After early setbacks, Russian helicopter pilots shifted to low-altitude operations and high-angle indirect fire, known as “lofting”—which has been highly inaccurate but extremely destructive. “Hokum B ...

The Ukrainian military said on Monday that it used US-made rockets to destroy four Russian helicopters, including a pair of Moscow's vaunted Ka-52s. Ukraine's Special Operations Forces said that they ...

Brendan Cole is a Newsweek Senior News Reporter based in London, UK. His focus is Russia and Ukraine, in particular the war started by Moscow. He also covers other areas of geopolitics including China ...

A Russian attack helicopter was lost and its pilot killed it has been reported, as the cost for Moscow in equipment since the war started in Ukraine continues to mount. "Russian source associated with ...

The cannon has a maximum rate of fire of 550 rounds a minute and can engage light-armored targets within a range of 1,500 meters (4,921 feet), soft-skinned targets and infantry at ranges of up to ...

Ellie Cook is a Newsweek security and defense reporter based in London, U.K. Her work focuses largely on the Russia-Ukraine war, the U.S. military, weapons systems and emerging technology. She joined ...

Ukrainian forces shot down a Russian Ka-52 Alligator attack helicopter near Avdiivka in Donetsk Oblast on Feb. 7, Oleksandr Tarnavskyi, the commander of Ukraine's Tavria group fighting on the ...

According to the Russian Defense Ministry, during the combat mission, the Russian pilots, flying their helicopters at extremely low altitudes, fired 80-mm unguided aircraft missiles at targets ...

These images purportedly show Russian Army helicopters destroying a Ukrainian command post in the Luhansk region. Aerial footage shows the Ka-52 combat chopper taking off from the base and later ...

French defense electronics group Sagem and the Kamov Design Bureau have announced plans to develop an enhanced version of the Ka-52 Alligator attack helicopter. Revealing the plans at the MAKS 2013 ...

Ukrainian forces said on Monday that they destroyed four Russian helicopters in the Belgorod region. Kyiv used US-provided HIMARS rockets to strike the aircraft, which included formidable Ka-52s.