HAS ISRAEL SIGNED DEFENSE CONTRACTS ON HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WITH AZERBAIJAN?

Today.Az
26 September 2008 [16:26] – Today.Az
Azerbaijan

Gaarets newspaper reported today that Israels Defense Ministry signed
a number of contracts on supply of technique and armament for hundreds
of millions of dollars with the Azerbaijani government.

It probably implies the supply of new TAR-21 Tavor guns and ammunitions
to Azerbaijan, as well as deals for supply of howitzer weapon and
essential items of Soltam company, missile systems and necessary items,
produced by Defense Industry concern TAAC, as well as the communication
systems of Tadiran company, of which Azeri Press Agency reported one
and a half month ago.

The newspaper also mentions supply of the ammunitions of joint
Israeli-Kazakh production to Azerbaijan, of which NEWSru.co.il spoke
in July of this year.

Soltam company has developed the 122 millimeter driverless howitzer
Semser, installed on KAMAZ, and driverless 120 millimeter mine thrower
Aybat. The mine thrower, weighting 650 kg, has a high maneuverability
and the detachment from among 4 not 7 people. TAAC in turn has created
an autonomous multi-target missile Nayza, which is a modification of
the Lynx system, produced by the concern.

Soltam and Elbit have also developed an integrated automatic system
of regulation and control, combining all three artillery systems.

NEWSru.co.il also reported that, according to foreign sources,
Israel was supplying weapon to Baku in period of the conflict in
Nagorno Karabakh. US sources stated in different times that Mosad
helped Azerbaijani special services to fight Islamists His u-Takhrir
and that Israeli points of radioelectronic reconnaissance are set on
the Azerbaijani-Iranian border.