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Lebanese Army Receives Damaged Missiles, Most Probably Belonging to 1982!

Lebanese Army Receives Damaged Missiles, Most Probably Belonging to 1982!
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Translated by Staff – Source: Al-Akhbar Newspaper

Lebanese al-Akhbar Newspaper uncovered that missiles reached Beirut a week earlier under a contract signed by the Lebanese Defense Ministry in 2017 with a company operating in Russia and Serbia to buy 2000 [122 mlm] Grad missiles with a maximum range of 20 kilometers and a total price of US $3,3 million.

The paper listed the conditions under which the agreement was signed, which provides that the missiles be manufactured after 2017. Last May, the Lebanese Army sent 4 officers to Serbia to examine the missiles and ratify receiving them. The military mission has witnessed an experiment of the shipment that was supposed to be transferred to Lebanon.

The missiles were launched normally, they’ve reached their destinations, but the officer in charge noticed that upon delivery, the missiles have been repeatedly painted with signs showing they were manufactured in 1982, not in 2017.

The paper added that “The army command reported on the matter, and that Defense Minister Elias Bou Saab was notified about it, who in turn asked the Inspector General to investigate the issue. For his part, Lebanese Army Commander General Joseph Aoun told the inspector that he will ask the military police to investigate the matter to learn what has happened.”

Weeks later, the paper continues, “military sources told al-Akhbar that the Army command will most probably decide on returning the missiles to their origin, noting that the Lebanese agent of the company that finished the deal has made the same suggestion the moment the news about the missiles believed to be ‘damaged’ was broken.”

According to the paper, a military source said the possibility that the missiles be manufactured in 1982 means they are impossible to be launched for the risk it imposes on its users, not to mention the risk of stocking them.

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