Nagorno-Karabagh: Military Balance Between Armenia & Azerbaijan

[Ak105]

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Newspaper: Armenia to purchase weapons from China?
07:41, 31.03.2015
Region:World News, Armenia
Theme: Politics

YEREVAN. – Well-informed sources report that one of the key issues of Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan’s recent visit to China was to obtain an agreement on supplying arms to Armenia with reduced rates, Haykakan Zhamanak daily reported. “[But] our sources do not specify whether or not this matter was resolved. “Analysts note, however, that the separatist aspirations of the Turkic-speaking minorities living in northwestern China always troubles Beijing. And Armenia is the only country situated between China and Turkey which is free from the Turkish element. This means that there are objective conditions for China-Armenia strategic cooperation,” Haykakan Zhamanak wrote.

http://news.am/eng/news/259627.html

Hm honestly I was kinda expecting this. I wonder what serj is gonna buy. Maybe more rocket systems?

[HelloWorld]

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Production of Armenian defense industry is shown in the Ministry of Defence 03/23/2015

this looks nice, thank you for sharing.

[Eddo211]

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Thats incorrect, military age is 19, thats when conscription starts. In a time of war, any male between 19-50 can be conscripted, but there are hardly any 50 year old men in the Armenian military.

You misunderstood.....50 is the max age that you can be pulled to war is what I meant, and like you said. Are you sure about 19? seems it can be 17.
However I have a feeling if war broke out Armenians over 50 will fight......most of the Veterans are over 50 now. They be backup for our Army. Right now as we speak Chubs there are Veterans who hold the hard mountainous terrain and most are over 50 and have their cabins trenches, ect....
They live up there almost

[burjuin]

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Armenian Army
Special forces

[Chubs]

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These statements are so ridiculous that only in a total authoritarian government with no access to information would anyone attempt to make them without being laughed at. I don't think feeding your soldiers is a problem in any country outside of lower income nations with serious food shortages for the general population. They certainly wouldn't be an issue in middle income countries like Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Geor

Also it's ridiculous to make these claims for a contract soldier. They would be less ridiculous for a 18 year old conscript who is forced to be there for two years possibly against his wishes. However, this man was a 24 year old contract soldier who chose to be there.

Moreover, even if the guy was a conscript, nobody in their sane mind would escape to Azerbaijan from Armenia if they had problems, short of them having committed and being wanted for serious crimes. Being bullied and not likeling your senior officers would not motivate any sane person to head to a land where likely they will be tortured and killed. yes the legacy of "Dedovshchina" or military hazing remain in Armenia from Soviet times, and they do result in embarrassing events here and there, but their nothing out of the ordinary compared to other countries in the region, and are in fact lower most soviet states. In fact non combat deaths are low and have declined every year for a couple of years in a row now

Not that it needs to be said, but they took us to front line a couple of years ago with Birthright Armenia and we got to eat with the soldiers etc. As would be expected they ate normal food in normal portions. I don't know how describe it beyond that. It wasn't spectacular or meant to impress anyone, but it was regular food that one would expect in such a place. Also, the soldiers on the fronts where we were actually told us most of the guys who end up on the fronts volunteer to be here. I don't know if that applies to other places, but that was our interaction with them and they seemed genuinely enthusiastic. This wasn't some photo op or media attempt. we got to sit down and speak with them, and they shown genuine and in depth knowledge and had passion for the cause, and seemed to be very proud of what they were doing.

I agree, contract troops are usually very patriotic. The idea that a contract volunteer would surrender to an army for no reason, especially to an army and country that would rather kill him, is retarded at best.

Volunteers are usually the bravest, always willing to go the farthest whereas conscripts, depending on the person, usually lag behind a little. My question is

How did Azerbaijan capture him to stage this "surrending"?

[burjuin]

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[burjuin]

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[Tsov]

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“The Russians promised to return the liberated regions or Nagorno-Karabakh to Azerbaijan.” Politician 17:06 | April 1 2015 In the conversation with Aravot, the expert for French Military Research Foundation Gaydz Minasyan, in response to the question of why Serzh Sargsyan touched upon the subject of sale of weapons to Azerbaijan by Russia, noted, “Russians suggested Azerbaijan to be a member of the EaEU, instead, perhaps, promising to return the liberated regions or simply the Karabakh to Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan refused joining the EaEU. Serzh Sargsyan, then, played another game, realizing that the relations between Azerbaijan and Russia are not so good. If Armenia had not joined the EaEU, Russia would interfere with the stability of Armenia, now, they have no reason for doing so. Russians do not want hot situations anywhere, there is a Ukrainian crisis, as well as socio-economic problems inside Russia. In this situation, Serzh Sargsyan exercised his diplomatic tactics. Using some problems between Russia and Azerbaijan, he touched upon the subject of arms sales to Azerbaijan by Russia”.

Emma GABRIELYAN

http://en.aravot.am/2015/04/01/169547/

[burjuin]

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The ARM Defence Minister’s regular tour
2015-04-01
Today, ARM Defence Minister Seyran Ohanyan, accompanied by Deputy Chief of the ARM AF GS, Lieutenant-General Stepan Galstyan, visited several military units within the 2nd Army Corps.
Within the frame of his visit, the ARM Defence Minister has been in the air defence units and the armament and military equipment maintenance reserve, where he verified the educational material base of the units, as well as their technical equipment; spoke with conscript soldiers carrying out their sentinel duties, took interest in their daily lives and social-living conditions.
The Minister of Defence acquainted himself with the launching positions of the missile unit, the conditions of command centers; observed the possibilities of anti-aircraft fire and radar investigations; checked the personnel’s level of combat readiness, the organization of the military service and availability of necessary documents.
The Defence Minister gave special attention to the ongoing construction works aimed at improving the military units, especially to a number of ancillary facilities, such as the barracks, classrooms, canteens, capital repair and other similar facilities.
At the end of his visit, Seyran Ohanyan stressed the importance of the role of air defence units in the preservation of peace and security, and gave a number of instructions and orders to the command staff in order to carry out an effective implementation of planned activities.

http://www.mil.am/1427897558

[Chubs]

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Newest K-3 rifle variant can be seen in this video, pics have been posted before by burjuin.

I guess the development for it is still on going. Rifle seems to have a bit of weight to it: