Almost 50% of the armament of NATO countries was produced before 1990
This was stated to NOVA by former Deputy Defense Minister Yordan Bozhilov.
However, the L-39 ZA that fell on Friday was maintained, he added.
In the plane incident near the “Graf Ignatievo” two pilots died.
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In the words of the former deputy minister, our army has nothing to show in parades. “What are we communicating to the people by bringing out old Soviet equipment. Such demonstrations exhaust resources and increase risks, Bozhilov noted.
When asked whether human or technical error led to the plane crash at the air base on Friday, he said that usually the cause is always complex.