Nagorno-Karabagh: Military Balance Between Armenia & Azerbaijan

[arakeretzig]

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S-300's near 3 km. to Arstakh..
This is very important step for air defense of terrority..

could this help defend Stepanakert? S-300PT-1 has a 100km radius as far as i recall. Maybe they have specifically placed it in syunik for that purpose, not that far from Artsakh, and yet not in artsakh incase Azeris try to bomb it, they'll have to bomb armenia's territory, which is alot bigger deal, it's pretty smart thinking from the armenian side.

[Mos]

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Azerbaijan also has S-300's, given by Russia of course.

[Federate]

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Azerbaijan also has S-300's, given by Russia of course.

Was that ever officially confirmed by Russia? I thought they were denying it. Anyway they might only be useful against long-range missiles given the fact that Armenia's air force is virtually non-existent.

[Mos]

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Was that ever officially confirmed by Russia? I thought they were denying it. Anyway they might only be useful against long-range missiles given the fact that Armenia's air force is virtually non-existent.

Of course they will deny it, but there's no doubt that Azeris got S-300 from them...

http://en.rian.ru/mlitary_news/20100729/159989155.html

http://www.eurasianet.org/node/61749

http://www.worldbulletin.net/index.php?aType=haber&ArticleID=61975

[Eddo211]

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Azerbaijan spend the oil windfall to buy the old weapons, and it's just money laundering
If Azerbaijan was convinced that the Armenian army is unable to resist their provocations, then the day would not have to wait for the outbreak of war. This was stated in an interview with a reporter panorama.am chairman of the Standing Committee on Defence, National Security and Internal Affairs, member of the ARF Karapetyan, responding to a request for comment on past incidents of ceasefire violations by the enemy.

"They are confident that our army is fighting capacity, and its weaponry is not inferior to Azerbaijan, not to mention the fact that the Armenian army has a moral superiority over the Azerbaijani army" - the deputy said.

"Of course - he said - Azerbaijan is trying to beat Armenia in the arms race, but he knows that we are not far behind. Especially considering the introduction of the Armenian scientific capacity in our army, the military industry, Armenia in this respect superior to Azerbaijan ", - said Mr. Karapetyan, and added:" If they send the petrodollars to purchase weapons, and often this weapon is old, and serves only to launder money, in the Armenian army emphasis on sophisticated weaponry, as well as the use of our scientific achievements to strengthen the army. "

Based on the above head of the commission concluded that Azerbaijan will not start a war.


/ Panorama.am /
http://translate.googleusercontent.c...jfKCWNstTeQV2Q

Maybe true, but when their oil runs out then they will surely attack.....by then their military power will have grown even more and not too many countries would care what happens at the end.

[ZORAVAR]

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Azerbaijan also has S-300's, given by Russia of course.

Azerbaijan does not have S-300.

Go back to the news info. There was mention of a contract with Russia to supply 2 batteries of S-300 after two years.
Russians have not confirmed it.
I don't expect S-300 deliveries to Azerbaijan anytime soon (Remember S-300 to Iran).

[ArmeniaR1]

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could this help defend Stepanakert? S-300PT-1 has a 100km radius as far as i recall. Maybe they have specifically placed it in syunik for that purpose, not that far from Artsakh, and yet not in artsakh incase Azeris try to bomb it, they'll have to bomb armenia's territory, which is alot bigger deal, it's pretty smart thinking from the armenian side.

In the picture its a S300-PM or PS not sure which one, it hase i bigger fire range. So there are two S300 bases protacting NKR air space.

[levon]

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Maybe true, but when their oil runs out then they will surely attack.....by then their military power will have grown even more and not too many countries would care what happens at the end.

That's one scenario. Another possibility is that once the oil runs out the current azeri "leaders" will abandon ship, leaving the country with nothing left to exploit except large piles of weapons. The next lot of "leaders" will come on-board "hungry" with no oil, but a large stockpile of weapons, worth in the tens of billions of dollars. Within the next 4-6 years all those weapons will end up in Africa or another conflict-prone zone. For most people money talks louder than words. For the azeris, money talks louder than honor.

[Eddo211]

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I like the way you think.....my biggest concern is that they may have no choice but to do their duties as the proxies of Ankara, however lapdog Aliyev has become "har" towards Turks. Must be a case of Rabies, nothing Ankara can't remedy.

[Mos]

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This is interesting

Expert says U.S. has twice warned Azerbaijan they will recognize Artsakh if…

People who have certain interests and viewpoints in NK conflict, endeavor to approach the issue from a proper perspective which definitely has its own reflection in the international media, Professor Vladimir Zakharov, the director of Political and social research institute for Black Sea-Caspian region, told reporters Tuesday.

“Referring to armed conflict provocations from Azerbaijan, U.S. has twice warned them that as soon as a war starts, they will recognize the independence of Artsakh. U.S. needs Artsakh since this land is located near Iran,” Zakharov said.

According to the expert another question is being asked in these days – if armed conflict starts between NK and Azerbaijan, will Russia participate in it? “So when I’m asked this, I always say that Armenia is CSTO member state, thus Russian will support them.”