Monday, October 2 2017 13:18

ArmInfo.Armenian Defense Minister Vigen Sargsyan expressed hope that the Israeli side will take appropriate measures in connection with the incident involving the supply of drones by the Israeli company to Azerbaijan.

"Control is a direct obligation of the exporting country of weapons.  We hope that the investigation will be carried out in full, and  appropriate measures will be taken, "the minister said at a news  conference.

Note that the newspaper Maariv released information that during the  test of Israeli UAV in Azerbaijan experts the operator refused to  attack the Armenian positions, which the Azerbaijani side insisted on  testing the military drones Orbiter 1K.

The incident occurred about two months ago when the delegation of the  Israeli Aeronautics Defense Systems arrived in Baku to discuss a new  contract for the supply of unmanned aerial vehicles "Orbiter-1K",  including so-called barrage ammunition. It is reported that the  Azerbaijani military requested that the capabilities of the new  equipment be demonstrated during real military operations against the  Armenian army, and were refused.

After this scandal in the Ministry of Defense of Israel, an  investigation began, and the supply of arms to Azerbaijan was cut  off. -v- 

UAV-Kamikaze "Orbiter-1K" is designed to combat infantry and lightly  armored mobile and fixed enemy equipment. Dron can detect a target in  a given area, accompany it and destroy it at the command of the  operator at any time of day. For this, the UAV is equipped with an  optic-electronic surveillance system in the visible and infrared  ranges and flight control, which provides manual piloting of the  device or automatic program-based barrage. UAV Orbiter-1K can operate  at a range of up to 100 kilometers at a speed of about 130 km / h at  altitudes up to 5500 meters for 2-3 hours. The target is hit by a  high-explosive fragmentation warhead weighing 2.5 kilograms (4000  tungsten balls), with the explosion of which a cloud of debris is  formed with a radius of up to 25 meters. The detonation can take  place in the air, with a time delay and in contact with the target.  The UAV takes off with a catapult, sits with a parachute and an  inflatable camera.