Not necessarily. The 22 number for heavy attack helicopters matches the current 20 Mi-25/35, which are unsatisfactory because of their limited 4,500m service celing.
For expansion in the long term, they are probably looking at the locally produced HAL LCH
(But I must say I am impressed by the Apache's ability to carry a 113mm Chain gun. Untile now the record was the 105mm M-102 howizter on the AC-130H Spectre)
3 posted on 08/21/2012 9:29:37 AM PDT by Oztrich Boy
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(But I must say I am impressed by the Apache's ability to carry a 113mm Chain gun. Untile now the record was the 105mm M-102 howizter on the AC-130H Spectre)