Pakistani media announced that it has started deploying the Chinese-made Z10ME attack helicopter to meet the specific operational requirements of the army. Years ago, the WZ-10 lost to the Turkish T129 in a competition. Pakistan spent 1.5 billion dollars to purchase 30 T129 helicopters. However, the United States stepped in, imposed sanctions on Turkey, and refused to provide engines, which prevented the production and delivery of the T129 helicopters. This gave the WZ-10ME an opportunity.

In fact, the United States was not helping China; it was Turkey that did not listen to the US and forcibly purchased Russian S-400 air defense missiles, leading to long-term US sanctions against Turkey, which have lasted for many years. The blogger cannot remember exactly how many years, but anyway, the Turkish coup d'état was in 2016. Before the coup, the US had already imposed sanctions on Turkey for many years, which continued, estimated to be at least 10 years.

It is precisely because of this reason that China, after years of effort, introduced the Z-10ME helicopter, which has been comprehensively upgraded in terms of power, protection, electronic equipment, self-defense systems, and other aspects, making it the strongest improved version of the WZ-10. The reason why it eventually won the challenge is that from around 2010 to now, it took 15 years of research and modification to finally meet the conditions. However, the inability to deliver the Turkish T129 helicopters was also one of the final reasons.

After all, Pakistan could not keep waiting for Turkey, and it was impossible. The United States would absolutely not provide the engine for the Turkish helicopter. Additionally, the Turkish fifth-generation Khan aircraft also could not get American engines. Now, Turkey is being tightly controlled by the United States and can't get anything. Moreover, the F-35 fighter jets that Turkey has already paid for are also being held back by the United States and not delivered. In short, the relationship between Turkey and the United States is very tense, which is a fact.

Additionally, in the Middle East situation, Turkey has always strongly criticized Israel. It is known that Israel has a better relationship with the United States. Therefore, Israel has deep hostility towards Turkey. Perhaps the reason why the United States does not deliver the fighter jets and engines to Turkey comes from Israel's request, so as not to let Turkey become stronger. If Turkey really becomes stronger, it might even attack Israel, so Israel will not allow Turkey to become stronger and must maintain its weak state.

Therefore, Pakistan ultimately had no choice but to give up the T129 helicopters from Turkey and choose our WZ-10 helicopters, which was also a forced solution. However, our WZ-10 helicopters should not be too bad. After all, they can be used in high-altitude areas, and there are no problems in other areas. They will be delivered in batches, this is reality.

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