Geolocating events in #Karabakh #Azerbaijan #Armenia | Occasionally posting personal views.
Nov 2, 2021 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
THREAD on how Armenian multi-layer air defence on Karabakh was suppressed.
Operation Karabakh Coffer
Red: 24 Osa
White: 6 Tor M2KM
Bigger blue: S-300
Rest are various AD systems
1st step:
Aim: To destroy all OSAs in the first echelon
To alert all ADs, an initial imitiation of air attack was performed. Su-25s, helicopters, UCAVs and UAVs maneuvered in large numbers behind AD zones.
Jan 31, 2021 • 15 tweets • 5 min read
Besides the conflict between Azerbaijan-Armenia in Nagorno Karabakh, Azerbaijan has areas occupied by directly the Republic of Armenia, in Gazakh district - where I grew up for 18 years and my family also lives now. This story was not discussed during 44 days.
Gazakh has 168 km border line with Armenia, ~100k population in total, of which 20k live in the city, 80k in villages.
The occupation began as early as in 1990 March, nearly 2 years before Armenia started occupation in Karabakh.