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    AZERBAIJAN TO PRODUCE ARTILLERY ARMS, AIR BOMBS

    AzerNews Weekly
    May 20 2009
    Azerbaijan

    Azerbaijan intends to launch production of air bombs and artillery
    weapons, Minister of Defense Industry Yaver Jamalov has said.

    "The ministries of defense industries of Azerbaijan and Pakistan are
    in talks on transferring to Azerbaijan a technology on serial output
    of ammunition slated for tank weapons, artillery arms from the 85mm
    to 152mm caliber as well as of 50, 100, 250, and 500 kg air bombs,"
    Jamalov told reporters.

    The minister emphasized that Pakistan is also taking interest in
    Azerbaijan`s defense industry products. For this purpose, a Pakistani
    delegation led by Federal Minister for Defense Production Abdul
    Qayyum Khan Jatoi, which has arrived in Baku, is expected to tour
    the country`s enterprises operating in the field.

    Jamalov said a number of other countries, including companies from
    Bulgaria, Croatia, Turkey, and Egypt, are interested in Azerbaijan`s
    defense industry products as well, and talks on the matter are
    underway.

    According to the minister, negotiations on purchasing certain types
    of such goods from Azerbaijan were held with US counterparts on the
    sidelines of the ninth international defense industry exhibition
    IDEF-2009 in Turkey and respective letters of intent signed. The
    Azerbaijan-made 12.7-14.5mm caliber sniper rifle is drawing particular
    interest.
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