Nagorno-Karabagh: Military Balance Between Armenia & Azerbaijan

[Federate]

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S.Sarkisyan in the NKR-Artsakh:

I'm digging SS's sweater. He should wear that more often, kinda like how Castro wears his military fatigues :-)))

[burjuin]

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Sarkisian Threatens ‘Final Strike’ On Azerbaijan

14.11.2010
Lusine Musayelian

Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh will deal a “devastating and final” blow to Azerbaijan if it attempts to resolve their conflict by force, President Serzh Sarkisian warned at the weekend after monitoring large-scale military exercises held by Karabakh Armenian troops.

Sarkisian as well as Defense Minister Seyran Ohanian and Karabakh’s top political and military leaders inspected Armenian frontline positions east of the disputed territory on Friday before attending the final phase of the drills held in the same area since November 1. He then discussed the situation in the conflict zone with the top brass of the Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army closely integrated with the armed forces of Armenia proper.

“The military exercises, which were maximally adapted to a combat situation, must be a warning to others,” Sarkisian told them. “If push suddenly comes to shove, we will manage not just to repeat what happened in 1992-1994 but to finally resolve the conflict and the issue will be closed once and for all.”

“We never wanted war, we were simply compelled to defend our homeland at that time,” he said, referring to the first Armenian-Azerbaijani. “We will not attack first now either. But if the moment arrives, if they force us, our strike must be devastating and final this time around.”

Sarkisian, who commanded Karabakh Armenian forces during the war, confirmed that the exercises were held in response to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s growing threats to reconquer Karabakh and Azerbaijani districts surrounding them. Aliyev reiterated those threats as he visited Azerbaijani-controlled territories across the heavily fortified “line of contact” earlier in the week.

The Azerbaijani Defense Ministry dismissed the Karabakh exercises as a publicity stunt on Saturday. “Their exercises now resemble children’s games,” ministry spokesman Eldar Sabiroglu told the APA news agency.

Sabiroglu claimed that the Armenians are too cash-strapped to stage genuine war games. He said they have held more than a dozen exercises this year involving only “five or six tanks” and “sometimes a couple of salvos.”

Azerbaijani news agencies reported on Friday, however, that residents of four Azerbaijani districts close to the frontline have heard over 100 powerful explosions from the Armenian side in recent days. Citing local residents, the government-linked APA suggested that the Karabakh Armenians are holding their biggest ever exercises.

A military official in Stepanakert likewise said on Saturday that the latest drills “stand out in terms of the quantity and quality of forces involved.”

http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2219753.html

[ninetoyadome]

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Thats a very good response. to bad now azeris will be crying to NATO and the OSCE that Armenia is threatening them. Also can anyone tell me what the azeris claim regarding Artsakh? is it that they claim Stalin gave Artsakh to the Armenians or what? Because if that is what they claim then why would Armenia attack if we got the land?

[Mos]

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Azeris won't attack, they have to much to lose if they do.

[Tigranakert]

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Thats a very good response. to bad now azeris will be crying to NATO and the OSCE that Armenia is threatening them. Also can anyone tell me what the azeris claim regarding Artsakh? is it that they claim Stalin gave Artsakh to the Armenians or what? Because if that is what they claim then why would Armenia attack if we got the land?

They claim everything is ancient Azerbaijani. From Artsakh, to Yerevan and Echmiatseen. From Duduk to the compositions of Aram Khachaturian. They want us dead, and they want to erase our history. It's what Turks want and always have wanted, now and in the future.

[ArmeniaR1]

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1C5y_9EmGw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQ9z6BoJxpE

[Eddo211]

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I'm digging SS's sweater. He should wear that more often, kinda like how Castro wears his military fatigues :-)))

Used to have one of them sweaters (minus front pocket) until I wore it down to a rag.....good durable high performance material and nice design.


BTW, well said by Armenia's President in response to Aliyev’s latest threat which comes just two days after Secretary of State Hilary Clinton told him that the NKR conflict with Armenia must b solved peacefully.

Aliyev:
"This is the last chance for Armenia to leave the occupied lands voluntarily for the sake of its own future and its own security. Today our army is able to solve any task,"

Sarkisyan:
"Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh will deal a devastating and final blow to Azerbaijan if it attempts to resolve their conflict by force. We never wanted war, we were simply compelled to defend our homeland at that time........we will not attack first now either. But if the moment arrives, if they force us, our strike must be devastating and final this time around."

[burjuin]

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Military exercises in the NKR-Artsakh:

[londontsi]

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Military exercises in the NKR-Artsakh:

Any idea if this is an air dropped beast?

[Karabed]

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPfGCcagCFc