Kommersant has found out that Russia has reversed its decision to sell its Bal-E coastal mobile anti-ship missile system to Azerbaijan due to concerns from its own military.
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The newspaper says Russia was willing to sell a small number of Bal-Es together with the Kh-35E missiles. The Russian Ministry of Defense is worried that the missiles could pose a threat to its own warships in the Caspian Sea.
The missiles could also be used to strike land targets and Azerbaijan could employ it in the Nagorno Karabakh conflict.