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Armenia is addressing the threat posed by Azerbaijani combat drones and loitering munitions by building a network of underground fortifications.
On June 29, Armenian sources shared photos of an underground bunker being built by the Armenian military on the border with Azerbaijan in the Syunik region.
Newly-built bunkers which meet high safety standards were built thanks to “Arar Foundation” in the bordering areas of Syunik province. pic.twitter.com/gHK8OZP6ry
— 301🇦🇲 (@301_AD) June 29, 2021
During the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, which saw Azerbaijani forces capturing a large part of the disputed region, combat drones and loitering munitions inflicted heavy losses on Armenian forces.
Azerbaijan relied mianly on Turkish-made Bayrktar-TB2 combat drones and on Israeli-made IAI Harop and Elbit SkyStriker loitering munitions.
Dozens of strikes targeted Armenian troops taking shelters in trenches and open pits which provided little to no real protection against precision-guided weapons.
Armenia’s new underground fortifications will likely provide good protection against combat drones, which are armed with small-diameter projectiles, as well as against loitering munitions with light warheads.
Not picking sides here but the Azeri’s did not exactly get by without losses of their own.
“AZERBAIJAN PROVES ARMENIA USED ISKANDER MISSILES IN NAGORNO-KARABAKH (PHOTOS)”. SF
True, the azeris did suffer massive losses (I think the numbers were the same as the armenians). Doesn’t mean they didn’t win though as many of their fighters were Syrian jihadis sent by Turkey as was proved by video footage. I think they used the Syrian jihadis on the front line to minimize casualties of their own ranks.
Air raid shelters isn’t anything new it’s been in use since the WW1.
I believe that if Turkey wouldn’t help Azerbaijan and wouldn’t bring in the Radical Muslim disgusting filthy terrorist . Azerbaijan wouldn’t have a chance of winning
And why not keep these shelters a secret??
Thats beyond tard level. First they can hit the airbases from where the drones operate. Second if they would actually turn on their SAMs they could take out the drones. Armenian leadership is playing to inflict maximum damage combined with maximum cost on themselves. Azeris are doing the exact opposite… You can hate the Azeris as much as you want they arent lead by traitors, Armenia is. Thats why Russia is neutral, they wont help traitors. They are only doing the bare minimum to avoid a genocide.