Nagorno-Karabagh: Military Balance Between Armenia & Azerbaijan

[burjuin]

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Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army."Ehnikner" Mountain Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division.

[Spetsnaz]

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Guys check this

http://en.apa.az/xeber_azerbaijani_military_shoots_down_one_mor_229445.html

According to Azerbaijan, Armenia operates Chinese made DJI Inspire1 Quadcopter.

[Federate]

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Guys check this

http://en.apa.az/xeber_azerbaijani_military_shoots_down_one_mor_229445.html

According to Azerbaijan, Armenia operates Chinese made DJI Inspire1 Quadcopter.

You can buy this "drone" from Amazon for a little under $3000 FREE shipping included! http://www.amazon.com/DJI-T600-Inspi.../dp/B00PQISFOE

[Shant03]

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Why are you guys so sure this isn't true?

[Federate]

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Why are you guys so sure this isn't true?

Let's assume it is true that this was operated by Armenia and was "shot down" by Azerbaijan. It's still just a $3000 quadropter that anyone can get. An inexpensive way to spy on front lines. You can shoot these things down with bullets if you're a great shot and when you send these over the front line, you know that the odds of it being shot down or it crashing/malfunctioning are higher than sending actual military drones. These types of "drones" are used in Syria all the time, even by ISIS and Al-Qaeda.

Still awaiting proof for the first two Armenian drones Azerbaijan shot down though. Their lack of credibility is why we are often doubtful of their claims. Remember this? http://www.olke.az/olke-2/vurulan-er...fotolari-14222

[Shant03]

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I see no shame in our drone/quadcopter getting shot down. It actually makes me happy knowing Armenia is actively spying on them. But I agree, their credibility is as believable as their "history".

[Shant03]

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This morning the combat helicopters of Azerbaijan's Air Forces have carried flights on the front line in direction of Fizuli.

According to Oxu.Az, local residents have informed AzeriDefence about this. They said our combat helicopters have carried the group flights close to the front line.

In turn, Azerbaijan's Defense Ministry has confirmed this fact in responde to AzeriDefence's request.
The press service for the ministry reported that in line with the plan of combat readiness, the aviation divisions of the marine forces of Azerbaijan is constantly operating flights along the front line.

http://www.news.az/articles/99400

[Shant03]

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STEPANAKERT, July 7. /ARKA/. The OSCE mission is carrying out its regular monitoring on the line of contact between Nagorno-Karabakh and Azerbaijan, Martuni direction, on Wednesday July 8, , the press office of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) reports.

The monitoring has been agreed upon with the NKR authorities.

Field assistants to Personal Representative of OSCE Chairman-in-Office Irji Aberle (Czech Republic) and Hristo Hristov (Bulgaria) will be monitoring the situation from the NKR army of defense side.

NKR’s authorities say they are ready to provide support and ensure safety of the OSCE mission members, according to the report. - See more at: http://arka.am/en/news/politics/osce....cejYEO7I.dpuf

http://arka.am/en/news/politics/osce_mission_will_carry_out_monitoring_on_karabakh_azerbaijan_line_of_contact/

[burjuin]

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Armenia dismisses Azerbaijani reports about another drone
18:49, 07.07.2015
Region:Karabakh, Azerbaijan
Theme: Society, Incidents


YEREVAN. – The Armenian Defense Ministry has dismissed the Azerbaijani media reports about another drone allegedly shot down by Azerbaijan.

“They can show toys (as it is done on photos showed by Azerbaijani side) every day if they want and if this increases the morale of their people and army,” said Artsrun Hovhannisyan, spokesperson for Armenian Defense Ministry.

Several days ago Azerbaijani media reported about “two Armenian drones shot down by Azerbaijan”. The reports appeared to be untrue.
Armenia News - NEWS.am

http://news.am/eng/news/275863.html

[Federate]

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Armenia Eyes Russian ‘Long-Range’ Weapons

Sargis Harutyunyan
Հրապարակված է՝ 07.07.2015

Armenia will spend a $200 million loan provided by Russia buying, among other things, “long-range” Russian-made weapons, the Defense Ministry in Yerevan said on Tuesday.

“With that sum we will acquire new military hardware, including both offensive and defensive weapons, as well as new equipment as part of our program of a large-scale modernization of the army,” the ministry spokesman, Artsrun Hovannisian, told RFE/RL’s Armenian service (Azatutyun.am).

Hovannisian declined to shed more light on those weapons, saying only that Armenia has not had some of them in its military arsenal until now.

The Russian “export credit” repayable in 13 years is designed to finance fresh Russian arms supplies to the Armenian Armed Forces. Officials in Yerevan say they will be purchased at discount prices.

A Russian-Armenian agreement on the loan disbursement was signed on June 26 and ratified by Armenia’s parliament on July 2. The ratification coincided with a report by Russia’s official TASS news agency saying that Moscow and Yerevan are now negotiating on the delivery of advanced Iskander-M missiles to the Armenian army.

Hovannisian declined to deny or confirm the report. “I cannot say anything concrete,” he said. “We are discussing with the Russian side acquisition of various types of offensive weaponry.” Those include long-range weapons, he added without elaborating.

With a firing range of around 500 kilometers, the Iskander-M systems are one of the most potent weapons of their kind that could have important implications for the military balance in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. In particular, they would make Azerbaijan’s vital oil and gas infrastructure even more vulnerable to Armenian missile strikes in the event of a renewed war for Karabakh.

Russia has not exported Iskander-Ms to any foreign state so far.

News of the latest Russian-Armenian arms dealings emerged amid street protests in Yerevan against a controversial electricity price hike initiated by Armenia’s Russian-owned power distribution monopoly. The nonstop protests seem to have raised fears in Moscow of the kind of Western-backed revolution that toppled Ukraine’s pro-Russian government last year. Observers have suggested that the Russians are now trying to placate disgruntled Armenians and shore up President Serzh Sarkisian’s positions.

Manvel Sargsian, director of the Armenian Center for National and International Studies, described the Russian military aid as a “political gesture” to Yerevan. “That political gesture seems to have been taken seriously by everyone,” he said.

Azerbaijan, meanwhile, expressed concern at the Russian loan. An Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry spokesman said the weapons to be purchased with that loan must not be deployed on “Azerbaijan’s territories occupied by Armenia.”

Azerbaijan itself has bought at least $4 billion of Russian weapons in the last several years. The Russian-Azerbaijani defense contracts have been criticized by Armenia’s government, opposition groups and media.

http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/27114731.html