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North Korean Hind should be flagged as hypothetical #696

Closed Coiler12 closed 2 years ago

Coiler12 commented 2 years ago

DB Selector

DB3K

Affected DBID(s)

Aircraft 1383

Summary of Changes

No changes to the platform itself, just add the hypothetical flag. Their presence is believed to have been an intel misunderstanding (see source) and no actual Korean Hinds have been displayed in parades and the like.

Sources

On the Path Of Songun, Mitzer and Oliemans, pages 99-100

Reports of up to 47 Mi-24Ds reaching the DPRK stemmed from a misreporting to the US Congressional Research Service decades ago and are therefore certainly incorrect, which is not surprising given the fact that North Korean military doctrine seemed to favour lighter helicopter gunships instead.

PygmalionOfCyprus commented 2 years ago

Fixed for 494.