Armenia Fired Iskander Missiles in Azeri War, Ex-Army Chief Says
- Russian-made Iskander was used in fighting, Hakobyan said
- Armenia accepted truce after 44 days of war with Azerbaijan
Russian Iskander-K missile
Source: Russian Defense Ministry Press Service/AP Photo
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Armenia launched Russian-made Iskander missiles into Azerbaijan during the fighting over the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, a top military official said a day after he resigned his post.
The short-range missile, which has been fired only rarely in combat, “was used during the war though I will not say where,” Colonel-General Movses Hakobyan told reporters Thursday in Armenia’s capital, Yerevan, after he had stood down as head of the Defense Ministry’s military control service. Russia also delivered military supplies to Armenia during the fighting “as much as their conscience allowed,” he said.