Ka-52 in Russian Air Force

Cyberspec wrote:


and this....

At the time, I was working for a newspaper which issued the first joint Russian-American publication entitled "We." Materials were prepared in Moscow and Washington, D.C., and printed in the United States. Color print was not used for weeklies in Russia in the early 1990s. The KA-50 general designer and I decided to write an article about two helicopters - the Russian Kamov vs. the American Apache. We compared the characteristics mentioned in ad booklets. The Shark surpassed the An-64 Apache in cruise speed and some other indicators. The Apache was better fitted our for night operations. This was an unbiased comparison.

We were very surprised to see the proofs which arrived from Washington. All characteristics of our Ka-50 were downgraded compared to the Apache. They quoted the Shark's cruise speed with Apache' attack speed, which is bound to be higher than in normal flight. We showed these official documents to the Russian editor. He corrected everything in our presence and sent the proofs back to the U.S. But the newspaper was published with the U.S.-preferred figures.

Hachimoto wrote:Can you please put the direct link to the source of this interesting 'quote'

TR1 wrote:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3O801sVuVo

Awesome Ka-52 video. Good footage of all systems, including Arbalet.

Still it is perplexing that Mil has been so behind Kamov in these systems.
We have already seen Mi-28NE demonstrator flying with MAWS sensors, and yet, current examples being delivered to Russian AF do not have them.

Once Ka-52K is produced and it is fielding the Zhuk-A AESA radar, it will be significantly better than Mi-28, even if it has its radar.

True, though the Ka-52s ability to spin on its axis with extreme speed and easy does negate this somewhat.