Former Deputy Defense Minister of Armenia: Armenian aviation does not  need military fighters

ArmInfo.The views of the former and current command of the Armenian Armed Forces on the acquisition by Armenia of Swedish military fighters diverge.

As former Deputy Defense Minister Artur Aghabekyan wrote on his  Facebook page, the use of fighters in aviation will be almost  impossible under any military scenario. ''I want to warn you that the  Armenian armed forces did not need fighters either yesterday or  today. Especially in our days, in the conditions of rapidly  developing high technologies, the use of fighters becomes practically  impossible, not only in Armenian aviation, but also in any other. By  the way, the Russian political establishment adheres to the similar  point of view'', Agabekyan wrote.

 In response, Spokesman of the Armenian Ministry of Defense Artsrun  Hovhannisyan wrote: "It is particularly painful to listen to negative  assessments regarding the feasibility of using multifunctional air  forces from the former command of the Armenian armed forces, which  have gone through a brilliant military path. But everyone has right  to express own opinions. However, we are now building an army of the  21st century''. Yesterday, Armenian Acting Defense Minister David  Tonoyan announced Armenia's intention to purchase Swedish military  fighters.