00:18The U.S. and Israel spent weeks systematically destroying Iran's military from the sky.
00:25Air bases, missile sites, radar, fighter jets, all of it, targeted, bombed, wiped out.
00:32But today, footage surfaced showing something nobody expected to still be in the air.
00:38Russian attack helicopters flying over Tehran, very much alive.
00:43And the implications of that are genuinely significant.
00:47Let's rewind quickly.
00:48When the U.S.-Israeli air campaign against Iran began, one of the primary objectives was neutralizing Iran's aerial warfare capability.
00:57And by most accounts, it worked devastatingly well.
01:01Iran's air force, already aging and hollowed out by decades of sanctions, was effectively grounded.
01:08Fixed-wing aircraft? Gone.
01:10Radar networks? Destroyed.
01:12Air defense infrastructure? Systematically dismantled.
01:16Western officials and analysts declared Iran's skies effectively cleared.
01:21Except nobody told the Mi-28s.
01:24The Mil Mi-28 is Russia's premier attack helicopter.
01:29NATO calls it the Havoc.
01:31It was built to survive exactly the kind of high-intensity conflict Iran is now experiencing.
01:37Here's what makes it special.
01:38The crew protection on this aircraft is extraordinary.
01:42Titanium cockpit armor, armored glass, ceramic plates capable of absorbing direct hits from 20mm cannon rounds.
01:51This helicopter was engineered from the ground up to take punishment and keep flying.
01:56The latest variant, the Mi-28NM, was first combat tested in Syria from 2016.
02:04Its performance there was so impressive that Russia signed contracts for 98 more aircraft by 2027.
02:12Iran's deal to acquire Mi-28s was announced in November 2023.
02:17A Tasneem defense reporter confirmed the first delivery arrived in January 2026, just weeks before the U.S.-led assault began.
02:26The footage circulating today shows two Mi-28s flying over Iran, claimed to be recent though undated.
02:34This matters enormously, because right now the Mi-28 is the only modern combat aircraft known to be active in
02:43Iranian service.
02:44Everything else has been destroyed or grounded.
02:47These helicopters are Iran's last flying military aviation asset of any significance.
02:53If the U.S. and Israel were prioritizing newer, more valuable targets,
02:58these Russian helicopters should have been near the top of the list.
03:01Yet here they are.
03:02Russia supplied these helicopters to Iran, knowing full well the U.S. and Israel were preparing military action.
03:10The deal was announced in 2023.
03:13Deliveries accelerated in early 2026, right before the war started.
03:18Moscow has handed Tehran its most modern attack helicopter, actively arming a country at war with the United States.
03:26The U.S. and Israel told the world Iran's air force was finished,
03:30and then Russian attack helicopters appeared in the skies over Tehran.
03:35This war is not as one-sided as the official narrative suggests,
03:40and Iran may still have more surprises left.
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