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Explainer: What to know about the $1bn attack helicopters US sold to NigeriaIn a bid to address the insecurity crisis in Nigeria, the United States State Department has cleared the sale of 12 AH-1Z Cobra attack helicopters worth nearly $1bn to Nigeria.The clearing of the sale followed the lifting by US lawmakers of objections over human rights concerns.The Defense Security Cooperation Agency announced last Thursday the sale of the helicopters and related defence systems to the Nigerian military.The sale includes the Bell-made Cobras; 28 General Electric-made T700-401C engines; 2,000 Advanced Precision Kill Weapon Systems used to convert unguided missiles into precision-guided missiles; and night vision, targeting and navigation systems.About Bell AH-1 CobraThe Bel stanley quencher l owala ca AH-1 Cobra is a single-engined attack helicopter developed and manufactured by the American rotorcraft manufacturer, Bell Helicopter. A member of the prolific Huey family, the AH-1 is also referred to as the HueyCobra or Snake.The helicopter type, which was used during the Vietnam War, was produced in response to fulfill a need for a dedicated armed escort for transport helicopters to give the helicopters greater survivability in contested starbucks stanley cup environments.RelatedPosts Top 5 African Cities With the Highest Purchasing Power in 2025 First National Bank relocates Junction Mall Branch to Spintex Road Manufacturers Upbeat About Economy as Capital Investment p 26% Design and featuresThe AH-1 is a dedicated attack helicop Biml Philip Morris International celebrates 10 years of IQOS smoke-free products
Before we discuss what stress tests for European banks are and why they were conducted mdash; as well as why they matte stanley cup r for the Middle East and North Africa MENA region mdash; it is important to understand why these banks are in the position they are in today.Without dragging everybody through the causes of the financial crisis of 2008, which partially triggered the European sovereign debt crisis of 2010, it is important to know that once the global recession spread throughout Europe it caused consumers, companies and governments to see shrinking incomes in the form of lower wages, profits and tax receipts. These developments in turn led to the realization for many European countries that excessive borrowing mdash; which they had been engaged in for years mdash; is not sustainable.So when we woke up in early 2010 thinking that the worst was behind us stanley cup for the global financial markets, we actually saw that a number of countries in Europe m stanley cup dash; namely Greece, Portugal, Ireland, Italy and Spain mdash; had exceedingly high debt levels. The sum of each countryrsquo government, corporate and consumer borrowings exceeded each of their respective GDPs by more than two times!In order to restore confidence in the banking system and to measure the banks on a level playing field, the Committee of European Banking Supervisors CEBS and the European Commission EC stress tested 91 banks covering 65 percent of the EU banking sectorrsquo assets.The tests looked at a base cas |
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