WZ-10 designer: armed helicopters are no longer 'weak points' of PLA's equipment

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BEIJING, November 7 (ChinaMil) -- Armed helicopters, known as "tank killers", of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) used to be taken by the West as the "weak points" of the PLA's equipment. In an interview on November 6, 2013 at the Chinese Flight Test Center (CFTC) of the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC), Wu Chengfa, deputy chief designer of WZ-10, pointed out that the statement is no longer tenable since the commissioning of Z-10.

Wu Chengfa expressed that Z-10 has highly-advanced overall performance.

Foreign media, such as Jane's Defense Weekly and New York Times, once commented that WZ-10 is one of the most advanced armed helicopters in the world, even comparable with Eurocopter Tiger of Europe and Apache of the U.S. military.

At the Paris Air Show held in June this year, Ma Zhiping, general manager of the China National Aero-Technology Import and Export Corporation (CATIC), disclosed that WZ-10 and WZ-19 attracted great international attention after their air shows at the Zhuhai Air Show 2012, and government approval is required if they are sold abroad in the future.

When asked whether WZ-10 will be sold abroad, Wu Chengfa gave an affirmative answer that WZ-10 will be exported to other countries in the future.

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