YEREVAN (A.W.)—Armenia’s Ministry of Defense (MoD) recently released documents that indicate that Azerbaijani forces planned large-scale military operations days in advance of their April 2-5 attacks on the Nagorno-Karabagh Republic (NKR/Artsakh). The documents were retrieved from a downed Azerbaijani helicopter on the night of April 1-2, according to a press statement by the Armenian MoD on April 16.
The details of the documents were revealed during a MoD meeting with military attaches of foreign embassies in Yerevan. According to the ministry, the documents belonging to the Azerbaijani crew prove that the downed helicopter was transported to the Line of Contact (LoC) from an airport near Baku with clear instructions to attack specific Armenian targets. According to the head of the aviation department of the MoD, Avetik Muradyan, a notebook that had been in the possession of the pilot contained notes from March 31 that detailed instructions about the flight mission, which suggests that the pilot had received instructions about the flight 1-2 days in advance, reported Armenpress news.
Muradyan added that the mission was to hit nine targets consecutively, which the crew failed to accomplish. The pilot also failed to fire the guided anti-tank missiles, instead relying on the cannon. “This is proof, which any military expert will accept as reality. This proves that the adversary planned in advance its operations, instructed the pilots in advance, and received precise targets,” Muradyan was quoted as saying.
Azerbaijani Armed Forces violated the ceasefire agreement several times on April 16, firing various caliber weapons on Armenian positions, especially in the northeastern (Martakert) direction of the LoC. According to a press statement released by the NKR Ministry of Defense, Azerbaijani forces fired at least three 82-mm shells. Two days earlier, on April 14, Armenian servicemen Manvel Grigoryan and Hamlet Hajoyan (b. 1970) were killed by Azerbaijani fire on the eastern (Martuni) and northeastern (Talish) directions on the LoC.
attack and be done with it. that is the only solution these savages understand. how much more proof do you need, their aggression is continuous. there has to be decisive actions here. there will always be problems between moslems and Christians.
{attack and be done with it}
Field Marshal Paraghamian: Armenian armored divisions are eagerly awaiting your imminent arrival in Stepanakert.
Armenian young men lack only one thing: a Leader. You.
Do we have enough fire power to retaliate??? If yes then how much longer do we have to wait????? If not then our goose will be cooked quicker than we think…
Avery,
You are right!We need more patriotic Armenians like, Monte, who can fight and get “right” leadership for our beloved Armenian armed forces, against Turkic cowards!
Since we have a nuclear plant maybe we should seriously think about using nuclear material to protect ourself from a second genocide.
I would like to get the opinion of the Armenian politicians as well as the opinion of ANCA and the opinion of Mr. Sassounian.
Former prime minister Hrand Pakradian addresses this issue in Armenia’s parliament. Here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUsn5BcBS3s
That’s a great speech, John.
For those who do not speak Armenian, at time stamp 1:18, Bagratian says: “…at the next attack on us, we need to feed Azerbaijan strontium breakfast….”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strontium-90
Retired RoA military people and various private analysts have argued for RoA filling a number of its long range missile warheads with radioactive material produced by RoA NPP, and using it as a last resort.
It should be understood that actually using that sort of radioactive strike on population centers is a very serious matter.
But, if it’s a choice between another Genocide at the hands of Turks and that – so be it.
The 4-day-war again reminded us that the nomads of 1,000 years ago who invaded our lands, the nomad squatters who carried out the AG 100 years ago, are the same nomads of today, in 2016.
Murdered and mutilated defenseless elderly Armenians; the severed head of an RoA ethnic Yezidi soldier paraded by the terrorist war-criminals; mutilated bodies of 18 Armenian MIA returned to NKR; deliberate targeting of a school in NKR, murdering a 12 year old child, and wounding two others; deliberate targeting of civilian infrastructure to force Armenians to leave their ancestral lands……
It never ends.
Israel has semi-officially let it be known that if they face a situation where they are going down, e.g. a repeat of Holocaust, not only will they strike with nukes at whoever is attacking them, but they will also nuke uninvolved European cities: the so-called “Samson Option”.
In 1915 we came perilously close to being wiped out from the face of Earth.
By the grace of God and the sacrifice of 10s of 1,000s of our warriors, enough of us survived to grow into 12 million worldwide today.
After all the sacrifices by our ancestors, we have no right to allow ourselves to be exterminated on our lands by nomads from Uyguristan.
We have the God given right to defend ourselves by any means: by ANY means.
Are there any Armenian Monte(s) left in the community atlarge that would bypass political correctness and get it right for the distressed Armenian populations in Artskh and Armenia.
The people of Artsakh are tough and know those mountains like the backs of their hands. They don’t need anyone to go there to help. They need our moral support and sometimes financial assistance to the villages that get destroyed by Azeri bombs, sniper fire, etc. I pray for them. They have lived in those lands, their lands, as one of the original kingdoms of Armenia for many centuries.
*** yes, they are heroes such as Jerayr Sefilian, with experience and a great military and strategic/tactical mind.we need to support and mobilize our human resources. a.s.a.p.