Thursday, October 13 2016 13:20

ArmInfo. Russia's Ambassador to Armenia Ivan Volynkin holds no information about the launch of Russian-Azerbaijani missile production.   

"I hold no such information. But I can say that Iskander missile  systems and cruise missiles are absolutely different things. I do not  know what links there may be here. But I am unaware of this. Maybe,  the Azerbaijani side holds such information," Ambassador Volynkin  told reporters in Yerevan, when commenting on the Azerbaijani media  reports about the launch of Russian-Azerbaijani missile production.   The information was disseminated in the Azeri media after Iskander  systems were showcased at the military parade in Yerevan on September  21.           

To note, the military parade dedicated to the 25th Independence  Anniversary of Armenia and the advanced weapons showcased during it  raised hysteria in Azerbaijan. According to Azerbaijani media,  Azerbaijani President and Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed  Forces Ilham Aliyev, charged the Defense Ministry leadership to meet  on September 21.  "Analyzing the military-political situation in the  region, ministry officials paid special attention to strengthening  all types of intelligence to identify new targets on the territory  controlled by the enemy, assessing their significance and determining  the sequence of their destruction, and strengthening mutual  coordination between the Land Forces, Air Force, Rocket and artillery  troops, Special Forces, and other types of troops," the Defense  Ministry reported.  "Taking into account the potential danger of any  military threat to Azerbaijan, Defense Minister, Colonel- General  Zakir Hasanov instructed the country's Armed Forces to strengthen  control over all the military and strategic facilities in the enemy-  controlled territories and be prepared to immediately destroy these  targets if necessary. Minister Hasanov emphasized that the  missile-artillery systems at the disposal of the Azerbaijani Armed  Forces allow the army to execute these tasks with high accuracy."

The independence military parade in Yerevan featured military  hardware that included Iskander short-range ballistic missile  systems, Buk and other modernized surface-to-air missile systems,  Smerch heavy multiple rocket launchers, as well as drones and Mi-29  and Su-25 planes, Soviet-era Scud-B and Tochka-U systems, Infauna  electronic warfare vehicles, S-300 missile systems, WM-80, MRLS,  columns of tanks mounted on heavy military trucks, armored vehicles  and others.