Nagorno-Karabagh: Military Balance Between Armenia & Azerbaijan

[Artashes]

Re: Nagorno-Karabagh: Military Balance Between Armenia & Azerbaijan

High lift helicopters of these days don't need to be twin rotor assembly design.

Russian heavy lift heli ever gone into production and in service is the Mil Mi-26 with max gross weight T/O of 56,000 kg (123,450 lb) say compared to the US CH-47 Chinook (one of the best twin rotor designs and still in use) has a max T/O weight of 22,680 kg (50.000 lb).

Normally Russians hold the title for heavy lift aircraft especially in fixed wing aircraft.

Twin rotor design cutting edge technology goes to the Boing Osprey...

Well I was actually asking about fast attack choppers.
If I got the story right the one rotor above the other rotor that spins in opposite directions is always going to have greater lift for rotor size but also is faster & better maneuverability.
Thought Russia at one time made attack "contra rotating rotor" & they were the best?

[burjuin]

Re: Nagorno-Karabagh: Military Balance Between Armenia & Azerbaijan

Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army

[Eddo211]

Re: Nagorno-Karabagh: Military Balance Between Armenia & Azerbaijan

[QUOTE=Artashes;347766]Well I was actually asking about fast attack choppers.

If I got the story right the one rotor above the other rotor that spins in opposite directions is always going to have greater lift for rotor size but also is faster & better maneuverability.

No, that is not true.....the advantage is lack of a tail rotor. Also their are many aerodynamic problems that come from coaxial rotors (one on top of the other as you say) and its limitations are subject to same gyroscopic/aerodynamic laws that single rotors are subject to.
I could explain further but this won't be the place.

Thought Russia at one time made attack "contra rotating rotor" & they were the best?

You are asking about Kamov KA-50 the Russian alligator.

info here

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamov_Ka-50

[Spetsnaz]

Re: Nagorno-Karabagh: Military Balance Between Armenia & Azerbaijan

Official.


Arrival Increased.
830,005 passengers left Armenia, 861,710 arrived in the country via Zvartnots International Airport in 2013. The total number of people who arrived in Armenia and left the country via Zvartnots was 1,691,715.

According to data of Armenia’s Main Department of Civil Aviation, 6,109 tons of cargo was exported and 4,252 tons of cargo was imported via Zvartnots Airport last year.

36,076 passengers arrived via Shirak Airport of Gyumri and 30,458 left Armenia through that airport last year.


09.01.2014, 20:16

http://www.aysor.am/en/news/2014/01/09/aviation/

Tourism Increased.

http://armenpress.am/eng/news/745617/number-of-foreign-tourists-in-armenia-may-reach-1-million-research.html

Number of foreign tourists to Nagorno-Karabakh grows rapidly

Aug 14, 2013

YEREVAN, Armenia - The number of foreign tourists visiting Nagorno-Karabakh is continuing to increase rapidly after substantial growth recorded in recent years, authorities in the Armenian-populated territory said on Monday.

Official figures released by the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic’s Tourism Department show a doubling of visitors in the first quarter of this year.

According to the department, some 16,000 tourists from 86 nations visited Karabakh last year, up by 40 percent from 2011. They spent an estimated $6 million on accommodation, food and services....

http://www.eturbonews.com/37040/number-foreign-tourists-nagorno-karabakh-grows-rapidly

[Surenas]

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Armenian Military 'Interested' In Acquiring Russian Rocket Artillery

YEREVAN -- A senior Russian defense industry executive says Armenia wants to acquire Russian rocket artillery systems that have a firing range of up to 90 kilometers.

Nikolay Dimidyuk of the state-run Rosoboronexport company was quoted this week by the Moscow-based magazine "Voenno-Promyshlenny Kurier" as saying that Armenian officials showed an interest in the BM-30 Smerch multiple-launch rocket systems during a recent international arms exhibition in Minsk.

Dimidyuk said that Armenian authorities as well as military officials from Kazakhstan held "interesting negotiations" with Rosoboronexport representatives in the Belarusian capital. "These were not mere courtesy visits, we discussed concrete issues," he said.

"We have not cooperated so closely with members states of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) before," Dimidyuk said.

The Armenian Defense Ministry declined to confirm or deny this information.

"Armenia's armed forces are constantly supplied with new and modern weaponry," ministry spokesman Davit Karapetian told RFE/RL's Armenian Service. "It is not expedient to divulge details of our arms purchases."

A Defense Ministry source, who asked not to be identified, said in that context that the Armenian army already possesses Smerch systems.

Developed in the early 1980s, Smerch is arguably the most powerful multiple-launch rocket system in the world. It can fire 12 300-milimeter rockets in a single salvo that lasts for less than a minute.

The truck-mounted systems are estimated to cost $12 million each. It is not clear whether Armenia can acquire them at a lower price or even for free thanks to its membership in the CSTO or according to a Russian-Armenian defense agreement signed last August. The agreement commits Moscow to supplying the Armenian military with "special military hardware."

A possible purchase of Smerch rockets would highlight Armenia's intensifying arms race with Azerbaijan, whose armed forces reportedly have at least 12 such systems.

Defense Minister Seyran Ohanian said in February that the Armenian military received "unprecedented" quantities of modern weapons last year and will continue its military build-up in 2011. Ohanian gave no details of those deliveries.

Yerevan officially confirmed in late December that it possesses Russian S-300 surface-to-air missiles, which are widely regarded as one of the most potent antiaircraft weapons.

Earlier in December, Armenian President Serzh Sarkisian and his National Security Council approved a five-year plan to modernize the armed forces. It envisages, among other things, the acquisition of long-range, precision-guided weapons.

http://worldaffairsjournal.org/content/armenian-military-looking-buy-russian-rockets

[Chubs]

Re: Nagorno-Karabagh: Military Balance Between Armenia & Azerbaijan

Trench life is not pretty, do troops have to do a certain amount of time in service to be eligible to be on the frontline?

[Mher]

Re: Nagorno-Karabagh: Military Balance Between Armenia & Azerbaijan

Trench life is not pretty, do troops have to do a certain amount of time in service to be eligible to be on the frontline?

The way it works is that there's a bunch of troops that are assigned to the front, but they don't do it continuously. They do it in two weeks terms,and alternate. So I assume, they spend some time getting some training and preparation before being moved there.

Also, another thing I heard from a soldier himself at the front lines was that a lot of the guys who are at the fronts are there because they chose to be. That they volunteered and asked for to be placed at that location. This isn't a rumor that I heard, or something that someone told me, but what I heard from soldiers at the 1st line in Marduni in June 2012.

[Mher]

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Official.


Arrival Increased.
830,005 passengers left Armenia, 861,710 arrived in the country via Zvartnots International Airport in 2013. The total number of people who arrived in Armenia and left the country via Zvartnots was 1,691,715.

According to data of Armenia’s Main Department of Civil Aviation, 6,109 tons of cargo was exported and 4,252 tons of cargo was imported via Zvartnots Airport last year.

36,076 passengers arrived via Shirak Airport of Gyumri and 30,458 left Armenia through that airport last year.


09.01.2014, 20:16

http://www.aysor.am/en/news/2014/01/09/aviation/

Tourism Increased.

http://armenpress.am/eng/news/745617/number-of-foreign-tourists-in-armenia-may-reach-1-million-research.html

Number of foreign tourists to Nagorno-Karabakh grows rapidly

Aug 14, 2013

YEREVAN, Armenia - The number of foreign tourists visiting Nagorno-Karabakh is continuing to increase rapidly after substantial growth recorded in recent years, authorities in the Armenian-populated territory said on Monday.

Official figures released by the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic’s Tourism Department show a doubling of visitors in the first quarter of this year.

According to the department, some 16,000 tourists from 86 nations visited Karabakh last year, up by 40 percent from 2011. They spent an estimated $6 million on accommodation, food and services....

http://www.eturbonews.com/37040/numb...-grows-rapidly

thanks for the post
that Zvartnots data often gets mentioned to prove the immigration in Armenia in stark contrast of what the government claims
good to see that number itself provide some solid news

[burjuin]

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[haydavid]

Re: Nagorno-Karabagh: Military Balance Between Armenia & Azerbaijan

The way it works is that there's a bunch of troops that are assigned to the front, but they don't do it continuously. They do it in two weeks terms,and alternate. So I assume, they spend some time getting some training and preparation before being moved there.

Also, another thing I heard from a soldier himself at the front lines was that a lot of the guys who are at the fronts are there because they chose to be. That they volunteered and asked for to be placed at that location. This isn't a rumor that I heard, or something that someone told me, but what I heard from soldiers at the 1st line in Marduni in June 2012.

They don't choos to be , but they can choos to go on the frontline . They can't choos not to go if they are assigned there ( without corruption ... )
And before going there they have first several months of training ( normally 6 in other army places in armenia or stepanakert) then they go some weeks frontline then come back ...

It's a little different from place to place