Azerbaijan plans to purchase Russian coastal missile systems

According to Kommersant, Baku is currently viewing the purchase of one division in a hope to consolidate its Caspian coastline area.General director of the Tactic Rocket Armament Corporation Boris Obnosov spoke about the interest of Azerbaijan’s Defence Ministry in the production of the corporation.“We offer them factually the whole spectrum of production, including the Bal-E type coastal missile system”, he said adding that the ‘demand for this system is observed in almost all the countries that have an outlet to the sea”. He did not specify the agreements with Azerbaijan but noted that the presentation of the complex took place during the exhibition of military hardware and ammunition KADEX 2014 in Astana (which ended yesterday). (News.Az)Bakudaily.az