₦airaland Forum

Cryomancer:
Attack helicopters that are only good at mistakingly aiming at various IDP camps but will never locate any boko-haram camps in its target.

Rubbish and Ize-iyamu!!!

Nigeria will continue to remain a failed state no matter the amount spent on security....

Dtraitor:
Are you a trooper?

Sensiblewizard:
Hey guys,please i have a question.I wrote JAMB this year and i have just finished my WAEC examinantion,i am about to write NECO exams,which is starting next month.Earlier this year,i tried getting into the 72RC,but people said i couldn't because i don't have my WAEC results yet.Now i want to join 73RC next year.Please guys,am i gonna write another JAMB next year?
Thanks in advance
Yes

Neobulletzz:
Anytime I see your moniker, I remember metformin

Odunayaw:
Okay. Where do I send

Odunayaw:
I have a PDF on Nigeria's medals. The ones I can remember are;
The Nigerian Eagle (IIRC, the highest award for bravery)
River Niger Star
River Benue Star etc etc

Xbee007:
Coup can't happen in Nigeria. Never! Who will support you?

Tobiloba2407:
No link, because I read the actual paper.

ugo4u:
The Chief of Air Staff for me is the best service chief this country has ever had and am not only talking about the Airforce, army and navy is included. The man legit invested so much in R & D, human capacity development, welfare etc his reign had s being nothing short of impressive considering the tight budget they work with. Even army personnel envy the Airforce guys alot and it's quite understandable. It will be nice to see him occupy the CDS position if PMB changes his service Chiefs.

Tobiloba2407:
I read a case study about an evolution in jaji, for lt.to lt.cdr and equivalent course across the armed forces.....the scenario was equatorial Guinea, been used to undermine the federal republic of Nigeria, with France been the puppet master.... this was probably a late 80s course work, and core to the solutions I read was mig 21, with camera going for recon and other variables , and trust me, you will see brains at work and contingency plans and so on......years later, i keep wondering if the way we keep having ambush and other issues in the north east and there seems not to be a counter, are we deteriorating as a fighting force or getting better. The other time it was a Ghanaian lt.col talking about about altimeter Bombs used during Liberia war, used by Nigerian jet.. that I doubt are used now.....I'm a fighting man, and paid my dues....but are we improving or depreciating I'm asking this because I'm a navy guy, and don't know what the land and air forces have in their arsenal.

Toju200:
my Brother it is more than that

komekn:
I would add to what you have said using Turkey as a case study.

Turkey has proven beyond all doubt and raised the game. With its comprehensive wiping of the Syrian army in a matter of days. Primarily anchored on its UAV'S.

The Assad regime suffered heavy losses as a result of the drone campaign: 3,000 soldiers, 151 tanks, eight helicopters, three drones, three fighter jets (including two Russian-made Sukhoi Su-24s), around 100 armored military vehicles and trucks, eight aerial defense systems, 86 cannons and howitzers, ammunition trucks and dumps, and one headquarters, among other military equipment and facilities.
https://www.mei.edu/publications/fight-syrias-skies-turkey-challenges-russia-new-drone-doctrine

In addition these same drones have removed Haftar from his position of dominance to one of humiliation and retreat in Libya.

What I am saying is that UAV technology is changing VERY RAPIDLY the entire battlefield management and strategy.

UAV are the current FUTURE, with zero risk to pilots. Turkey has added another dimension electro magnetic warfare, as a consequence rendering the previously dreaded Russian pantsir air defence system effectively impotent.

The latest UAV by Turkey is the Akinci (Raider) which remains the most noteworthy asset of the next generation Turkish unmanned airpower. Produced by Baykar, the Akinci has a payload of 1,350kg of multiple precision weaponry.

Boko for now do not have anything to shoot down anything at high and even medium altitude so UAV technology will dominate unopposed. Which means Boko will struggle to operate and be very limited in what the can do.

SuperSixSeven:
How much is a Wing Loong II ??

Odunayaw:
Have we not? Why are you stubbornly refusing to see that UCAVs are at best useful only for Air Interdiction in the Nigerian sphere.

Jimi24:
Childish, silly, video game mentality carried too far. UCAV technology is not mature. Maybe the Americans get more operational reliability based on more rigorous pre mission maintenance. The days of putting UAVs in the air and shooting missiles or deploying them in a swarm are still far in front of us

Toju200:
you're sure u can get me 60 ucav plus the weaponry and you'll spend at least 2mil a day for the cost of weapons they dispense and u think 400mil will be enough....
We've been flying The Alpha jet since the beginning of the war and has lost only one to BHT..
Talk less of the Tucano that will fire laser guided rockets and drop bombs at a safer
Distance

Toju200:
what you're trying to say now is that the US air Force special operation command going for the Tucano instead of more Reaper Drones don't know what they are doing

Toju200:
arm a drone with rockets and you'll have to fly at a closer range to hit target accurately.You stated with a UCAV you get to Carry out Combat and ISR at the Same,What comes to mind is the Super Tucano Built for COIN operations and has more payload that UCAV..

Texman21:
all they need is the go ahead

Toju200:
Gulma and Amebo were just technology demonstrators Tsaigumi UAV is confirmed and it's active
CAS in 2018 said some Tsaigumi UAVs will be deployed at the AFB in Cross rivers,Shell company is Procuring Some For NAF for Pipeline surveillance, Kaduna state procured some for Surveillance in the state.

BlackBaron:
Yes, let's buy some $ million drones with tethering and reliability issues because we have' crude oil money'.

Nigeria is better off with MALE drones for reconnaissance and intelligence, a few more helicopters and fixed wing assets than payload restricted UCAV. Besides this is an insurgency not a conventional army like used in Syria or Libya. Great to take out one or two targets, then what happens next?

Strafing runs, multiple hits and so are required dealing with BH convoys. Not your one hit wonders.

Holistic mindset not throwing money at a target is what's required here.

Jimi24:
The man talked about operational reliability. Getting them to work everyday, day and night. We need to stop thinking like amateurs and start using real thinking. Also, the waiting time for drones from Turkey is +2years, Operational time is maybe 3 years. Nigeria could get something developed within that time frame.

The idea that there is equipment just waiting in a showroom for pickup and ready to drive the next day, that's another annoying fantasy that amateur defence commentators yammer about.