Buyers of military equipment become the countries of Eastern Europe and Scandinavia

Leading German defence concern Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) finds a significant increase in demand for tanks because of the events in Ukraine. This was stated by the head of the concern Frank Gaun, Deutsche Welle reports.

"In East European countries and in Scandinavia, the demand has grown significantly," said Gaun on Tuesday.

According to him, the reason for the increase in demand are the events in Ukraine, but the details of the head of the company did not explain.

Concern KMW specializes in the production of main battle tanks Leopard 2, armored personnel carriers and artillery. Among the clients of the company - government in more than 30 countries. According to the Stockholm international peace research Institute (SIPRI), in 2012 turnover KMW amounted to almost one billion US dollars.

Scandinavia, Baltic States and Eastern Europe in recent times repeatedly reported that growth in the number of provocations by Russian military aircraft and ships. In early October, NATO said about the frequent appearances of the Russian military aircraft close to the airspace of Poland and the Baltic countries. "This year we saw two and a half times as many interceptions as compared with last year", - said the representative of the Alliance. In response, NATO has increased the number of patrols in the airspace of the Baltic States. After the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation became four times more.

Source:http://news.liga.net/