March 30, 2002 at 1:39 am
This excellent attack helicopter comparable with the Apache suffer from poor marketing drive.The helo is base on the DENEL ORYX helicopter and boast an impressive avionics and firepower.Equipped with state of the art helmet mounted display,its capabale to conduct multi mission sorties in all weather.Most of the systems comes from various international company eg.FRANCE,ISRAEL and UK.At the moment only SAAF uses the ROOIVALK and two decades of bush warfare certainly help DENEL to come up with practical attack helos.Almost all of the pilots in the ROOIVALK program have been shot down before in real combat.With this output,DENEL managed to design a helo that could ensure pilots safety.Main armaments,MOKOPA anti tank missile with two seeker head,rockets,MISTRAL or HOT missile.It is also boast a 20mm chain gun.RMAF are set to purchased the a/c again after the last MOU signed between MALAYSIA/S.AFRICA failed to go ahead.