Maintenance and Modifications
Belarus Defense Industry Eyes Middle East Prospects
Belarus has been busy nurturing ties with China.
A Belarus firm has developed an upgraded version of the Soviet-era Osa (SA-8) surface-to-air missile system, which features digital components.
A Belarus firm has developed an upgraded version of the Soviet-era Osa (SA-8) surface-to-air missile system, which features digital components.

Along with Ukrainian and Polish defense firms, Belarus enterprises have developed some of the most cost-effective solutions for upgrading and modernizing Russian or Soviet-design military hardware. One of the most fertile grounds for these kind of improvements is the Middle East market. There are a number of weapons platforms that Moscow sold to Middle Eastern nations during both the Soviet era and continuing on into the 1990s and 2000s.