Russia releases first official footage of a Mi-28NM helicopter launching a Dan-T munition

Russia has released footage in which a Mi-28NM Night Hunter helicopter fires a Dan-T, a jet-powered munition, at what it described as a Ukrainian drone control post with personnel nearby, in the sector of its Western Group of Forces. Defence Security Asia calls it the first official footage of the helicopter firing the weapon.

In the video, the helicopter leaves with two Dan-T rounds on its stub-wing pylons, fires one in flight and lands with the second still in place. The target coordinates came from reconnaissance before take-off, and the munition then flew to them on its own. The claimed destruction of the post has not been independently confirmed, and the strike date, launch position and target location have not been disclosed.

The Dan-T was first shown in public in September 2026 at the El Alamein International Airshow in Egypt, with an advertised launch mass of 268 kg, a warhead of up to 130 kg, a top speed of 500 km/h and an air-launched range of up to 450 km. That would reach far beyond helicopter weapons such as the Kh-39 LMUR, with a range of about 10 to 15 km, letting crews fire from further behind the front, though Defence Security Asia notes that the reach from a slower, lower helicopter launch is unverified.