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    BAKU BOLSTERS ITS MILITARY POTENTIAL

    WPS Agency, Russia
    May 29, 2013 Wednesday

    Source: Nezavisimaya Gazeta, No 105, May 29, 2013, p. 1

    PROJECTILES ARE TO BE MASS-PRODUCED IN AZERBAIJAN; Azerbaijan increases
    its military might.

    Jet-propelled projectiles are to be mass-produced in Azerbaijan. What
    information is available to this newspaper indicates that the
    Azerbaijanis launched this project together with Roketsan, a
    Turkish company. The Turks are responsible for engines. All the
    rest (including launchers and assembly as such) will be done by the
    Azerbaijanis themselves.

    The range of the 112mm caliber projectiles will be twice that of the
    analogous systems (including Grads) currently used by the Azerbaijani
    army. As for the range of the 107mm caliber projectiles, it will be
    4 kilometers longer than the range of Russian and Ukrainian analogs.

    Azerbaijan constantly increases import of arms. It is the only country
    in the region whose military import rose 155% (!). Azerbaijani military
    budget this year amounts to $3.7 billion.

    This emphasis on national defense is a corollary of the
    Azerbaijani-Armenian conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh. "Armenia wants
    to preserve status quo. A fair solution to the problem is the last
    thing it needs. As for intermediaries, they are mostly focused on
    measures of trust and stabilization along the contact line... and
    not on what the negotiations ought to be about," said President of
    Azerbaijani Ilham Aliyev.

    Aliyev continued, "This state of affairs is unacceptable and
    intolerable... Territorial integrity of Azerbaijan is accepted and
    recognized by the international community. It must be restored. All
    occupiers must be withdrawn from the Azerbaijani territories."

    WPS'2013

    [Translated from Russian]

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