Turkey buys 3 Dhruvs from India. May get 17 total!

[drg]

Here:
http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/NEWS/newsrf.php?newsid=10224
I'm surprised. Very surprised. Ermmmm...yeah...

 

[aaaditya]

what's so surprising about this news?

dhruv has earlier won export orders from ecuador and bolivia.

 

[Burunsuzoglu]

what's so surprising about this news?

dhruv has earlier won export orders from ecuador and bolivia.

Trend in Turkey has been to build your own, I wonder who is going to use them?

 

[aaaditya]

Trend in Turkey has been to build your own, I wonder who is going to use them?

these are intended for their medical services and are the air ambulance variant of the alh dhruv.

 

[Burunsuzoglu]

these are intended for their medical services and are the air ambulance variant of the alh dhruv.

That makes sense, I knew TAI were in the process of developing a light utility helicopter, I guess this will serve as stop gap.

 

[Ths]

Not so surprising

Tyrkey has a hot and high requirement - which India has too - in abundance.
Generally helicopters don't like mountain flying and hot air.

 

[Pro'forma]

This is looking ridicjulous, no-one can understand a sentence of these.
Excuse, mind you language whom are talking to.

Helicopter deals ?