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Cyprus to sell its Mi-35PM attack helicopters to Syria?

Will the French-German Tiger replace the Russian attack helicopter in Cyprus' defense?

Newsroom May 16 03:16

According to a report by the Greek Military website Defencenews.gr, the Republic of Cyprus is interested in selling its 11 Mi-35PMs due to their relatively low operational availability.

The Russian manufacturing company is delivering the necessary spare parts at a very slow rate, regardless of the Follow-On-Support agreement that the two sides signed in 2014.

Any sale, however, must be agreed with Russia as the End-User License must be issued by the latter to the new owner should the sale goes on.

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One possible buyer, according to the report, could be Syria but nothing is certain yet.

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Another issue that the Cypriot Armed Forces focus on, is which attack helicopter type will be replacing the Mi-35PMs. The report speaks of the will of the Cypriot side to opt for a European design, probably the (expensive) French-German Tiger.

However, nothing has been confirmed yet.

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