The Ministry of defence of Israel refused to comment on the incident
The Israeli defense Ministry conducts a review in connection with the accusations against the company Aeronautics Defense Systems – manufacturer of armed drones Orbiter. The representatives of Armenia, said that the company’s employees in testing drone attacked Armenian positions in order to demonstrate its capabilities to Azerbaijan. In Aeronautics Defense Systems charges categorically reject.
About the trials in Azerbaijan the Israeli UAV Orbiter 1K and told Israeli Newspapers.
According to “Haaretz”, citing a report from the newspaper “Maariv”, the representatives of Azerbaijan, is considering the purchase of a new Israeli drones, asked staff Aeronautics Defense Systems to demonstrate the capabilities of drone kamikaze Orbiter 1K. To do this, the operators of the UAV proposed strike on positions of the Armenian armed forces near the border between the two countries.
According to the newspaper, Israeli operators refused, after which the leaders of the Aeronautics Defense Systems has equipped drones and themselves led them to the goal. The goals are not hit, but one of the drones fell 100 meters from the positions of Armenian armed forces.
In Aeronautics Defense Systems categorically rejected the accusations in the trial drones on live targets. The company said that such demonstrations have not performed ever. The attack on the Armenian positions in the Aeronautics Defense Systems called the initiative of the buyer – Azerbaijan. The Ministry of defence of Israel refused to comment on the incident, but acknowledged that under the Ministry, the Agency on control over arms export checks in connection with the accusations Aeronautics Defense Systems.