Azerbaijan Defense Industry
- Azerbaijan Defense Industry
The defense industry of Azerbaijan was established in 2005 by presidential decree, the new Defense Industries Ministry, headed by Yavar Jamalov, incorporated the State Departments for Military Industry and for Armaments and the Military Science Center, each of which was formerly a separate agency within the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry. The Azerbaijani defense industry is endowed with between $60-70 million in state funding, but was funded with $600 million for 2007. The defense industry of Azerbaijan manufactures armoured personnel carriers and infantry fighting vehicles, as well as small calibre artillery guns [ [http://www.un-az.org/undp/bulnews55/en3.php Azerbaijan manufacturing arms] ] .The defense industry has emerged as an autonomous entity with a growing defense production capability. The new ministry is cooperating with the defense sectors of Ukraine, Belarus and Pakistan [ [http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2007/02/2b0bdd2d-49a6-4bff-826d-05edefe4dbdb.html Azerbaijan Defense Industry] ] .In 2008 several more military factories were created in Azerbaijan.
ee also
* Azerbaijan
* Military of Azerbaijan
* Azerbaijan Air Force
* Azerbaijan Navy
* Azerbaijan Air Defense Force
* Azerbaijan National Guard
* Azerbaijan Border Guard
* Azerbaijan Interior Guard
* Azerbaijan Coast Guard
* Caspian Guard Initiative
References
Wikimedia Foundation.
2010.
Look at other dictionaries:
Azerbaijan Coast Guard — refers to the Coast Guard of Azerbaijan under the command of the Azerbaijani Ministry of Emergency. EstablishmentThe Azerbaijan Coast Guard was established through by joint collaboration by Azerbaijan, U.S., Kazakhstan and the Caspian Guard… … Wikipedia
Azerbaijan Air Force — Infobox Military Unit unit name= Azerbaijan Air Force caption= Mig 29 dates=26 June avyear|1918 country= Flag|Azerbaijan allegiance= branch= type= role= size= 7,900 personnel 198 aircraft and 69 helicopters 16 airbases command structure= garrison … Wikipedia
Azerbaijan Navy — The Azerbaijan Navy (Azeri: Azərbaycan Hərbi Dəniz Donanması) refers to the Navy defense forces of Azerbaijan established in the Caspian Sea.trengthThe navy has about 5,000 personnel in sixteen units including the Caspian Flotilla and a Border… … Wikipedia
Azerbaijan Air Defense Force — Azerbaijani Air Defensive has about 3,500 personnel under serviceFact|date=July 2007. There are some installations of the Cold War era left by the Soviets in 1990. The Gabala OTH Radar in Azerbaijan is the main early warning capability of the… … Wikipedia
Azerbaijan National Guard — The Azerbaijan National Guard is the first component of the Azerbaijan Army. It is operating as a semi independent entity of the Azerbaijan Defense Department.MissionThe Azerbaijani National Guard is composed by troops who finished their… … Wikipedia
Azerbaijan Border Guard — The Azerbaijan Border Guard is the second component of the Azerbaijan Army. EstablishmentIt was established in 1997 by the decree of the president of Azerbaijan. Like the national guard of Azerbaijan the border guard is also operating as a semi… … Wikipedia
Azerbaijan Interior Guard — The Azerbaijan Interior Guard is operating as a semi independent entity under command by the Azerbaijani Ministry of Emergency.MissionThe Azerbaijani interior guard is only used for internal emergencies such as natural disasters, restoring public … Wikipedia
Azerbaijan — This article is about the country in Eurasia. For other uses, see Azerbaijan (disambiguation) … Wikipedia
Azerbaijan — /ah zeuhr buy jahn , az euhr buy jan /; Russ. /u zyirdd buy jahn /, n. 1. Also, Azerbaidzhan. Formerly, Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic. a republic in Transcaucasia, N of Iran and W of the Caspian Sea. 7,735,918; 33,430 sq. mi. (86,600 sq.… … Universalium
Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic — This article is about the former Soviet republic. For other uses, see Azerbaijan (disambiguation). Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic Азербайджанская Советская Социалистическая Республика Азәрбајҹан Совет Сосиалист Республикасы … Wikipedia
