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Russians use TERMINATOR choppers to practice invasion drills from the air

248 views · Published 5 April 2016 · 2:21 · Indexed 28 October 2026

Channel: Healing Frequencies · 2016 · Entertainment

RUSSIAN commandos have taken part in military drills using 'Terminator' helicopters to simulate an airborne invasion along the border with Eastern Europe, in a show of firepower possibly aimed at unsettling the West.

Russian special task units in the Western city of Pskov, close to the border with Estonia and Latvia, carried out the exercise using Mi-8AMTSh armoured assault choppers.

Troops used parachutes to descend from the aircraft from up to 800 metres as well as practising assault landings by jumping from the helicopters hovering between two and five metres above the ground.

The exercises are being held round the clock in full combat clothing to test their readiness for an attack during daylight and nighttime hours.

Head of the region's press service Igor Muginov said: "During the four days, special forces soldiers will be practicing exercises aimed at bringing military units to the highest level of combat readiness, will be loading armament and military equipment onto aircraft and helicopters of the military aviation."

Nicknamed the Terminator, the Mi-8AMT helicopter made its first flight inhttp://www.express.co.uk/news/world/658375/Russians-train-war-Terminator-helicopter-parachute-drill

Russians use TERMINATOR choppers to practice invasion drills from the air

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