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Nagorno-Karabagh: Military Balance Between Armenia & Azerbaijan

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          Originally posted by ArmeniaR1 View Post

          is that OC-14-4A ? or AK-103?
          Last edited by arakeretzig; 11-04-2011, 11:47 AM.

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            Karabakh Building New Road To Armenia



            Authorities in Nagorno-Karabakh have begun building a second highway that will connect the Armenian-populated disputed territory with Armenia.

            Passenger and cargo traffic between the two entities has until now been carried out through a highway running across Lachin, one of the seven districts in Azerbaijan proper that were partly or fully occupied by Karabakh Armenian forces during the 1991-1994 war.

            The Lachin road stretches for more than 80 kilometers from the Karabakh capital Stepanakert to the southeastern Armenian town of Goris. It was built in 1997 with the financial assistance of the Armenian Diaspora and U.S.-Armenian billionaire Kirk Kerkorian in particular.

            Officials in Stepanakert say the second overland link will also be roughly 80 kilometers long. It will connect Karabakh’s northern Martakert district to Gegharkunik province in eastern Armenia through another Armenian-controlled district, Kelbajar.

            “We will not depend only on the Goris-Stepanakert road,” Ara Harutiunian, the prime minister of the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, told journalists as he inaugurated the start of the construction work earlier this month.

            Harutiunian estimated the total cost of the project at “several billion drams” (at least $10 million). He said it will be financed by Base Metals, an Armenian company mining gold and copper in Martakert, and the Karabakh government.

            Karabakh officials admit that the new road will greatly benefit Base Metals as it will significantly shorten the distance between the area and Armenia and thus reduce the company’s transportation costs. They also anticipate a major boost to the socioeconomic plight of hundreds and possibly thousands of Armenians who have settled in Kelbajar since 1994.

            “You can’t imagine how happy I was when they started the construction,” one settler told RFE/RL’s Armenian service (Azatutyun.am) on Friday.

            “It now takes six or seven hours to go to [to the nearest Armenian town of] Vartenis and get back here through the existing atrocious road,” he said. “But after they rebuild the road, we will need only 30 minutes to reach Vartenis.”

            “It will have a great commercial and economic significance for this district,” said another man.

            Petros Hakobian, an official at the district administration governing the settlements, went as far to predict an influx of tourists into the mountainous and picturesque area whose previous Azerbaijani population fled before the advancing Karabakh Armenian troops in 1993.

            “People will open cafes and hotels as the road will also contribute to the development of tourism here,” Hakobian told RFE/RL’s Armenian service.

            Work on the new road is due to be completed within two years. Still, Karabakh officials say trucks and other vehicles will be able to use it already next March. A recently established coal mine in Martakert is expected to start production operations around that time.
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              Originally posted by londontsi View Post
              Karabakh Building New Road To Armenia



              Authorities in Nagorno-Karabakh have begun building a second highway that will connect the Armenian-populated disputed territory with Armenia.

              Passenger and cargo traffic between the two entities has until now been carried out through a highway running across Lachin, one of the seven districts in Azerbaijan proper that were partly or fully occupied by Karabakh Armenian forces during the 1991-1994 war.

              The Lachin road stretches for more than 80 kilometers from the Karabakh capital Stepanakert to the southeastern Armenian town of Goris. It was built in 1997 with the financial assistance of the Armenian Diaspora and U.S.-Armenian billionaire Kirk Kerkorian in particular.

              Officials in Stepanakert say the second overland link will also be roughly 80 kilometers long. It will connect Karabakh’s northern Martakert district to Gegharkunik province in eastern Armenia through another Armenian-controlled district, Kelbajar.

              “We will not depend only on the Goris-Stepanakert road,” Ara Harutiunian, the prime minister of the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, told journalists as he inaugurated the start of the construction work earlier this month.

              Harutiunian estimated the total cost of the project at “several billion drams” (at least $10 million). He said it will be financed by Base Metals, an Armenian company mining gold and copper in Martakert, and the Karabakh government.

              Karabakh officials admit that the new road will greatly benefit Base Metals as it will significantly shorten the distance between the area and Armenia and thus reduce the company’s transportation costs. They also anticipate a major boost to the socioeconomic plight of hundreds and possibly thousands of Armenians who have settled in Kelbajar since 1994.

              “You can’t imagine how happy I was when they started the construction,” one settler told RFE/RL’s Armenian service (Azatutyun.am) on Friday.

              “It now takes six or seven hours to go to [to the nearest Armenian town of] Vartenis and get back here through the existing atrocious road,” he said. “But after they rebuild the road, we will need only 30 minutes to reach Vartenis.”

              “It will have a great commercial and economic significance for this district,” said another man.

              Petros Hakobian, an official at the district administration governing the settlements, went as far to predict an influx of tourists into the mountainous and picturesque area whose previous Azerbaijani population fled before the advancing Karabakh Armenian troops in 1993.

              “People will open cafes and hotels as the road will also contribute to the development of tourism here,” Hakobian told RFE/RL’s Armenian service.

              Work on the new road is due to be completed within two years. Still, Karabakh officials say trucks and other vehicles will be able to use it already next March. A recently established coal mine in Martakert is expected to start production operations around that time.
              great news. This is sure to improve the socio-economic situation in the region, and encourage more settlement in Artsakh outside of NK. I wonder what the Azeri response is going to be, and how this is going to affect the settlement process, considering once there is significant number of people there its going to be nearly impossible for any land to be given back.

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                Armenian Air Force:






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                  Aid to turkey


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                  • Re: Nagorno-Karabagh: Military Balance Between Armenia & Azerbaijan

                    Originally posted by arakeretzig View Post
                    is that OC-14-4A ? or AK-103?
                    Its a AK, not sure witch series. With 1PN58 night scope.


                    Last edited by ArmeniaR1; 11-04-2011, 02:50 PM.

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                    • Re: Nagorno-Karabagh: Military Balance Between Armenia & Azerbaijan

                      Originally posted by arakeretzig View Post
                      is that OC-14-4A ? or AK-103?
                      looks like just ak74 with launcher and night scope,oc-14-5a is hell another weapon! but ak103 posibly!

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