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I did take a look at the Greek Navy long ago, and it actually pales in comparison to the Turkish Navy - even though Greece has up to 6,000 islands and thus a real need for a larger navy (not that it can afford it). Thus, Greek Navy has only 13 frigates in active service and 8 submarines in...

turkishpress.com/news.asp?id=385352 Turkey delivers mobile hospitals to Azerbaijan A Turkish company delivered two mobile hospitals to Azerbaijan's Ministry of Defense ANKARA - A Turkish manufacturer delivered two mobile hospital units to Azerbaijan's Ministry of Defense. Hospitals are...

How many will be produced - are there any indications? And how does it compare to Heron, Hermes-900, etc?

Such a large Navy seems like a waste of resources. It can probably be reduced by 50%, thus saving enormous money, to spend on anti-ship missiles and torpedoes, airforce/helicopters, UAVs, and satellite's. The 50% reduced Navy would still be a very strong force, enough to not only defend Turkey's...

It's true - the prevailing media reports about Azerbaijan purchasing only 12 (instead of 18) SMERCH from Ukraine were incorrect. So it does have 36 SMERCH - second only to Russia it seems. By the way, a full firing of SMERCH's 12 missiles costs about $1.68 million according to Jane's Defense...

In such a small war theater, airforce is not that important - except helicopters. Azerbaijan has been doing the right thing, where it bought modernized MiG-29's for prestige and image, and stopped at that (although it also seems to have bought one strategic bomber Tu-95, which is designed to...

Indeed, Azerbaijan gets newer and better Kasirga T-300's than even what the Turkish Army currently has - see Jane's report on that: janes.com/article/12882/roketsan-offers-new-mrl-system However, it's highly doubtful that T-300 Kasirga are better than or even equal to Smerch-M BM-30. For...

1) as you noted, the modernization of the army is certainly a big factor. In the past 3 years alone Azerbaijan seems to have completely modernized (as in replacing old with brand new) at least 50% of its land forces and airforce. For example, in the latest purchase of 94 brand-new tanks, with an...

Is Gen. Hayri Kivrikoglu related to Gen. Huseyn Kivrikoglu? en.apa.az/xeber_two_azerbaijani_medals_conferred_on_comm_195761.html Two Azerbaijani medals conferred on Commander of Turkish Land Forces [ 03 July 2013 18:38 ] Baku – APA. Being on a visit to Azerbaijan, Commander of Turkish...

We know all this, and there was a very lively discussion in a different thread about this. In addition to Shtora-1 in the Azerbaijani T-90S, it also has an improved KONTAKT-5 dynamic defense pads, which would help withstand most Armenian anti-tank weapons - even their latest purchase of French...

you are right, the logistics, repairs, maintenance and education/training would be extremely complicated with such a wide array of systems, yet what to do for such a country in such a complex region and position as Azerbaijan? It's primary enemy state, Armenia, also has a very wide array of...

Indeed, it would be a disaster for the whole region - primarily for Armenia, as well as for Azerbaijan (Naxcivan), which combined have more exposed population there than Turkey (Aghri Dag and other mountains will protect Turks, and keep most radiation for Armenians). Obviously that's untrue...

Unfortunately, they didn't show everything at the parade. Azerbaijan didn't show Kasirga TP-300 (300mm) and Firtina T-155 (both from Turkey), new Russian SAM TOR-M2E, the MLRS Uragan (Hurricane), and VENA artillery, Israeli Barak-8, Israeli Heron, Hermes-450, and Hermes-900, the modernized...

Kazakhstan is already testing the Sherpa Light Scout. Not sure why would Azerbaijan need it, if it already has domestically-produced Gyurza (Cobra), as well as MRAP's such as Matador and Marauder, as well as plans for a bigger MRAP - Mbombe.

everything posted here is a state-sponsored propaganda by the Armenian and Russian interests, designed to create ethnic tensions in Azerbaijan (and to lesser degree in Georgia and Iran). It is very clear from the websites they keep reposting. There is no such thing as "Lezgistan" to begin with...

writing in U.S.-funded Radio Liberty blog in Moldova, an Armenian analyst Ernest Vardenean condemns Putin, Medvedev and Russia for the sale of very large number of advanced weapons to Azerbaijan, calls for "showing Russia" its place, etc. europalibera.org/content/blog/25025958.html...

Armenian news tell about arresting of 2 Armenian Ministry of Defense officials (plus an unidentified third Armenian person) suspected of passing secret military information to Azerbaijani intelligence service. Case in point is a 31-year old female Mane Movsisyan who passed information to an...

But snakes do not exist in Armenia, and never attack Armenians. Just like electric shock never kills an Armenian soldier! newsarmenia.ru/karabah/20130614/42890525.html a1plus.am/ru/social/2013/05/23/mes...

Some more about the heroic Armenian army that is the most disciplined and professional in the world. Back in August 18, 2005, a very senior Armenian officer, Lt.-Colonel Pargev Abramyan, who then worked for the Chief of the General's Staff, hacked to death with an axe his sleeping wife, Marine...

It's interesting how our Armenian forum member tries to make some weird point about Azerbaijani army by citing electrical shock non-combat death of an Azerbaijani soldier, while being completely oblivious to the fact that his own Armenian army also has similar casualties from electrocution (but...