AZERBAIJAN TO PRODUCE ARTILLERY ARMS, AIR BOMBS

AzerNews Weekly
May 20 2009
Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan intends to launch production of air bombs and artillery
weapons, Minister of Defense Industry Yaver Jamalov has said.

"The ministries of defense industries of Azerbaijan and Pakistan are
in talks on transferring to Azerbaijan a technology on serial output
of ammunition slated for tank weapons, artillery arms from the 85mm
to 152mm caliber as well as of 50, 100, 250, and 500 kg air bombs,"
Jamalov told reporters.

The minister emphasized that Pakistan is also taking interest in
Azerbaijan`s defense industry products. For this purpose, a Pakistani
delegation led by Federal Minister for Defense Production Abdul
Qayyum Khan Jatoi, which has arrived in Baku, is expected to tour
the country`s enterprises operating in the field.

Jamalov said a number of other countries, including companies from
Bulgaria, Croatia, Turkey, and Egypt, are interested in Azerbaijan`s
defense industry products as well, and talks on the matter are
underway.

According to the minister, negotiations on purchasing certain types
of such goods from Azerbaijan were held with US counterparts on the
sidelines of the ninth international defense industry exhibition
IDEF-2009 in Turkey and respective letters of intent signed. The
Azerbaijan-made 12.7-14.5mm caliber sniper rifle is drawing particular
interest.