Sunday, March 17, 2013

Mi 26- Russian Helicopter

                                                                          Mi 26


                                                                                 Mi 26



                                             An Mi-26 salvages a Chinook helicopter. File picture,the telegraph , 9 feb 2013



 Mi 26- a  heavy lift Russian helicopter, which can carry 85 fully combat troops, in addition to crew. the helicopter was extnesively used in lifting guns and heavy equipment in Kargil conflict. It also providd services for lifting tunnel materials fo Northern Railways in J&K. It can fly upto 8000 meters.



“What is the Chinook compared to (the Russian) Mi-26 (that was also in the competition)? It is a baby. The Mi-26 can lift the Chinook by the neck!”  Viktor Komardin, the head of the Russian delegation to India’s military airshow Aero India


Russia is not happy over India's preference of  military equipment from western countries.




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