TSAMTO, July 30. At the airport of Baghdad on July 28 Antonov 124-100 “Ruslan” of airline “Volga-Dnepr” arrived having on board the party of heavy flamethrower system TOS-1A “Solntrepek”, “Vedomosti” informs referring to the posted photos on Facebook .
According to the newspaper, earlier information about Iraq’s procurement system TOS-1A in the public domain was absent.
As confirmed by “Vedomosti” Sources in the defense industry, during a visit to Moscow last week the Iraqi delegation headed by the Minister of Defense Saadoun al-Duleymi it was signed a contracts worth more than $ 1 billion for the delivery of a large consignment of arms to Iraq, including four combat machines TOS-1A “Solntsepek”, artillery, mortar weapons and ammunition.