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ARMENIA SAYS IT HAS S-300 AIR DEFENSE MISSILES
The Associated Press
Wednesday, December 29, 2010; 2:55 PM
YEREVAN, Armenia -- Armenia's Defense Ministry has announced that
it has S-300 air defense missiles and says it made the announcement
to remind neighboring Azerbaijan of the dangers of renewing military
conflict.
Tensions remain high between the two countries over the unresolved
status of Nagorno-Karabakh, a region that lies within Azerbaijan but
has been under the control of Armenian troops and ethnic Armenian
forces since a six-year separatist war ended in 1994.
Russia has long maintained S-300s on its base in Armenia, but
Wednesday's announcement was the first acknowledgment that Armenia
has missiles of its own. It is not clear how long Armenia has had them.
Defense Ministry spokesman David Karapetyan said the missiles would
"coerce Azerbaijan into keeping the peace."
From: A. Papazian
The Associated Press
Wednesday, December 29, 2010; 2:55 PM
YEREVAN, Armenia -- Armenia's Defense Ministry has announced that
it has S-300 air defense missiles and says it made the announcement
to remind neighboring Azerbaijan of the dangers of renewing military
conflict.
Tensions remain high between the two countries over the unresolved
status of Nagorno-Karabakh, a region that lies within Azerbaijan but
has been under the control of Armenian troops and ethnic Armenian
forces since a six-year separatist war ended in 1994.
Russia has long maintained S-300s on its base in Armenia, but
Wednesday's announcement was the first acknowledgment that Armenia
has missiles of its own. It is not clear how long Armenia has had them.
Defense Ministry spokesman David Karapetyan said the missiles would
"coerce Azerbaijan into keeping the peace."
From: A. Papazian