Posted on 10/03/2005 7:36:24 AM PDT by Alex Marko
AIR_J-7_w_Weapons.jpg J-7 with weapons
Reuters reports that Nigeria's government has approved a $251 million purchase of 15 fighter and trainer aircraft from China, further strengthening ties between the two countries after a series of significant oil deals.
The 12 F-7NI multi-role combat aircraft and three FT-7NI trainer aircraft and associated equipment will be bought from China's National Aero-Technology Import and Export Corp. The F-7/J-7 is an upgraded version of the Soviet MiG-21 interceptor, with modernized avionics and weapons and a slight cranked-wing configuration. Reuters also notes that:
"On the oil front, Nigeria has made efforts to develop ties with China partly as a new market for its high-quality crude and partly because it hopes to attract Chinese investment into its malfunctioning refineries and power plants.
For its part, energy-hungry China has shown a growing interest in Nigeria's oil assets which make it the eighth-biggest exporter of crude in the world with about 2.4 million barrels per day.
Petrochina <0857.HK> has signed a deal to receive 30,000 barrels per day from the Nigerian state oil company, while state oil firm CNPC is in talks to take stakes in Nigerian oil exploration blocks in return for infrastructure investment."
a nigerian fighter pilot - interesting concept
well, they've mastered email scams, next stop, pilot training.
Mig 21, there is only so much lipstick you can put on that pig. These are grossly out of date and no amount of upgrades can make them first world status.
Any idea as to what Nigeria intends to do with these aircraft??? They afraid of being invaded by someone???
As Africa's most populous country and one of its wealthier and better educated, Nigeria plays a prominent role in peacekeeping missions on the continent. These MiGs might be too old for conventional warfar, but a few of them flying over Darfur will make Janjaweed think twice about burning a village and shooting its residents.
Apparently they are selling them. I just got an email that says I can have one for only $20,000. It's got to be legit -- the sender is the brother of the Nigerian president.
Want to let me in on such a good deal???
You can't tell where the lipstick ends & the pig begins.
Greetings my friend,
Your name has been given to me in confidence as someone to be trusted.
I am Nafe Ukambom formally financial officer and attache to the recently decased chief banking liason to China's National Aero-Technology Import and Export Corp.
Prior to my late Chief's death, there was a deposit of $15 million (US) made into an account for use in bribing the corrupt chinese officials..........
This just in....
Senegal acquires 4 General Dynamics hand held Stinger Missiles (which I had the lucky opportunity to help develop.
Gosh, For $15 Million, Might as well just buy a bunch of hummers and go on a drive by in Darfur, The Mullahs will really get scared when they get a piece of america's street gangs.
Nigeria needs these jet fighters to prevail against its enemy--hmm, there's an enemy out there somewhere, we'll get back to you.
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