Indian helmet-mounted sights seen on Armenian soldiers, India major defence supplier to the country

>Incidentally, the Indian Army had also bought these sights besides others from Tonbo Imaging as part of emergency procurement in 2021.

>**Products of the company are in use with several special forces, including that of Israel and France, besides India**. During the 2016 surgical strikes, the special forces personnel had used the thermal sights procured from the firm.

>The company was discovered by the Indian armed forces thanks to a joint exercise with NATO a decade ago. The US Army was using weapons that had Tonbo systems on them.

>**The Indian defence establishment is silent when it comes to exports to Armenia, but sources maintained that they are facilitating whatever requests they get from foreign countries based on New Delhi’s larger strategic role.**

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>Both India and Armenia are **in the process of establishing a joint working group on the issues of bilateral defence cooperation.**

>Interestingly, it was in May this year that both countries held their first formal consultations between the defence ministries of both countries.

>During the consultations, the present state of cooperation between Armenia and India in the defence sector and prospects for future development — including military-technical, **military education and combat training of personnel**, exchange of experience and others — were discussed, the Armenian defence ministry had then said in a statement.