The 11th International Exhibition of Arms and Military Equipment MILEX-2023 was launched in Minsk this week, featuring the newest inventions that may attract customers to the Belarusian arms market.In 2017, Minsk supplied weapons to almost 70 states, including Middle Eastern and Asian countries. Military specialists have praised Belarusian weaponry, especially the Polonez multiple launch rocket system. Also Belarus is a produced of advanced UAVs, including the reconnaissance and strike complex "Hunter" – virtually a small unmanned helicopter.Follow Sputnik live feed to learn more!
Belarus inherited its military-industrial complex from the Soviet Union, and now the country is among top 20 weapon-selling nations, earning billions of dollars in arms exports each year.
The 11th International Exhibition of Arms and Military Equipment MILEX-2023 was launched in Minsk this week, featuring the newest inventions that may attract customers to the Belarusian arms market.
In 2017, Minsk supplied weapons to almost 70 states, including Middle Eastern and Asian countries. Military specialists have praised Belarusian weaponry, especially the Polonez multiple launch rocket system. Also Belarus is a produced of advanced UAVs, including the reconnaissance and strike complex "Hunter" – virtually a small unmanned helicopter.
High-ranking Belarussian officials, including Minister of Defense Viktor Khrenin and State Secretary of the Security Council Alexander Volfovich, attend MILEX-2023 in Minsk
A cadet holds a Dragunov MMG SVD sniper rifle - a semi-automatic weapon first introduced by Soviet military designer Yevgeny Fyodorovich Dragunov in 1963.
The military expo in Minsk also drew female attention.
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![Reconnaissance and strike unmanned complex "Hunter" of Belarusian production. - Sputnik International](https://cdn1.img.sputnikglobe.com/img/07e7/05/12/1110435905_0:0:3140:2048_600x0_80_0_1_24735b6bb6454b629f60eae4749ed701.jpg "Reconnaissance and strike unmanned complex "Hunter" of Belarusian production.")
![A ZSU-23-4 "Shilka" self-propelled anti-aircraft gun. - Sputnik International](https://cdn1.img.sputnikglobe.com/img/07e7/05/12/1110436259_0:0:3032:2047_600x0_80_0_1_83a7736b5999e457a0d9459c7dd6fb3e.jpg "A ZSU-23-4 "Shilka" self-propelled anti-aircraft gun.")
![Transport loading vehicle for a "Polonez" MLRS. - Sputnik International](https://cdn1.img.sputnikglobe.com/img/07e7/05/12/1110436436_0:0:3280:2048_600x0_80_0_1_ccc80203b3aef8d7c17526624e7f1410.jpg "Transport loading vehicle for a "Polonez" MLRS.")
