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any one remember the pic of black hawks in the same formation befor desert storm it was cool
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any one remember the pic of black hawks in the same formation befor desert storm it was cool
I imagine it is to stabilise the cobra during its flight under the Mi17.
+ any info behind the pic? What happened to the cobra?
Cool pic though- didn't think a Mi-17 could lift a Cobra, I guess you learn somthing new everyday!!
Why not just go straight for the Z-10??
Why wait for an interim.. use up the Ah-1's in the WoT.. cannibalize or whatever.
Go brand new for the main req in the east.
Z-9s are a good option. They would be cheap with hopefully cheap spare parts chain as well as a very good chance of making critical spare parts in house with the help of infrastructure development from Chinese.
Z-9s can be used by the Navy, Air Force as well as the Army.
The attack version of the Z-9 can become a transport version too whenever required, so in current situation it will have 2 uses for us. When you need for transport, just strip the weapons and when need for attack get the weapons back on.
Navy has already started to use them, Air Force can order them too as well as the Army. Its a versatile platform.
And we can order separate Z-10s as a dedicated platform.
Z-9s can be used as attack version in case of emergency.
Commonality with the Navy is a good incentive.. however, only the operational performance of the Z-9 with the Navy will give us the actual idea.
A Z-9's combat load is what matters... if it can still carry say around eight or ten ATGM's.. and its own reload ammo in the cabin along with two mech's/gunners.
its actually a very effective platform.
notice the direlict Mi-9 forward of the Mi-17!