SOURCE: RAUNAK KUNDE / NEWS BEAT / IDRW.ORG
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According to a report in Economic times, Armenia has placed an order with India for the Pinaka multi-barrel rocket launcher that is designed and developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) making it first big export order for the system. While It is not clear which variant of the Pinaka has been ordered by Armenia and the number of units but the order has been executed in Government to Government deal along with several other weapons for 2000 crores.
Armenia also has procured Anti-tank weapons from India. In 2020, Armenia had placed orders for 4 Swathi Weapons Locating Radars at a deal worth 350 crores.
Azerbaijan and Armenia have been locked in a decades-old dispute over Nagorno-Karabakh, an enclave recognized as Azerbaijani territory by the international community but mostly populated by ethnic Armenians.
They fought a war there after the breakup of the Soviet Union and again two years ago when Azerbaijan reclaimed broad swaths of land in a six-week conflict that led to over 6,600 deaths.
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