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Why Nigeria invests in helicopters?

Government is strengthening Navy and Air Force fleets

Nigeria is upgrading and modernizing its armed forces' fleet of military aircraft. Last August it announced that in September it would take delivery of 18 new attack helicopters: 12 US Bell AH-1Z Vipers and 6 Turkish TAI T-129 Ataks. The objective of the Abuja government is twofold: on the one hand to improve the military operations of the army, on the other to relieve the pressure on the Nigerian...

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Abuja, Nigeria, 09/20/2023 10:41
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