Nagorno-Karabagh: Military Balance Between Armenia & Azerbaijan

[burjuin]

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Internal forces of the Armenian Police:

[ZORAVAR]

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Internal forces of the Armenian Police:

Is that a GAZ-3937 VODNIK ?

I did not know we had them. When did we buy them?

[ZORAVAR]

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Internal forces of the Armenian Police:

At the back we see GAZ-3308 SADKO trucks. Our armed forces (and police) use these extensively.
These 3500 class 4x4 trucks are of great value. I believe we are buying them from Russia at a price of less then $17.000 brand new.
Sorry, cupholders are not part of the options

[ZORAVAR]

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Internal forces of the Armenian Police:

These Russian GAZ-2330 TIGR vehicles are great APCs (armoured personel carriers). However they are expensive $100.000 each. Partly because they come with an American Cummins diesel engine (which is pricey).
There are better ways to spend our defense budget. Anyways, I believe we have bought only a few of these and they are used by the interior ministry forces (police).

[ZORAVAR]

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Internal forces of the Armenian Police:

This is outrageous. It pains me everytime I see this kind of stupidity. I am ashamed to see show-off vehicles (Chrom-laden Hummer H2) in our law enforcement forces.
Our "Commanding officiers" should stay away from this kind of "personal toys" that are more reminisent of oil-rich countries like Qatar and Dubai. Let the Azeris and Georgians buy these monstruosities...
Our limited Drams should be spent more wisely and responsibly.

[Vardan]

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Is that a GAZ-3937 VODNIK ?

I did not know we had them. When did we buy them?

We did not necessarily buy.

[Joseph]

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Armenian Armed Forces wound warrant officer of Azerbaijani Army


[ 22 Apr 2011 15:58 ]
Baku. Hafiz Heydarov -APA. The serviceman of the Azerbaijani Army was wounded as a result of ceasefire violation by the Armenian Armed Forces.

APA reports that the incident was recorded in the direction of frontline’s Aghdam region. Warrant officer of our army, Anar Ali Suleymanov, 29, was wounded as a result of ceasefire violation by the Armenians. The wounded warrant officer was hospitalized.

The Defense Ministry’s spokesperson Teymur Abdullayev confirmed the fact to APA. He said that the state of the warrant officer is satisfactory.

[Federate]

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Anything from Armenian news on this?
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Death recorded in one of Armenian military units
22 April 2011 [16:53] - Today.Az


A deathcase was recorded in one of the military units in Armenia yesterday.

The Armenian Defense Ministry’s investigation department said that Artur Geragamovich Kazarian was seriously wounded as a result of fire opened by submachine gun in "N" military unit.

Kazarian died on the way to hospital. The criminal case on the article of bringing to suicide has been launched on the fact.


/APA/

[Vardan]

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Armenian soldier dies after injuring himself

April 22, 2011 | 12:44

YEREVAN. - Armenian soldier was killed after wounding himself from his own weapon on Thursday.

The accident happened at 10:50 p.m. in N military unit near Balahovit village, Armenian Defense Ministry informed Armenian News-NEWS.am.

The servicemen died on the way to the central military hospital.

Criminal case has been opened to investigate the accident. An investigation is underway.

http://news.am/eng/news/56491.html

[Federate]

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Some interesting details in this piece.
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Georgian Blockade: Armenia to seek alternative route for Russian military cargo transit to Gyumri


This week Georgia suspended the Russian-Georgian agreement on transit of military cargo and personnel to Russian bases through its territory.

Initiated by Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili and unanimously approved by the parliament, the decree provides for the annulment of the agreement according to which Russia was supplying military equipment and personnel to the military base N102 deployed in the Armenian city of Gyumri.

Considering the fact that Armenia’s other neighbors are Turkey and Azerbaijan, it is unclear how the Russian military equipment will be transported to Armenia, especially that Georgia has blocked not only land but also air communication.

One thing is clear though: the decision of Georgian authorities is against the implementation of the Armenian-Russian protocol on the extension of the deployment term signed last year.

During the August visit of Russian President Dmitri Medvedev to Armenia, Yerevan and Moscow signed a protocol on extending the term of deployment of the Russian military base in Gyumri for up to 49 years – set to expire in 2046.

From the perspective of the development of the Armenian state, the Armenian-Georgian relations are not really much different from Armenian-Azeri relations. It is not even about the ousting of the Armenian demographic element from the territory of the Georgian state or the systematic obliteration of the Armenian cultural trace – epigraphic inscriptions, churches, cemeteries.

The main issue is that Georgia is a participant of the political reorganization of the Trans-Caucasus. The only case when such “Georgian mission” became the subject of discussions on the highest level, has been the second president Robert Kocharyan’s non-lasting polemics with the current president of Georgia. The issues touched upon back then were directly linked to “Tbilisi efforts” at maintaining Armenia’s state of blockade.

Kocharyan pointed out that the only country suffering real damage from the so-called “Abkhazian blockade” is Armenia.

Addressing Saakashvili he even asked: “How can you talk about Abkhazian blockade, if it is not an enclave and has a direct land communication with Russia including a railway, and has sea ports?”

Neither before nor after that conversation of seven years ago has the nature of the Armenian blockade been viewed on the backdrop of Georgian politics. A lot has been said, both before and now, about the Azeri and Turkish fronts of blockade, but never about the Georgian front. Moreover, the outstanding role of the northern neighbor has always been especially stressed in the process of providing essential commodities to Armenia; statistical data are voiced – more than 70 percent of all cargo transfers are done through Georgia.

A few words about Georgian argumentation are worth noting in this connection.

When in the early nineties Georgian citizens (the Azeri population of Marneuli region bordering with Armenia) was repeatedly blowing up the pipeline supplying fuel to de-energized Armenia, the then president Eduard Shevarnadze stated that an extremely complicated situation had formed in the country and the authorities were unable to control it in all the regions.

Meanwhile, the explosions were set up some 60 km south of Tbilisi, and all concerned were well aware that the Azeri population of Georgia – as a participant of the anti-Armenian war – had card-blanche on such actions.

Shevarnadze’s successor – Saakashvili – has adopted a similarly evasive policy when “grounding” the blockade of the Abkhaz sector of the Trans-Caucasian railroad – the only railway exit from Armenia to Russia.

In particular, he talks about the “natural essence ” of that blockade (“because of the separatist regime in Abkhazia”), although, as it was mention above, there is no such thing as Abkhazian blockade – only the last Armenian railway exit to Russia was blocked.

The current decision to annul the agreement can also be perceived as “natural”, considering the 2008 August war and the current stage in Russia-Georgia relations – how can one imagine transportation through its territory of military equipment belonging to a hostile country aiming at strengthening its positions in the region?

"It is clear that Azerbaijan will not allow Russia to deliver military supplies to the base in Gyumri in Armenia. Now Georgia is also closing. There remains only one way - through Iran. Of course, this way is very complicated and expensive, but there is no way out for Russia in this situation", Georgian political expert Mamuka Areshidze said in an interview with Russian Regnum news agency.

Armenian authorities have not commented on the decision of the Georgian leadership yet.

http://armenianow.com/commentary/opinion/29216/military_supplies_armenia_russian_base_gyumri