Russia markets heavy flamethrower to foreign customers

Russia’s state-owned weapons company is marketing an advanced heavy flamethrower to foreign militaries in the midst of a diplomatic fight with the United States about arms sales to Iran.

“Such equipment is not produced anywhere in the world except Russia, and we are proud to show it to our foreign partners,” Rosoboronexport’s Director General Alexander Mikheev said Monday in a press release. “The system has repeatedly shown its impressive capabilities to destroy well-protected terrorist groups in real combat conditions in the Middle East.”