Posted on 08/28/2013 7:44:50 AM PDT by sukhoi-30mki
Azerbaijan intends to purchase $3 billion modern weapons and military vehicles from South Korea
Baku. Viktoria Dementyeva-APA. Azerbaijan intends to purchase modern weapons from South Korea, said a source in the South Korean parliament, APA reports quoting Hankook Ilbo publication.
According to the source, the intention to purchase modern military vehicles was expressed during the visit of South Korean parliamentary delegation to Azerbaijan. The Azerbaijani side has expressed wish to purchase from South Korea two submarine boats, mine vessel, transport ship, T-50 training planes, K-9 self-propelled artillery vehicle, drones worth $3 billion.
These proposals have been given to the government of South Korea, but the Korean side has not given consent to this agreement yet.
According to Hankook Ilbo, Seoul bewares that the sale of weapons will change the balance of forces in the region. Taking into account that Nagorno Karabakh conflict remains unsolved, South Korea Foreign Ministry has called on the Defense Ministry to be cautious and restrained while passing a decision.
Subs for the Caspian Sea???
Hmm.....
Let’s Make A Deal !
We’ve got $3 billion dollars worth of the world’s finest military equipment being dismantled and thrown in the junk pile about 600 miles away across the Caspian Sea in Afghanistan.
We’re already arming Al Queda forces all over the mideast so why quibble over a few thousand of our finest tanks, MRAPs and other gear in the hands of another muslim government?
Well if South Korean military hardware is like its Samsung and LG stuff it will probably be great stuff and work 1st time out of the box.
Unlike American manufactured stuff far too often.
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