SternProphet:


Thunderbolt yes but US won't sell. The upgraded and refurbished ones are also very expensive.

Refurbished Alpha night vision NVG jets are better for Nigeria. Just $5m per piece, another $50,000 to arm and pilots are just waiting.
For the SU 25, it is very irritating the way some people go on about this armoured, heavily armed, ground attack plane as if it is just available for pick up in a show room.
Everything looks possible and easy when you are commenting on social media.
There are no more SU 25s avail able except Russian, Czech and Ukraine stocks...maybe Libyan stocks too (LOL).
To get those few planes, extend their lives, upgrade them, arm them, train pilots et.c will cost $80m each and we will get them in 2022. It is absolute rubbish for Nigeria to be trying to buy SU 25 . The deal won't even work. The last one was through Israeli firm ELBIT, they charged about $50m per plane. I am sure, all the engineers who were participating in this upgrade offerings have been disbanded and moved to other more exciting projects.

Yak 131 is a much better alternative but even then we must remember that Russian is under partial sanctions. We may not be able to pay for the plane in foreign currency as all transfers for defence purposes through international banks are under watch. We could pay with crude oil but Russia has more oil than Naija.

SternProphet:


Thunderbolt yes but US won't sell. The upgraded and refurbished ones are also very expensive.

Refurbished Alpha night vision NVG jets are better for Nigeria. Just $5m per piece, another $50,000 to arm and pilots are just waiting.
For the SU 25, it is very irritating the way some people go on about this armoured, heavily armed, ground attack plane as if it is just available for pick up in a show room.
Everything looks possible and easy when you are commenting on social media.
There are no more SU 25s avail able except Russian, Czech and Ukraine stocks...maybe Libyan stocks too (LOL).
To get those few planes, extend their lives, upgrade them, arm them, train pilots et.c will cost $80m each and we will get them in 2022. It is absolute rubbish for Nigeria to be trying to buy SU 25 . The deal won't even work. The last one was through Israeli firm ELBIT, they charged about $50m per plane. I am sure, all the engineers who were participating in this upgrade offerings have been disbanded and moved to other more exciting projects.

Yak 131 is a much better alternative but even then we must remember that Russian is under partial sanctions. We may not be able to pay for the plane in foreign currency as all transfers for defence purposes through international banks are under watch. We could pay with crude oil but Russia has more oil than Naija.

BabaOwen:
Was bakawa truly attacked on Wednesday? The soldiers there fled their base... I read about it today.

BabaOwen:
Was bakawa truly attacked on Wednesday? The soldiers there fled their base... I read about it today.

jakeporeshenko:



Imagine a tiny vehicle like this taking out several million dollar tanks with the help on an ATGM purchased for a few thousand dollars, the future of warfare is crazy, just take a look at the situation in Yemen today.

BlackBaron:

Lies. Su-25 are not worth $80 million or so anywhere.
It's also on record how Iraq bought 6 Su25s on emergency from Russia. They Arrived so quickly, they had no pilots to fly them. (Warisboring and other blogs are there for reference) Consequently they also lost more than 3 Su25s within the first 6 months of delivery.

Now while it may have been a strategic supply from Russia trying to gain clout in Iraq against perceived American slow pace of aircraft deliveries, they received this aircraft in less than 6 months.

Greed and corruption is why the Israeli deal failed. (this was discussed extensively on Beegs blog then) It's therefore not impossible but we've more or less put all eggs in a basket that should we buy Su25s, we'll have no one to fly them cos we've mostly trained on certain types of jets. At this stage, Alpha jets or F7s may just be our best bet if needing immediate air support. But we need to do better in assessing future threats lest its all inappropriate fits again in the future.

jakeporeshenko:
The new Proforce ARA MRAP (I’m calling it the ARA Mk.3) looks amazing.

Pic 2 MK.2
Pic 3 MK.1
Judge for yourself, all these upgrades and design changes tailored to fit the Nigerian army’s specifications achieved in less than a year, the production line also seems busy so I believe a substantial order has been placed by NA.

jakeporeshenko:
Another fallen hero Cpt.Kabir Hamza Kura.

Xbee007:

How do you get this first hand terrorist's related information?

BabaOwen:
RIP to the gallant military personnel.

You will hardly see a military officer in combat here in the South west, I've never seen one any of them in patrols or during OP MASA or Awatse

jakeporeshenko:

That’s because in the SW most criminal elements are in the bush/creeks, don’t expect to see soldiers patrolling major roads or cities, I think that’s the job of the police.

jakeporeshenko:

That’s because in the SW most criminal elements are in the bush/creeks, don’t expect to see soldiers patrolling major roads or cities, I think that’s the job of the police.

Kalapizim:
don't mind that one jare.

Stephandeswardt:
Believe it or not.....boko haram is winning this insurgency, they have the initiative....we have no queen on the chessboard, and we are still loosing puns to them.....we need a master stroke, to change the hands of the game......how many tanks in total and arty pieces do we have in the whole nigeria that is functional and how many have been lost in the N.E, how many then remains? How many rpgs do we have? Some officers have never in their lives held one........this battlefront annoys the hell out of me, red necks and politicians do not seem to be bothered, till their doors are broken open, by the soldiers themselves that protect them in the wee hours of the night.

davefurn:
I'm a novice, but how is boko haram being funded to execute major attacks in NE. In my opinion ( correct me if I'm wrong) it's through the money FG gave them for the release of those girls. It was a well executed plan though, especially during the election period when Nigeria is at its' weakest. The money meant for the combating the insurgents will have to be reduced due to expenses of election. So this was the perfect time to start their attacks. Gain territories to get more supply to arms and food, so they can have a high ground when the advanced weapons are delivered (tucano e.t.c). The best solution is to cut off their supply route which is the porous border of Nigeria to Chad and other countries. Then launch one massive attack on them, when they try to run and regroup, nowhere to run, borders are blocked. I'm a novice, so correct me on my opinion if it's wrong ����