Nagorno-Karabagh: Military Balance Between Armenia & Azerbaijan

[Eddo211]

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We can setup cheap drones carrying high explosives and fly it into the target kamikaze style.....if need be.

They can be used as distraction while ground troops move in position. etc

[burjuin]

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Nagorno Karabakh

History of Minelaying and Cluster Munition Bombing Minelaying in Nagorno Karabakh, by both Azeri and pro-Karabakhi forces, took place during the 1992-1994 war.

A combination of anti-personnel (AP), anti-tank (AT) and anti-group (AG) mines was used to protect positions and deny freedom of movement. The mines laid were of Soviet design and manufacture and due to the nature of the conflict certain areas were mined several times by both sides. Tens of thousands of cluster munitions were also dropped from the air by Azerbaijani forces.

The Problem

Nagorno Karabakh has one of the world’s highest per capita rates of accidents caused by mines, cluster munitions and other explosive remnants of war (ERW). Despite the clear humanitarian need for the clearance of ERW, the international isolation that impoverishes the people of Karabakh also makes it difficult for HALO to raise funds to work in the region, and the funds that are raised often have territorial restrictions placed upon them. Funding is desperately needed to prevent Karabakh’s communities being blighted by mines and cluster munitions for decades to come.

Mines were used in all regions of Nagorno Karabakh during the war with minefields covering a total area of more than 50km² of land. A particular feature of the war was the extensive use of anti-tank (AT) mines to prevent the movements of vehicles and armour. The AT mines were used on roads, tracks and on verges and they have caused many accidents and deaths since the war. Even more devastating was the use of AT minefields in the open, fertile valleys of Karabakh. Though generally sparsely laid, these mines have denied access to thousands of hectares of land that was traditionally used for cultivating wheat, maize and vines. When farmers attempted to cultivate the mined land they inevitably struck mines with the loss of valuable tractors for the lucky ones and their lives for the less fortunate.

Anti-personnel (AP) mines were also widely used during the fighting to protect military positions. These minefields were laid on the hills that Karabakh’s pastoralist communities use to graze their sheep and cattle, and in the woods where unsuspecting hunters and foragers can tread on them.

More than 180km² of land was also contaminated with unexploded ordnance (UXO), principally cluster munitions.Nagorno Karabakh’s ERW problem has had profound impacts on the day-to-day lives of rural communities, limiting the incomes of thousands of poor families and killing or injuring hundreds.

The Solution

Since 2000 HALO has been the sole provider of mines and cluster munitions clearance and the disposal of unexploded ordnance (UXO). We have set up a Mine Action Centre (MAC) to collate all information about mines, explosive remnants of war (ERW) and safe routes, and to share that information with stakeholders and other actors as requested.

HALO has to date cleared hundreds of square kilometres of formerly-contaminated land in Nagorno Karabakh, destroying thousands of mines and tens of thousands of cluster munitions and other items of explosive ordnance. As a consequence the annual accident rate has dropped dramatically and thousands of hectares of land have been returned to safe, productive use.

Both manual and mechanical landmine clearance is carried out. Cluster munition strikes are cleared by our Battle Area Clearance (BAC) teams while other items of UXO are cleared by our Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) teams. This clearance programme is complemented by Survey and Mines Risk Education (MRE) teams, with MRE fully incorporated into the school curriculum. The programme is managed by one expatriate, while all other senior management positions are filled by locally recruited and trained staff. As with all other HALO programmes our policy is to build a substantial local capacity.

Requirement for Continued Clearance

We are the only mineclearance organisation operating in Nagorno Karabakh and development, reconstruction, resettlement and other humanitarian aid is dependent on our programme continuing.

Mineclearance is also essential to reduce the number of accidents caused by mines and unexploded ordnance (UXO) from its current unacceptable per capita rate, which is amongst the highest in the world. With shrinking funding and territorial restrictions placed upon this funding, HALO desperately needs new sources of

- See more at: http://www.halotrust.org/where-we-wo....R06VoC4k.dpuf

[AstalaVist]

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We can setup cheap drones carrying high explosives and fly it into the target kamikaze style.....if need be.

They can be used as distraction while ground troops move in position. etc

I don't really think it's possible. Drones can't take that much weight.

[Spetsnaz]

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[լրացված] Պաշտպանության բանակը հակառակորդի երկու մարտական դիրք է շարքից հանել

Հունվար 31, 2015

Արցախի անվտանգությունն ապահովելու նպատակով Պաշտպանության բանակի առաջապահ ստորաբաժանումները հունվարի 31-ին ժամը 13:00-14:00-ի սահմաններում դիմել են պատժիչ գործողությունների, որոնց արդյունքում շփման գծի արևելյան ուղղությամբ շարքից հանվել է հակառակորդի 2 դիրք և մեկ մարդատար ավտոմեքենա: Նույն ուղղությամբ մեկ այլ հատվածում խփվել է հակառակորդի առնվազն 2 զինվոր։

ՊԲ ստորաբաժանումները շարունակում են վստահորեն վերահսկել ողջ առաջնագիծը: Այս մասին տեղեկացնում է Պաշտպանության բանակի մամուլի ծառայությունը։

Լրացում

ՊԲ մամուլի ծառայությունը հավելում է, որ Պաշտպանության բանակի ստորաբաժանումները վերոնշյալ քայլերը ձեռնարկել են ի պատասխան հակառակորդի կողմից իրականացված ականանետային նախահարձակ գործողությունների:

http://razm.info/59483

ԼՂՀ ուժերը դիմել են պատժիչ գործողության.շարքից հանել են 2 դիրք,խփվել է 2 զինվոր

31.01.2015


ԼՂՀ անվտանգությունն ապահովելու նպատակով ՊԲ առաջապահ ստորաբաժանումները հունվարի 31-ին ժամը 13:00-14:00-ի սահմաններում դիմել են պատժիչ գործողությունների, որոնց արդյունքում շփման գծի արևելյան ուղղությամբ շարքից հանվել է հակառակորդի 2 դիրք և մեկ մարդատար ավտոմեքենա:
ԼՂՀ ՊՆ մամուլի ծառայությունից հայտնում են, որ նույն ուղղությամբ մեկ այլ հատվածում խփվել է հակառակորդի առնվազն 2 զինվոր:
ՊԲ ստորաբաժանումները շարունակում են վստահորեն վերահսկել ողջ առաջնագիծը:

http://news.am/arm/news/250407.html

[Federate]

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Azerbaijani Defense Ministry has got a finger in ... Armenian drone

January 29 all the Azerbaijani media spread an official statement of the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan, which stated that in the area 14:00 Azerbaijani askers knocked Armenian drone. In confirmation of this news press service Azerbaijani Defense Ministry, headed by V. dynegolovym Dyargyahly, posted video footage "from the scene." Here is a video shown on all TV channels in Azerbaijan.

Watch Video

In turn, a spokesman for the Armenian Defense Minister Artsrun Hovhannisyan suggested that the Azerbaijani askernya has lined his own drone, as the Armenian side of aircraft is not lost.

Portal Voskanapat.info, spending a little online investigation, found the original video that Azerbaijani generals led by the mentally deficient defense minister of education Zakir Hasanov decided to use to lift the spirits of the population of Azerbaijan. Note that since the beginning of the year the Azerbaijani side, take dozens of attempts reconnaissance and sabotage attacks, lost 100 soldiers killed - askers. This circumstance led to the decadent and even the mood of mourning among the population of Azerbaijan and mass attempts to evade military service.

Hastily invented in the bowels of the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry was a lie as a sad end for the agency that attempts elite askers - Special Forces to conduct sabotage on the territory of the Armenian states.
Azerbaijan's Defense Ministry has got a finger in ... Armenian drone.

In other words, they posted a video of them supposedly shooting down the drone. After doing research, Voskanapat found out the video is actually of a Russian drone being shot down by Ukrainians.

Guys they changed the video now and uploaded a new one.

They also uploaded some pictures of the "wreckage". Apparently this used to be our drone






olke.az/olke-2/vurulan-ermeni-pilotsuz-teyyaresinin-ekskluziv-fotolari-14222

[HyeFighter2]

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Armenian SF

[argin]

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Guys they changed the video now and uploaded a new one.

They also uploaded some pictures of the "wreckage". Apparently this used to be our drone






olke.az/olke-2/vurulan-ermeni-pilotsuz-teyyaresinin-ekskluziv-fotolari-14222

I guess every Azeri has their phone out and recording everytime,I mean how can they always have footage for shooting down something

[londontsi]

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[Hakob]

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Guys they changed the video now and uploaded a new one.

They also uploaded some pictures of the "wreckage". Apparently this used to be our drone






olke.az/olke-2/vurulan-ermeni-pilotsuz-teyyaresinin-ekskluziv-fotolari-14222

number one that says that it's fake: the voice level when shot the explosion in air is too low. Covering talk in diffrent language? like russian or iranian?
Number two: I doubt that any part of Krunk would be numbered as 150183, given what picture shows looks like a fuselage part. There just is not that much quantities or parts quantities built.
Besides, I doubt that parts for domestic market would be serialed that way.

[ninetoyadome]

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Those photos are probably of a Russian UAV



I wont be surprised if these are pictures from a downed Russian UAV by Ukrainians again.

Edit: I like how in the video they do not show any of the footage and in the pictures you do not see the faces of the people.