Re: Nagorno-Karabagh: Military Balance Between Armenia & Azerbaijan
Well...here are a couple of reasons:
1. Both, aircrafts and choppers, can operate well in mountainous terrain, where the coverage of anti-aircraft systems can be weak.
2. They are still effective for surprise attacks flying low below AA coverage
3. In case the enemy enters your territory you can use the aircraft over your own borders for defensive missions (i.e. striking the enemy within your own borders)
4. If you manage to hit the enemies AA sites with you long range missiles, having an airforce would be a big advantage
5. I'm not familiar with the type of radars our Su-25s have...but if they can be equipped with long range AA missiles...they can mean hell even for the Azeri MiG-29s...Airforce is no longer about dogfights..it's about having the best radars and best missiles.
6. You can expect that in a possible war scenario the AA coverage over the battlefield (specially the AA coverage of the attacking force) cannot be optimal. Gaps will be created and the airforce can effectively strike targets within these gaps.
I hope someone can inform us of what missiles and armaments our planes and helicopters actually utilize...and if they can give us an idea of the radar coverage of our planes...
Originally posted by argin
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1. Both, aircrafts and choppers, can operate well in mountainous terrain, where the coverage of anti-aircraft systems can be weak.
2. They are still effective for surprise attacks flying low below AA coverage
3. In case the enemy enters your territory you can use the aircraft over your own borders for defensive missions (i.e. striking the enemy within your own borders)
4. If you manage to hit the enemies AA sites with you long range missiles, having an airforce would be a big advantage
5. I'm not familiar with the type of radars our Su-25s have...but if they can be equipped with long range AA missiles...they can mean hell even for the Azeri MiG-29s...Airforce is no longer about dogfights..it's about having the best radars and best missiles.
6. You can expect that in a possible war scenario the AA coverage over the battlefield (specially the AA coverage of the attacking force) cannot be optimal. Gaps will be created and the airforce can effectively strike targets within these gaps.
I hope someone can inform us of what missiles and armaments our planes and helicopters actually utilize...and if they can give us an idea of the radar coverage of our planes...
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