Nagorno-Karabagh: Military Balance Between Armenia & Azerbaijan

[Chubs]

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All your posts discussing the apparently imminent death of the Armenian nation are here where you are welcome to continue: http://forum.hyeclub.com/showthread....Armenia/page48

Thanks Federate.

[burjuin]

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[HyeFighter2]

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Armenia has T80s, we already went over this Hyefighter. There is photographic evidence of this. They are probably not shown in exercises due to the fact that maintenance for it is ridiculous.

Armenia would be able to purchase a small number of T90s or T14s after Russia modernizes, to spear head its modernized T72 force. This is not out of the question, and to frank...modernizing just the T72s to have Kontakt-5 ERA is not going to increase their performance by much...

They both have Kontakt-5 ERA, whatt are you talking about? They both have the same optics, and are most likely the same variant.

Hyefighter, there is a reason why I said T72b3/A...They are largely very similar variants, whereas T72BM/3 has newer optics and ERA. The T72B3 is a downgraded version of T72BM which was based on T72BA. The T72BA only lacks new optics, it has the T90 tracks and its ERA.


Su27? The hell are you talking about?





Lmao, I can't believe I just typed all that crap. It was like 4 in the morning where I live, my brain was turned off at the moment. Ignore it. Ill delete it

ape gloxs mi quni eli, chka Hayastanum T80 esel qezi Su27 masin,karta http://army.lv/ru/su-27/356/5245

[Ak105]

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ape gloxs mi quni eli, chka Hayastanum T80 esel qezi Su27 masin,karta http://army.lv/ru/su-27/356/5245

I never fully understood the whole su 27 thing. Some people confirmed it, while others deny it. I think we did buy it, but we aren't showing it off.

[Federate]

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I never fully understood the whole su 27 thing. Some people confirmed it, while others deny it. I think we did buy it, but we aren't showing it off.

No...

[Chubs]

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I never fully understood the whole su 27 thing. Some people confirmed it, while others deny it. I think we did buy it, but we aren't showing it off.

No, its fully denied by everyone who keeps up on Armenian defense. Slovakia has never had Su-27s in their inventory to sell in the first place, the 10 SU-25Ks Slovakia sold to Armenia were mistaken on some arms export reports for SU-27s. It was a media flop. Armenia has 15-17 SU-25s, 10 from Slovakia, one in bad condition, 2 in Artsakh, the rest she has had.

[Ak105]

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No, its fully denied by everyone who keeps up on Armenian defense. Slovakia has never had Su-27s in their inventory to sell in the first place, the 10 SU-25Ks Slovakia sold to Armenia were mistaken on some arms export reports for SU-27s. It was a media flop. Armenia has 15-17 SU-25s, 10 from Slovakia, one in bad condition, 2 in Artsakh, the rest she has had.

Well thats bad news. One thing that armenia is weak at is its airforce

[argin]

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The National Interest: strategic advantage on Karabakh's side
The situation in the South Caucasus is heating up, with the possibility of military conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan increasing, Jack Mulcaire, an international relations expert, writes in an article published on the website of the The National Interest magazine, Panorama.am reports.

According to the author, in the early 1990s, ethnic tensions between Christian Armenians and Muslim Azerbaijanis in the area resulted in a war, where the Armenian side won. Nagorno Karabakh has been de-facto independent since the end of the war. The mostly Armenian population of Nagorno Karabakh Republic is supported by Armenia. Despite the ceasefire, the war never officially ended, and Azerbaijan still vigorously disputes the status of Nagorno Karabakh, to put it mildly. Armenia is also unlikely to relinquish any lands.

It is pointed out in the article that both sides have significantly rearmed their forces since the war. After the ceasefire, hundreds have died in raids and exchanges of fire, which are increasing in frequency. Since the summer of 2014, these dangerous clashes have taken place almost daily. On November 2014 Azerbaijani forces shot down an Armenian Mi-24 helicopter and there was fighting on the ground as the Armenians attempted to recover bodies from no man’s land. On January 31, 2015, the Nagorno Karabakh Defense Army launched a preemptive attack on several Azerbaijani positions and killed a number of Azerbaijani soldiers.

The author highlights that the Azerbaijani side has significantly increased its military spending over the recent years, and this trend has not abated, despite the global decline of oil prices. Israel has been one of Azerbaijan’s strongest defense partners for several years now, and as a result of this relationship, the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan have acquired Israeli drones.

In its turn, Armenian military is also spending as if it predicts a war. Armenia and Russia carefully preserve the uncertainty about the acquisition of Iskanders, which could provide a way for Armenia to hit the Azerbaijani Air Force on the ground in Azerbaijan. Since 2012, Armenia has also invested heavily in Russian-supplied upgrades for its large numbers of existing armor and artillery and in domestically-produced drone systems.

The author also points to the strategic and very defensible terrain of Armenia. “Armenian forces already control all of Karabakh’s main roads, population centers and the sources of water and electricity. To reach them, Azeri forces would have to cross steep, rugged mountains that are heavily fortified by well-equipped local Armenian forces. To the north, the Armenian zone of Karabakh is accessible only via the treacherous Omar Pass over the Murovdag mountain range. Azeri forces entering Karabakh from the east would have to pass through a hole in the mountains that is only about 2.5 kilometer squares wide at the town of Askeran in order to reach Karabakh’s main city of Stepanakert. Getting past these geographic barriers will not be easy. Karabakh’s water and electricity originate from the hydroelectric dam at the Sarsang Reservoir, and the main road to Armenia proper passes through the Lachin corridor, both of which are even farther and more inaccessible for any hypothetical Azeri operation in Karabakh,'' the article reads.

[Chubs]

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The Russians want the conflict to stay frozen for as long as possible, so they are equipping both sides to the point where the weapons that will be used will assure MAD for both countries. Its actually pretty smart.

[Eddo211]

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ape gloxs mi quni eli, chka Hayastanum T80 esel qezi Su27 masin,karta http://army.lv/ru/su-27/356/5245

lol HyeFighter2.....one thing I can promise everyone is that >>>>no Flanker for Armenian pilots. None, zero, zip<<<<<

If you see them in Armenia then they belong to the Russian base.