Nagorno-Karabagh: Military Balance Between Armenia & Azerbaijan

[Chubs]

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yes its possible that we got 35 new tanks, i can guess we purchased 35 but got 36 ( if u know what i mena )
Poland canceled contract on PT72U cuz we choose eurasian union instead of european, so probably we will get t72b3

You mean like these T72B3s?

[Chubs]

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Interesting article

90 percent of Armenians confident in army, survey shows



90 percent of respondents are confident in the Armenian Armed Forces, according to a survey conducted by the Gallup International Association.

The survey was conducted on August 8-17, among 1,067 people in 10 provinces of Armenia and all administrative districts of Yerevan.

Gallup International Association Armenia director Aram Navasardyan told reporters on Friday that 56 percent of respondents expressed confidence that the Armenian Armed Forces can appropriately respond to Azerbaijani aggression, 34 percent said that they are confident rather than sceptical, 5 percent said they are doubtful rather than confident, 2 percent expressed scepticism and 3 percent found it difficult to answer.

40 percent of respondents said defense is the key problem in the country and 35 percent said it is unemployment, said the Gallup representative.

http://www.panorama.am/en/current_topics/2014/09/12/gallup-army/

[Eddo211]

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According to an article Verj posted in the other military thread the BRDM-2 might get updated or Azeris can buy more......but the bigger contract is updating and modernizing the T-72 tanks to back up the BRDM-2s.

[burjuin]

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Armenian-Russian joint military drills at Alagyaz range. 9.01-07.2014

[burjuin]

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Armenian-Russian joint military drills at Alagyaz range. 9.01-07.2014

[gokorik]

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According to an article Verj posted in the other military thread the BRDM-2 might get updated or Azeris can buy more......but the bigger contract is updating and modernizing the T-72 tanks to back up the BRDM-2s.

I'm guessing you're talking about this..

Russian Arms Broker Offers More Deals to Azerbaijan
9-12-14
Russia will complete the ongoing delivery of about 100 T-90 tanks to Azerbaijan early next year and is ready to modernize older tanks used by the Azerbaijani army, according to a senior Russian defense industry official.

The Itar-Tass news agency on Friday quoted Esen Topoev, a top aide to the chief executive of Rosoboronexport, as saying that the Russian state arms exporter could also sell anti-ship missiles to Baku and open facilities in Azerbaijan for repairs and maintenance of Russian-made military hardware.

Azerbaijan began receiving the sophisticated T-90 tanks last year in accordance with Russian-Azerbaijani defense contracts signed in 2010-2012. In Topoev’s words, these shipments will be complete “in the beginning of 2015.”

Speaking during an international arms exhibition in Azerbaijan, Topoev said there are currently no Russian plans to sell more such hardware to Baku. Instead, he said, Rosoboronexport has offered to carry out a “profound modernization” of less advanced T-72 tanks belonging to the Azerbaijani armed forces. He did not specify whether the Azerbaijani side accepted the offer.

Russian and Azerbaijani officials have estimated the total volume of bilateral defense contracts signed since 2010 at nearly $4 billion. A Russian newspaper reported recently that the figure could rise to $5 billion by the end of this year.

These arms deals envisage the delivery of hundreds of Russian-made tanks, artillery and missile systems and combat helicopters to Azerbaijan. According to Topoev, the Azerbaijani military will receive all of these weapons by the end of 2017.

Aleksandr Fomin, the head of a Russian government agency overseeing arms exports, and Anatoly Isaykin, Rosoboronexport’s chief executive, reportedly discussed with Azerbaijan’s Defense Minister Zakir Hasanov the possibility of more such deals when they visited Baku in June. Hasanov’s press office cited the Russian officials as noting “big prospects” for stepping up bilateral military-technical cooperation.

The Azerbaijani news agency APA reported in July that Moscow has agreed to supply an unspecified number of Yak-130 trainer and light attack jets to Baku. In a separate report, it quoted a Russian defense industry official as saying that the two states have also opened negotiations on the possible sale of Russian Ka-52 Alligator attack helicopters.

http://asbarez.com/126920/russian-ar...to-azerbaijan/

[londontsi]

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Armenian Defense Chief Promises ‘Longer-Range Weapons’

http://www.armenialiberty.org/content/article/26580475.html

Հրապարակված է՝ 12.09.2014

The Armenian military will soon acquire more long-range and precise missiles than it currently has in its arsenal, Defense Minister Seyran Ohanian said on Friday.

“Every year Armenia’s armed forces receive modern weapons and military hardware,” he told students and professors of a state-run university in Yerevan. “These are not just tanks, artillery and anti-aircraft systems. In recent years we also have reached agreements to implement that rearmament process faster and with longer-range and precise systems.”

“These are not just words. In recent years, for instance, we acquired S-300 [air-defense] systems and the like. We will have longer-range systems very soon,” Ohanian added in a speech.

Ohanian declined to elaborate on the promised acquisitions. Asked by RFE/RL’s Armenian service (Azatutyun.am) after the speech to give details, he said, “Day by day we are expanding military-technical cooperation, especially with our strategic partner Russia, and new agreements are constantly reached so that we update and increase our modern weapons.”

President Serzh Sarkisian similarly said last December that Armenia will get hold of more powerful weapons in the coming years. “One or two more years, and you will be able to proudly say that the Armenian army possesses weapons which other states 20, 30 or 40 times our size do not possess,” he told soldiers at a military base in the northeastern Tavush province.

Some analysts believe that Sarkisian referred to Russian precision-guided Iskander-M missiles that can strike targets more than 400 kilometers away. One of the most potent weapons of its kind existing in the world, Iskander was designed to overcome any of the existing missile defense shields.

he Armenian army is currently equipped with less advanced Scud-B and Tochka-U ballistic missiles that have firing ranges of 300 kilometers and 120 kilometers respectively. It also reportedly purchased in 2011 Chinese AR1A multiple-launch rocket systems with a range of up to 130 kilometers. Yerevan makes no secret of its readiness to use such weapons against Azerbaijan’s oil and gas installations in case of a renewed war for Nagorno-Karabakh.

Armenia and Azerbaijan threatened each other with devastating long-range attacks during last month’s sharp escalation of fighting along their border and “the line of contact” around Karabakh. Each side claimed to be capable of destroying any target in the other’s territory.

“They know very well that we have ballistic missiles which have a range of more than 300 kilometers and can turn any thriving settlement into the kind of ruins that now exist in Aghdam,” Sarkisian declared on August 10, referring to an Armenian-controlled ghost town just east of Karabakh.

[burjuin]

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[burjuin]

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Armenian-Russian joint military drills at Alagyaz range. 9.01-07.2014

[Chubs]

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Russian Arms Broker Offers More Deals to Azerbaijan
9-12-14
Russia will complete the ongoing delivery of about 100 T-90 tanks to Azerbaijan early next year and is ready to modernize older tanks used by the Azerbaijani army, according to a senior Russian defense industry official.

The Itar-Tass news agency on Friday quoted Esen Topoev, a top aide to the chief executive of Rosoboronexport, as saying that the Russian state arms exporter could also sell anti-ship missiles to Baku and open facilities in Azerbaijan for repairs and maintenance of Russian-made military hardware.

Azerbaijan began receiving the sophisticated T-90 tanks last year in accordance with Russian-Azerbaijani defense contracts signed in 2010-2012. In Topoev’s words, these shipments will be complete “in the beginning of 2015.”

Speaking during an international arms exhibition in Azerbaijan, Topoev said there are currently no Russian plans to sell more such hardware to Baku. Instead, he said, Rosoboronexport has offered to carry out a “profound modernization” of less advanced T-72 tanks belonging to the Azerbaijani armed forces. He did not specify whether the Azerbaijani side accepted the offer.

Russian and Azerbaijani officials have estimated the total volume of bilateral defense contracts signed since 2010 at nearly $4 billion. A Russian newspaper reported recently that the figure could rise to $5 billion by the end of this year.

These arms deals envisage the delivery of hundreds of Russian-made tanks, artillery and missile systems and combat helicopters to Azerbaijan. According to Topoev, the Azerbaijani military will receive all of these weapons by the end of 2017.

Aleksandr Fomin, the head of a Russian government agency overseeing arms exports, and Anatoly Isaykin, Rosoboronexport’s chief executive, reportedly discussed with Azerbaijan’s Defense Minister Zakir Hasanov the possibility of more such deals when they visited Baku in June. Hasanov’s press office cited the Russian officials as noting “big prospects” for stepping up bilateral military-technical cooperation.

The Azerbaijani news agency APA reported in July that Moscow has agreed to supply an unspecified number of Yak-130 trainer and light attack jets to Baku. In a separate report, it quoted a Russian defense industry official as saying that the two states have also opened negotiations on the possible sale of Russian Ka-52 Alligator attack helicopters.

Would Moscow really do something like that? I don't think Moscow would sell something to Azerbaijan that would threaten Armenian security. I believe they would only start negotiations on sales of weapons Armenia either already has, or can counter easily...put the Ka-52 is a amazing scout helicopter. It would not be good of Azerbaijan got their hands on some of those

What kind of helmet is this? It looks like most of the troops have the same helmet as the shapes tend to correspond.







Would it be crazy to suggest Armenia is manufacturing its own helmets and body armor? I know we manufacture our own mortars. (Thanks to Hyefighter)