Ariel Center for Policy Research (ACPR) |
Armenian “Traces” in the
Proliferation Policy Paper No. 143, 2002
This paper analyzes the proliferation of
weaponry, primarily electronic equipment for aircrafts and missiles from
Armenia to Iran.
Armenia, one of the smallest
republics of the former Soviet Union, inherited from it a strong military
industry, which produced equipment for MIG, Sukhoi, rocket guidance equipment,
etc. The Karabakh conflict and Spitak earthquake brought the Armenian economy
down to a level worse than any other FSU country.
However,
Armenian military oriented electronics equipment plants still maintained some
capacity of R&D and production. This became very attractive to Teheran which
badly needs soft and hardware in this field. Only recently did the US try to
stop the further development of the already rooted cooperation between Iran
and its Christian neighbors. Such efforts could bear better fruits if done as
a part of measures of tight export control from Russia as the main source of
proliferation.
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