Belarusian Company " Tetrahedron ", working on the development of advanced electronic systems of armament and modernization of air defense, had to stop in common with Ukrainian design Bureau " Luch " the development of a new anti-aircraft missile complex " Stiletto ", said the head of the Department of the Tetrahedron Igor Novik.
" We took a pause in work with KB " Beam " because of the political and economic situation that has developed since the end of last year in Ukraine ", - said Novik during the 7-th international exhibition of arms MILEX-2014 ". According to him, in case of worsening of situation in the Belarusian side " there are different alternatives, but attempts to conduct the dialogue on cooperation with a number of Russian and European manufacturers have not been successful, ITAR-TASS reported. The Belarusian side, As noted Novik, was responsible for the development of equipment for radio, and the sight, and electronics missiles T, and Ukrainians - for the military part, airframe missile, squibs and gunpowder. Cooperation was quite close, but Osinovka cooperation will not have a significant impact on foreign deliveries of promising missiles, says the Commissioner of the Tetrahedron. Currently, the complex of the Stiletto, which should include the missile T, comes with missiles installed on the complexes of " OSA ", completed the renovation and extension of terms of technical feasibility. At the disposal of the Belarusian side, there are several thousand such ammunition, says Novik." Stiletto " is adopted in Azerbaijan - there has Already supplied two batteries, and now runs a larger order, the source said." Another state acquired 12 complexes, four of which have Already been delivered. We are ready to perform the delivery of Stilettos and in other countries ", - finished Novik. Before the new head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has prohibited any military-technical cooperation with Russia. However, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said that the capital of Russia Already has a plan of import substitution of military products of Ukraine. He has supplemented his words by the fact that Russian industry for the last 2 and a half years will be able to completely get rid produced in Ukraine products of the defense complex. At the same time experts have said in this regard that, breaking the military-technical contacts with Russia, Ukraine " shooting yourself in the foot " and destroys the main sector of industry. As said by the Deputy Minister of defense Yuri Borisov, the Russian defense Ministry hopes for a 95% decline from dependence on deliveries of components from Ukraine. Already a schedule for import substitution, " analyzed the presence of stocks of components, preparing for the production of all parts, defined responsible ".

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