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Sunday, June 30, 2013

Iraq to get the Russian Night Hunter Helicopters

Mi-28 HavocRussia will supply over 10 Mi-28NE ‘Night Hunter’ attack helicopters to Iraq under a multi-billion dollar agreement.

These helicopters are the export version of the Mi-28N, produced by the Russian Helicopter Corporation.

Russian news agency Novosti quoted Alexander Mikheyev, deputy general director at Russia’s state arms exporter Rosoboronexport, saying the $4.3 billion arms transfer agreement signed between Moscow and Baghdad includes the transfer of attack helicopters, training of aircrews and technicians, as well as the weapons systems typically employed with these helicopters.

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