ARMENIA TO HAVE SUPER MODERN BALLISTIC MICROSCOPE

Panorama.am
16:59 08/11/2007

The American government has donated today equipment costing about
$280.000 to the National Bureau of Expertise of the National Academy
of Sciences. Among the equipment, especially important is the ballistic
comparative microscope.

Thus, Armenia will have one of the super modern ballistic microscopes
that will enable the National Bureau of Expertise to engage in
different ballistic tests.

Until today, the U.S. government has provided assistance of more
than $630,000 to the National Bureau of Expertise. In addition to
the equipment, the building of the bureau has been renovated. Also,
bureau employees have passed training in Armenia and abroad.

One of the aims is to grant the National Bureau of Expertise of the
National Academy of Sciences with an accreditation as a laboratory
that complies with international standards. To accomplish the aim,
U.S. government is going to spend more than $2 million in the course
of coming few years.