Wait oo.. seems like am not understanding something. The Us is in Afghanistan and Iraq to out an end to ISIS right?? And now we in Nigeria are at war with Boko Haram which are afflicted to ISIS. So if Us wants to end ISIS, what don't they help us and give us some of their toys to use and put and end to this war...by their toys I mean;
1) A10 Warthog
2) Humvees (they replaced Humvees with JTLV/MTV.
Support and logistics too..


I know they are reasons why this can't happen, can someone please explain or state them for me??.

A question to the house please: is the Nigeria Army's 707 Special Forces Brigade our own version of the United States Army's Rangers? Just curious.

rka2:


You talk as if you are an authority. I was an active participant on Beeg's blog. It is a blog and not gospel. I didn't tell you they weren't stored at Makurdi Air Base just that they were stored out in the open without any protection from the elements and by the time the Indians inspected them, they were not fit for purpose. Do these photos look like they were crated?

Talking of disinformation, I can not think of anybody else so adept at it on this forum.

What a waste. Is there no way of us reactivating these beautiful birds? Same question goes for the BO-105 helicopters in storage in PHC.

The NAF, always spot on , I look on this with promise, it seems they have experience developing autonomous systems, it would interesting to see if this can be substantiated with the development of an indigenous auto-pilot system for the ichoku ucav, or future crafts, uavision's work with NAF on the tsaugaimi was entry level
https://twitter.com/madebycharles/status/1253975435039383554?s=19
https://twitter.com/madebycharles/status/1205872883236560896?s=19

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lebuhsi:
The NAF, always spot on , I look on this with promise, it seems they have experience developing autonomous systems, it would interesting to see if this can be substantiated with the development of an indigenous auto-pilot system for the ichoku ucav, or future crafts, uavision's work with NAF on the tsaugaimi was entry level
https://twitter.com/madebycharles/status/1253975435039383554?s=19
https://twitter.com/madebycharles/status/1205872883236560896?s=19

There's this aerospace engineer in this thread Tdayof, he nolonger comes online

slimthugchimee2:


There's this aerospace engineer in this thread Tdayof, he nolonger comes online

is he guy that was proposing to work with the NAF on UCAVs and communication equipment at the time?..

lebuhsi:

is he guy that was proposing to work with the NAF on UCAVs and communication equipment at the time?..

yea

bidexiii:
Amaq Agency released a video showing an execution of a Chadian soldier, captured last week in an ambush between Litri and Ngouboua.

ISWAP is also trying to disprove the Chadian President's statement about them being dislodged from the country.
The terrorists claim to have killed four Chadian soldiers, captured a fifth after attacking two army boats between Ngouboua and Litri.

ISWAP's leaders have usually spoken classical (fusha) Arabic or Hausa in videos, tho in some videos like this one (unmaskingbokoharam.com/2019/04/10/isw…) Kanuri was used in pep talks; but the latest horrific murder video of a Chadian soldier was by a Chadian Arabic-speaking ISWAP commander.

lebuhsi:
The NAF, always spot on , I look on this with promise, it seems they have experience developing autonomous systems, it would interesting to see if this can be substantiated with the development of an indigenous auto-pilot system for the ichoku ucav, or future crafts, uavision's work with NAF on the tsaugaimi was entry level
https://twitter.com/madebycharles/status/1253975435039383554?s=19
https://twitter.com/madebycharles/status/1205872883236560896?s=19

Hmmn. If Uavision is entry level. I don't know what to call this new partners they got.
In other words, I hope the new guys are up to task. I have read development history of some countries drone programmes and they are very challenging and painstaking.

Knowing Nigeria and not having time for patience, let's hope they'll get all the time they need.

Also this means Tsaugaimi was just a farce?

BlackBaron:

Hmmn. If Uavision is entry level. I don't know what to call this new partners they got.
In other words, I hope the new guys are up to task. I have read development history of some countries drone programmes and they are very challenging and painstaking.

Knowing Nigeria and not having time for patience, let's hope they'll get all the time they need.

Also this means Tsaugaimi was just a farce?

Nope.....
Tsaigumi isn't a farce...
We just want to look further and deeper into UAV technology..
By the the y'all know they are working on the Ichoku combat drone...So....let them do wat they do

ocelot2006:


What a waste. Is there no way of us reactivating these beautiful birds? Same question goes for the BO-105 helicopters in storage in PHC.

For the Jaguars, no, unless you end up replacing practically every part. Better to have new aircraft. For the BO-105, I don't know what state they are in, but I suspect much the same as the Jags.

Toju200:
Nope.....
Tsaigumi isn't a farce...
We just want to look further and deeper into UAV technology..
By the the y'all know they are working on the Ichoku combat drone...So....let them do wat they do

Tsaigumi has never been shown conducting reconnaissance since commissioning. I'll eat my hat if Ichoku is anything closer to reality than words they keep releasing.

Some of the drones able to do their work efficiently rely on IP, technology and patents we don't even seem to have access to. We could get there via R& D but takes significant money, years of experience and the best brains.

BlackBaron:

Tsaigumi has never been shown conducting reconnaissance since commissioning. I'll eat my hat if Ichoku is anything closer to reality than words they keep releasing.

Some of the drones able to do their work efficiently rely on IP, technology and patents we don't even seem to have access to. We could get there via R& D but takes significant money, years of experience and the best brains.

maybe she's not deployed to NE but I heard a few of the Drones will be stationed I'm Calabar AFB,Kaduna too..

joshingjosh:
Wait oo.. seems like am not understanding something. The Us is in Afghanistan and Iraq to out an end to ISIS right?? And now we in Nigeria are at war with Boko Haram which are afflicted to ISIS. So if Us wants to end ISIS, what don't they help us and give us some of their toys to use and put and end to this war...by their toys I mean;
1) A10 Warthog
2) Humvees (they replaced Humvees with JTLV/MTV.
Support and logistics too..


I know they are reasons why this can't happen, can someone please explain or state them for me??.

Then dey dash some countries Humvees, various types of MRAP and heard of C130 but A10 warthog.......... Nah !

Toju200:
yes we do they operate the ORIS T-5000,Draganov,DPMS and two others I can't remember

bidexiii:




ISWAP's leaders have usually spoken classical (fusha) Arabic or Hausa in videos, tho in some videos like this one (unmaskingbokoharam.com/2019/04/10/isw…) Kanuri was used in pep talks; but the latest horrific murder video of a Chadian soldier was by a Chadian Arabic-speaking ISWAP commander.

It's better for kill your self than to allow those bastards get you alive

BlackBaron:

Hmmn. If Uavision is entry level. I don't know what to call this new partners they got.
In other words, I hope the new guys are up to task. I have read development history of some countries drone programmes and they are very challenging and painstaking.

Knowing Nigeria and not having time for patience, let's hope they'll get all the time they need.

Also this means Tsaugaimi was just a farce?

Uavision's work with the NAF was more of a capacity building engagement, I'm not sure they helped with work on the gulma, but they certainly worked on the tsaigumi, which is built on the same platform as the gulma, but major improvements on endurance though, how far their work together would go is left to be seen,but R & D is capital intensive as you said, so the NAF got their work cut out, maybe that's why the NAF eagle project was put on hold?

bidexiii:




Then dey dash some countries Humvees, various types of MRAP and heard of C130 but A10 warthog.......... Nah !

the a10 warthog is quite useless, no nato country requested for it, hence the lack of sales. when the a10 came out, many nato countries discovered that the dassualt alpha, jaquar jets and similar attack aircraft of the era were still equal or even at some point better. the a10 is just physically imposing and cannot even provide the close air support that attack helicopters do provide, in fact it has even been phased out by the the us military for multirole aircrafts. if you check well, the US does not even want single role aircrafts anymore. if nigeria had requested for a purchase, it would have been granted, but the tucano is a better option with newer avionics.

ocelot2006:
A question to the house please: is the Nigeria Army's 707 Special Forces Brigade our own version of the United States Army's Rangers? Just curious.

Its not our version of anything. Its a SF Brigade.

ocelot2006:
A question to the house please: is the Nigeria Army's 707 Special Forces Brigade our own version of the United States Army's Rangers? Just curious.

You've got any Picture?

Faithful007:
the a10 warthog is quite useless, no nato country requested for it, hence the lack of sales. when the a10 came out, many nato countries discovered that the dassualt alpha, jaquar jets and similar attack aircraft of the era were still equal or even at some point better. the a10 is just physically imposing and cannot even provide the close air support that attack helicopters do provide, in fact it has even been phased out by the the us military for multirole aircrafts. if you check well, the US does not even want single role aircrafts anymore. if nigeria had requested for a purchase, it would have been granted, but the tucano is a better option with newer avionics.

Lol. Guy, you better than Baskeymouth I swear

lebuhsi:

Uavision's work with the NAF was more of a capacity building engagement, I'm not sure they helped with work on the gulma, but they certainly worked on the tsaigumi, which is built on the same platform as the gulma, but major improvements on endurance though, how far their work together would go is left to be seen,but R & D is capital intensive as you said, so the NAF got their work cut out, maybe that's why the NAF eagle project was put on hold?

I reckon other than capacity building, it was just another typical Nigerian MOU/partnership gone bad. ATR 42 seems to be doing the bulk of reconnaissance when it can fly.

The airforce if serious should split their development programmes into a separate entity otherwise struggle for the little funds they have whilst fighting an insurgency.

@Toju200
The drones are surely more useful in the NE sector. Knowing the army, they like to gloat over their in house built hardwares. So I'm sceptical they actually work as intended.

GabrielYulaw:


Lol. Guy, you better than Baskeymouth I swear

the A10 was fashioned primarily as an anti-tank aircraft in conventional attack ops, if the A10 were that useful in COIN then why is the us switching from using them to tucanos in afgan. the A10 is useless not in the sense that it is a powerless aircraft, it simply has no major role for now. the tucano are better for COIN ops and easier to maintain.

#EX FLINTLOCK
#COMBAT READINESS



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZG43V9hVZ3g

As impressive as this new development maybe, I researched about this firm aronedelivery, and
I couldn't find enough materials and works to convince me that they truly deserve this job.

In my own opinion, I think NAF should start absorbing some pure talent like the one in this video

I stand to be corrected though because I don't know much in this area. Actually I haven't seen such talent with much dedication like this guy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCzgfSrI9ZM

rka2:


This is interesting. Kindly show me where I called you a liar in all our exchanges regarding above highlighted statement. I have never engaged you in the Tucano discussion. I think you are confusing me with somebody else.

I totally agree with the rest of your write-up about it being a waste to let the Jags rot.

Edit: At least one Jaguar jet was lost as a result of a crash in 1985.

https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/138072

Quite surprisingly irrespective of our different approaches you have at no time called me a LIAR.

That means that I am at fault alleging in my presumption that have you called me a liar and therefore I have to eat humble pie and apologize unreservedly.

Meanwhile any new update on the offensive, because I am getting tired of waiting.
I am yet to see any major confrontation since then. I am tired of refreshing this page

BlackBaron:

I reckon other than capacity building, it was just another typical Nigerian MOU/partnership gone bad. ATR 42 seems to be doing the bulk of reconnaissance when it can fly.

The airforce if serious should split their development programmes into a separate entity otherwise struggle for the little funds they have whilst fighting an insurgency.

@Toju200
The drones are surely more useful in the NE sector. Knowing the army, they like to gloat over their in house built hardwares. So I'm sceptical they actually work as intended.

This guys are M.I.T , tdayof(I don't know his real name), also signed a R & D agreement with the Nigerian army forces, as far as I know, it didn't concretize, he finally moved to China, I read an article that a Chinese company bought intellectual rights, I can't seem to find it, I'm still looking

COAS Lt Gen Buratai presence in d frontline is yielding positive results, credible sources in the North-East Nigeria revealed that some BokoHaram commanders have indicated interest to surrender arms & ammo & also ready to embrace peace deal.

Juchii:
Meanwhile any new update on the offensive, because I am getting tired of waiting.
I am yet to see any major confrontation since then. I am tired of refreshing this page

Fingers crossed
Nigerian troops lob rocket artillery on Boko Haram positions; https://twitter.com/defensenigeria/status/1254779907269292037?s=21

bidexiii:



Fingers crossed
Nigerian troops lob rocket artillery on Boko Haram positions; https://twitter.com/defensenigeria/status/1254779907269292037?s=21

Knowing the reputation of SBNN, how recent is this video?