Last year, Azerbaijan bought from the Ukraine, 14 units of BTC-5B armored vehicles, as reported on the web site Azeridefence, which is close to Azerbaijani military circles.
These vehicles are designed to transport damaged tanks and other armored technique. The vehicles are based on the chassis of the T-72 tank.
Previously, four such vehicles have been purchased in the Ukraine.
The same source reported that Azerbaijan is interested in Italian military-transport planes, the Spartan and military training planes, the Master. Talks on purchasing these planes are currently in progress.
The Azeridefence also said that in the future Azerbaijan will start manufacturing the MP-5 pistol-machine-gun based on Turkish license.—0—
Politics
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Three members of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA) have been detained over the past two days.
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The losses in Azerbaijan’s defense and security sector for the first 11 months of 2024 amounted to at least 50 people. Of these, 48 were non-combat losses. Two other military personnel died after being injured during an anti-terrorist operation in Karabakh in September 2023, remaining in a coma for an extended period, reports the Caspian Defense Studies Institute.
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Several dozen employees of Georgia’s Ministry of Defense have declared their commitment to the course of EU and NATO membership, calling it the only path to the country's security. They issued a joint statement against the backdrop of the government’s decision to freeze negotiations on EU accession.
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A travel ban has been imposed on Samira Gassimly, the wife of political scientist Azer Gassimly. She herself informed Turan about this. On November 30, she was not allowed to depart from Baku airport for an overseas business trip.
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