Armenia’s armed forces have conducted drills involving Smerch heavy multiple rocket launchers, defense ministry spokesman Artsrun Hovhannisyan said in a Facebook post.

A special report on the exercise will air on Saturday, May 5 on the Public TV of Armenia.

According to a report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), Armenia has imported 6 Smerch heavy multiple rocket launchers, 200 Verba surface-to-air missile (SAM) MANPADS, as well as 9M133 Kornet anti-tank guided missiles, all produced and delivered by Russia.

The country is the world’s 54th country in terms of the volume of armament imported in 2016-2017, while the arms exports to the country amounted to $124 billion in the two years under review, the same report claimed.