{UAH} DO WE NEED THESE FIGHTER JETS OR NOT? YOURS THOUGHTS PLEASE!

Tomas del Sukhoi SU-30MK2 Flanker. (C)2009 Román Emin, all rights reserved.








PRICE is=$740 million per Jet.




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This is the real SU-30MKI that recently conducted test flights around kampala sky and Entebbe zone.




The news that Uganda has acquired a sukhoi 30, russian built fighter Jet seen above could change the balance of military power and influence in the great lakes region including sub-Saharan africa. What are ur opinions on the effect of this onto the shift in defence spending or budget of other countries in the region? Does Uganda have means to keep these arms operational?

Maybe we should think schools first! Hospitals, giving job to people. I think people don't make war when they know what they lose acting so.

So, why is the President invested in fighter jets? Here is why. Soon after elections, Col. Moses Rwakitarate visited Russia. Rwakitarate works in the Ugandan air force. A source in Russia told someone here on UAH that Rwakitarate, who is Museveni's blue-eyed boy, was shocked by the discussion of the Russian military chiefs about troubled Libyan dictator Col. Muamar Gaddafi's military weakness. He heard that the Russians knew that Gaddafi had a weak air force with rusty war planes and soldiers. That Gaddafi had only concentrated on the welfare of his elite presidential guard army at the expense of the general army. Besides, Gaddafi's army had not had any refresher training, so they were ill prepared to fight when the insurrection started. He had to reorganise his own army before attacking that rebels that is why the rebels first moved faster than Gaddafi.


So, for Museveni, this was a lesson learnt. He had to quickly get money to buy fighter jets in case anything happens in Uganda. And that anything could be possible.

 Again, here is why. For some time, the intelligence has supplied Museveni with information that the Opposition elements especially Col. Kizza Besigye were organizing a rebellion. The intelligence claim that Besigye has the support of DR Congo and Rwanda. They further allege that rebels of arrested dissident Laurent Nkunda, was supposed to have been integrated into the DR Congo army after Nkunda was nabbed. That some of the rebels agreed to be integrated while others opposed. Even those integrated did not find the working conditions suitable, so they asked to join their fellow rebels. Most of these were Rwandan interahamwe. Apparently, Ugandan intelligence believes that Paul Kagame and Joseph Kabila, felt the rebels would pose a serious headache to them. That to appease the rebels, the two leaders agreed to locate them somewhere between Rwanda and Congo. They are reportedly being paid monthly stipend and have been promised that they would soon be engaged. That engagement, according to Ugandan intelligence, was to fight the Kampala regime.


After getting this information, the then Ugandan coordinator of intelligence services, Gen. David Tinyenfuza, evicted Balaalo in the oil rich district of Buliisa. This, eviction, according to sources, was to try to avoid infiltration from the alleged rebels since most of them have Rwandan links.

Museveni argued to his Generals that when u have oil wells, and hostile region and a dominant foreign policy, u need by all means to scale up or upgrade your military capability and capacity. Having a great military arsenal is not for wars only. It can also be for Emergency operations like natural disaster, escort services to VIP e.g in case of Commonwealth summit and visits of high profile persons. it's even for your status in the world community. For instance, Rwanda is ordering for a BOEING 737-800 after seeing Museveni's military purchases.

The problem is that I'm not sure Uganda has money to maintain this arsenal. Even Gaddafi with his oil couldn't keep his weapons all in action. It's been a revelation to us when we realized that his warplanes were grounded within less than two days of bombings!

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