Mi-28NM Havoc is the successor to the Hind Mil Mi-24, which is a vast improvement over the older and large helicopter gunship. It has the same layout as the AH-64 Apache and came into service in the 1980s amid the cold war.
But it still can stand toe to toe with NATO tanks and portable missile systems with armor and countermeasures like chaff to draw away INFRARED missiles and electronic scrambling for radar guide missiles.
Meet the Soviet Super-Copter
Deployed over the Syrian skies, the Night Hunter upgraded to the Mi-28NM called Havoc by NATO, reported View60s.
Russia's Izvestia newspaper touted extras on the Havoc to make it a deadly night fighter with advanced sensors. That includes the N025E radar-equipped on export variants, cited the Nationalist Interest.
The ball on top of the rotor is an antenna that receives and sends out radar pulses, and it is made up of radio-permeable material.
This type of radar setup provides a circular view also and enables receiving a radar image of the landscape, allowing you to hide on uneven terrain behind manmade and natural obstacles while remaining invisible to the enemy.
It enables the system to ambush attack enemies when they don't expect it; it weighs in at 9-ton with a top speed of 186 kilometers an hour, with a combat range of 450 kilometers.
Mi-28NM Havoc can carry up to 2,300 kilograms with 30-millimeter cannon, armed with 9M120 Ataka anti-tank missiles and rocket pods, cited Army Technology.
Russia's deployment of forces abroad underlined the Mi-28NM's new engine's ability to function in severe climes. It enables optimal operation in locations with a temperate environment and in desert areas with high heat and high mountain settings, such as in Syria, mentioned Tak Tikz.
The attack chopper can connect to a battle network and other units. New electronic systems allow pilots to receive target designations from advanced aircraft designers and intelligence units.
Ground forces and the helicopter can increase the effectiveness of interaction with ground forces by attacking detected targets nearly quickly. This system allows a battlefield connected compared to a more analog system before.
Russian Attack Helicopters Modernized
The Mi-28 and MI-35 series are included in the program are improvements designed expressly for them.
Mi-35MV received upgraded armor, engines, and long-range optics, allowing them to detect and destroy targets at any time of day and in any weather from a distance of several kilometers.
Helicopters will also receive an electronic warfare system and man-portable air defense systems protection. The new equipment will turn the helicopter into a modern flying airborne assault vehicle.
It's worth noting how much of the technology promoted by Izvestia is already in use by Western forces. For example, since the late 1990s, the United States.
Radar was installed on the top of the mast of the AH-64D Apache Longbow, and the networking and night operation equipment have been in use for a long time.
Mi-28NM Havoc is getting the extras to survive a modern battlefield from the Cold War era it served from.
