GabrielYulaw:


I see.
Dear Komekn, there's really no use in flogging a dead horse. Let it go please.

Modified: So, i just visited the Wikipedia page of the Tucano. It says delivery will be complete in 2024. Eh, Nemesis8u, you are the expert here. Would you be so good as to let us know when delivery will begin and be completed cos there's so many conflicting info online and here. Muchas gracias!

GabrielYulaw:


It like you have not been following the posts here. The Tucano will be mainly using its bombs and missiles and these are American made and expensive as sin. For the price of one of these missiles I could build several estates and have enough left over to make Shakira divorce her hubby and marry me.
On the other hand, its hourly running cost and ease of maintenance is great. I hope you know that a Tucano using its machine guns will place it in range of enemy return fire. It only has .50 cal machine guns, while ISWAP has access to 20-23mm auto cannons on its gun trucks. They might even have MANPADS, but no one is in a hurry to find out. If a pilot gets shot down over there na big trouble he go fall into, cos I don't really see the NAF dispatching a search and rescue chopper to bail him out.

As regards loiter time, I am really afraid you don't know what you are talking about. The Tucano can at best stay in the air for maybe 5 hours. Most combat drones on the market can stay aloft for 24 hours and there are even some that can stay up there for almost a week. Algeria has some of these if I remember correctly.

I am not much an expert in the air, but I believe pilots get most of their training on jet-propelled trainer aircraft, like the Alpha jet, L-39 or the YAK-130. If you think prop aircrafts are good for this, we have Mushaks from Pakistan for that. Or all on this forum can make a contribution and buy Piper Cubs from the abroad.

You said drones don't have the speed to make kinetically accurate hits? Do you think they are firing anti-tank sabot rounds?

As for remote targeting and control, the best thing by far would have been for the NAF to pay for a military satellite or buy space on same and be free to control their drones at any range.

As for this war not ending anytime soon, all of us here know why, but few will admit it publicly.

kabe1:
Hello Guys,

I want to make an appeal.

This is "Striker Arab". He is a Nigerian soldier operating in the North East against the Terrorists ravaging our country.

I usually go to his page to see battle field images.

I've never met him before and he did not ask me to do this.


I went to his page today to see images as usual and I came across this heart wrenching video. His mother is sick and needs a kidney transplant.

I cried when I saw the video.

Please we can use this platform to support him, let us donate, no matter how small. Even if it is common 2k or 5k.

These soldiers are also ordinary people like us.

Kindly click on the instagram link to watch the video and support. Please.. Thank you all!



https://www.instagram.com/p/B_zkCD-nVSs/?igshid=zc59b3cl807q

blacKDalia:




You are making it seem as if the North East is a 50 by 100 feet plot of land . Having drones loitering around is a waste of time and resources. I've never seen /read / heard any army operating it's drone like that.

GabrielYulaw:


Nice to hear. Wikipedia says the unit cost of the APKWS is $22K. Does that apply to one single rocket or what? I'm just genuinely curious.

bidexiii:
.

Please let’s help the dude.
For more details follow the link.

kabe1:
Hello Guys,

I want to make an appeal.

This is "Striker Arab". He is a Nigerian soldier operating in the North East against the Terrorists ravaging our country.

I usually go to his page to see battle field images.

I've never met him before and he did not ask me to do this.


I went to his page today to see images as usual and I came across this heart wrenching video. His mother is sick and needs a kidney transplant.

I cried when I saw the video.

Please we can use this platform to support him, let us donate, no matter how small. Even if it is common 2k or 5k.

These soldiers are also ordinary people like us.

Kindly click on the instagram link to watch the video and support. Please. Thank you all!



https://www.instagram.com/p/B_zkCD-nVSs/?igshid=zc59b3cl807q

bidexiii:
Untill we start making MRAP vehicles as our standard means of transport for our frontline troops they would be exposed to threats like: I.E.D ripping through soft skinned vehicles and bullets piercing through tin windscreen.
The driver and front occupant narrowly escaped death.

bidexiii:



Yeap, Trust me most of this vehicles would be eventually used against military formations in Nigerian north east bases.
Thank God for the super-camp concept but they should be on full alert, no slacking at all.

demolition:

Thanks for bringing this here bro.
I just made a donation and I'll be doing so again soon.
May God see her through this.

komekn:


Drones are placed in areas of contention it's informed projection.

You don't wait for the enemy to strike you strike him before he even knows you are there.

There is a lot you do not know about drones and intelligence gathering.

komekn:


The general actually gave two differing pieces of information first there were 8-10 gun trucks and then 15 gun trucks. Thats the detail.

They were in close proximity to Boko with small trees and shrubs typical Sahel savanna terrain.

With a clear identifiable target with open spaces that marks the demarcation between friendly forces and foes. Any aircraft can do the job with precision ordinances and or missiles as well as a strafing run.

With the situation that General Adeniyi described l would have none. Troops are too close to the enemy and a strafing run will kill friend and foe.

I gave a very recent example with the French Mirage sent to help the IS forces caught up in a ambush fire fight in Niger. In which 4 US soldiers died. French pilots did not engage could not distinguish between friend and foe.

My preference would be too buckle down wait till night fall. Switch of all our vehicles off have a zero heat signature and allow the Wing Loong II UAV that gives us 30+ hours silent endurance to identify targets with its 12 ATGM's as compared to the 5+ hours fly time over head endurance of the noisy A29.

At nightfall with temperatures drop the FLIR from the Wing Loong will see and identity the Boko gun trucks like Christmas tree lights very clearly. Ground troops to coordinate and engage Boko with small arms fire ONLY and enduce Boko to use thier gun trucks which will further increase thier heat signature and easy identification.

As you know one A29 will procure 30 Wing Loong II UAV's. But just 2 will do the job comprehensively. Then our guys can go in and mop up and the UAV over head will be able to pin point individual Boko elements for our guys to neutralise.

bidexiii:


During the Mohammed Yusuf the founder of BHT, during the first rise of Terrorist sect. Money and other valuable items where found on them.
Hence it has now become a culture to rank-sack them you can never tell what you’ll find on them.

bidexiii:
#SF

Irish Army Rangers in Mali.

Only God knows how many militaries are in Mali.

Juchii:


That is why it was a bad idea inviting any foreign troop in your country.
Inviting USA means inviting the whole NATO and the worst is that they will never be in hurry to leave

bidexiii:



Look at Niger Republic they have several French Air-force base at there back yard and they did nothing. Two attacks between the space of 10 days.
The same with the United States; I don’t see what they are doing there

Juchii:


That is why it was a bad idea inviting any foreign troop in your country.
Inviting USA means inviting the whole NATO and the worst is that they will never be in hurry to leave

blacKDalia:


They are not there for the Nigeriens. They are there for the uranium deposits.

rka2:
To prevent unwarranted speculation, below was the notification ro Congress concerning the sale of the Super Tucano to Nigeria:


[b]Notice of Proposed Issuance of Letter of Offer Pursuant to Section 36(b)(1) of the Arms Export Control Act, as amended (i) Prospective Purchaser: The Federal Republic of Nigeria (ii) Total Estimated Value: Major Defense Equipment $29 million Other $564 million Total $593 million (iii) Description and Quantity or Quantities of Articles or Services under Consideration for Purchase: Major Defense Equipment (MDE): [b]One hundred (100) GBU-12 (500lb) Paveway II (PW-II) Tailkits One hundred (100) GBU-58 (250lb) PW-II Tailkits Four hundred (400) Laser Guided Rockets including Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) Two thousand (2,000) MK-81 (250lb) bombs Five thousand (5,000) 2.75 inch Hydra 70 Unguided Rockets (70mm rockets) One thousand (1,000) 2.75 inch Hydra 70 Unguided Rockets (practice) Twenty thousand (20,000) Rounds, .50 Caliber Machine Gun Ammo Non-Major Defense Equipment (MDE): This request also includes the following Non-MDE: Twelve (12) A-29 Super Tucano aircraft, seven (7) AN/AAQ-22F Electro-Optical/Infrared (EO/ IR) Sensor and Laser Designators, [/b]Initial Spares, Readiness Spares Package, Consumables, Support Equipment, Technical Data, Repair and Return Support, Facilities infrastructure and hangar construction, Night Vision Devices (NVDs), Contract Logistics Services (CLS), Contractor Provided Familiarization and Training, USG Manpower and Services, Field Service Representatives, Training Services (pilot training, USAF training, early A-29 training, flight leader upgrade training, travel and living allowance, maintenance training, specialized training, computer-based training, night vision device training, human rights and international humanitarian law, and munitions training), Training Simulators, Air Worthiness Support, Forward Operating Base Facilities, Forward Operating Location Support, Ferrying, and Non-recurring Engineering. Additionally, all aircraft will include weapons software to support forward looking infrared sensors (FLIRs), ancillary system. (iv) Military Department: Air Force (X8-D-SAB) (v) Prior Related Cases, if any: None (vi) Sales Commission, Fee, etc., Paid, Offered. or Agreed to be Paid: None (vii) Sensitivity of Technology Contained in the Defense Article or Defense Services Proposed to be Sold: See Annex attached. (viii) Date Report Delivered to Congress: Aug 02 2017 *As defined in Section 47(6) of the Arms Export Control Act.[/b]

https://www.congress.gov/congressional-record/2017/8/2/senate-section/article/s4753-1

blacKDalia:


They are not there for the Nigeriens. They are there for the uranium deposits.

Juchii:


I can't accommodate you at my house and the only thing you do is just to spy on me. I know they are not for Nigerians but at least they should help Niger republic even if it is just a periodic strikes.