ArmInfo. For Armenia, it is very unfortunate that Belarus, being a friendly country and participating together with the RA in a number of international formats, within the framework of which it has various partner commitments, sells weapons to a country that is in conflict with us. This was stated in the interview with Radio Liberty by the new Deputy Foreign Minister of Armenia Ruben Rubinyan, referring to the sale of Minsk Polonaise systems to Azerbaijan.
At that, he stressed that Armenia will raise this issue this time, as it did before. According to him, the sale of weapons to Azerbaijan by Azerbaijan is not very much included in the logic, based on the partnership and friendly relations between Armenia and Belarus.
To note, according to the Azerbaijani media sources, President Ilham Aliyev was presented with rocket systems Polonaise and LORA. The range of fire of this complex is 300 kilometers. The weight of the rocket is 780 kilograms, the weight of the warhead of the rocket is 140 kilograms. The radius of damage is 80 meters. Preparation of the missile complex for the volley - 10 minutes. 8 missiles are deployed in one combat vehicle. System , designed to defeat any group or point targets of the enemy, manpower and technology in any form of its configuration.
LORA can be used in both ground and sea bases, to destroy infrastructure elements (communication nodes, power plants, etc.) and air defense batteries in the depth of the enemy territory. The range of fire of this complex exceeds 300 kilometers. The weight of the rocket is 1580 kilograms. The radius of the lesion is 300 meters. Each missile has 4 missiles. Readiness of the complex for combat use is 13 minutes.
The rocket complexes and LORA are controlled by GPS and INS systems. During his stay as an oppositionist, the current Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan sharply criticized the arms deals between Minsk and Baku, considering it inappropriate for Armenia to join the CSTO and the EAEU together with countries such as Belarus and Kazakhstan that unilaterally support Azerbaijan.
Having assumed the post of Prime Minister Pashinyan, however, he radically changed his position, declaring the expediency of continuing Armenia's membership in these structures. And after the Sochi meeting with the Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko, Pashinyan said that he had discussed the issue of arms supplies to Azerbaijan with the president, while expressing satisfaction with the results of the conversation.