Eurocopter Deal - the basic specs.

I have read on the letter by Captain Zahar on the Eurocopter deal.
He is also the person who wrote letter to UMNO Secretary General on what he said as the "corruption on the highest order"
He is also the person who was alledged/accused in some blogs of buying prime PJ land at discounted price.

Whether any of the allegations true or not, I will not discussed it here.

The issue brought out my interest on the technology and specification of the choppers. As I do not have the one given to Mindef. I have to get one myself.
So, I had googled and compiled some information on the basic specs of the choppers especially from wikipedia.



Based on those I had seen, I think technically it is fair to conclude that the EC-725does have it advantages as multi role helicopter.
However I do not have any data on the maintenance and the pricing aspects of the deal.
So I will not comment about it here.