Turkish company to begin delivering missiles to Azerbaijani Armed Forces in early 2012

ROKETSAN company of Turkey will begin delivering missiles to Azerbaijani Armed Forces in early 2012, director general of ROKETSAN Huseyn Baysak said.

Baysak said production had started by the order of Azerbaijani Defense Ministry. Director General said joint production projects had been discussed with Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense Industry.

“We gave our proposals to the Ministry of Defense Industry. I hope we will establish joint production of a number of products and produce them in Baku,” he said.

Baysak said in the first stage 107mm and 122mm missiles will be produced together with Azerbaijan. The engines of these missiles will be produced by ROKETSAN in Turkey. The production of the special missile launcher together with Azerbaijan will be considered in the next stage.

Azerbaijan and Turkey signed a protocol on joint production of 107mm and 122mm missiles during the International Defence Exhibition & Conference (IDEX) in Abu Dhabi in February, 2011.


/APA/