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It's by no way advanced.
It stands uniquely among any military helos in service by lack of any flight safety tech. No terrain radar, no weather radar, no electronic self-diagnostics, no flight envelope protection, not even rotor underspeed/stall warning, no GPS, let alone interactive map. Most Mi 17 operators just hand their pilots a smartphone/tablet with Google maps.
It's literally the only helicopter from fifties flying today