Combat helicopter Mi-28NM will be able to carry four long-range cruise missiles on board. This is the so-called "product 305", the maximum range of which is 100 kilometers.
A source told RIA Novosti about this, aircraft related.
he noted, that the missiles will be placed on external hardpoints. Equipping this combat vehicle with such weapons, the Mi-28 NM helicopter is actually being turned into a front-line bomber.
Cruise missiles will enable the Mi-28NM to effectively and accurately carry out missions to destroy command posts, accumulations of manpower, arms depots and other facilities. The source noted, that no other combat helicopter in the world has standard weapons, having the same range and power of destruction, as "product 305".
He also said, that the helicopter is now undergoing a series of tests.
Earlier, the chief designer for combat helicopters of the National Helicopter Center of Russia, Vitaly Shcherbina, said, that the Mi-28NM is capable of shooting down aircraft. To do this, he will need to have air-to-air missiles on board and perform aerobatics "funnel on the tail".
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