Agency WPS
DEFENSE and SECURITY (Russia)
September 28, 2005, Wednesday
ARMENIA BOUGHT TEN NEW RUSSIAN SU-27 FOR ITS ARMY
Armenia bought ten new Su-27 Russian fighters. Colonel Seyran
Shakhsuvaryan, the press secretary of the Armenian Minister of
Defense, confirmed the information. Colonel Shakhsuvaryan didn’t
specify which country sold the operational aircraft. Earlier deputy
Armenian Minister of Defense, Lieutenant General Artur Agabekyan
stated that, “Armenia buys new or refurbishes the possessed military
equipment as and when needed, and at this point the military
equipment of the Armenian Armed Forces is in normal condition”. Some
Armenian sources with reference to Agabekyan reported that the new
fighters were purchased from Slovakia.
Source: Regnum news agency, September 26, 2005
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress