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People on trains If you are in Nigeria for the first time or a visitor to Lagos and you see people sitting atop, standing between its coaches or even hanging from the doors of a moving train, don’t be surprised, ...

Policemen and LASTMA on duty   Many pictures and videos taken of the Police and Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) have led to their dismissal from the force. For this reason, uniformed men fidget at the sight of a camera. The ...

Government secretariats Even though the entire government secretariat can’t be policed, taking pictures there is considered a security breach. To be on the safe side, it is better to request permission officially before taking any pictures. Otherwise, you may be ...

Airport. Nigeria’s airport is supposed to be the gateway into the country so visitors should be able to freely take pictures of their arrivals and perhaps departure at the terminal. However, a different scenario plays out in Nigeria’s airports. The ...

We look at five trends behind the development of modern tanks, an armament often thought to be outmoded by improved aircraft and missile technology. Let’s face it, tanks are making a comeback. It may not have been obvious a year ...

5. Modernization Generation Many tanks in existing armed forces are becoming increasingly outdated, not only because they are old (the M1 Abrams has been in production since 1980), but because their main competition on the potential battlefield has thus far been similarly old tanks. Germany ...

4. Where Tanks Still Rule In east Asia, tank development never really stopped after the 1980s. In 2014, South Korea introduced the K2 Black Panther, the world’s most expensive tank. While it has a manned turret, it is also considerably more ...

3. Israeli Solution Israeli tanks, actively used in urban war -fare, instead go for missile interception and protection from improvised explosive devices. Israel has also been a pioneer in developing armored personnel carriers and infantry fighting vehicles, which the Armata platform also took advantage ...

2. Closing the Missile Gap While developments in missile technology have advanced to the point of FGM-148 Javelin-like fire-and-forget systems which allow operators to hit tanks from the top, traditionally their weakest point, their cost and availability make it increasingly difficult to use them in conditions such ...

1. The Armata The T-14 Armata’s entry to the world tank arena as a mass-produced tank was a game-changer in that for the first time in decades, a major military power created a new tank design not based on previous ...