The Armenian army will be equipped with missile longer range and more accurate, said Friday the Minister of Defense Seyran Ohanian.
“Every year, the armed forces of Armenia receive modern weapons and military equipment,” Has he told students and teachers at a university in Yerevan. “Not only tanks, artillery and anti-aircraft systems. In recent years we have also signed agreements to implement a rearmament process faster, with greater range and accuracy “of the systems.
“These are not just words. We will have long range systems very soon, “said Ohanian in his speech.
Asked by the Armenian service of RFE / RL (Azatutyun.am) after this speech, Ohanian gave no further details: “Day after day, we expand military-technical cooperation, especially with our Russian strategic partner and new agreements are signed to constantly update ourselves and increase our modern weapons. “
Serge Sargsyan said in the same way last December that Armenia will purchase more powerful weapons in the years to come. “One or two more years, and you’ll be able to proudly say that the Armenian army has weapons that other states of 20, 30 or 40 times our size do not have,” said he said soldiers from a military base in the province of Tavush north.