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Iran received a batch of Mi-28NE attack helicopters from Russia, according to photos that surfaced on social media on January 28.
It is still unclear how many helicopters were included in the batch. The photos, taken at one of the hangars of the Pars Aerospace Services Company based at Mehrabad International Airport near Tehran, show just one helicopter painted with a digital desert camouflage pattern.
The delivery was not announced by the Iranian Ministry of Defense, nor by the manufacturer of the Mi-28NE, Russian Helicopters.
In 2023, it was reported that Iran finalized a deal with Russia on the helicopters, in addition to Su-35 fighter jets. Since then, the Islamic Republic, in addition to the latest Mi-28NE batch, received a number of Yak-130 jet trainers. No Su-35 delivered have been confirmed yet, however.
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The Mi-28NE is a Soviet all-weather, day-night, military tandem, two-seat anti-armor attack helicopter, with a top speed of 320 kilometers per hour, and a combat range of 200 kilometers. Aside from a chin-mounted 30 mm gun, the helicopter can be armed with a wide array of guided and unguided weapons.
The helicopter represents a major upgrade to the aviation of the Iranian military, which until now has relied mainly on AH-1J attack helicopters delivered by the United States all the way back in the 1970.
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The Mi-28NE delivery comes amid heightened tensions between Iran and the United States. President Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened the Islamic Republic in the last few weeks over a wave of violent protests. A large-scale U.S. military buildup in the Middle East suggest that Washington could soon launch an attack.
During the 12-day June war with Israel last year, Iran reportedly attempted to use its aging AH-1Js to intercept Israeli drones. Many of the helicopters were struck on the ground at the time, and there is no evidence suggesting that they managed to shoot down any drone.
Notably, the Mi-28NE can be armed with Igla-V and R-73 anti-aircraft missiles, which makes the helicopter very effective as a drone hunter.
The delivery of the helicopters show that military cooperation between Iran and Russia is still ongoing, despite U.S. escalation. It won’t be even surprising if the Islamic Republic receives Su-35s in the near future.
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i thought iran already got the su-35s?
did ya ? ramses.
taking into account what trump revealed and the testimony of the venezuelan guard, it is safe to assume that the u.s. military employed multiple systems at the same time to facilitate its operation in caracas. attributing all of these effects to a single system is unrealistic.
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trump has a fundamental problem, and that is that he will be put in prison in 2029. that will be nice, because then putler and al qaeda will stop having fun in the kremlin. they will both be scared and realize that judgementday has come. thus, putler’s jewish russia will pay for its betrayal of syria and will have to return all the stolen territory. all ukrainians will forget zelensky and praise zaluzhny.
thank you russia !
i hope one of irans rackets lands up your khyber parse .
it would get lost in space in ramses narrative. .
as japan regrouped infected rats to china
because of putler’s betrayal of syria, the israelis hoped to attack iran. because of syria’s betrayal, dump is now taking isis from syria to prisons in his bases, to then unload them in iraq and iran. he’s picking up all these people from the camps, and then, just like the japanese did with the infected rats, he’s going to dump them in iran. the americans infected their indians with diseases and the japanese threw infected rats at china.
trump has a fundamental problem, and that is that he will be put in prison in 2029. that will be nice, because then putler and al qaeda will stop having fun in the kremlin. they will both be scared and realize that judgementday has come. thus, putler’s jewish russia will pay for its betrayal of syria and will have to return all the stolen territory. all ukrainians will forget zelensky and praise zaluzhny.
wars the most profitable way to cull the tribes. take out the
young men preferably before they’ve fathered. and the dwadshits actually really believe it’s about religion or ideology .well it is ,but not any religion or ideology theyre allowed to be in
or……the most profitable way for you to stay in your translovers basement is to keep on taking a mop handle up your arse.
cool it a bit. i suspect bob is u.s. military.
a real hero 🧚
trump will just let isis go. but isis must first be picked up and relocated to be armed and regrouped. so he picks them up and loads them onto planes to drop them off in iran. or to albania to regroup there.
blob, this your family history? you should cut the hollywood shit.
the yanker poof narrative and his multiple identities all.ramses really trolls along everyday as usual.fot the mazi party .
ramses ramses ramses so transparent .
wow look, a jew actually speaking the truth — demonic skullduggery — it is exactly how all jews think behind closed doors. they have literally schemed like this against europe and whites for centuries if not millennia — and then they have the “chutzpah” to call you an antisemite when you call them out on it
this is nothing…. dont thank russia for anything… putin is a war criminal
starlink shut down. it caught westoid faggots offguard. “unhackable starlink” they said…mwahahaha
btw your votes crooked sf favouritism allegedly lol
watch out for hypersonic anti ship missile. i like to see ussa ships sunk. the time has come to sink the emperor’s shitty armada if they make the mistake of listening to jewish advice again
so did the nazis but rhe russian’s showed them so did america so did england.churchills operation hell fire rained down on them .
i can only hope the iranians are using all their resources to prepare for this onslaught from the usa they seriously need to get a handle on water and power supply because the yanks will target these first as they always do to try and create mayhem within iran during their attack. the fact that the usa have brought in so much supplies to the bases in the region suggests they’re going to do a serbia and bomb iran relentlessly for many many weeks
i would like to add that ammo and explosives should be taken from arms dumps and spread over many many locations with each locality being responsible rather than central command
dispersal of everything.
time for the s-35 to be delivered pootin.
no more bromance with the inbreds.
se necesitan esos su 35 por favor!
hopefully the iranians will use them to defend themselves instead of just letting them sit on the ground and be destroyed by american bombs.
id imagine most of those iranian missiles and drones are really chinese, you would think the chinese would be more aggressive arming the iranians so they could see how their equipment will perform agains the americans.
those helicopters are provided for one reason you knobs: safe passage of ayatollahs to moscow. all russian allies are taken out one by one… they all will join assad soon. including lukaszenka who is next – but he have got choice – he can still join the eu and dump putin. prosperity for people of belarus is just around corner…
your lack of sanity and knowlege paired with the fantasy of a kindergarden child impresses me.
just watch me baby
these are 2 seat attack helicopters. they cannot carry passengers or cargo. if you keep your mouth shut, you will avoid revealing your ignorance.
pilot and navigator plus compartment for 3 people for rescue mission – let’s talk about ignorance
the chump regime is the most corrupt, venal, arrogant, ignorant, incompetent, reckless, irresponsible, degenerate, repressive, lawless, depraved, morally bankrupt and utterly worthless in all history. it is composed of weird, dodgy billionaires and their close relatives in an orgy of nepotism and corruption, rabid zionist warmongers, religious nutjobs, superannuated generals, grifters, fraudsters, conmen, halfwits, dimwits, and certifiable lunatics, completely controlled
by their zionist and wall street paymasters. they make the third reich appear quite sane and moderate by comparison. these thuggish gangsters will fail. they cannot succeed. everything they do turns to dust. but they may drag the whole world down in flames with them into the abyss. there is a very real strong possibility, even a probability, of a colossal war on an unimaginable scale. it is difficult to see how this can now be avoided.
some of the dickheads ranting here who don’t even know an iranian person or a moslem but bang in there drum regardless should take a look at sydney’s iranian ex pats who fled to australia for freedom
“sydney protestors chanting against the iranian regime ignored by mainstream ” you tube sky news .
not my post