₦airaland Forum

bxboss:
The military is economical with the truth, that is understandable though but we shouldn't blatantly deny the death of our soldiers. The video of BHT attack you watched was not that of Melete but zari did'nt you also watch the video a soldier posted claiming that over 100+ of their battalion have being wiped off after the unfortunate incident?

Aurelius1648:
Does anyone know if Tanzania recently got an Airbus H225 Super Puma or H225M Caracal? Anyone get a picture to confirm? Online reporting seems to be all over the place about it ugh :/

Odunayaw:
Barely scratching above 250 mark. That's by educated guess with their pass rate of 30-35% (open source + reading between lines)

Henry240:
It seems our army did well for debutants?

jakeporeshenko:
Welcome to the Nigerian Armed Forces team @HQNigerianArmy taking part in #ExerciseCambrianPatrol18 for the 1st time and the 1st sub-Saharan Army unit to do so. The very best of luck over the next 48 hours @BritishArmy @UKinNigeria /2yb8vjw

Certificate of Merit for the Nigerian Army team, making an impressive debut on #ExerciseCambrianPatrol18 #Phase5 @UKinNigeria pic.twitter.com/pr1v8ITdWR

— British Army in Wales (@ArmyInWales) October 18, 2018

DDGN:
Problem with this country. We see the truth right in front of our faces but keep living in denial. Some dig their head in the sand wishing the truth away.

Henry240:
It seems i was wrong on the JF-17 acquisition however based on widely available public comments, it did not seem like the NAF was still interested in the aircraft.

That being said, i still wonder the reason for the delay?

It is still my opinion that with the purchase of the Tucanos, the JF-17s are not the best fit for purpose aircraft for the Nigerian Air Force.

lionel4power:
The problem I have with you is that you lack simple comprehension, coupled with your eagerness to always start a quarrel.

The discussion was 'what killed the pilot?"

I attributed it to either lack of proper training in ejection procedure.

or

the use of non -zero-zero ejection seat.


all of it is just pure conjecture, you could have provided a counter argument.

Which you're incapable of.

maybe I was expecting too much from you.

lionel4power:
I'm sure you're aware that part of the job of an ejection seat is to pierce the acrylic bubble canopy of the aircraft during ejection.

most aircraft canopy do not have ejection mechanism therefore the ejection seat would need to destroy it with the force of the rocket booster.

And yes, using improper ejection seat would have caused the pilot's death.
or his helmet was not properly strapped on. (whose fault?)


anyway,

the pilot in picture 2 landed safely without serious harm even though his aircraft is practically immobile.

lionel4power:
@odunayaw

the first thing they teach you in flight school is never eject upside down.. or in any position other than straight.

when ejecting, you put your arms and legs deep inside the "protective" cover of the 0-0 ejection seat.


0-0 ejection seats have sufficient rocket booster to thrust the pilot in a safe enough distance vertically from the ground before the parachute is deployed. That's why it's called "zero-zero".

the only fathomable reason a pilot will eject in the wrong orientation is if he is losing consciousness or vertigo induced blackout (or redout) as the case maybe.

however, such incidents are rare and are usually prevented by the use of modern pilot G-suits.

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in the Nigerian F-7Ni case, I'll attribute the pilot's death to lack of proper training in ejection procedure or the use of non-modern ejection seat.

bidexiii:
The guy as disappeared.

I did not see any missile launchers of any sort on the picture he posted

SLBM:
CNS Bakassi is armed with Exocet missiles and 40mm cannon. Yes Nigerian patrol crafts come with 72 mm heavy pounder, but they simply lack missile attack capabilities.


Cameroons Bizerte (P48 large patrol craft) class L'Audacieux is fitted with SS-12M missile and an inordinate amount of anti-aircraft cannons. Some ships carry as much as four.

Cameroons Alpha jet can carry the Exocet anti'ship missile.

SLBM:
Oh plzzzxxx

The Super Tucano won't 've delivered until 2022
The Mi-35 is a rotary winged tactical aircraft for ground attack.
Super Mushank...we keep training pilots to fly non existent aircraft.
JF-17..like you said UNKNOWN.
CH-3A. Excellent
Locally made UAVs is nothing special. High school students build even better UAVs.

The Nigerian Air Force in its entirety is near extinct. VIP light helicopters, locally mAde drones does not alter the reality on ground. This country has been in perpetual conflict for a decade because Boko Haram caught the military offguard. No body ever imagined Nigetia will find itself battling urban guerrilla warfare...well here we are, Because we were ill equipped its taking this long to try replacing old weapons.

Like in the past people refuse to believe Nigeria will ever find itsel in a position whereby its forced to defend the nation's airspace and critical infrastructure. Nigeria had 6 fighter jets and to you its enough. After all we are not at war. When that " it will never happen here " syndrom finally catches up with you, you begin to run to the international market looking for weapons to buy. I find it appalling that any Nigerian will see investing in modern aircraft and air defense as wasteful luxury. It shows Nigeria as a society is still primitive and backward. This primitive mindset is what allows our current crop of recycled leaders to drag the country backward while other countries advance. Countries at peace are equipping their armed forces with modern weapons systems and I proved training. While Nigeria, a nation at war sees spending money on modern platforms as waste of resources, what an irony. I am frankly disgusted.

nemesis8u:
That is a fan boy video rehashing the the rantings of stupid Ind... media.

NN is yet to announce the winner of the tender.

Anything other than a official statement from NN is not worth the time.

jakeporeshenko:
So basically GSL the Indian shipyard was the lowest bidder (Cheapest price to fabricate both vessels), that next phase is for the baby to evaluate their facility and determine wether or not GSL would be able to build the boats, that’s why the CNS visited the shipyard.

According go both parties the visit was a huge success so the next step is to award the contract with 15% payment upfront.

jakeporeshenko:
$102m deal for 2 LSTs, with contraction period of 2.5 years

SSGN:
This is becoming to embarrassing for Nigeria. How do these countries acquire these platforms in record time given their limited fiscal resources? This is a country that's not at war, but preparing for the eventuality.

foxtrot101:
https://twitter.com/mikeroach3/status/1015212921071329281?s=21

For anyone interested in finding out more about the f-35 1 trillion dollar project. From the Americans. Quite insightful and hilarious thread at the same time.

foxtrot101:
https://twitter.com/mikeroach3/status/1015212921071329281?s=21

For anyone interested in finding out more about the f-35 1 trillion dollar project. From the Americans. Quite insightful and hilarious thread at the same time.

Henry240:
Nigerian military training