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Armenia interested in new Russian helicopter gunships Ka-52M and Mi-28NE

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Armenia interested in new Russian helicopter gunships Ka-52M and Mi-28NE

Armenia has displayed interest in Russia’s cutting-edge Ka-52M and Mi-28NE attack helicopters, CEO of the Russian Helicopters rotorcraft manufacturer Andrei Boginsky told TASS on Monday.

Boginsky told TASS that Armenia, Kazakhstan and the UAE have shown a keen interest in these gunships at the Dubai Airshow 2021 international aviation exhibition held in the United Arab Emirates on November 14-18.

"There were delegations from Armenia, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Mauritania, the UAE and Saudi Arabia [at the airshow]. Colleagues from Rosoboronexport [Russia’s state weapons exporter] are actively working on the promotion and we are satisfied with the result that we have," TASS quoted the chief executive as saying.

The demonstration of the Mi-28NE ‘Night Hunter’ gunship was a major world premiere at the Dubai Airshow 2021. Russia never showcased this combat helicopter at international airshows before. The Ka-52 ‘Alligator’ attack helicopter was also demonstrated at the Dubai Airshow for the first time.

The Ka-52M is an upgraded version of the Ka-52 ‘Alligator’ gunship. As the gunship’s designers say, the Ka-52M missile armament has been standardized with the weapons suite of the Mi-28NM helicopter, another state-of-the-art Russian attack gunship, which has helped increase the target destruction r...

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