On October 31, RA Minister of Internal Affairs D. Tonoyan was on a working visit to the radar station located in the Artashavan community of the Aragatsotn region of the Republic of Armenia to learn about the installation of new rocket launchers under the pilot program.

As a result of the negotiations, the Russian company provided another station as a donation along with the planned 2 anti-hail missile stations, as a result, two Eliya 3 stations were installed in Aragatsotn, one in Armavir marz, thanks to which a chain defense zone was created.

The stations will be ready for operation in the coming days. This will make it possible to take about 45 thousand ha of agricultural land under reliable protection from hail.

The representative of the Russian “Antigrad” company presented the principles of the rocket station’s work to the Minister of AI in detail.

The latest generation rocket launchers of the latest production and high efficiency have been imported to Armenia. Firing is carried out based on the data provided by the radar station, ensuring very high accuracy of targeting.

The radar station in Artashavan was also equipped with the latest digital equipment, thanks to which:

the stability and reliability of its operation will increase, it will ensure the increase in the accuracy of measurement of cloud parameters, remote monitoring and adjustment;
maintenance costs will be reduced.
At the same time, works on the fundamental repair of the infrastructure of the system were carried out (preparation of warehouses necessary for the protection of missiles, repair of the station building, study of places of installation of stations, etc.).

Expressing gratitude for the large-scale work carried out, Minister D. Tonoyan instructed to ensure the training of specialists to manage the newest stations.

By the decision of the RA government, based on the pilot project currently being implemented in order to introduce more effective methods of protection against hailstorms in Armenia, the RA Ministry of Agriculture will ensure the continuity of the project, taking the cultivated lands of other regions of the Republic of Armenia under the protection of such stations.

It should be noted that the 2 radar stations in the system can serve 36 similar rocket stations.