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AZERBAIJAN IS ARMING UP AMID TERRITORIAL DISPUTE WITH ARMENIA
Vice.com
Sept 19 2014
By Ryan Faith
September 18, 2014 | 9:39 pm
Azerbaijan is hosting the first ever Azerbaijan International Defence
Industry Exhibition (ADEX), showcasing various arms producers,
armaments, and new arms deals. Indeed, this week has been a big one,
not just for the exhibitors but for the Armenian military as well.
On Monday, Azerbaijani military sources told defense industry
journalists that the Azerbaijani armed forces have just taken delivery
of a second battalion of Buk-MB medium Surface-to-Air Missile systems,
modernized in Belarus. The Buk family of systems is best known for
their role in the July shoot down of Malaysian Airlines passenger
flight MH17 over contested territory in Ukraine.
A Ka-52 helicopter in flight. Photo by Sergey Vladimirov/Flickr.
Further, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has reportedly been
expressing an interest in two new Russian systems. The Russian Kamov
Ka-52 Alligator 'Hokum-B' is an advanced scout-attack helicopter in
use in Iraq. The other system that attracted interest was the BMPT-72
'Terminator 2' Fire Support Combat Vehicle, is built on the chassis of
the venerable T-72 tank, but replaces the tank turret with a weapons
station. The BMPT-72 has two 30-mm cannon and four anti-tank missiles.
The main feature of the system is that it has a much wider range of
motion than a traditional tank turret, which is a key feature for
tanks involved in urban combat.
Azerbaijan is currently locked in a long-running territorial dispute
with neighboring Armenia over the Nagorno-Karabakh enclave. The
Azerbaijani security environment is further complicated by the many
competing and overlapping claims in Caspian Sea, which it borders
along with four other nations, including Iran and Russia.
https://news.vice.com/article/azerbaijan-is-arming-up-amid-territorial-dispute-with-armenia
From: Baghdasarian
Vice.com
Sept 19 2014
By Ryan Faith
September 18, 2014 | 9:39 pm
Azerbaijan is hosting the first ever Azerbaijan International Defence
Industry Exhibition (ADEX), showcasing various arms producers,
armaments, and new arms deals. Indeed, this week has been a big one,
not just for the exhibitors but for the Armenian military as well.
On Monday, Azerbaijani military sources told defense industry
journalists that the Azerbaijani armed forces have just taken delivery
of a second battalion of Buk-MB medium Surface-to-Air Missile systems,
modernized in Belarus. The Buk family of systems is best known for
their role in the July shoot down of Malaysian Airlines passenger
flight MH17 over contested territory in Ukraine.
A Ka-52 helicopter in flight. Photo by Sergey Vladimirov/Flickr.
Further, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has reportedly been
expressing an interest in two new Russian systems. The Russian Kamov
Ka-52 Alligator 'Hokum-B' is an advanced scout-attack helicopter in
use in Iraq. The other system that attracted interest was the BMPT-72
'Terminator 2' Fire Support Combat Vehicle, is built on the chassis of
the venerable T-72 tank, but replaces the tank turret with a weapons
station. The BMPT-72 has two 30-mm cannon and four anti-tank missiles.
The main feature of the system is that it has a much wider range of
motion than a traditional tank turret, which is a key feature for
tanks involved in urban combat.
Azerbaijan is currently locked in a long-running territorial dispute
with neighboring Armenia over the Nagorno-Karabakh enclave. The
Azerbaijani security environment is further complicated by the many
competing and overlapping claims in Caspian Sea, which it borders
along with four other nations, including Iran and Russia.
https://news.vice.com/article/azerbaijan-is-arming-up-amid-territorial-dispute-with-armenia
From: Baghdasarian