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    MILITARY PARADE IN YEREVAN DISPLAYS THE POWER OF ARMENIAN ARMED FORCES

    ARKA
    Sep 21, 2011

    YEREVAN, September 21. / ARKA /. An unprecedented military parade
    dedicated to the 20th anniversary of Armenia's independence was held
    today in Republic Square in Yerevan.

    It was watched by high-level military and political leadership of
    the country headed by president Serzh Sargsyan.

    Among those present were the president of the Nagorno-Karabakh
    Republic Bako Sahakyan, the Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II
    and the Catholicos of Cilicia Aram I.

    The parade was steered by the chief of the General Staff of the Armed
    Forces, Colonel-General Yuri Khachaturov. According to some reports,
    about four thousand troops and over 300 pieces of military equipment,
    including sophisticated weapons, like tactical missiles Tochka-U,
    Smertch rocket systems, operational-tactical missile system 9K72
    Elbrus, mobile anti-aircraft missile system S-300, heavy artillery,
    modern self-propelled howitzers, antitank missiles, air defense
    systems, fighters and choppers were displayed.

    Army chaplains also participated in the parade that demonstrated the
    achievement of the Armenian army over the 20 years of independence,
    the power of the Armenian armed forces, considered one of the most
    combat-ready in the region.



    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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