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Why Can't Nigeria Simply Manufacture Its Own Weapons? by urahara(m): 6:53am On Dec 12, 2018
Instead of the Nigerian govt being overly reliant on the west for these weapons , why can't those weapons be manufactured here ?

I'm very curious.

Cc omohayek

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Re: Why Can't Nigeria Simply Manufacture Its Own Weapons? by vanbonattel: 6:54am On Dec 12, 2018
In Biafra, Africa died.

In the heat of war, Biafrans were refining their own oil and manufacturing ojukwu buckets.

In peace time after 55 years, Nigeria still imports knockout bangers from china grin

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Re: Why Can't Nigeria Simply Manufacture Its Own Weapons? by FreshBoss007: 6:54am On Dec 12, 2018
urahara:
Instead of the Nigerian govt being overly reliant on the west for these weapons , why can't those weapons be manufactured here ?

I'm very curious.

Cc omohayek


haha you are joking sha?
manufacture ko
Re: Why Can't Nigeria Simply Manufacture Its Own Weapons? by urahara(m): 6:55am On Dec 12, 2018
FreshBoss007:


haha you are joking sha?
manufacture ko

Why ? cry


After all , it is said that necessity is the mother of all inventions.

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Re: Why Can't Nigeria Simply Manufacture Its Own Weapons? by Inspectorsuga22(m): 6:59am On Dec 12, 2018
Lol...
Vision 2099
Re: Why Can't Nigeria Simply Manufacture Its Own Weapons? by Jonadull: 7:11am On Dec 12, 2018
vanbonattel:
In Biafra, Africa died.

In the heat of war, Biafrans were refining their own oil and manufacturing ojukwu buckets.

In peace time after 55 years, Nigeria still imports knockout bangers from china grin
Which stupid Biafra
Re: Why Can't Nigeria Simply Manufacture Its Own Weapons? by vanbonattel: 7:15am On Dec 12, 2018
Jonathan:

Which stupid Biafra

The same one which your country can never be like.

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Re: Why Can't Nigeria Simply Manufacture Its Own Weapons? by omohayek: 7:48am On Dec 12, 2018
urahara:
Instead of the Nigerian govt being overly reliant on the west for these weapons , why can't those weapons be manufactured here ?

I'm very curious.

Cc omohayek
Manufacture advanced weapons in a country where the government can't even properly maintain major roads, and where the average person can't expect reliable power 24 hours a day? How can such a miracle happen? The manufacturing conditions in Nigeria are so bad that even exporting the cheap plastic toys people used to laugh at the Chinese for would be a tremendous step forward.

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Re: Why Can't Nigeria Simply Manufacture Its Own Weapons? by Jonadull: 8:00am On Dec 12, 2018
vanbonattel:


The same one which your country can never be like.
Of course ! cheesy
My country will never be like Biafra . Because Biafra doesn’t exist anywhere cheesy

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Re: Why Can't Nigeria Simply Manufacture Its Own Weapons? by chiagozien(m): 8:51am On Dec 12, 2018
Jonathan:

Of course ! cheesy
My country will never be like Biafra . Because Biafra doesn’t exist anywhere cheesy
same way nigeria doesn't exist.if your nigeria is existing manufacture a knockout let see.

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Re: Why Can't Nigeria Simply Manufacture Its Own Weapons? by Jonadull: 8:56am On Dec 12, 2018
chiagozien:
same way nigeria doesn't exist.if your nigeria is existing manufacture a knockout let see.

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Re: Why Can't Nigeria Simply Manufacture Its Own Weapons? by chiagozien(m): 8:58am On Dec 12, 2018
[quote author=Jonathan post=73771813][/quote]

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Re: Why Can't Nigeria Simply Manufacture Its Own Weapons? by Nobody: 9:20am On Dec 12, 2018
Only if they involve Biafrans. Without Biafrans, Nigeria is useless.

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Re: Why Can't Nigeria Simply Manufacture Its Own Weapons? by orisa37: 11:18am On Dec 12, 2018
Dicon, in Kaduna, started same day, week, month and year as Brazil Defence Industries. See where Brazil is today. Dicon Act gives it Power to do anything to excel but the Nigerian Army plays Politics too much and won't let it.

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Re: Why Can't Nigeria Simply Manufacture Its Own Weapons? by orisa37: 11:46am On Dec 12, 2018
By 1986, Nigeria was to be self sufficient in Armoured Vehicle Production. Ask Dicon why?

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Re: Why Can't Nigeria Simply Manufacture Its Own Weapons? by UncleJudax(m): 5:33pm On Dec 12, 2018
Nigeria can't produce anything, nothing even good leaders

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Re: Why Can't Nigeria Simply Manufacture Its Own Weapons? by mach7(m): 5:41pm On Dec 12, 2018
It is not just easy to manufacture weapons like that. Weapons require development and such development period could be as high as 15-20 years. Another factor is the cost of development. Such sums are ginormous and Nigeria cannot afford such.

So in summary,

1. It requires extensive R & D
2. It is very expensive
Re: Why Can't Nigeria Simply Manufacture Its Own Weapons? by dometome: 5:57pm On Dec 12, 2018
mach7:
It is not just easy to manufacture weapons like that. Weapons require development and such development period could be as high as 15-20 years. Another factor is the cost of development. Such sums are ginormous and Nigeria cannot afford such.

So in summary,

1. It requires extensive R & D
2. It is very expensive
always cheaper than buying
Re: Why Can't Nigeria Simply Manufacture Its Own Weapons? by dometome: 5:58pm On Dec 12, 2018
chiagozien:
same way nigeria doesn't exist.if your nigeria is existing manufacture a knockout let see.
in shao Khan's voice huhuhuhahaha!

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Re: Why Can't Nigeria Simply Manufacture Its Own Weapons? by mach7(m): 7:06pm On Dec 12, 2018
dometome:
always cheaper than buying
Nope it is cheaper to buy than manufacture. A case study is India.

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Re: Why Can't Nigeria Simply Manufacture Its Own Weapons? by Nobody: 7:19pm On Dec 12, 2018
Most of the ak47 refles used by the army currently are made the nigerian military. As for larger arms nigeria dosent have the capacity or infrastructure to manufacture them. Be it finacialy, mentaly or structuraly. It takes years of research and practise.. Most of this arms producing companies abroad are private companies that collaborate with the military of that government.. Morever nigeria dosent have that kind of economy ground.
Re: Why Can't Nigeria Simply Manufacture Its Own Weapons? by dometome: 7:20pm On Dec 12, 2018
mach7:
Nope it is cheaper to buy than manufacture. A case study is India.
it doesn't make any business sense. I never knew Nigerians can be thus stupid. So those people that sell the weapons do so at a loss, oh boy see sense na.

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Re: Why Can't Nigeria Simply Manufacture Its Own Weapons? by urahara(m): 8:13pm On Dec 12, 2018
dometome:
it doesn't make any business sense. I never knew Nigerians can be thus stupid. So those people that sell the weapons do so at a loss, oh boy see sense na.

Do you know the amount of money that goes into researching how to invent or at least reverse engineering those weapons ?

Buying is actually way way cheaper
Re: Why Can't Nigeria Simply Manufacture Its Own Weapons? by dometome: 8:22pm On Dec 12, 2018
urahara:


Do you know the amount of money that goes into researching how to invent or at least reverse engineering those weapons ?

Buying is actually way way cheaper
so China, The US, France, the UK and Belgium that make a ton of money are fools, or that they sell at a loss, Nigerian youths = stupidity. Dumb people that import even tooth picks.
Re: Why Can't Nigeria Simply Manufacture Its Own Weapons? by urahara(m): 8:32pm On Dec 12, 2018
dometome:
so China, The US, France, the UK and Belgium that make a ton of money are fools, or that they sell at a loss, Nigerian youths = stupidity. Dumb people that import even tooth picks.

This countries you are talking about are not on the same level with Nigeria. Do you know how much they spend on military research ? Do you know the level of expertise they possess ? Do you know how they are able to find such research ? You think making weapons is like making buns and puff puff.

In the financial aspect , france alone has a gdp surpassing that of Africa combined !!!

California has a gdp higher than that of west Africa .

We can't spend on Military research the same way they do.


And meanwhile , this things take a lot of time and a high level of expertise.

Last year China made headlines for producing what ?

For being able to produce an ordinary ball point pen after 5 years , they had to pump millions of dollars in researching how to make a ball point pen ?

Ordinary ball point pen , not to talk of advanced military weaponry .
Re: Why Can't Nigeria Simply Manufacture Its Own Weapons? by kotv: 8:40pm On Dec 12, 2018
Greedy politicians stealing what's meant for our development
Re: Why Can't Nigeria Simply Manufacture Its Own Weapons? by dometome: 10:40pm On Dec 12, 2018
urahara:


This countries you are talking about are not on the same level with Nigeria. Do you know how much they spend on military research ? Do you know the level of expertise they possess ? Do you know how they are able to find such research ? You think making weapons is like making buns and puff puff.

In the financial aspect , france alone has a gdp surpassing that of Africa combined !!!

California has a gdp higher than that of west Africa .

We can't spend on Military research the same way they do.


And meanwhile , this things take a lot of time and a high level of expertise.

Last year China made headlines for producing what ?

For being able to produce an ordinary ball point pen after 5 years , they had to pump millions of dollars in researching how to make a ball point pen ?

Ordinary ball point pen , not to talk of advanced military weaponry .
you don't know what you are talking about, Biafra produced some of her own weapons, these include SAMs, which was later uses as surface to surfac missiles, the famous Ogbuna Igwe, and these things were made during the war and blockade. How many heads do the Americans have? Is it nit the same God that created us that created them. He gave all of us brains to solve our problems, but the black man decided to throw away his own. When asked, he says he is not on the same level with the white man. Another thing is the black man is ULTRA jealous. If the Nigerian government had integrated the Biafran army engineeres into the Nigerian army, I am very sure 40 years down the line Nigeria would have been exporting Fighter Jets and Nigeria would have had several nuclear warheads by now. Those countries are not on any higher level, no they are not! They only make use of their heads.

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