Posted on 12/30/2015 7:57:37 PM PST by sukhoi-30mki
Russia has struck a deal with Egypt to deliver 46 Kamov Ka-52K navalized attack helicopters, the director-general of the state-run Russian Helicopters aircraft maker said Wednesday.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Ka-52Ks were designed for French-made Mistral helicopter carriers that were to join the Russian Navy last year, before France cancelled the deal over Ukraine. The warships are now being bought by Cairo.
"In the outgoing year, new contracts were signed with Russian and foreign helicopter users," Russian Helicopters Director-General Alexander Mikheev said in a statement published in the corporate magazine.
He added that a major sale of Kamov naval helicopters were part of the deals that Russia's state arms exporter Rosoboronexport had inked in 2015. The Ka-52K is a naval modification of the Kamov Ka-52 Alligator.
It has reinforced landing gears intended for ship-borne attacks.
Russia and France officially terminated the 1.2 billion euro (some $1.28 billion at current exchange rates) contract on the delivery of the warships in August following French President Francois Hollande’s suspension of the supply late last year over the Ukrainian conflict.
In October, Cairo and Paris signed a contract for Egypt's purchase of the warships originally built for Russia.
Read more: http://sputniknews.com/military/20151230/1032511075/supply-helicopters-egypt-deal.html#ixzz3vrqIFwEw
I want one.
Very capable and awesome looking machine. A killer and stopper for sure. Like the dual rotors.
Good. Kill islam if you can.
Didn’t France sell those Mistral transport ships to Egypt?
I’ll bet these Ka-52s fit nicely on board.
what’s the deal with Egypt. Are the majority of muslims NOT in favor of MB?
are they the mythical MODERATE muslims?
ISIS killing machine.
If they belong to islam, kill or sterilize them.
The user is advised to detach rotors before operating ejection seat
These might end up being used against shipping/pirates around the Southern Red Sea/Gulf of Aden off Yemen, the Houthis in Yemen, islamists in the Sinai, or maybe Libya.
It’s a dejection seat. Encourages good operations.
Has an ejection seat! Blows off blades and you get the rocket ride.
Who brought the popcorn?
Egyptians overthrew the MB led government in 2013 and the Army protects Coptic Christians
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