Armenia's army has received all weapons under 200 million USD loan agreement with Russia

Armenia's army has received all weapons under a 200 million USD loan agreement with Russia, Armenian Defense Minister David Tonoyan said on Sunday.

"State-of-the-art Russian weapons have been completely supplied under a 200 million dollar credit. Some types of such weapons are used in the Russian army," he noted.

Under the agreement, Armenia purchased Smerch multiple missile launchers and munitions to them, Igla-S surface-to-air missile systems and missiles, Avtobaza-M ground-based radio reconnaissance systems, and other types of weapons.


source: commonspace.eu with TASSS news agency, Moscow

photo: Elements of the Iskander Missile system on display at a military parade in Yerevan in September 2016 

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