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jl115:
yes I know... Hence why I said "were" the whole time??

That proves my point that landlocked country can barely survive as a regional power.

kabe1:
Yes, Ugandan MI-28N considerably provide more than the AH-1Z which Nigeria would be getting from the US.

The Ugandan Air Force would be able to use their MI-28N as they please without any restrictions, while for nearly 1 billion dollars, Nigeria might not even be able to use the AH-1Z Viper against Bandits.

While Nigeria gets laser guided Rockets (APKWS) which is an amazing system and works effectively against armoured vehicles including Tanks, it is not an ATGM. So that's also an edge for Uganda.

All things considered, Uganda got a better deal.

Notwithstanding, Nigeria also has MI-35M helicopters armed with ATAKA ATGMs, also we have the possibility of upgrading our MI-35ps to the latest MI-35m standards. Although a big "?" At this stage considering the war in Ukraine.

Thanks for the answer. I just hope we don't purchase the F16s.

davefurn:
Even in that 1991. Iraq was just a scape-goat for US to establish their power after Soviet Union collapse and the embarrassing defeat of vietnam redemption, inwhich you see it hyped on hollywood. 2003 US invasion, is not even a war; Russian tanks t-64 to t-74 series tanks being blown up, what do you expect, Soviet are in favour of being large amount of light weight tanks in favour of heavy weight. Western tanks analogy is to have a heavy tanks as the vanguard but different from soviet doctrine that believes in a quantity is far better than quality in tanks and land warfare. Like towards the end of the ww2 before nuking japan; inwhich the us used their large amount of aircraft carriers to crush japanese 2 aircraft carriers after a suffocating loss from them,beginning of ww2 because of japan superior carriers then. That's quantity over quality that influenced the soviet and then Stalin ideology. He mass produced light weight tanks with cheap technology; so most soviet tanks are not as durable as the western/german tanks. If you want to judge the war, just it from 2 povs. Russia just barely recovered from soviet union collapse, we keep watching though. And defeating US, you can't use military to defeat US; just cut off their money and you have defeated them that's why US frowns heavily on anything against dollars sovereignty. Forgive my grammatical errors, not well now; so my typing is sloppy.

What do you mean 2003 invasion of Iraq is not a war because of the quality of the Iraqi tanks?! Iraq had tanks with poor armour, so what?! That's what happens in war. You either win or lose. You either well-equipped or ill-equipped. Soviet tactics has been failing since the early days of the formation of the Isreali state.
The Iraqi loss may look like a walkover, but I bet the Brits can't pull that. The US is so powerful they make hard wins look easy. We gotta understand that fact.

You said "just cut off their money". If it was that easy to cut off American monetary power, we wouldn't have had the United States as the lone superpower in our 21st century planet.

davefurn:
Just some.little corrections that's all..... Russia had their bad days, US also had that...... You can't compare iraqi war with us, which was just simple crushing in terms of equipments because no matter how you destroy us equipment, they simply make more; that's now terrifying fighting a superpower is but you on the other hand need to buy more unless you have another big nation backing you up just like in Ukraine situation inwhich the whole nato and EU is supporting them. Zelensky knew the trick, so he went round asking for help.

This is the point I'm tryna make. You Russian fanboys should understand that Russia is not a superpower and the United States is one. That's why I'm saying that US would crush Ukraine in lesser time. If the US was fighting against let's say Turkey and let's imagine a scenario that the USSR still existed and supported Turkey with all its Eastern blocs, Turkey would had still been crushed. We saw what happened with the 1991 and 2003 invasion of Iraq. Iraq was bolstering with Soviet equipments and was still destroyed.

We simply can't compare alot of Soviet equipment to the Americans.

jl115:
no I mean in terms of military, politics and economically they were powerful in the 80s

"were" is the key word. They power couldn't be consolidated. Zimbabwe fell into depression too under the "most exalted" Mugabe.

JOSCOFELIX:
Iraq was not equip like Ukraine. First USA and EU sanctions Iraq which stop the procurement of part for there aircraft, another Iraq was not support by any country especially in arm

What do you mean Iraq wasn't equipped like Ukraine?! Do you know who the heck Saddam hussein was?! That Ba'athist invaded Kuwait. He chemically experimented on Kurds. Do you have any idea what the Iraqi Republican guards were?! Damn

MiddleDimension:
The US is this strong yet, they took 7months to defeat libya's pooly equiped military! The Nato campaign started in march and Ghadaffi got killed in october.

Excuse me, can you show me the part of modern history that showed Libya being invaded by American troops like it happened in Iraq?!

You get the rainbow colour?! I no like black colour

davefurn:
Strongest is different from largest, take note..... And it was 1990 that saddam hussein boosted iraqi army to be the 4th largest land army in the world. Simple recruiting can't do that. Not only that not just the us army fought the war, while nato inclusive notwithstanding no foreign super power tier supporting iraq because then soviet union collapsed that's 1990

So...what's your point now?!

davefurn:
Was iraq proactively sponsored by china and russian just like in vietnam

Are you aware that Iraq had the 3rd strongest armed forces in the world in the year 2003?! But was torn into bits by the United States within few months?!

If the United States invaded Ukraine today like Russia did, we would had been talking about how to execute Zelensky right now

jl115:
comparing Ethiopia to Botswana is comical my bru and I don't think i gave to explain why...... Zimbabwe was at one stage one of the most powerful African countries even though it was landlocked.

When you mean powerful, you mean soft power I think.

MiddleDimension:
I would apprecite it very much if you do justice to this topic:
F15/F16 vs SU35 in an all out war, which would you prefer is fighting for you? Which onedo you think is a better air superiority fight?
@Algerian @Flnker @jl115 @covert1 nd everyone else.

Personally, in an all out war. Let's say Nigeria is involved in a war with a neighbor and Nigeria is in a dire need of air superiority fighters for the Airforce. The F16s won't even be in the conversation. I understand that single fighters are cheaper to maintain but single engine fighters are a no-no for me in this scenario. Don't get me wrong, the F16 is my favorite aircraft. I like its bubble canopy. However, with the international politics around our best bet would be the Su-35s. It's supermanuverable. I'm aware it operates a PESA radar. Some debates say PESA radars are outdated but I don't buy that. The F15s are one of those fighters with the highest success rates in the world. It's tested but the strings attached to the purchase of these aircrafts would be a big hindrance to us.

So, I'll choose the Su-35 because it has enough payload, a quality engine and radar, no limits or strings attached to the purchase, range and maneuverability.

JOSCOFELIX:
sir no western aircraft have being involved in this type of war with a well equipped country. Majority of this western weapons may produce the same result if involved in a conflict related to this

2003 US invasion of Iraq??

Onigawara:
WHAT THE HELL? print it immediately and have your parents sign it, and also a commisional of oat to sign at court. Take the local govt attestation form to your local govt chairman or secretary to sign immediately. I think you will be disqualified without these two forms since it is clearly written in the Pdf.

BTW I'm already in Abuja.
How many hours did it take you to reach kaduna from kogi, Stormtrooper11 Kun?

And what bus stop did you stop at?

I stay in Jos not Kogi. It actually took me only 4 hours. Wish you good luck

jl115:
we are not talking about super powers(historic) like the UK, Germany,France ect ect.... We are talking about regional powers, Ethiopia had all the requirements to become a regional power..... But you don't have to take my word for it.

https://saiia.org.za/research/a-regional-power-in-the-making-ethiopian-diplomacy-in-the-horn-of-africa/

https://academic.oup.com/ia/article/94/5/1059/5092073

I do believe that Ethiopia is a regional power in its own rights. It's the second most populous country on the face of Africa. Ethiopia has a booming aviation industry. This national carrier has helped boomed its tourism sector. Ethiopia is also a major player in African diplomacy affairs but in the event of a conflict, Ethiopia can be easily crumbled.

Look at Kenya for example, Kenya has everything Ethiopia has except of population. Heck! Ethiopia has a civil war with alot of ethnicities which are at their "necks". Kenya would last more as a regional power and in a conflict compared to Ethiopia. Ethiopia has no ACCESS TO THE SEA. That's a big hindrance. Can you imagine South Africa with no access to the sea?! That'll be a Botswana. Now ask yourself. Right now, between South Africa and Botswana, who's much important in the SADC?!

You'll understand why Ethiopia is not actually a pure regional power.

Okay, people I got these questions. Can someone please tell me what's on the Mi-28 rotor?! I'm thinking is a radar or something cos I found out that the AH-64 got something like that.

Also, do you think the Ugandan Mi-28 purchase is a better option than our AH-1Z vipers? Afterall, we ain't gonna be getting AGM-114 hellfires or any ATGMs but there is word they'll be having em in alotta numbers.

Thanks.

I saw this pic of our CAS. To be a fighter pilot ain't no tea party at all. Air Marshal Amao is the only surviving pilot in the picture! That's a high casualty rate in my opinion.

This guy is always sucking buratai dick. Starting to think Buratai got his nudes

Omo,

Scoutvibe:
Soldiers no dey come inside your line like that. You can watch movie with phone in your bunk self. Na water go be your issue. Let him better but bucket or live jungle life like me which he won't like lol

Omo, i dont think he should buy bucket because dem go achieve am. Me self mamsa 3 buckets after my own disappear. Them carry my artyman buckets with padlock ontop. Buying bucket will just be waste of money because dem go steal am.

Onigawara:
Rough play in NDA hostel? Nawa. E Be like say the discipline in there isn't as strict as weve been made to believe

Lolz. People mingle before lights out. Besides, you will be camped at the old site at Ribadu cantonment not the permanent site at Afaka. You'll only go to Afaka for medicals.

Scoutvibe:
Especially that first Sunday bro
My chest number na 03
You nko

23. You face board?! See how una dey play anyhow for hostel lol

Onigawara:
Impossible. My NDA acknowledge form has 2 name despite I put in 3 names in registration. Also, in the AFSB list, I'm seeing 2 names instead of 3.
I hope they give individuals the opportunity to make explanations and not outrightly disqualifying them? Bcus in my case the the problem is actually technical and NOT an error on my part.


BTW, was there anything like stealing there? Bcus I'm planning on buying a bad lock for my bag. Just want to confirm. Also, how was the sun? And were you guys made to sit under it from dusk till dawn?

We sat under the sun for long periods. They steal a lot too.

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Viridis:
Una no talk about the 3km race

I made first cage within 13 minutes. Try and conserve your energy and stay with the main body. Some guys start with speed and end with speed. Especially guys born in the Ribadu cantonment and guys from the extreme Northern states. Those guys compete with horses and ambulance. Try and align with your body. Don't overdo.

Onigawara:
I have 2 names in some of my certificates and 3 in others. Should I be worried?

I think you should do an affidavit for that issue.

Viridis:
C boss did you later find your junior sec sch testimonial

Yeah, I did. I presented it for documentation, Sir.

Scoutvibe:
Enugu

You guys slept in the same hostel with us. What's your chest number?! I probably know you

Scoutvibe:
Lol

State?!

Onigawara:
Let me ask a few question
1. Do they allow phones? I don't mean inside, but keeping it with them on getting there?
2. Did you take any foodstuff with you? Or sorry I mean provisions.... The likes of tea, milk etc??
3. Were people disqualified for not bringing their postcards? You're aware I lost mine, sadly.
4. How was the exam?
5. A few of the questions the board asked you?

Thanks that's all the questions I can think of for now

1. No it's not allowed but some candidates smuggle in the phones.
2. I took provision with me. It was Worth it because the food is poor and we're fed at 0600 hrs, 1400 hrs and 1700 hrs. The food is tasteless. I don't even drink the morning tea. Looks irritating but you'll adapt.
3. People were disqualified for Even having errors in name arrangement. Try and get your second postcard because you'll be asked to show it.
4. The board was stressful but worth it. We wrote two tests. I made first cage within 13 minutes. First cage is 15 minutes not 18 minutes. Try and be observant and avoid jobs.
5. About my parents and background, abbreviations, my course and choice of service and my age.