Nagorno-Karabagh: Military Balance Between Armenia & Azerbaijan

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Former Armenian President Robert Kocharian in Nagorno-Karabakh in 2005

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[HyeFighter2]

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okay,remember when azeris was talking about our vehicle Hayk? i got info about it,it was made before 2002 in ErAz auto manufacture and was made about 50 of theme, here is the picture of it -_-

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US Army Commander Visits Armenia



Lieutenant General Mark Hertling visit Armenian troops

YEREVAN (RFE/RL)—The commander of U.S. Army troops stationed in Europe, Lieutenant General Mark Hertling, met with Armenia’s top military leaders and discussed growing U.S.-Armenian military ties during a visit to Yerevan on Wednesday.

Hertling held separate talks with Defense Minister Seyran Ohanian and Colonel General Yuri Khachaturov, chief of the Armenian army’s General Staff, on the second leg of a regional tour that he began in Georgia on Tuesday. He also visited Armenia’s main military academy and watched training exercises held by Armenian soldiers.

Some of them represented a special Armenian army brigade that has contributed troops to U.S.-led multinational missions abroad. A 35-strong detachment of the brigade flew to Kosovo on Friday, resuming Yerevan’s participation in a NATO-led peacekeeping force deployed in the former Yugoslav province. The platoon is serving there under U.S. command.

According to the Armenian Defense Ministry, Hertling discussed with Ohanian and Khachaturov the Armenian deployment in Kosovo and broader U.S.-Armenian military cooperation. That includes training of Armenian military personnel and Armenian participation in multinational exercises organized by the U.S. Army in Europe, said a ministry statement.

“During the meetings the two sides noted the high-level of U.S.-Armenian defense cooperation and discussed prospects for its development,” added the statement.

Ohanian, who visited Washington in March, said earlier this month that that cooperation entered a “more coordinated and targeted phase” last year. John Heffern, the U.S. ambassador to Armenia who was present at Hertling’s talks, likewise hailed last week “tremendous growth” in bilateral military ties which he said has occurred in the last three years.

The Armenian military announced in February that the two nations will likely hold soon first-ever bilateral exercises that will be primarily aimed at improving the interoperability of their forces deployed in Afghanistan. Neither side has reported such drills yet, however.

Armenia almost tripled its presence in NATO’s International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) for Afghanistan last year. It currently has about 130 troops on the ground.

http://asbarez.com/104253/us-army-commander-visits-armenia/

[Federate]

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I wonder if our boys have dug tunnels around the frontline that lead to other locations for quick, undetected movement or even tunnels that lead to enemy positions (though this one would be unlikely)? This tactic was used by Hezballah very effectively. Our army might be more conventional but they can still be useful if we're bogged down.

[davidoga]

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I wonder if our boys have dug tunnels around the frontline that lead to other locations for quick, undetected movement or even tunnels that lead to enemy positions (though this one would be unlikely)? This tactic was used by Hezballah very effectively. Our army might be more conventional but they can still be useful if we're bogged down.

Bogged down in what sense? The neutral zone between frontlines is heavily mined. If/when Azerbaijan attacks, they will suffer heavily losses and be repelled (at least on the ground).

PS - Given that Armenia-Kazakhstan-Russia will be combining air defense soon, Azerbaijan will be rendered useless from the air as well.

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Zinuj (22.07.2012)

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Bogged down in what sense? The neutral zone between frontlines is heavily mined. If/when Azerbaijan attacks, they will suffer heavily losses and be repelled (at least on the ground).

PS - Given that Armenia-Kazakhstan-Russia will be combining air defense soon, Azerbaijan will be rendered useless from the air as well.

Minefields can be cleared fairly quickly with systems like this, Phyton rocket. I know Azerbaijan has something similar to this.

The fact that Azeri special forces are able to breech the front line avoiding mines and detection will carry serious consequences if they are able to achieve that during the begging of the next war. We have always pushed them back after all their incursion, but during an

all out attack they will be HEAVILY reinforced so, i don't think it would be easy or even possible to push them back.

Also when they attack I'm assuming it will be under the cover of a HUGE smoke screen to minimize their casualties and block the line of sight between our front line trenches and the trenches that overlook and cover them.

Another thing is when that drone was brought down in September, it was 10 km behind the front. I know it was eventually detected and shot down, but the fact that it was not detected above the front means that during the war it will be able to provide

commanders valuable info on what is happening on the ground in the area of operation.

[arakeretzig]

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Minefields can be cleared fairly quickly with systems like this, Phyton rocket. I know Azerbaijan has something similar to this.

The fact that Azeri special forces are able to breech the front line avoiding mines and detection will carry serious consequences if they are able to achieve that during the begging of the next war. We have always pushed them back after all their incursion, but during an

all out attack they will be HEAVILY reinforced so, i don't think it would be easy or even possible to push them back.

Also when they attack I'm assuming it will be under the cover of a HUGE smoke screen to minimize their casualties and block the line of sight between our front line trenches and the trenches that overlook and cover them.

They may reach a limited success in the beginning but they'll be pushed back eventually with big loses, we have the higher ground.
Besides, the mines and the barrage of artillery that will follow on their heads, are just meant to delay them long enough for us to group and take positions. not only that, they'd have to be atleast 10:1 in every direction they attack, to overwhelm our defenses. It's no walk in the park.

Another thing is when that drone was brought down in September, it was 10 km behind the front. I know it was eventually detected and shot down, but the fact that it was not detected above the front means that during the war it will be able to provide

commanders valuable info on what is happening on the ground in the area of operation.

It could also be that they waited until it was deep in our territory so they could shoot it down and take it as a trophy.

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