Nagorno-Karabagh: Military Balance Between Armenia & Azerbaijan

[Eddo211]

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Armenia was known to train the best archers (women as well) and breed the best war horses.

[ArmeniaR1]

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[londontsi]

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Good looking out! They look pretty similar.]

It's a bit like . . . " All Chinese look alike " !!

[retro]

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Armenia was known to train the best archers (women as well) and breed the best war horses.

Thanks Eddo,

Archers where very effective, right up until the development of plate armour and often helped to supported armies by hunting for game.

[arakeretzig]

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http://en.trend.az/news/karabakh/1800240.html

Azerbaijani Defense ministry accuses Armenia of violating ceasefire (UPDATE)
20.12.2010 13:37


Details added

Azerbaijan, Baku, Dec. 20 / Trend K.Zarbaliyeva /

The Azerbaijani Defense Ministry has warned that violation of the ceasefire by the Armenian Armed Forces will lead to heavy consequences.

"The fact that the Armenian Armed Forces violate the ceasefire at a time of the ongoing talks on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict resolution will bring no good consequences," Ministry spokesman Eldar Sabiroglu told journalists.

Despite the recent agreement on maintaining the ceasefire, the Armenian Armed Forces have continued the sabotage, Sabiroglu said, adding that "the enemy launched artillery shell at 21:30 on Dec.17 and it created tensions on the front line."

The investigations revealed that a 122-millimeter rocket high-explosive shell fell near the Borsunlu settlement controlled by the Azerbaijani Armed Forces. It is assumed that the shell was fired from a distance of 15-16 kilometers. Since the shell was fired at night, the trajectory of the projectile was tracked. Although the sound of the explosion and shock waves were felt in nearby villages, no casualties was fixed," Sabiroglu said.

The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian Armed Forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan since 1992, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and 7 surrounding districts.

Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France, and the U.S. - are currently holding the peace negotiations.

Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding regions.

[Mos]

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Funny, talking about how many times Azeris fire on Armenian positions, or have even attacked Armenian positions like after the March 1 events, where they attacked got their asses kicked and left all their supplies and dead, and fled.....Fact of the matter is Azeris are no fighters and stand very little chance against Karabakh fighters who will give anything for their lands...

[AstalaVist]

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ՀՀ զինված ուժերը 2010 թվականն ամփոփում են նոր ձեռքբերումներով
ՀՀ զինված ուժերի հակաօդային պաշտպանության զորքերի և Հայաստանում տեղակայված ռուսական 102-րդ ռազմակայանի համագործակցության արդյունքում բացվեց հակաօդային պաշտպանության համատեղ հրամանատարական կետ, որը ի զորու է գերժամանակակից սարքավորումներով վայրկյանների ճշգրտությամբ գրանցել օդային սահմաններին սպառնացող վտանգը և համակարգված կերպով կառավարել օդային թիրախների խոցումը:
Հակաօդային պաշտպանության համատեղ հրամանատարական կետի բացման հանդիսավոր արարողությանը ներկա է եղել նաև ՀՀ պաշտպանության նախարար Սեյրան Օհանյանը: Կարևորելով հակաօդային պաշտպանության համատեղ հրամանատարական կետի բացումը` Սեյրան Օհանյանը նշել է, որ դա Հայաստանի և Ռուսաստանի միջև ռազմական համագործակցության որակական նոր հարթություն է և խոսում է երկու երկրների հարաբերությունների ռազմավարական բնույթի մասին:
ՀՀ պաշտպանության նախարարը մասնակցել է նաև ՀՀ զինված ուժերի հակաօդային պաշտպանության զորամասերից մեկի բանակային շինությունների բացման արարողությանը, ծանոթացել զորանոցային պայմաններին ու գերճշգրիտ s-300 զենիթահրթիռային համակարգերի աշխատանքին:
ՀՀ պաշտպանության նախարարն այցելել է նաև ռազմական արդյունաբերության ձեռնարկություններից մեկը և ծանոթացել ռազմական ինքնաթիռների վերանորոգման նորակառույց արտադրամասի պայմաններին:

ՀՀ ՊՆ տեղեկատվության և հասարակայնության հետ կապերի վարչություն

[ninetoyadome]

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Armenia Confirms Possession Of Sophisticated Missiles
Monday, 20 December 2010 09:56 |

RFE/RL -- Armenia officially acknowledged on Monday that its armed forces are equipped with Russian-made surface-to-air missiles widely regarded as one of the world’s most potent anti-aircraft weapons.
The Defense Ministry in Yerevan said Defense Minister Seyran Ohanian visited one of the Armenian army’s anti-aircraft units and “familiarized himself with the work of the state-of-the-art S-300 air-defense systems” over the weekend. A ministry statement said he also inspected new facilities built there.

Originally designed in the Soviet Union in the late 1970s and repeatedly upgraded since then, the systems have a firing range of up to 200 kilometers. Their radars can simultaneously track up to 100 targets, including both aircraft and cruise missiles.



Russia deployed at least one battery of S-300s in Armenia in the late 1990s, significantly beefing up its military base stationed there. Russian and Armenian forces have since been jointly protecting Armenia’s airspace. Their integrated air-defense system was given a “regional” status by the Russian-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) in early 2007.

Top Russian military officials said at the time that Moscow has further upgraded Armenia’s anti-aircraft capacity and trained Armenian specialists to operate S-300s. The Armenian military confirmed that, saying the training process began in 2005. It would not clarify until now whether the Russians have actually transferred such weapons to their Armenian ally.

Speaking to RFE/RL’s Armenian service, Defense Ministry spokesman Davit Karapetian confirmed that the Armenian army now has S-300s in its missile arsenal. He declined to specify their number and dates of delivery.

According to the Defense Ministry statement, Ohanian inspected the Armenian S-300s after inaugurating a new Russian-Armenian “air-defense command point” possessing “state-of-the-art equipment.” The statement quoted him as saying that the development raised Russian-Armenian military cooperation to a “qualitatively new plane.”

The announcement follows media reports that Moscow is planning to sell two batteries of S-300 to Azerbaijan, in a deal worth $300 million. The reports, not denied by Russian officials, have raised concern in Armenia and Karabakh.

Opposition groups there say the long-range missiles would seriously limit the Armenian military’s ability to hit strategic targets in Azerbaijan and would thereby encourage Baku to try to resolve the Karabakh dispute by force.

Ohanian dismissed such concerns in an August interview with RFE/RL’s Armenian service. “We are very familiar with those systems, we have been exploiting them for quite a long time, and we know the possibilities of reducing the effectiveness of such systems,” he said.

“Even in case of acquiring those systems, Azerbaijan will need quite a lot of time to develop an integrated radio-technical system catering for them,” added the minister.

http://www.armeniadiaspora.com/business/84-news/2025-armenia-confirms-possession-of-sophisticated-missiles.html

and about the ceasefire violation

Karabakh Armenians Deny Rocket Fire
Monday, 20 December 2010 09:52 |

RFE/RL -- Nagorno-Karabakh’s armed forces on Monday strongly denied firing a rocket at Azerbaijani army positions in a ceasefire violation alleged by Baku.
The Azerbaijani Defense Ministry claimed that the 122-milimeter caliber shell exploded near an Azerbaijani village northeast of Karabakh on Friday. “This blatant ceasefire violation by the Armenian armed forces will not lead to good consequences,” ministry spokesman Eldar Sabiroglu told the Trend news agency.

A spokesman for the Karabakh Armenian army, Senor Hasratian, dismissed the claim as “yet another Azerbaijani provocation.”

In a written statement, Hasratian said the Azerbaijani military is trying to dodge responsibility for what he said was a fire at one of its ammunitions depots located close to the Armenian-Azerbaijani “line of contact.” He said a reconnaissance unit of the Karabakh army witnessed explosions caused by the fire.

While ceasefire violations along this and other sections of the fortified frontline are common, they usually involve small arms. The warring sides are not known to have used heavy artillery in skirmishes since a 1994 Russian-mediated truce agreement.

http://www.armeniadiaspora.com/business/84-news/2024-karabakh-armenians-deny-rocket-fire.html

[AstalaVist]

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This is the top news in ntvmsnbc.com which is the most important/popular news website in Turkey..

http://www.ntvmsnbc.com/id/25162709/

[ArmeniaR1]

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Are those the same systems?