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Hostilities between Armenia and Azerbaijan have reportedly flared up overnight, with reports of gun and mortar fire coming from the border.
Both Azeri and Armenian defense ministries accused each other of provoking the escalation. Azerbaijan said Armenian troops opened fire 127 times over 24 hours along the border. They are using mortars and heavy machine guns, the statement released on Saturday said.
Armenia said Azeri troops went on the offensive overnight and are using tanks, artillery and military aircraft.
originally posted by: starwarsisreal
a reply to: JedemDasSeine
What would Putin say since this is in Russia's doorstep.
originally posted by: starwarsisreal
a reply to: JedemDasSeine
What would Putin say since this is in Russia's doorstep.
originally posted by: theultimatebelgianjoke
originally posted by: starwarsisreal
a reply to: JedemDasSeine
What would Putin say since this is in Russia's doorstep.
Putin calls on parties to the Nagorno Karabakh conflict to cease fire immediately
Israeli drone manufacturer, Aeronautics, sought a contract to sell military drones to Azerbaijan. Though the Orbiter 1K drone the Azeris contemplated buying had been tested in battle, in order to seal the deal, they demanded to see the “suicide” drone attack an Armenian army position. The government even planned to broadcast video of the attack on national TV. But there was a wrinkle in the plan. The drone operators who were to orchestrate the flight and attack refused to carry it out.
Aeronautics executives, desperate to seal the lucrative deal, pressured the pilots, warning them they would torpedo an important commercial sale. But the drone operators remained firm in their refusal. The executives were forced to arm, fly and conduct the entire mission themselves. Though they attempted to attack the Armenians, the flight failed and no one was injured. Though not for lack of trying.
One of the two pilots who refused to carry out orders quit the company and the second is in the process of leaving.
Melman says that a complaint has been filed with the Israeli defense ministry (he doesn’t say by whom) because the export license granted to the company explicitly prohibits Israeli personnel taking part in any military action between hostile parties. In other words, Israel just sells them the weapons to kill each other. It doesn’t do the killing directly. This way it can keep accusations of military intervention at arm’s length. The ministry doesn’t permit either direct or indirect intervention of this kind. Though of course selling the parties these weapons is a form of intervention.