Turkey plans to purchase 32 strike helicopters from Russia

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Turkey plans to purchase 32 strike helicopters from Russia
Oluşturulma Tarihi: Aralık 22, 2008 10:40

Turkey plans to buy 32 Mi-28 strike helicopters from Russia after its request to buy Cobra and Super Cobra helicopters from the United States was turned down, Turkish and Russian media reports said on Monday.

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Turkey will pay nearly $1 billion for the helicopters, the reports said.

The Turkish armed forces had planned to buy ten second-hand Cobras from the U.S. while waiting the production and adoption of the first T-129 helicopters, they added.

The U.S. Department of State however declined the Turkish request citing the absence of available helicopters of this type, and offered as a substitute, AH-64 Apache helicopters from Boeing.

Media reports said command of the ground forces of Turkey had earlier rejected Mangusta helicopters offered by Italy as a provisional substitute, despite their being chosen for joint production. According to the command, A-129 helicopters of current configuration do not comply with the requirements of the ground forces of Turkey.

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According to sources, the Turkish authorities finally negotiated with Rosoboronexport on the urgent purchase of 32 Mi-28 helicopters.

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