‘This Is No Assault Helicopter’: China Just Deployed New Z-20K for Exercises Right on NATO’s Borders in Belarus

‘This Is No Assault Helicopter’: China Just Deployed New Z-20K for Exercises Right on NATO’s Borders in Belarus

China’s homegrown medium-lift helicopter, the Z-20K, has just completed its most visible overseas showing to date, taking part in a joint airborne exercise with Belarusian forces that wrapped up this week.  Footage released by the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force showed troops rappelling from the aircraft during the drill, marking a milestone for a program that has quietly matured from a domestic utility helicopter into a platform Beijin…