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    Azerbaijan to produce air bombs, drones

    http://www.azernews.az/site/shownews.php?n ews_id-81
    30-12-2008 04:16:42

    Azerbaijan will launch production of air bombs in the coming years,
    with special technology being delivered from Pakistan for the purpose,
    Minister of Defense Industry Yaver Jamalov has said.
    Jamalov told ANS TV channel that the country`s military power already
    has the capability for the manufacturing of intelligence drones.
    Moreover, Azerbaijan will produce ammunition for tanks and artillery
    weapons.
    "We have scheduled manufacturing of drones for 2009¦At the same time,
    we have tackled modernization of the infantry combat machines and
    armored vehicles."
    The minister noted that by 2016 at the latest, Azerbaijan-made military
    helicopters would be available. This work has not yet begun as it is
    not commercially viable at this point.
    Next year, the Ministry of Defense Industry will also begin
    manufacturing military machinery of the MATADOR (Man-portable
    Anti-Tank, Anti-DooR) type and Marauder bombers, which were presented
    to the commander-in-chief, President Ilham Aliyev, at the opening of
    the Alov plant this summer. An agreement regarding the project has been
    signed with a South African spare parts manufacturer.
    According to Jamalov, Azerbaijan is also in talks with Turkish
    companies operating in the defense industry field on ways of further
    increasing the country`s military power.
    Jamalov said that since the weaponry produced by Azerbaij
    an fully meets
    international standards, the country would, beginning now, join
    military exhibitions not as a visitor, but as a participant. Azerbaijan
    will be represented for the first time at an exhibition to be held in
    Turkey in 2009.
    Also, the Ministry of Defense Industry intends to open new military
    enterprises not only in Baku, but also in Ganja, Khachmaz and
    Nakhchivan in the next two years.
    Azerbaijan currently produces 444 types of military products. 141
    million manats ($174 million) had been allocated from the state budget
    for the defense industry in 2008, and the figure is expected to
    increase next year.
    Azerbaijan`s military budget was set at over $2.4bn in 2009, up from
    $2bn in 2008.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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