Military Development in Transcaucasia: an Arms Race?
... Russian-Armenian relations at risk, because Armenia's security is upheld both by its own defense assets and the Russian military presence in the country. Since 2010, Russia has actually grabbed the largest share of the Azerbaijani arms market. Prior to 2008, the Georgian arms market had been firmly dominated by Ukraine, which had sold 110 Т-72А/B tanks, 52 BMP-2s, 55 BTR-70Di/BTR-80s, five 203-mm 2С7 self-propelled artillery systems, 12 152-mm 2С3 self-propelled artillery systems, two divisions of Buk-M1 anti-aircraft ...
16.07.2014