The United States sells six Apache attack helicopters.

The United States sells six Apache attack helicopters.

20 18 On June 2, the State Council said that the government had agreed to sell six AH-64E Apache attack helicopters to the Indian military, with a total value of 930 million US dollars (about 6 billion yuan). The US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) said that helicopters will enhance the Indian Army's defense capability against ground threats and accelerate the army's modernization. It is reported that the Indian Army also purchased night vision sensors, Hellfire anti-tank missiles and Stinger air-to-air missiles.

The US military is working hard to strengthen relations with India. Earlier, Matisse announced that the US Pacific Command was renamed the Indo-Pacific Command, saying that the move was "out of awareness of the increasing connectivity between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean."

Boeing AH-64 Apache helicopter gunship is the main helicopter gunship of the US Army, which was developed from the advanced helicopter gunship program of the US Army in the early 1970s, as the successor model of AH- 1 Cobra attack helicopter.

AH-64 helicopter gunship has been used by 13 countries and regions in the world, including Japan, China, Taiwan Province Province and Israel. With its excellent performance and excellent actual combat performance, AH-64 has been ranked first in the comprehensive ranking of armed helicopters in the world since its birth.

Different from taking helicopter gunships as the primary task of accompanying ground troops and providing fire support, AAH is defined as a professional anti-tank helicopter gunships, which can carry anti-tank missiles, and pays special attention to hunting hard targets and multi-target engagement ability, so as to make up for the deficiency of fixed-wing attack aircraft in anti-tank ability and eliminate the huge disadvantage of NATO countries in the number of armored troops compared with China and Jordan countries in the European battlefield.

The first mass production type of AH-64 is AH-64A. As soon as it was launched, it became the most powerful and sophisticated armed helicopter in the world. Its observation/shooting control system and combat capability are superior to any Russian or other western armed helicopter that served before 2 1 century, and it is still one of the most powerful armed helicopters in the western world.

AH-64 adopts full articulated four-blade main tail rotor, double-engine, rear three-point wheeled landing gear, tandem cockpit and other configurations, and has a solid structure, and attaches great importance to the ability to resist war damage.

The AH-64A adopts T-700-GE-70 1 turboshaft engine with average power. The maximum continuous output power of each engine is 15 10 horsepower, 1698 horsepower can last for 30 minutes, and 1723 horsepower can last for 2.5 minutes in an emergency. When AAH was in progress, it paid great attention to air-launched anti-tank missiles. However, BGM-7 1 ceramic anti-tank missiles served by the armed helicopter forces of the United States at that time could not meet the needs of AAH.

Therefore, a new type of anti-tank missile was included in AAH plan, namely Hellfire Missile, which was developed by 1972. 1976 chose Rockwell Company as the main contractor, and the first generation AGM-1/4a was put into mass production on 1984. An AH-64 can mount at most 16 Hellfire anti-tank missiles, and theoretically, each attack can destroy at most 16 main battle tanks.

The AH-64A had a first-class observation/fire control system. The main observation system is located in the front of the aircraft, which is divided into two parts: An /ASQ- 170 Target Detection Design System (TADS) and An/AAQ-1KLOC-0/Pilot Night Vision System (PNVS).

The first actual combat of AH-64 was in1989 65438+February, when the United States invaded Panama and arrested General manuel noriega. At that time, 1 1 AH-64A of the 82nd Division of the US Army participated in the operation. In this campaign, AH-64A flew for 200 hours, during which seven Hellfire missiles were launched, including the headquarters of General noriega, and all of them hit.

The Apache helicopter sold by the United States to India has served in the US military for 30 years, and its model is the most advanced AH-64E. The total contract value of airborne weapons is 410.68 billion Indian Rupee (about 610.30 billion US dollars), and the thrust behind it makes China have to be vigilant.