Armenia will modernize its S-125 surface-to-air missile systems, enhancing their level to that of S-125 Neva/Pechora in 2015-2016.

As Razm.info reports citing Russia's Centre for Analysis of World Arms Trade (CAWAT), the missile systems will be upgraded with Moscow’s assistance, with Armenia set to pay $60 million under a deal inked in 2013.

The fact that Armenia has S-125 missile systems emerged in a TV story about a machine tools factory that accidentally revealed one of the system’s missile launchers, suggesting that he modernization will be fully or partially implemented in Armenia.

S-125 Pechora’s tactical-technical specifications surpass those of S-125, featuring improved missile range, maximum height, target destruction probability and interference protection.