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ARMENIA OFFERS RUSSIA A SUBSTITUTE FOR AZERBAIJAN
epress.am
04.04.2012
Armenia is ready to provide its territory for the construction of a
Russian radar station, if Moscow and Baku don't reach an agreement
on the Gabala Radar Station.
"If there is such an interest our area, we are ready to discuss the
matter," Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan said in an interview
with the Russian paper Kommersant.
According to him, the range of such a station could be even greater
than that of the Gabala Radar Station in Azerbaijan. "There might
even be advantages here since Armenia is a mountainous country. The
scope may be wider," he said.
The radar station was built by the Soviet Union in the Qabala district
of the Azerbaijan SSR in 1985. It was an important element of the
missile defense system of the USSR and was intended to protect the
southern borders of the Soviet Union. The radar station has a range
of up to 6,000 kilometres and can pinpoint missile launches as far
as the Indian Ocean. The radar's surveillance covers Iran, Turkey,
India, Iraq and all the nations in the Middle East. It can detect the
launch of missiles and track the whole trajectory to enable a ballistic
missile defense system to intercept an offensive strike. The Gabala
Radar Station is now operated by the Russian Aerospace Defence Forces.
epress.am
04.04.2012
Armenia is ready to provide its territory for the construction of a
Russian radar station, if Moscow and Baku don't reach an agreement
on the Gabala Radar Station.
"If there is such an interest our area, we are ready to discuss the
matter," Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan said in an interview
with the Russian paper Kommersant.
According to him, the range of such a station could be even greater
than that of the Gabala Radar Station in Azerbaijan. "There might
even be advantages here since Armenia is a mountainous country. The
scope may be wider," he said.
The radar station was built by the Soviet Union in the Qabala district
of the Azerbaijan SSR in 1985. It was an important element of the
missile defense system of the USSR and was intended to protect the
southern borders of the Soviet Union. The radar station has a range
of up to 6,000 kilometres and can pinpoint missile launches as far
as the Indian Ocean. The radar's surveillance covers Iran, Turkey,
India, Iraq and all the nations in the Middle East. It can detect the
launch of missiles and track the whole trajectory to enable a ballistic
missile defense system to intercept an offensive strike. The Gabala
Radar Station is now operated by the Russian Aerospace Defence Forces.