LTGEN:

Bro why don't you just wait till the NAF releases it.
You certainly see to be in a rush to gather certain information.

CaptainStephen:
this guy ! Wetin you wan carry am do? :\

Toju200:
I love our indigenous military hardware I love get more and fresh pics of them bidexiii knows the love I have for indigenous military hardware so do u have a problem with that.....:/

Toju200:
I love our indigenous military hardware I love get more and fresh pics of them bidexiii knows the love I have for indigenous military hardware so do u have a problem with that.....:/

nemesis8u:


One of the technical reason why f22 cannot be released for export is becz the f22 was solely built for domestic use and as such it's components don't have the usual anti reverse engineering countermeasures built in.

and since their manufacturing has stopped long ago , it is impossible to built insitu safeguards into those components and prohibitively expensive. Also the tech used then for f22 isn't compatible as such with current tech.

Algerian1:
Algerian fans .

ID the rifle


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zfa-Ull5N0

TayserMahri:


Very true ma nigga

Odunayaw:
You copied, pasted, quoted a post from another thread to this place for what?

Toju200:
Another bomblast rocks Somalia killing 17 injuring others.... God help Africa

Xbee007:

Islam is the worst thing that happened to Somalia.
That country has huge potential but see what religion fundamentalism has reduced it to.

Toju200:
Bahrain and Saudi are the sponsors of terrorism
[b]Proof:Today it was on the news that Bahrain hired a former alqaed terrorist to assasinate some Sunni political figures.....he then later contacted his other terrorist team(Al qaed) for weapons of assasination but was arrested on his way to Saudi to take delivery of the weapons

kemicalreaction:
[/b]You never could've said it better

TayserMahri:


Very true ma nigga

Odunayaw:
You copied, pasted, quoted a post from another thread to this place for what?

spendoon:

how did my comment even came here I thought I commented on a thread about nollywood but stay away from me you taysermahri guy

61mech:
There's no "technical" issues for the F22 not being exported. The production was stopped for political and financial reasons.
LockMart and Boeing spent millions on lobbying to have the F-22 production cancelled by congress. This was done ,because the F22 was a threat to F-35 production. The F-35 simply made more money for LockMart than the F-22 and the airforce ordering more F-22's or exporting would seriously threaten the F-35 program which they knew was running onto problems.
That's why the F-22 production tooling and jigs were destroyed to make it financially problematic to re-start production. There's simply no other explanation and the lobbying is well documented.
Ask yourself why the F15/F16 production line is still open after decades, but the F-22 had all its tooling destroyed by an act of congress. All the congressmen that pushed the legislation were heavily lobbied by LockMart and had F-35 production facilities in their districts.

The export ban had the same roots. The US exports far more sensitive tech to the Japanese (who begged for the F-22) than the F-22.
They have the latest Aegis and Spy radars on their destroyers for example.

kikuyu1:
Btw,I notice many NA vehicles,soft skin even AFVs and MRAPs lack radios.





Imo,this basic mission enabler should be prioritised over Tucs,gunships and kinetic systems! In all the NA convoy pix I rarely see radio antennas. Every platoon,dismounted or not must be on call;forget the Leprechaun SINGCCARS and other Gucci kit restricted to SOFs: basic platoon level comms is compulsory.

edon21:

[b]bro cause you don't see antenna doesn't mean that they don't have means of communication. no army does tha[/b]t. stop comparing and find out facts

Project Vistula will provide 579 9-ton 6x6 and 733 14-ton 8x8 tactical logistics vehicles (and potentially 5-ton 4x4 trucks) for multipurpose roles. The program was also sidelined in 2007, because none of the proposed vehicles fully met specifications. However, the delay was likely in part due to the lack of funding available from the SA Army.

Project Sepula will replace the Casspir and Mamba 4x4 armored personnel carriers (APCs). As many as 1,900 vehicles could be procured under this requirement, and a full-fledged family of vehicles is planned, including 4x4, 6x6, and 8x8 variants. [/b]The new family of vehicles would be built in South Africa (but not necessarily a South African design) and would have a significant off-the-shelf content of such major components as the engine and transmission.

kikuyu1:
61mech,frumentius,patches869,jln115 and other Saffas,tell me smth. I was looking at your legacy Casspirs,my fav MRAP after the Marauder and was shocked! Under Project Sepula they and the Mambas were to be replaced with a new vehicle almost a decade ago!


https://www.forecastinternational.com/news/index.cfm?recno=233097

Obviously engineering and human resource aren't the issue since every Saffa and his neighbour design a brand new MRAP from scatch in their spare time as we've seen on these pages. Further googling showed a host of postponed and/or delayed projects,Hotel for a new Hydrographic survey ship,Metsie for new MPAs,Vistula for new trucks etc,etc. RSA isn't Kenya or any other Africa country-you have the funds! Funds aren't the issue-WHAT THE ACTUAL EFF!?

kikuyu1:
61mech,frumentius,patches869,jln115 and other Saffas,tell me smth. I was looking at your legacy Casspirs,my fav MRAP after the Marauder and was shocked! Under Project Sepula they and the Mambas were to be replaced with a new vehicle almost a decade ago!


https://www.forecastinternational.com/news/index.cfm?recno=233097

Obviously engineering and human resource aren't the issue since every Saffa and his neighbour design a brand new MRAP from scatch in their spare time as we've seen on these pages. Further googling showed a host of postponed and/or delayed projects,Hotel for a new Hydrographic survey ship,Metsie for new MPAs,Vistula for new trucks etc,etc. RSA isn't Kenya or any other Africa country-you have the funds! Funds aren't the issue-WHAT THE ACTUAL EFF!?

kikuyu1:
61mech,frumentius,patches869,jln115 and other Saffas,tell me smth. I was looking at your legacy Casspirs,my fav MRAP after the Marauder and was shocked! Under Project Sepula they and the Mambas were to be replaced with a new vehicle almost a decade ago!


https://www.forecastinternational.com/news/index.cfm?recno=233097

Obviously engineering and human resource aren't the issue since every Saffa and his neighbour design a brand new MRAP from scatch in their spare time as we've seen on these pages. Further googling showed a host of postponed and/or delayed projects,Hotel for a new Hydrographic survey ship,Metsie for new MPAs,Vistula for new trucks etc,etc. RSA isn't Kenya or any other Africa country-you have the funds! Funds aren't the issue-WHAT THE ACTUAL EFF!?

61mech:
Its about funds. All SANDF equipment procurement is being held up by this.
SANDF budged is mostly spent on a "officer heavy" salary burden. Its to a large extent been a retirement fund for former cadres from the liberation movement. I'm generalising here of course. There are many capable soldiers and officers from those ranks, but there are also a lot of unnecessary high ranking personnel that would have been retrenched if it was run like a business.
We have more generals per soldier than any other country I know of, because of this. The average age of a rifleman in the SANDF is also ridiculously high. Almost in the mid 30's. This situation will not change until there is major restructuring and forced retirements.

This leaves very little money left over for training an equipment. Fortunately the vehicles they do have were built for African conditions, so they can make them last to make up for this. Unfortunately the ones who suffer the consequences of this are the hard working and dedicated combat units who are actually doing the soldiering work.