Nagorno-Karabagh: Military Balance Between Armenia & Azerbaijan

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2011 Azeri death toll now at 41.

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Armenian Military Steps Up Reserve Drills

Armenia -- Army reservists begin weeklong training and exercises at a military base, 2April2011.
05.04.2011
Emil Danielyan

The Armenian military has begun a nationwide call-up of reservists for training and exercises which military officials in Yerevan say will be more regular and intensive from now on.

Thousands of reserve troops are due to spend roughly one week in military camps this year to refresh and improve their combat skills.

The first group of reservists, all of them sappers and army engineers, began on Saturday weeklong exercises involving heavy demining equipment at a military training center about 40 southwest of Yerevan. Military officials say other reserve forces will be called up in the following weeks and months.

In a weekend statement, the Armenian Defense Ministry described the drills as a “planned event” stemming from Armenia’s law on military service. It said they are meant to “upgrade the combat skills of reserve personnel” and raise “the level of mobilization readiness in the Republic of Armenia.”

The ministry spokesman, Davit Karapetian, told RFE/RL’s Armenian service that the Armenian army command has decided to hold reserve drills on a more “regular” basis. He said they will also be more intensive than in the past.

Karapetian denied any “direct connection” between the exercises and what some Western officials and regional analysts see as an increased risk of another Armenian-Azerbaijani war for Nagorno-Karabakh. But he said Armenia’s Armed Forces must be prepared to give an “adequate response” to possible “changes in the security environment.”

Talk of renewed fighting in the conflict zone has intensified over the past year amid more frequent deadly skirmishes reported from the main Armenian-Azerbaijani “line of contact” around Karabakh. Azerbaijan’s leaders have also continued to threaten to win back the disputed territory and surrounding areas by force.

An Azerbaijani state-controlled organization highlighted those threats on Tuesday when it launched sniper courses for young people, including girls. The AFP news agency reported that civilian participants will also learn about fighting techniques, weaponry, map-reading skills and legal issues.

The previous Armenian reserve mobilization was announced in March last year. The Defense Ministry said at the time that it wants to make sure that “every duty-bound Armenian man knows his place and function in the military” in case of a large-scale armed conflict.

In a separate development, Defense Minister Seyran Ohanian marked on Tuesday International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action with a visit to a demining center near Yerevan that was set up in 2002 with U.S. financial and technical assistance.

According to the Defense Ministry, the center has since demined more than 200 hectares of land in Armenian border regions and trained about 140 Armenian military personnel.

http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/3548082.html

[Joseph]

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It is the fault of azbarez for allowing the posts by turks/azeris to stay. They censor the comments on their site, why should they not do the same on fb?

I agree and I'm pissed. They have done nothing to censor the site over the last four days and there is no way to track down the moderators

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Armenian Air Force:

[Mos]

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nice video...

[Mos]

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Azerbaijani snipers promise to shoot only Armenian soldiers


April 07, 2011 | 00:27
The opening of training of snipers referred to as a non-governmental organization in Azerbaijan found a response in Turkish mass media.

Speaking of the issue with correspondent of Turkish Anadolu Agency, chairman of the society Novruzali Orujov said the trained snipers will seize the “occupied” lands by Armenia.

“The target of our snipers will be Armenian soldiers, they would not shoot at civilians,” said Orujov, stressing that annually 180 people will be qualified as a sniper.


According to him, each course will last 45 days. Then participants will begin to shoot from weapon.

http://news.am/eng/news/54348.html

[arakeretzig]

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2011 Azeri death toll now at 41.

make it 42.

Azerbaijani soldier dies after falling from 4th floor


April 07, 2011 | 13:04

BAKU. - A soldier of the Azerbaijan’s State Border Service died.

The incident occurred in Shamkir border detachment. Mukhtar Gambarli, 20, called up by the Guba regional military commissariat, died after falling from the 4th floor of the cantonment building.

An investigation is underway.

[Joseph]

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make it 42.

Dropping like flies....flies that live on turds

[burjuin]

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EU to help modernize Armenia’s checkpoints

April 04, 2011 | 13:54

The EU has allocated € 7.7 million for modernization of three checkpoints in Armenia – Bagratashen, Bavra and Gogavan, Arthur Baghdasaryan, Secretary of the Armenian National Security Council, said at today’s press conference.

Armenia will get the amount within the framework of “Supporting Integrated Border Management in the South Caucasus” (SCIBM) program.

Last November Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan stressed importance of creation of favorable conditions for Armenian citizens using checkpoints. In the course of his visit to Tavush region, President Sargsyan said 2-3 modern checkpoints will be built in the next two-three years.

http://news.am/eng/news/53902.html