India-in Mi-35 helicopter chawlhtir a tum ve ta

- Joel Lairemsanga

     Ralthuam changkang zawk neih tuma hma a lakna kal mekah India chuan Soviet hun laia siam a Mi-35 helicopter rualte chu chawlhtir tumin hma a la mek. Heng Mi-35 te hi ram chhung ngeia siam hmun sanga che thei zawk Light Combat Helicopter (LCH) Prachand hmanga thlak tum a ni. 

     Mi-35 hi mi tam takin "Em-Ai thirty-five" tiin an lam ve bawk a; nimahsela Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant lamtawi " Mil" kaihtawi lehzualna a nih avangin "Mee thirty-five helicopter" tih hi a dik zawk a ni awm a, chuvangin "Mee thirty-five helicopter" tiin kan lam ve zel mai dawn nia. Chutiang bawkin "Apache" ti-a kan lo lam thin pawh a lam dan tur dik ni-a tarlan "Apachi" tiin kan lam ve bawk dawn a ni.

     Mi-35 attack helicopter hi kum 2030 leh 2031 inkar chhung chuan thlak fel vek hman beisei a ni a, kum 40 zet India tana rinawm taka hna lo thawk tawh Russia siam Mi-35 te chu an lo hahdam ve dawn ta a ni. 

     A awm khauh em vang te, a tangkai em avang te, him taka sipai thiar velna atana a that em avang tein Mi-25 leh Mi-35 te hi ''Flying Tanks'' tih an ni a, India sipaite hman atan kum 1980 leh 1990 chhoah khan lakluh a ni.

     Heng helicopter tangkai tak te hi an lo upat ve tak avangin a then chu chawlhtir an lo ni tawh a, a then te erawh India thian tha ram te pek an ni thung a, Afghanistan hnenah pawh pali pek a lo ni tawh nghe nghe. A bak zawng chuan rinawm takin India rawng an la bawl mek thung.

     Hetiang taka helicopter tangkai leh chhawrnahawm hi lo ni tawh mah se tunlaia ralthuam changkang zawk lo chhuak zel karah a chet ran tawk loh avang te, stealth technology-a thuam a nih loh avang te leh hmun khawkrawk leh hmun sanga a chet that theih loh avang tein iaina a lo awm ta a, chawlhtir tumna hi a lo piang zui ta a ni. 

     Kan sawi tawh angin Soviet hun laia siam helicopter hi Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) siam Prachand-a thlak a ni dawn a, Prachand hi hna tam tak thawk thei raltuthei niin India ram leilung mila che thei tura duan a ni nghe nghe. Kum 1999-a Kargil indonaah khan raltuthei helicopter mamawhna san zia hriat chhuah a ni a, he indonaa helicopter mamawhna hriat chhuah ang zawng zawng phu hru thei tura duan a nih leh zel avang hian he helicopter that turzia hi kan man thiam pha mai awm e. 

     Prachand hi tunah hian khawvela raltuthei helicopter zawng zawng zingah 16,400 feet-a sanga tum thei awm chhun a ni nghe nghe. Hei vang hian Siachen Glacier leh Ladakh chhaklama Line of Actual Control (LAC)-a che thei tur helicopter chhuanawm tak a ni dawn tih a chiang hle. 

     Thiamna ril taka thuam a ni a, intha zo leh tuanrang taka thlawk thei turin advanced avionics a nei a, hmelmate hmuh mai theih loh turin stealth technology a hmang a, hmun sang leh boruak pan taka che vel thei turin Shakti engine a hmang bawk.  

     Mi-35-te hi lo chawl hlen ta pawh ni se an hmun hi a ruak dawn chuang lo tih hria ila. Indian Air Force hian tunah hian Boeing AH-64E Apache helicopter 22 a hmang mek a, heng hi kum 2019 leh 2021 inkara a lak luh a ni. Apache hi raltuthei helicopter tha tak niin raltu thei thirhlum pawh a nuai chhe thei a, a tum a thelh mai mai ngai lo bawk.

     Hmalam huna India helicopter-te chu America siam Apache leh India siam Prachand te a lo ni dawn ta a, helicopter lamah pawh India dinhmun chu a chhuanawm zual dawn hle niin a lang. Hemi thleng ngei tur hian Ministry of Defence chuan Prachand helicopter 156 neih phalna a pawm fel tawh a, heng zinga 66 chu Indian Air Force-te kutah a lut dawn a, a bak 90 erawh Indian Army aviation corp kutah a lut thung ang. Kum 2028-ah chuan a tam zawk chu inhlan fel hman beisei a ni bawk.

     Soviet hun laia siam Mi-35 helicopter-te an chawlh hahdam a, India siam helicopter tunlai zawkin a chhawk hunah chuan ralthuam lama India dinhmun a lo chak sawt anga, mahni kutkawih liau liaua hmasawn tuma ke a pen pawh a lo chak zual sawt ngeiin a rinawm.