On August 4, Vahagn Aleksanyan, the candidate for the NA vice president referred to To the Su-30s bought during the reign of Nikol Pashinyan, responding to the statement of Artur Khachatryan, deputy of the “Hayastan” faction, that “During the 44-day war, the Su-30 fighters, which were bought expensively, did not take off.”

“You made the Su-30 history, you say, look, they bought the Su-30, but the missile was nowhere to be found. Don’t you know that whenever you buy a weapon, it takes time to get the full kit? And those Sus are there now, with air-to-air missiles, too, and everything is normal.” emphasized the KP deputy.

Of course, during the 44-day war, Su-30SM multipurpose fighters solved a certain combat problem, but not what they were capable of. Yes, there was an agreement with the Russian side to purchase 8-12 units, but the current authorities bought only 4 units and stopped at that. Yes, there are political speculations about both Su-30s and Iskander, but this is not what we are talking about now.

The problem is that Vahagn Aleksanyan was a member of the Defense and Security Committee of the previous National Assembly, participated in the sessions of the 44-day investigative committee and put his signature under the report, which also refers to the acquisition of Su-30s, and, to put it mildly, not under a very positive guise.

About a year ago 168.am“The subjective aspect of the investigation commission report. With the inscription “Following the facts”. article: published, in which we wrote that, in particular, he was an expert in the Investigative Commission RA Armed Forces Colonel Vahan Avetisyan, former head of the Radio-Electronic Combat Troops Department of the Russian Armed Forces, which involved the well-known arms case of 42 million drams, “metal scraps”, in the context of which the name of the third president of the Republic of Armenia, Serzh Sargsyan, was mentioned.

Later  we wrote that Avetisyan is no longer accused in this case, however, as the RA Investigative Committee informed us: “taking into account the complexity and large-scale nature of the preliminary investigation of the criminal proceedings, the preliminary investigation is still ongoing.” In other words, the case related to 2017 is not closed.

According to that, the report regarding the 44-day period can be subjective, because there will naturally be a reference to the issue of whether the REP funds are effective or not, and even if in 2020 during the war, Vahan Avetisyan did not hold a position in the armed forces, but he held a leadership position in the relevant field, and those years cannot be ignored, especially since the authorities announced that the achievements of pre-war and earlier armaments will also be taken into account.

Now, if the RA means of the Armenian side worked effectively during the war, what about it on one occasion? had spoken Minister of Defense of Azerbaijan Zakir Hasanov, then the metal was not bought at the time, and Nikol Pashinyan was lying, when he pointed an accusing arrow against Serzh Sargsyan. In this case, Avetisyan will emphasize the efficiency of the sector he leads. But if, in any case, there were some problems with the REP funds, then Vahan Avetisyan could try to cover it up. Reason enough for subjectivity, right?

As for the actual topic of the article.  2020 In April, Colonel Vahan Avetisyan, who was still being held in “Yerevan-Kentron” prison at that time open letter corrected Nikol Pashinyan, saying that “he is being harassed by the head of the State Security Service Artak Davtyan and his deputy Stepan Galstyan”, in particular, noting. “After the velvet revolution of 2018, I had the courage to express a professionally substantiated opinion and question the feasibility of acquiring Su-30 aircraft for the RA Armed Forces.”

This is the first.

Second, we  We wrote that very late Andranik Kocharyan, who was against the acquisition of Su-30s, attached to the report of the 44-day investigative commission his several-page letter-analysis related to them, which he presented to Pashinyan, and which was also mentioned in the investigative commission during Pashinyan’s questioning.

The third episode last year in the National Assembly, the purchase of Su-30SMs was also addressed by the then Speaker of the National Assembly, Alen Simonyan, and how we have informedhad put the “blame” of their acquisition on the military and considered them not theirs, and nothing that they worked with them after the change of power.

«When you say that you brought the Sus, is it possible that we sat like that? open the menu and see what to take, your military gave us advice, the military give us advice, they say: we need this or that.” Alen Simonyan announced. That is, he essentially did not support the idea of ​​acquiring Su-30s.

And now, when Vahagn Aleksanyan in the National Assembly is upset with the opposition that they are making a story about the Su-30s, is he not familiar with the positions of his colleagues, or did he put his signature under the report of the Investigative Commission, which, by the way, until recently, as far as we know, did not have the signatures of former members of the CPSU, Kristine Poghosyan and Hayk Sargsyan?

Here, however, it should be said that the RA Defense Minister Suren Papikyan considers the Su-30SM to be a very good fighter, therefore, as 168.am wrote, provided the necessary “add-ons” for them. In particular, we are talking about the Iranian “Yasin” planing aerial bombs, which international experts noticed under the wings of the Su-30s during the May 28 military parade.

By: open data, The Yasin high-precision bomb with a planning and correction module weighs 300 kilograms, the mass of the warhead is 225 kilograms, and it belongs to the MK-82 class. The aerial bomb is designed for hitting stationary targets using GPS satellite navigation and inertial navigation systems. According to available information, the range of the bomb under standard conditions is 50-60 kilometers, and in case of release or throwing from the optimal height, it can reach up to 120 kilometers.

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