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| Britain Also Sends Apache Helicopters with Deadly Missiles to Ukraine |
London - Britain will reportedly also send attack helicopters armed with the deadly Hellfire missile to Ukraine in a move hailed as a "game changer". The Apache helicopters will support the country's desperate fight against Russia, which is now in its 11th month.
It is reported that the latest military support package, which includes Challenger 2 tanks, has been confirmed by British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. It was British media, the Mirror, who first reported this by citing a senior defense source. The source told the Mirror that four Apache helicopters will be delivered along with 10 Challenger 2 main battle tanks.
“Apache will be a major game changer. The tanks will arrive first and it will be a while before the helicopters can be deployed. The rest of NATO will now follow suit," said the source. "Russia has thousands of tanks, so it would take more than four Apaches to have a strategic impact. modern, which can destroy multiple targets in seconds.
Each Apache can be armed with up to 16 Hellfire anti-tank missiles, 76 70mm Hydra rockets and a 30mm chain gun. This means four Apaches can annihilate an entire regiment of 70 tanks in seconds. Powered by Rolls Royce engines, the Apache helicopter has a top speed of 186mph and can detect more than 250 potential targets at once up to 10 miles away.
Each plane costs around £70 million and requires two pilots and a team of technicians to remain airworthy. It is understood that Ukrainian pilots will be trained in Britain and maintenance bases will be set up in neighboring countries, such as Poland. Meanwhile, the Challenger 2 tank is one of the world's best tanks and was in action in the Iraq War.
The armor can destroy any Russian tank and its secret Chobham armor is designed to withstand most anti-tank weapons. "We are accelerating our support to Ukraine with the kind of next-generation military technology that will win this war," a British government spokeswoman said.