RUSSIA TO CREATE JOINT AIR DEFENSE SYSTEM WITH ARMENIA
RosBusinessConsulting
Feb 13 2009
Russia
RBC, 13.02.2009, Moscow 13:42:11.Russia is poised to create a joint
air defense system with Armenia, Secretary General of the Collective
Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Nikolai Bordyuzha told a press
conference in Moscow today. He indicated that the possibility of
building an air defense system for data exchange in Central Asia
was also being considered at the moment. Bordyuzha pointed out that
this would be the first stage in the creation of three air defense
systems – in Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia – that
would be followed by the second stage, involving the coordination
of all regional systems and the establishment of a system for data
exchange. The official added that such work was part of military
cooperation within the CSTO.