Azerbaijan turns to Israeli MoD for weaponry as tensions with Armenia rise

Azerbaijan has submitted a brand new buying listing of army gear to Israel’s Ministry of Protection as tensions with Armenia rise as soon as extra.

The listing from Baku included two Ofeq-type high-resolution spy satellites with lower than one-metre decision.

Rigidity intensified when Armenia was requested to give up eight rural enclaves which were beneath Yerevan’s authority for the reason that Nineties. The newest disagreements occurred in parallel with high-level talks on a peace treaty between Baku and Yerevan initiated by Turkey and the US.

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Tensions rose earlier this week when Armenia tried to conduct reconnaissance flights over the Tovuz district in northwest Azerbaijan. In response to a report from the Turkish Anadolu information company, Armenian troopers tried to make use of a quadcopter to hold out the flight near the village of Esrik.

Israeli sources have stated that tensions may improve additional as Armenia lately positioned an order for Indian-made Superior Towed Artillery Gun System (ATAGS).

Israel, a significant provider of defence programs to Azerbaijan, has very shut defence ties with Baku as a consequence of its southern border with Iran.

Throughout the preventing between Azerbaijan and Armenia, Israeli weapon programs such because the Lora lengthy vary ground-to-ground missile and Harop heavy loitering weapon system, each made by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), together with several types of loitering weapon system manufactured by Israeli firm Uvision have all been have used on a large scale by the Azeris. Baku has additionally been asking for loitering weapon programs that includes bigger warheads.

Azerbaijan has operated the Barak-MX air defence system made by IAI. Barak-MX, a modular air defence system, was designed to handle missile and plane threats. It may be operated each from marine platforms and on land, and belongs to the Barak missile household.

Earlier this 12 months, Baku requested Israel for the SpyX loitering weapon system made by Israeli firm BlueBird Aero Methods.

SpyX has a 50km operational vary, one-and-a-half hours mission time, autonomous electro-optical guided assault, optimum effect-on-target and tight integration with BlueBird’s VTOL ISR UAV household.

Israeli sources instructed Shephard that the report concerning the Azeris deploying a model of the Israel “Sky Dew” was incorrect. This Israeli system is comprised of a high-flying aerostat carrying an Elta lengthy vary radar.

Baku lately requested Israel’s Ministry of Protection for an inventory of defence programs which Israeli sources stated included extra loitering weapons programs with heavier warheads, anti-tank weapons, very superior networked communication programs and EW programs.

The Israeli sources stated that as a result of the US was concerned in efforts to finish hostilities between Azerbaijan and Armenia, “the Israeli ministry of defence will likely be very cautious in granting export permits to among the programs”.

“It’s not that the People ordered Israel to not promote particular programs however Israel feels that at this cut-off date not each request should be accepted,” a senior supply instructed Shephard.