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Urban Philosopher, Urban Development and Policy Expert, lover of Montréal. 🇦🇲🇨🇦🇺🇳
Mar 7, 2021 5 tweets 2 min read
@NikolPashinyan has been PM of #Armenia for 3 years.
Gov. Of 🇦🇲 is in charge of military procurement.
Pashinyan also largely replaced the military leadership over his term.
Pashinyan cancelled previously established procurement deals & replaced them with useless (SU30) purchases. Here are my questions.
If we had obsolete weapons that made us lose the war, why would Pashinyan cancel the established contracts to modernize them?
If it was the generals' poor command that lost the war, and it was Pashinyan who named them, doesn't that make him responsible?
Mar 7, 2021 8 tweets 2 min read
To all those who keep repeating that #Armenia’s army was equipped with obsolete weapons, here's a profile of a country’s armed forces equipment by date of entry into service. Keep reading the thread to see which army it is. These are the in-service equipment most used today.
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Army:
Service weapon: 1964 (variant introduced in 1991)
crew-served weapon: 1977
troop transport vehicle (ground): 1983
combat service vehicle (ground): 1982
battle tank: 1980
infantry fighting vehicle: 1981
armoured personnel carrier: 1960
artillery: 1963
MRLS: 1983
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