Sixty Israeli drones co-produced in Azerbaijan for Baku. Spy satellites next

Azerbaijan’s election to a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council brings to the world body for the next two years a government which has cultivated lively military and economic ties with Israel. Those ties are constantly challenged by Turkey’s military industries, giving Ankara yet another reason to scowl at Jerusalem. Russia, Armenia and Iran also view this collaboration with distrust, especially the rapid arming of the Azerbaijan army with assorted types of Israeli drones co-produced in new factories established in Azerbaijan. Both Moscow and Tehran are actively looking for ways to torpedo this expanding military partnership. Military sources report that within the next two months, the Azerbaijan army will take delivery of 60 drones of two types, the Orbiter 2M, whose altitude ceiling is 4-6 kilometers and can stay in the air up to 5 hours; and Aerostar, which can go as high as 10 kilometers and stay aloft for 12 hours. Seventy percent of their components are manufactured in Israel, 30 percent in the new Azerbaijan factories. This collaboration may be just the beginning. At the end of September, Yavar Jamalov, Azerbaijan’s Minister of Defense Industry, talked about building missile-carrying drones. It was the first hint that the two […]
Sixty Israeli drones co-produced in Azerbaijan for Baku. Spy satellites next