On January 6, a video showing an Azerbaijani loitering munition destroying an Armenian S-300 transporter erector launcher (TEL) during the recent battle in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh surfaced on social media.
The video shows the munition, an Israeli-made IAI Harop, hitting an S-300 5P85-series TEL of the Armenian Air Defense Force from the top.
The TEL seen in the video was stationed in a base in the southeastern Armenian town of Goris, a few kilometers to the west of Nagorno-Karabakh. A video of the strike was released on October 20.
New footage of Azerbaijani loitering munition (likely Harop) strikes on Armenian/NKR targets, much of which has been previously published. Shows strikes on Osa-AKM 9A33BM TELAR, 2 trucks, 2 MLRS, S-300 5P85S-series TEL?, and possibly a radar. 1273/https://t.co/IDVQswVTN1 pic.twitter.com/GdHzLZO4WM
— Rob Lee (@RALee85) October 19, 2020
Azerbaijani forces launched a large-scale attack on Nagorno-Karabakh on September 27 of last year. The battle ended on November 9 with a Russian-brokered peace deal that saw Armenian troops withdrawing from several parts of the region.
The fierce battle saw an extensive use of Israeli-made loitering munitions, mainly IAI Harop and Elbit SkyStriker, by Azerbaijani forces.
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Azerbaijani forces use loitering munitions to take out several high-value targets of the Armenian military, mainly air-defense systems. These advanced munitions were also used against low-value targets like battle tanks and trucks.
The Armenian Air Defense Force lost four S-300 TELs and three radars for the air-defense system in the course of the battle. At least three of the TELs were destroyed with loitering munitions.
Modern weapons like loitering munitions, combat drones and precision-guided rockets granted Azerbaijani forces the upper hand during the battle. The Armenian military failed to adopt to the new threats as fast as it was needed.
Anything can be destroyed if its offline. Also the S-300 has stand off air defense capebilities so why place it on the frontline…? I tell you way, to inflict maximum damage on yourself trying to force Russia into entering the war. Russia cant be played tho, it was futile. But showed that the Armenian leadership are in CIA/soros payroll. Armenia could have won using its air defense and air force but only short term, had they won Turkey would have steamroll them, numbers win, they thought ok, we will let Russia fight our war instead of us. But Russia outplayed them and froze the conflict, choosing peace instead of war. Armenians should tarr and feather their leadership, its a disgrace.
Drones can be shot down easily like Iran did with all drones flying close to its borders ( Included Harop as we have seen in Photos of Debris)!…Pashinyan didnt allow air support in Shusha using the SU 25 and SU 30 ( which have accurate long range air to ground missile)…he didnt sent regular Armenian army to NK…and only sent a modern air defense..it was a single TOR M2 system which shot down 2 TB2 and many Harop and was deployed in Martuni a East province of NK which never was taken…that system only was destroyed when was hided in a Grain!
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I dont see any image of S-300 and radar vehicles linked destroyed rather than MAZ-543 vehicle which can also be used to transport smerch rockets, Scud, Crane..etc..and Zoom images from a Drone which can be surveillance drones…anyway Armenia denied that any S-300 were destroyed and all Systems like BUK were deployed only in Yerevan.
It looks like a compilation of two or even three different vehicles at different times / place and nothing happened .. or are we to be spared the horror of seeing a truck blown up..
The video is worse than a 1960 cartoon. As far as I know, those could be trucks transporting ice-cream to nearby city filmed by a 50$ commercial drone. Or a lousy animation movie made by beginners.
At 1:14 that OSA seems very live and active,not s good sign to be taken out by a slow flying drone…
That old system only have 1 channel to track incoming targets…therefore it is to destroy using 3 or 4 Loitering drones at the same time from different direction…
You have a point but the system seemed totally oblivious to any threat around it but maybe it had fired a couple of rounds before the fatal attack?who knows…
That’s unfortunate, Azerbaijan made a ceasefire violation. Not good ?. I really hope that it is just a few bad apples in the Azeri army. Aliyev himself said that the war was over and had a full victory parade, so why the hell did this happen? He better tell his army to stop it
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Azerbaijani army starts shelling in Karabakh – WarGonzo
The armed forces of Azerbaijan opened fire in Karabakh from small arms. This is reported by the authors of the WarGonzo project with reference to their own sources in Stepanakert.
Indiscriminate shooting can be heard in the Shushi region. Basically, these are shots in the air, but they also shoot at the positions of the Artsakh Defense Army. The peacekeepers were reportedly notified of the shooting.
“The actions of Azerbaijanis are connected with the events in the US or they” celebrate “Orthodox Christmas this way, it is not clear,” it was reported.
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