On the last day of the China-Egypt exercise, the ace was finally released! The latest Z-20KS military helicopter in our country appeared in Egypt. It was directly airlifted by Y-20. It was directly pulled out of the transport aircraft and could immediately execute combat missions.
This Z-20 helicopter is exactly the weapon equipment that our navy, army, and air force have been eagerly awaiting. Our army has always lacked a domestically produced general-purpose helicopter with excellent performance. The special forces and paratrooper units have long lacked advanced helicopters.
In particular, in the plateau areas, they mainly relied on 24 UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters, which have supported for 30 years. Later, although there were Mi-17 helicopters, they were still not very convenient to use, and the quantity was too small.
Our navy has been looking forward to the Z-20 helicopter even more. In the past 20 years, our navy ships have ranged from Type 054A frigates, Type 054B frigates, Type 051C destroyers, Type 052D destroyers, all the way to Type 055 destroyers, as well as various amphibious dock landing ships and amphibious assault ships.
Various advanced vertical launch missile systems, phased array radars, and hypersonic missiles are emerging one after another. However, the shipborne helicopters have always been Z-9, which has a short range and low payload and is not a qualified anti-submarine helicopter.
Now that Z-20 helicopters have been airlifted to Egypt for display, it indicates that our Z-20 helicopters have already begun mass production. Not only can they meet the needs of the navy, army, and air force, but they can also start being exported. C919 goes to seize Boeing's market, and Z-20 goes to seize the market of America's Black Hawk helicopters.
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