Wednesday, November 15 2017 12:37

ArmInfo.. In Israel, a criminal case was brought against the company Aeronautics Defense Systems, which is suspected of testing the Armenian unmanned aerial  vehicle kamikaze at the request of Azerbaijan in the summer of 2017.

As writes The Time of Israel, the case is conducted by the department  for the investigation of international crimes of Israeli police. "The  name of a large customer that the company tested with UAVs will not  be published, despite the fact that the company refuses to publish  the name of a large customer, it is obvious that this is Azerbaijan."  The decision to stop the sale of weapons was made after the company  tested the UAV model Orbiter 1K in the direction of Armenia's  positions in Nagorno-Karabakh, according to General Armen Gezalyan,  on July 7 two Armenian soldiers were wounded as a result of the test,  "the source said.

Note that the publication of "Maariv" published in August this year  about the testing of the Israeli drones Orbiter 1K in Azerbaijan.  According to the publication, representatives of Azerbaijan,  considering the possibility of buying new Israeli drones, asked  Aeronautics Defense Systems employees to demonstrate the capabilities  of the Orbiter 1K drone kamikaze. To do this, drone operators were  offered to strike at positions of the Armenian armed forces near the  border between the two countries. According to the newspaper, Israeli  operators refused, after which the leaders of Aeronautics Defense  Systems equipped the drones and led them to the goal. They did not  hit the targets, but one of the drones fell 100 meters from the  positions of the Armenian Armed Forces.

Later it became known that the Ministry of Defense of Israel froze  the company's activities and conducts an audit in connection with  accusations against Aeronautics Defense Systems, the manufacturer of  military drones Orbiter. These actions by the Israeli Defense  Ministry have foiled a $ 20 million contract for the company that  produces drone drones. At Aeronautics Defense Systems, the charges  are categorically disproved. 

Let us note that Israel is one of the largest suppliers of weapons to  Azerbaijan. In addition to the UAV, Baku also receives from Tel Aviv  radar, anti-tank missiles, mortars, night-vision devices, and other  combat equipment.