Tell me how many tanks does Iran have in total, i am betting half of them are T-62 or T-55/Type-69, this is probably the same for the helicopter fleet, 200 helicopter are cool, but if 80% of them are obsolete and at risk of malfunction and crash at anytime then it means nothing
Iran still rely on Chinhook for transport, why not buy Mi-26? How many CHs crashed due to malfunction in the past decades? Even China uses Mi-26, it's time to change
For attack and scout helicopters Iran rely on Mi-171Sh with rocket pods and Cobras at risk of crash for technical reasons at all times, maintaining them at high cost, forced to get parts on black markets
Iran could only modernize and make fully operational its helicopter fleet and transport/lifting by getting:
-Mi-26, transport, lift versions
- Ka-52 to replace Mi-171sh, or Mi-28NE and Ka-52 and remove completely the Cobras and Mi-171sh
For people wanting 100% indigenous, does Iran have the capability to produce it's own helicopters? Does it have the engines? I'm not talking about modernizing the cobras but making them
In a supposed war scenario against Azerbaijan republic, what Iran have currently for CAS beside these cobras and Mi-171sh? Su-22 crashing all time?