Nagorno-Karabagh: Military Balance Between Armenia & Azerbaijan

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CSTO “Indestructible Brotherhood 2015” military exercises in Armenia

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Will Azerbaijan receive the BMP-3s it oredered in 2011?
It's worth noting that Azerbaijan paid $220M for 91 BMP-3s, $2.4M per unit. Whereas, it could have bought 400 BMP-2s for $220M. The cost of one BMP-3 does not justify it's capablity. That's according to razm.info, which I completely agree with.

Ադրբեջանն իր ԲՄՊ-3 հետևակի մարտական մեքենաները կստանա 2016-ին
Posted on Դեկտեմբեր 26, 2015 by Գարիկ Հարությունյան | Leave a comment
Դեռևս 2011-ին Ադրբեջանի պատվիրած ԲՄՊ-3 հետևակի մարտական մեքենաների մատակարարումը Ռուսաստանն ավարտելու է 2016-ին։ Այս մասին ռուսաստանյան «ՏԱՍՍ» գործակալությանը հայտնել է ՀՄՄ-ներն արտադրող «Տրակտորային գործարաններ» ընկերության ներկայացուցիչը։

Ադրբեջանի ԲՄՊ-3 հետևակի մարտական մեքենան, 2013թ․
Ադրբեջանի ԲՄՊ-3 հետևակի մարտական մեքենան, 2013թ․
Ադրբեջանի և Ռուսաստանի այս գործարքի մասին հայտնի էր դարձել շատ ավելի շուտ՝ դեռևս 2013-ի դեկտեմբերին։ Ըստ գործարքի՝ Ռուսաստանը Ադրբեջանին 220 մլն ամերիկյան դոլարի դիմաց մատակարարելու էր 91 միավոր ԲՄՊ-3 հետևակի մարտական մեքենաներ (մեկ միավորի համար մոտ 2,4 մլն դոլար)։

Տեղեկությունը հայտնող ռուսաստանյան «Զենքի համաշխարհային առևտրի վերլուծության կենտրոնը» նշում էր, որ պայմանագիրը կնքվել է 2011-ին, և այն ժամանակ նախատեսվում էր, որ մատակարարումը կավարտվի 2013-ին։

Իր ավելի ուշ՝ 2015թ. նոյեմբերին հրապարակած զեկույցում, սակայն, նույն կենտրոնը նշել է, որ գործարքը կատարվելու է 2013-2015 թվականներին, ինչը նույնպես, փաստացի, չի հաջողվել։

Ադրբեջանի՝ ԲՄՊ-3 հետևակի մարտական մեքենաներ գնելու վերաբերյալ առաջարկում ենք կարդալ նաև «ԲՄՊ-3, թե՞ ԲՄՊ-2. Ադրբեջանի կնքած գործարքի համատեքստում» հոդվածը։

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Azerbaijan Plans More Modest Defense Budget In 2016

Four years after declaring that its annual military expenditure has surpassed Armenia’s entire state budget worth about $3 billion, Azerbaijan reportedly plans to spend only $1.2 billion on defense and security in 2016.

The collapse of international oil prices and the resulting sharp depreciation of the Azerbaijani national currency, the manat, may have put an end to a decade-long massive military buildup which Baku hoped will help it win back Nagorno-Karabakh and other Armenian-controlled territories.

The oil-rich country’s government is to cut its total expenditure by as much as 23 percent, to 16.3 billion manats in accordance with its budget for 2016 passed by the Azerbaijani parliamentary in October. Last week’s further devaluation of the manat slashed the budget’s dollar-denominated value from $15.5 billion to $10.5 billion.

As recently as a year ago, the Azerbaijani Finance Minister Samir Sharifov claimed that despite falling crude prices Azerbaijan’s defense spending will grow by more than a quarter in 2015 to 3.8 billion manats, then the equivalent of $4.8 billion. He emphasized the fact that Armenia’s total budget spending is projected at only $3.2 billion.

“Azerbaijan’s armed forces need better equipment as Armenia continues its occupation policy in defiance of international law,” the Bloomberg news agency quoted Sharifov as saying.

Shortly afterwards, the Azerbaijani news agency APA reported that the 2015 budget commits the Azerbaijani government to spending only 3.3 billion manats on “military institutions.” Those included not only the armed forces but also interior troops, the National Security Ministry and other security services.

APA and other state-controlled Azerbaijani media only added to the confusion when they said this fall, citing government data, that Azerbaijan’s defense budget will grow from 1.78 billion manats in 2015 to 1.84 billion manats in 2016. In contrast to previous years, they presented no breakdowns of this spending target. Accordingly, there was no word on allocations to “special defense projects,” an apparent official euphemism for the arms procurements from foreign states.

Azerbaijan – Defense Minister Safar Abiyev and President Ilham Aliyev at military parade in Baku to mark 93rd anniversary of Armed Forces, 26Jun2011
Azerbaijan – Defense Minister Safar Abiyev and President Ilham Aliyev at military parade in Baku to mark 93rd anniversary of Armed Forces, 26Jun2011
Azerbaijan’s defense budget was worth only $175 million at the start of President Ilham Aliyev’s rule in 2004. It skyrocketed in the following years as the country reaped the benefits of its contracts signed with a BP-led oil consortium in the late 1990s. In 2011, Aliyev declared that Azerbaijani military spending has reached $3.1 billion, surpassing Armenia’s entire state budget worth $2.8 billion at the time. He has since repeatedly portrayed that as further proof of a “widening gap” between Azerbaijan and Armenia which will eventually allow his nation to regain control over Karabakh.

The actual level of that spending has been a matter of contention, however, and not just because Baku’s official defense budget figures have included funds allocated to not only the Azerbaijani army but also law-enforcement bodies.

Writing for the London-based Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) last January, Emil Sanamyan, a Washington-based analyst, questioned the Aliyev administration’s claims that it spent $20 billion on defense from 2010 through 2015. Sanamyan argued that Azerbaijan reportedly purchased a combined $7 billion worth of weapons from its key suppliers -- Russia, Israel, Turkey and Belarus -- during that period. The Azertbaijani army is unlikely to have absorbed the remaining $13 billion, he said, pointing to its virtually unchanged size and the absence of sharp pay rises for Azerbaijani military personnel.

“Judging by itemized spending since 2011, Azerbaijan may have overstated its actual military spending by more than $1 billion annually so that this spending would appear larger than Armenia's budget,” said Sanamyan. He suggested that this was done for bullying the Armenians into offering more concessions to Baku on Karabakh.

At any rate, the collapse of the oil prices and the manat’s value against the U.S. dollar makes it extremely difficult for Baku to carry on with its military spending spree. The crisis has already translated into some embarrassing economic statistics for Aliyev: at less than $300 a month, the official average wage in Azerbaijan is now considerably lower than that in resource-poor Armenia. Azerbaijan has earned over $116 billion in oil revenues since 2001.

Armenia, whose 2016 defense budget is projected at 208 billion drams ($433 million), has sought to offset the Azerbaijani military buildup with close military ties with Russia, which have enabled it to receive large quantities of Russian-made weapons at discount prices or even for free.

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A few amazing sentences to end that article...!

At any rate, the collapse of the oil prices and the manat’s value against the U.S. dollar makes it extremely difficult for Baku to carry on with its military spending spree. The crisis has already translated into some embarrassing economic statistics for Aliyev: at less than $300 a month, the official average wage in Azerbaijan is now considerably lower than that in resource-poor Armenia. Azerbaijan has earned over $116 billion in oil revenues since 2001.

Armenia, whose 2016 defense budget is projected at 208 billion drams ($433 million), has sought to offset the Azerbaijani military buildup with close military ties with Russia, which have enabled it to receive large quantities of Russian-made weapons at discount prices or even for free.

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Azerbaijan Plans More Modest Defense Budget In 2016

Four years after declaring that its annual military expenditure has surpassed Armenia’s entire state budget worth about $3 billion, Azerbaijan reportedly plans to spend only $1.2 billion on defense and security in 2016.

The collapse of international oil prices and the resulting sharp depreciation of the Azerbaijani national currency, the manat, may have put an end to a decade-long massive military buildup which Baku hoped will help it win back Nagorno-Karabakh and other Armenian-controlled territories.

The oil-rich country’s government is to cut its total expenditure by as much as 23 percent, to 16.3 billion manats in accordance with its budget for 2016 passed by the Azerbaijani parliamentary in October. Last week’s further devaluation of the manat slashed the budget’s dollar-denominated value from $15.5 billion to $10.5 billion.

As recently as a year ago, the Azerbaijani Finance Minister Samir Sharifov claimed that despite falling crude prices Azerbaijan’s defense spending will grow by more than a quarter in 2015 to 3.8 billion manats, then the equivalent of $4.8 billion. He emphasized the fact that Armenia’s total budget spending is projected at only $3.2 billion.

“Azerbaijan’s armed forces need better equipment as Armenia continues its occupation policy in defiance of international law,” the Bloomberg news agency quoted Sharifov as saying.

Shortly afterwards, the Azerbaijani news agency APA reported that the 2015 budget commits the Azerbaijani government to spending only 3.3 billion manats on “military institutions.” Those included not only the armed forces but also interior troops, the National Security Ministry and other security services.

APA and other state-controlled Azerbaijani media only added to the confusion when they said this fall, citing government data, that Azerbaijan’s defense budget will grow from 1.78 billion manats in 2015 to 1.84 billion manats in 2016. In contrast to previous years, they presented no breakdowns of this spending target. Accordingly, there was no word on allocations to “special defense projects,” an apparent official euphemism for the arms procurements from foreign states.

Azerbaijan – Defense Minister Safar Abiyev and President Ilham Aliyev at military parade in Baku to mark 93rd anniversary of Armed Forces, 26Jun2011
Azerbaijan – Defense Minister Safar Abiyev and President Ilham Aliyev at military parade in Baku to mark 93rd anniversary of Armed Forces, 26Jun2011
Azerbaijan’s defense budget was worth only $175 million at the start of President Ilham Aliyev’s rule in 2004. It skyrocketed in the following years as the country reaped the benefits of its contracts signed with a BP-led oil consortium in the late 1990s. In 2011, Aliyev declared that Azerbaijani military spending has reached $3.1 billion, surpassing Armenia’s entire state budget worth $2.8 billion at the time. He has since repeatedly portrayed that as further proof of a “widening gap” between Azerbaijan and Armenia which will eventually allow his nation to regain control over Karabakh.

The actual level of that spending has been a matter of contention, however, and not just because Baku’s official defense budget figures have included funds allocated to not only the Azerbaijani army but also law-enforcement bodies.

Writing for the London-based Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) last January, Emil Sanamyan, a Washington-based analyst, questioned the Aliyev administration’s claims that it spent $20 billion on defense from 2010 through 2015. Sanamyan argued that Azerbaijan reportedly purchased a combined $7 billion worth of weapons from its key suppliers -- Russia, Israel, Turkey and Belarus -- during that period. The Azertbaijani army is unlikely to have absorbed the remaining $13 billion, he said, pointing to its virtually unchanged size and the absence of sharp pay rises for Azerbaijani military personnel.

“Judging by itemized spending since 2011, Azerbaijan may have overstated its actual military spending by more than $1 billion annually so that this spending would appear larger than Armenia's budget,” said Sanamyan. He suggested that this was done for bullying the Armenians into offering more concessions to Baku on Karabakh.

At any rate, the collapse of the oil prices and the manat’s value against the U.S. dollar makes it extremely difficult for Baku to carry on with its military spending spree. The crisis has already translated into some embarrassing economic statistics for Aliyev: at less than $300 a month, the official average wage in Azerbaijan is now considerably lower than that in resource-poor Armenia. Azerbaijan has earned over $116 billion in oil revenues since 2001.

Armenia, whose 2016 defense budget is projected at 208 billion drams ($433 million), has sought to offset the Azerbaijani military buildup with close military ties with Russia, which have enabled it to receive large quantities of Russian-made weapons at discount prices or even for free.

Is it safe to say that's further devaluation, inevitable as they're all running to the banks, will decrease their dollar denominated budget from $10 billion to much less? This is going to be a great year for Armenia.

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Baboon economy at its best.

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Baboon economy at its best.

$116 billion dollars. It's hard to fathom. In all its years, the ArmeniaFund has raised less than $300 million. I can't imagine what you would be able to accomplish with $116 billion if you had even a remotely functioning government. God Bless Aliyev

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2016 will begin under motto ‘Karabakh land will burn under feet of Armenian invaders’ – Azerbaijani defense minister

Baku – APA. Azerbaijani Defense Minister, Colonel General Zakir Hasanov congratulated the personnel of the Armed Forces on the occasion of December 31- Solidarity Day of World Azerbaijanis and New Year.

The minister noted that 2015 was full of significant events for the Azerbaijani people and state, as well as its armed forces.



“Under the leadership of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief, in 2015 army material readiness reached the highest level, social problems of the military personnel were consecutively solved, the army was provided with sophisticated weapons and equipment, and training of highly qualified specialists was successfully continues,” said Hasanov.

He added that large-scale command and staff exercises held in 2015 once again demonstrated the power of the Azerbaijani Army and played an important role in the improvement of combat experience of servicemen and retired military personnel.

The minister said that the high morale, sense of patriotism, moral and psychological readiness of armed forces enable the liberation of Khankendi, Shusha, Lachin and other occupied native lands and ensuring the territorial integrity of the country.

“The ceasefire regime is being violated along the Azerbaijan-Armenia border on a daily basis. Our positions come under intensive fire. Nevertheless, Azerbaijani soldiers stand vigilant and brave on guard of the homeland. The army is responding to the enemy with deserved retaliatory fire, detecting their sabotage attempts beforehand, and inflicting serious losses on their manpower and combat equipment. Those martyred on in battles are being avenged tenfold,” said the minister.

Hasanov noted that the service of Azerbaijani soldiers has always been appreciated by the country’s leadership, relationship between the army and the people are getting stronger, and the people grow in their confidence in the army.

“I do believe that you – with your loyal service to the homeland, people, and state – will justify this confidence, stand ready for the order of Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and give our people glad tidings of victory in 2016 – the year we are going to start with the motto ‘The Karabakh land will burn under the feet of the Armenian invaders’,” said the defense minister.

On the eve of the holidays, we remember our martyrs with respect, extend our heartfelt congratulations to their parents and family members, soldiers who have sacrificed their health fighting for the motherland, veterans of war and the Armed Forces, our soldiers serving at the contact line with the enemy as well as those on combat duty and on guard, and those serving within peacekeeping force in foreign countries. I wish them robust health, family happiness, and success in their service. I wish 2016 becomes the year of victory and Karabakh’s liberation from occupation!” said Hasanov.

http://en.apa.az/xeber_2016_will_begin_under_motto____karabakh_la_237137.html