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yortsed snacilbuper

(7,939 posts) Sun Sep 14, 2014, 06:14 PM Sep 2014

Iraq's first Mi-28 Havoc 'Night Hunter' attack chopper has taken flight in Iraq.

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Iraq's first Mi-28 Havoc 'Night Hunter' attack chopper has taken flight in Iraq. (Original Post) yortsed snacilbuper Sep 2014 OP

Death Exports - Simply Wonderful cantbeserious Sep 2014 #1

I don't understand StoneCarver Sep 2014 #2

It is not exactly clear how they paid Russia for the advanced choppers! yortsed snacilbuper Sep 2014 #3

cantbeserious

(13,039 posts)

1. Death Exports - Simply Wonderful

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Sun Sep 14, 2014, 06:52 PM

Sep 2014

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StoneCarver

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2. I don't understand

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Sun Sep 14, 2014, 07:15 PM

Sep 2014

Why are the Russians sending their helicopters to Iraq? Did the Iraqis' buy them?

yortsed snacilbuper

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3. It is not exactly clear how they paid Russia for the advanced choppers!

Reply to StoneCarver (Reply #2)

Sun Sep 14, 2014, 07:59 PM

Sep 2014

It is not exactly clear just how many Mi-28s Iraq has ordered, or how they paid Russia for the advanced choppers (some sources put the number at 15), which are said to cost between $15M and $20M each. Nonetheless, Iraq's Mi-28NEs will bring a new level of offensive capability to Iraq's fledgling air forces and will allow them to contribute from the air, on some level, to the fight against ISIS which has taken control of a third of their country.

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