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ARMENIANS SHOOT DOWN AZERBAIJANI SPY DRONE: SEPARATISTS
Agence France Presse
September 14, 2011 Wednesday 11:29 AM GMT
Armenian forces have for the first time shot down an unmanned
Azerbaijani drone that was flying over the disputed region of Nagorny
Karabakh, the separatist Karabakh defence ministry said on Wednesday.
Unmanned Azerbaijani planes had been making regular reconnaissance
flights along the Karabakh frontline in the days before the drone was
shot down on Tuesday, some of them flying over Armenian-held territory,
the ministry said.
"To prevent flights of this nature, the anti-aircraft forces of
Nagorny Karabakh took appropriate steps," it said in a statement.
Azerbaijan unveiled its new drones at a showpiece military parade in
June amid continuing tensions over Karabakh, which Armenian separatists
backed by Yerevan seized from Baku in a war in the 1990s that left
around 30,000 dead.
Azerbaijan has repeatedly threatened to use force to win back the
disputed region if internationally-mediated peace negotiations do
not yield satisfactory results.
Yerevan has warned of large-scale retaliation if Baku launches any
military action.
Agence France Presse
September 14, 2011 Wednesday 11:29 AM GMT
Armenian forces have for the first time shot down an unmanned
Azerbaijani drone that was flying over the disputed region of Nagorny
Karabakh, the separatist Karabakh defence ministry said on Wednesday.
Unmanned Azerbaijani planes had been making regular reconnaissance
flights along the Karabakh frontline in the days before the drone was
shot down on Tuesday, some of them flying over Armenian-held territory,
the ministry said.
"To prevent flights of this nature, the anti-aircraft forces of
Nagorny Karabakh took appropriate steps," it said in a statement.
Azerbaijan unveiled its new drones at a showpiece military parade in
June amid continuing tensions over Karabakh, which Armenian separatists
backed by Yerevan seized from Baku in a war in the 1990s that left
around 30,000 dead.
Azerbaijan has repeatedly threatened to use force to win back the
disputed region if internationally-mediated peace negotiations do
not yield satisfactory results.
Yerevan has warned of large-scale retaliation if Baku launches any
military action.