global change and military surveillance, which includes strategic policy and tactical assessment. SAR can also be implemented as inverse SAR by observing a moving target over a substantial time with a stationary antenna.

nemesis4u:
if DSS send in female personnel to carry u
i think u should risk it

first let me clarify my views r strictly amateurish
and just for the sake of interest / conversation and not to be taken as facts

there r 2 observation satellites niger/iasat2 and nigeria/sat x in sun synchronous orbits

niger/iasat2 has the best resolution of the 2 at 2.5m (open source)

so this rules out nige/riasat x

mig29 has a length of 17.3m, breadth of 11.99m

so nigerias/at2 is in business

but problem is niger/iasat2 has a global revisit time of 2 days due to its orbit ie if the sat passes over abuja it will visit abuja again after 2 days or so

what if the suda/nese keep track of the satellite path and time of pass , ie after the sat makes a pass over a airfield then after a predetermined time based on the sats coverage its jets can come out for take off which will not be detected or any other activity at the base atleast for next 24-48 hrs

point being sats in near polar sun synchronous orbits r good at global reconnaissance (since the sat orbits north to south and since the earth rotates from west to east it allows the sat to have near global reconnaissance coverage but not continuous view of the same area ), however geostationary satellites r good in continuous near real time reconnaissance becz they keep viewing the same potion of the earth at all times .

so orbit plays a important role

pic1 2.5m resolution imagery from ni/geriasat2 (most probably degraded)

pic2 CSTD has a 7.3m X band terminal for imagery/data reception from nige/riasat2 and x , it is not a radar.

chances r the guys from DHQ are watching everybody of interest globally

iblawi:
Sometimes I wonder your area of specialization.

What of the Niger/ia sat1 planned with SAR (synthetic aperture radar). Can this detect aircraft already in the air.

tdayof:
Yes orbit definitely plays an important reason. I do not know how it's done but I was told there's a 24/7 coverage of the borderline around those sides.



Nah. A radar system purchased from the Russian to be precise was linked to the what soever. The command center is also bases in Northern NIGERIA.


I tried checking online for any source on the program but can't find any.

nemesis4u:
its very difficult to fathom the military activities of any country

best i do is speculate , chances r atleast once i will hit the target or maybe not at all

nemesis4u:
if Niger/ia sat1 is equipped with SAR (synthetic aperture radar) and is optimized for Ground Moving Target Indication (GMTI) then yes it will detect moving targets on ground like aircraft's taxing on the runway , moving ships , moving vehicles etc. but i don't think it will be able detect aircraft's in the air . atleast i am not aware of such capability. relative velocity between aircraft in flight and sat is too high , sat wont have a chance

nemesis4u:
drdo new MMG 7.62x51mm

prototype stage

Odunayaw:
What do you think are merits & demerit of single hulled subs

nemesis4u:
single hulled subs actually have 2 hulls , one a skin hull and the inner pressure hull

double hulled subs have 2 pressure hulls



1.single hulled subs demerits

low survivability

low crush depth

high nose emission

low buoyancy


2.single hulled subs merits

less complex to build

low maintenance requirement

low cost

high internal space availability

lowest wet surface for a given internal volume

high speed/horsepower ratio


the points i made r very generalized and generic so better to exercise caution and not take them as hard and fast truth

jakeporeshenko:
FC-31V2. Larger than I thought

Odunayaw:
high noise emission Horror