Nagorno-Karabagh: Military Balance Between Armenia & Azerbaijan

[Mukuch]

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Azerbaijan buried 50 soldiers since beginning of 2011 – Armenian expert


May 02, 2011 | 15:36

YEREVAN. – Tension on the contact line can be explained by Azerbaijani authorities’ intention to justify totalitarian regime, said Armenian military expert.

Member of MOD public council David Jamalyan considers that by creating tension Azerbaijani leadership tries to shift attention of their citizens to the problem.

Commenting on recent tension on the border as a result of which three Armenian soldiers were killed, the expert did not rule out that Azerbaijan tries to publically express discontent with the Karabakh peace process.

Jamalyan stressed that Azerbaijan never tells the truth and “misinforms the society”.

“According to our reliable sources, 50 Azerbaijani servicemen died as a result of different incidents in 2011. Official Baku is silent about the real figures,” Jamalyan added. “Do not be surprised if in the next few days Azerbaijani mass media reports that soldiers died in some military units.”

A fatal incident was registered on the contact line between the armed forces of Nagorno-Karabakh and Azerbaijan last Friday. Azerbaijani snipers killed two Armenian soldiers. One Armenian soldier was injured.

A day earlier Armenian Vazgen Bahshiyan was killed in the ceasefire violations by Azerbaijani side in the frontline at 4:15 a.m. on Thursday.

[Federate]

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Ազերիների գնդակից զոհվածը գնդապետ էր

Պարզվում է, որ օրերս ադրբեջանական դիպուկահարների արձակած կրակից զոհված հայ զինծառայողներից մեկը գնդապետ Պարույր Ղուկասյանն է եղել, ով ծառայել է իբրև Արցախի ՊԲ N զորամասի շտաբի պետ: 37-ամյա գնդապետը, ամենայն հավանականությամբ, տեղեկանալով կրակի մասին, փորձել է շփման գծից դուրս բերել զոհված զինվորի մարմինը, սակայն ինքն էլ է ընկել թշնամու գնդակից:
HayNews.am

http://haynews.am/2011/05/azery-gndapet/

[burjuin]

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AIR DEFENSE OF ARMENIA:

[ninetoyadome]

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Baku decides not to confine itself to young snipers
May 3, 2011 - 18:58 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - The ban on providing secondary schools with weapons prevents holding “high-quality lessons on basic military training” in Azerbaijan, Deputy Education Minister of Azerbaijan Elmar Gasimov said at a public debate on development of the State Program on Azerbaijani Youth in 2011-2015.
"It is banned to provide schools with weapons for practice in accordance with the Defense Ministry's special order. The ban must be lifted. Schools must be provided with weapons," he said.
Earlier Baku took certain actions to train school students as snipers. Specifically, snipers’ courses were established under Azerbaijan’s Voluntary Military Patriotism Technical Sport Society.
During these courses, the Azerbaijani youth will study technical indicators of snipers, hand-to-hand fighting. Sniper rifles and fitness machines have already been purchased from Russia for use in the courses.
Similar programs are in accordance with the continuous threats of the Azerbaijani leadership on war resumption in Karabakh and huge volume of arms purchased by that country. Probably, having conceived the fact that weapons themselves will bring no use, Baku decided to bring up a generation of young soldiers, exploiting the hatred towards Armenians instilled in these young people. The Azerbaijani children are destined to become cannon fodder, which can be used for a “great idea,” unless the young kamikazes annihilate each other in schools, in which weapons will be distributed.

http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/world/news/69018/

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Despite NKR’s warnings, Baku spoils for the fight
May 3, 2011 - 20:25 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Spokesperson for the Azerbaijani Defense Army Eldar Sabiroglu urged mediators for the Karabakh conflict settlement to take real actions rather than make statement.
Sabiroglu believes that the “limit of the negotiation process for the Karabakh conflict resolution is being exhausted.”
“The Azerbaijani leadership and people will not wait for the Karabakh conflict settlement for another couple of years, the temper is being exhausted,” Sabiroglu said in an interview with Azerbaijan paper.
Commenting on mediators’ suggestion to withdraw snipers from the line of contact, Sabiroglu said it is not the way out.
Most likely, taking into consideration the “exhausted temper,” Azerbaijan continues violating ceasefire and fires at Karabakh positions from various caliber weapons. Unfortunately, this results in human losses. On April 29, two Artsakh servicemen were killed in Azerbaijani firing. Another soldier of the NKR Defense army was wounded. Servicemen Vazgen Bakhshyan, 19, was wounded in the head as a result of Azerbaijani firing at NKR positions in the south-eastern part of the line of contact between the NKR and Azerbaijani armed forces on April 28. Bakhshyan died on the way to a military hospital.
At the same time, Azerbaijan denies the killings, trying to persuade itself and the international community that the human losses are a result of “internal skirmishes.” As Artsakh Defense Ministry’s spokesman, colonel Senor Hasratyan said, Sabiroglu seems to have confused the incidents taking place in his own army.
While Artsakh openly warns: Azerbaijan will be given an adequate response for the ongoing violations of ceasefire and provocative acts. It will live in fear.

http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/world/news/69031/

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Five possibilities of supply Russian military base in Armenia

By Messenger Staff
Wednesday, May 4

Military analyst from Russia Anatoly Tsiganok in his interview to Russian Nezavisimaia Gazeta suggests 5 options for supplying the Russian military base with arms and personnel in Gumri, Armenia. Georgia did not prolong the transit agreement on supplying the Russian base in Armenia and the agreement will cease functioning by the autumn of 2011. The Russian analyst suggests the following options: 1. passing through Turkey either by air or by land. In his opinion Turkey will take advantage of the deteriorating Russian-Georgian relations and might agree on the transit of military cargo to Armenia through Turkey. This would involve monitoring the transit and possible blocking. 2. Through Azerbaijan by air, in this case Russia will be obliged to make serious concessions in regards of Azerbaijan. 3. Through the Caspian Sea and Iran to Armenia, this is the longest but most realistic route but is also the most expensive. 4. The fourth option is to create big reserves of arms, ammunition and other logistics in Gumri and hire personnel on contractual terms and the 5th option is the theoretical possibility of using Georgian air space with Armenian transport planes for transporting Russian personnel and military cargo. According to Tsiganok the termination of the agreement between Georgia and Russia in military transit will not help the improvement of relations between Georgia and Armenia.

http://www.messenger.com.ge/issues/2350_may_4_2011/2350_econ_two.html

[Federate]

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If a new war breaks out between Artsakh and Azerbaijan, how long do you guys think will it likely last? Will it go on for years like the last one? Months? End within a week?

[edojan]

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If a new war breaks out between Artsakh and Azerbaijan, how long do you guys think will it likely last? Will it go on for years like the last one? Months? End within a week?

it wont take years ... few weeks ... less then a month. It might be that there would be stalemate after a month and agreement would be signed but definitely not years. Stalemate can be avoided by having good military industrial complex to resupply troops with all necessary weaponry. This is something turks have upper hand in compared to Armenia.

[ninetoyadome]

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Azadlyg: After completion of the investigation Azerbaijani Defense Minister Safar Abiyev dismissed
According to the newspaper Azadlyg, is now undergoing investigation in a criminal case involving the Ministry of Defence of Azerbaijan, which certainly will end the resignation of Defense Minister Safar Abiyev.

"We have some information associated with the details of this case. However, we do not publish this information because they are the criminal case materials, and military secrets. In this case, we emphasize that the president of Azerbaijan has already been informed about the details of this criminal case "- the newspaper Azadlyg.

In turn, the newspaper Yeni Musavat reported that the commander of a military unit of Azerbaijan, located on the frontline with the NKR Defense Army, Lieutenant-Colonel Zaur Mammadov dismissed and arrested on charges of corruption.

"On his right to a military unit was handcuffed and led away. Then already spread official information about his dismissal, "- said the source of the newspaper, adding that presumably will soon suffer the same fate befall commanders and other military units.

Yeni Musavat, said that Assistant to the President of Azerbaijan on Defence and Security Affairs, Lieutenant-General Vahid Aliyev in early March, held unscheduled checks of military units on the frontline, including in the military unit Mammadov and recorded a large number of disorders criminal component. After that, it was decided to arrest him.

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I think if there is a war it would take a few months, maybe a year. Artsakh is very well protected so the azeris will need precise attacks to be able to get through the defense. they will suffer heavy casualties in the process and it will end with them wanting to sign a ceasefire. Do you guys believe other countries will get involved? Say Russia, Turkey, Iran, US, etc. Ofcourse azeris will receive mercenaries from Pakistan, Turkey, etc. thats a given but will any country enter the war?

[Mos]

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I think if there is a war it would take a few months, maybe a year. Artsakh is very well protected so the azeris will need precise attacks to be able to get through the defense. they will suffer heavy casualties in the process and it will end with them wanting to sign a ceasefire. Do you guys believe other countries will get involved? Say Russia, Turkey, Iran, US, etc. Ofcourse azeris will receive mercenaries from Pakistan, Turkey, etc. thats a given but will any country enter the war?

Absolutely not. No country wants to get involved in this mess, they just want either status-quo kept or a quick war which will solve the conflict, so that the energy projects and regional stability are kept. The heavily biased countries (Turkey, Pakistan) will no doubt help Azerbaijan.

Artsakh is very well protected, our positions are very strong around the border, and remember attacking is so much harder than defending, especially when you are trying to take over a mountainous region protecting by natives who know the region like the back of their hand. For the Artsakh soldiers its freedom or death, for the Azeri its just Aliyev propaganda in their heads.

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23 March 2011 Armenian Snipers At Front

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1VQu...eature=related