Azerbaijan purchases long-range missiles from Turkey

Azerbaijan has purchased long-range missiles from Turkey, Turkish ROKETSAN company reports.

300 mm caliber T-300 “Hurricane” missiles (named as Kasırga by the Turkish Armed Forces) were purchased on the basis of the delivery contract in amount of $244 mln signed in 2010, APA reports.

According to information, currently, these missiles are improved compared to analogs used in the Turkish Armed Forces. No information was given about the number and advantages of the systems.

T-300 provided with modern systems is designed to strike critical targets from more than 100 km distance. This system, which is included in the armament of the Turkish Armed Forces, is deployed on 6x6 and 8x8

Azerbaijani defense budget continues to rise

The President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has announced a new Military expenditure growth for 2013, making no secret of the motivations for such an increase, since at the same time, he once again put on hold in Armenia the conflict that opposes Baku for Karabakh. Aliyev, whose remarks were published in editions of Wednesday, January 16 dailies official said the defense budget would rise this year to $ 3.7 billion, against $ 3 billion in 2012.

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The announcement comes amid continuing tensions on the borders between Azerbaijan and Armenia, but also at a time when the Azerbaijani army has been unprecedented criticism in Azerbaijan. Saturday, January 12th, hundreds of people defied the power to manifest Azerbaijan in Baku to protest against the death of a conscript Azerbaijan 18 years

Azerbaijan Pokes Russia In The Eye

Russia has decided to shut down its Daryal type long range missile detection radar in Azerbaijan after the Azerbaijanis demanded that a new lease increase annual rent from $7 million to $300 million. Russia refused to pay and will shut down the Azerbaijan radar and dismantle it. The ten year lease ended on December 24, 2012. This radar went operational in 1983, and was supposed to be one of seven. But the end of the Cold War halted that project and only one other Daryal radar was built (on the north coast of Russia). That one detected missiles coming in over the North Pole from North America. The radar in Azerbaijan covered all of the Middle East and India. Its role will be assumed by a more recent radar design that recently went into service on the Black Sea coast. Russia had offered to upgrade the Azerbaijan radar and pay more rent but not $293 million more a year. In addition, Russia has always paid Azerbaijan $5 million a year for electricity and $10 million a year for other services. About 500 Azerbaijanis were employed at the radar station, in addition to 1,100 Russians.

Meanwhile, Russia has developed the Voronezh radar to replace the Daryal design and the older ones Daryal was replacing. Last June, Russia activated its fourth Voronezh early warning radar in Irkutsk, Siberia. This was the first of three to be built in eastern Russia. The other two will be in action by 2017. The Voronezh radars in Western Russia cost between $85 million and $128 million each, while those in eastern Russia (VP models) cost over 50 percent more because they cover a wider area. The Voronezh radar can detect incoming missiles up to 6,000 kilometers away, as can the Daryals.

The air defense system of Azerbaijan put on alert to prevent illegal flights airport Khojali

Baku .. Azerbaijani Defense forces control all airspace of the country, including the occupied regions.

According to the source close to the document, what happens in the country's airspace is controlled by radar systems. In a given direction, the Azerbaijani army is on alert to prevent any attempt of the enemy: "The registration even launched drones in the sky Armenians of Karabakh. Attempts of Armenians to carry out illegal flights in this area will be avoided in any case. We control all processes and are ready to preventive actions at every moment. This can be done by any means, as is well know the enemy. "

According to the officer, the international conventions to which Azerbaijan spouse also allow him to take action against attempts to violate the airspace internationally recognized: "To justify measures Azerbaijan there is a legal basis in fact" .

Note that the Armenians have found Khojali airport in Nagorno-Karabakh in Azerbaijan. A few days ago, "Prime Minister" of the separatist regime of Nagorno-Karabakh, said that in the near future at the airport will be the technical missions.

Azerbaijan Pokes Russia In The Eye

Russia has decided to shut down its Daryal type long range missile detection radar in Azerbaijan after the Azerbaijanis demanded that a new lease increase annual rent from $7 million to $300 million. Russia refused to pay and will shut down the Azerbaijan radar and dismantle it. The ten year lease ended on December 24, 2012. This radar went operational in 1983 and was supposed to be one of seven. But the end of the Cold War halted that project and only one other Daryal radar was built (on the north coast of Russia). That one detected missiles coming in over the North Pole from North America. The radar in Azerbaijan covered all of the Middle East and India. Its role will be assumed by a more recent radar design that recently went into service on the Black Sea coast. Russia had offered to upgrade the Azerbaijan radar and pay more rent, but not $293 million more a year more. In addition, Russia has always paid Azerbaijan $5 million a year for electricity and $10 million a year for other services. About 500 Azerbaijanis were employed at the radar station, in addition to 1,100 Russians.
Meanwhile, Russia has developed the Voronezh radar to replace the Daryal design and the older ones Daryal was replacing. Last June Russia activated its fourth Voronezh early warning radar in Irkutsk, Siberia. This was the first of three to be built in eastern Russia. The other two will be in action by 2017. The Voronezh radars in Western Russia cost between $85 million and $128 million each, while those in eastern Russia (VP models) cost over 50 percent more because they cover a wider area. The Voronezh radar can detect incoming missiles up to 6,000 kilometers away, as can the Daryals.
Three Voronezh M/DM radars were installed in Western Russia between 2005 and 2011. One is in Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea. Another is on the east coast of the Black Sea (Armavir), while the third is at the eastern end of the Baltic Sea outside St Petersburg.

Azerbaijan: Defence assortment reaches 700

Baku. Rashad Suleymanov - APA. Over the last 5 years in business associations and the Ministry of Defense Industry was established more than 40 product groups, said the Minister of Industry (MID) defense Yavar Jamalov in article published in the newspaper "Respublika".

Three of these facilities were commissioned in 2012. Among them - the factory test driver for the creation and improvement of small arms, the production of individual masks and special means of defense, and ammunition of different calibers.

In total, the assortment of defense companies MID has reached 700. This year, contracts were signed for production of 437 kinds of defense products.

"At present, the production of armored vehicles and weapons such as" Matador "and" Marauder "was perfectly mastered and successfully implemented their mass production. For the first time in the country began to produce unmanned aerial vehicles "said Minister.

The Minister also spoke about new products, whose production started in the previous period and began mass production. The example used is a system of rocket artillery, armored caterpillar, masks, bombs, collimators, claymore mines, signal pistols, armored vehicles, artillery and various parts of arms.

Azerbaijan releases $ 3.7 billion to the armed forces

Baku. -. Azerbaijan in 2013, plans to spend the defense budget of the country 2 billion 910 million 656 thousand manats (3 billion 707 million 369 thousand USD), APA reports quoting the government of Azerbaijan.

1 billion 416 million 582 thousand manats will be allocated to the armed forces, security forces and the military-industrial complex. 1 billion 528 million 582 thousand manats will be attributed to the defense forces (including 1 billion 19 million 442 thousand manats for army and navy, 111 000 000 749 000 - Service Status border guards 5,000,000 391,000 - National Service for the mobilization and conscription) 106 000 000 439 000 manats will be assigned to national security, 2 million 733 thousand manats - applied research in the field of defense, 3 million manat - the Ministry of Defense Industry for other expenses.

22 Azerbaijanis sentenced for spying for Iran

Baku court for serious crimes was sentenced Tuesday to 22 Azerbaijani citizens prison sentences of 10 to 15 years for spying for the benefit of Iranian Revolutionary Guards (Sepah), told RIA Novosti spokesman of the court.

These individuals were arrested earlier this year as part of special operations conducted by the Ministry of National Security of Azerbaijan.

According to the ministry statement dated March 14, under the Criminal Code of the Azerbaijan Republic, the 22 people arrested were accused of espionage against the sovereignty and national security and other serious crimes, including treason, "illegal acquisition, possession and transfer of firearms and ammunition."

Russia Close Azerbaijan Radar Deal - Source

Russia will likely extend its lease on the Gabala radar complex in Azerbaijan for up to three years on the current terms, a source close to the negotiations told RIA Novosti on Friday.

Media reports in spring this year said Baku wanted to raise rents on the radar complex, a key link in Russia’s air defenses, to $300 million a year from the current $7 million a year.
A source close to Russia’s military command had complained recently to RIA Novosti that Azerbaijan was taking “an unconstructive approach” in the negotiations.
“Now the talk is about extending the [lease] agreement for two-three year under the current terms, including financial terms,” the source said.
The Soviet Union built the Gabala Radar Station in 1985. It is currently operated by the Russian Aerospace Defense Forces.

Azerbaijan Defence Minister is Visiting Vilnius

Minister of National Defence Rasa Jukneviciene met Azerbaijan Defence Minister Colonel General Safar Abiyev who visited Lithuania on the official visit.

The meeting was focused on bilateral cooperation in the field of defence, issues of regional security and participation in multinational operations. Lithuanian and Azerbaijan defence ministers have renewed Defence Cooperation arrangement which was signed in 2002.

During his visit in Lithuania Azerbaijan Defence Minister visited General Jonas Zemaitis Military Academy of Lithuania, where he met Azerbaijan officers studying in the academy, the minister also visited Vilnius Energy Security Centre.

Azerbaijan Defence Minister Colonel General S. Abiyev visited Lithuania for the third time; his first visits were in 2002 and 2004. Lithuanian National Defence ministers visited Baku in 2003 and 2007. Lithuanian National Defence Minister Rasa Jukneviciene met Colonel General S. Abiyev at the NATO summit in Istanbul in 2010.

Pakistan is ready to assist Azerbaijan to strengthen its defense power

Baku. Victoria Dementieva – APA. “Pakistan can export its military-industrial products to Azerbaijan,” said Pakistani Ambassador to Azerbaijan Inayatullah Kakar.

He said there was high-level military cooperation between the two countries and these relations are developing year by year: “Hundreds of Azerbaijani officers have attended the exercises in Pakistan since Azerbaijan’s regaining independence. Pakistan is ready to assist Azerbaijan to strengthen its defense power. For this purpose, various military-industrial products of Pakistan were presented to Azerbaijan and our country is ready to export these products.”

Azerbaijan Igla-s SA-24 Grinch 9K338 MANPADS

Azerbaijan Igla-s SA-24 Grinch 9K338 Man-Portable Air Defence System MANPADS

Two new pistols ZAFAR and ZAFAR-K accepted by the Defense Ministry of Azerbaijan.

Three pistol models jointly produced by the Ministry of Defense Industry of Azerbaijan and Turkey’s TISAS were accepted by the Defense Ministry and several other security organizations of Azerbaijan as duty weapons, defense sources told APA

 

Armenia Denies Captured Azerbaijani Soldier Lost His Way

The Armenian Defense Ministry on Friday refuted Azerbaijan’s claim that the Azerbaijani soldier, captured on Thursday, lost his way and accidentally crossed into Armenian territory.
“At 6:00 in the morning a servicemen should either be sleeping or performing his military duty. But a serviceman who crosses into enemy territory with a white flag in his hands does not look like someone who’s lost his way,” said Artsrun Ovannisyan, a spokesman for the Armenian defense minister.
Thursday’s incident in the conflict zone triggered a number of contradictory statements from Armenia and Azerbaijan, which have been engaged in a territorial dispute over the predominantly Armenian-populated region of Nagorno-Karabakh since the late 1980s.
The Azerbaijani Defense Ministry initially accused Armenia of violating the ceasefire in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone, saying that an Azerbaijani conscript received a gunshot wound near the Azerbaijani-Armenian contact line in the Gedabek District on Thursday morning.

Azerbaijani ships to be equipped with Uran-E missile complexes

Baku. Rashad Suleymanov – APA. Azerbaijan ordered “Uran-E” shipborne missile complex from Russian Tactical Missiles Corporation, says the report of the above-mentioned company, APA reports. Azerbaijan ordered “Uran-E” complex in amount of USD 75 mln in 2010. The delivery of the complex must be finished in 2014.

The company’s report notes that Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan ordered the similar complexes. Amount of Turkmenistan’s first order is USD 79.8 mln, second order – USD 40 mln. The delivery of complex to Turkmenistan will be finished this year. The fulfillment of the second order must be finished in 2014. The amount of Kazakhstan’s order is USD 30 mln. The fulfillment of the order will start in 2013.

Azerbaijan Advises Against Travel to Iran

Spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan, Elman Abdullayev, criticized Iran’s policies against Azeris in this country and advises against travel to Iran.
“Arresting two Azerbaijan nationals as spies in Iran is suffering us while they were only two poets participating in a cultural festival. Iran insisting on being a friend and brother of Azerbaijan but we cannot understand these movements.” Elman Abdullayev said on Friday.
“Now we advise against all the travels to Iran. Nobody can guarantee what will happen tomorrow in Iran. Iranians may arrest more Azerbaijan nationals by attributing fake reasons and justifications. We cannot accept the way Iran interacts with Azeris.” Elman Abdullayev added.
Shahryar Hajizadeh and Farid Husseinov were two detainees in Iran. They are linked to Azerbaijan’s secret service, planned to recruit Iranian dissidents and obtained confidential information and images from strategic locations and facilities according to the local sources.
In the recent two years the relations between these two countries have soured dramatically.

Azerbaijan plans until the end of this year to begin producing the "Kalashnikov"

Until late 2012, the Ministry of Defence industry will present over 60 reconnaissance drone aircraft to the Ministry of Defence

Baku. -. "Azerbaijan has no intention of abandoning the use of AK-74 (machine," Kalashnikov ") and plans by the end of this year to organize its own production machines mark the AK - 74 million, told reporters the Minister of Defence Industry of Azerbaijan Yavar Jamalov, commenting on the refusal of several media of Azerbaijan of Kalashnikov assault rifles for "Tavor".

As APA reports, the minister said to the APA, that currently manufactures the Ministry diffétrents 665 types of products. Towards the end of the year, that figure will rise to 700.

"We have new projects, mainly related to the production of large caliber ammunition, munitions production for 85 to 155 mm tanks, artillery, helicopters," said Jamalov.

According Jamalov Until late 2012, the Ministry of Defence industry will present over 60 reconnaissance drone aircraft to the Ministry of Defence.

Azerbaijan denies rumors about Iran’s submarines in Caspian Sea

The information about Iran's using submarines in the Caspian Sea, disseminated by Iran's media, is wrong, head of the Azerbaijani State Maritime Administration Gudrat Gurbanov told media on Thursday.
"No country's submarines can be in the waters of the Caspian Sea," he said.
Gurbanov called these publications as "nonsense".
It should be stressed that according to Iran's media, which has three large submarines, Iran is trying to use light submarines in the Caspian Sea. Admiral Abbas Zamini said that Iran's naval forces have achieved great success in the design, construction and repair of its submarines.

Azerbaijani engineers develop a new wheeled combat vehicle

APA reports that the combat vehicle, which is being developed by the Scientific Research Institute of the Ministry of Defense Industry, will be 100% locally produced.
 
Two types of the vehicle – reconnaissance and combat models will be developed at the first stage. Then the other vehicles will be developed.
 
These cars will have the advantages over Georgia-based “Didgori” and Armenia-based “Ayk” vehicles for its maneuver possibilities, ballistic protection, sustainability, as well as the other features.
 
Now Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense Industry jointly with “Paramount Group” company of the Republic of South Africa produces “Matador” and “Marauder” mine-protected armored vehicles.

Israel Sells Drones, Missiles To Azerbaijan

Israeli defense officials on February 26 confirmed a deal to sell Azerbaijan drones, antiaircraft, and missile defense systems for some $1.6 billion.

Azerbaijan's contract is with the state-run Israel Aerospace Industries. Israeli defense officials, speaking under condition of anonymity, said the deal had been in the works for some time and was not a response to Iran's nuclear development program or recent attempts, allegedly by Iranian agents, to kill Israeli diplomats in India, Thailand, Georgia and Azerbaijan.

Israeli media reported late last year that there was a deal for Israel to sell 60 drones of two types to Azerbaijan and that in September 2011 there were discussions about joint Israeli-Azerbaijani construction of drones with missiles.

Also in September 2011, an Israeli-built drone with Azerbaijani Air Force markings was reportedly shot down over the disputed Nagorno-Karabkah enclave claimed by both Azerbaijan and Armenia.

Iran's Foreign Ministry earlier this month accused Baku of allowing Israel's spy agency Mossad to operate in Azerbaijan, which shares, including the Naxchivan enclave, a border with Iran more than 600 kilometers long.

The news of Israel's sale of the military equipment comes as tensions over Iran's nuclear program are reaching critical levels. A team from the UN's International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) visited Iran on February 20-21 and returned saying Iran had stepped up work on enriching uranium and that there were serious concerns about "possible military dimensions" to Iran's nuclear program.

In Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke about those concerns at a February 26 session of the Israeli cabinet. Netanyahu promised he would raise them in meetings with U.S. President Barack Obama when Netanyahu travels to Washington later this week.

Netanyahu said, "There is no doubt that one topic shall be at the center of our discussions: Iran and the continuing strengthening of its nuclear program." Netanyahu said statements from the IAEA team after their visit to Iran "proves Israel's correct assessments, that Iran is continuing to advance in quick steps in its nuclear program, in defiance and blatantly ignoring decisions taken by the world community."

Iran insists its nuclear program is purely for civilian purposes but some governments, particularly Western governments, dismiss this and point to Iran's unwillingness to fully cooperate with international inspectors. Western countries have imposed a series of sanctions against Iran due to these concerns.