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ARMENIA SIMULATES STRIKE AT AZERI OIL, GAS
Hurriyet Daily News
Oct 19 2012
Turkey
An officer looks at a machine gun at an exercise in Armenia. 'We do
not plan any strikes on cities,' says a top Armenian general referring
to an exercise. AFP Photo Armenia recently held an exercise in which
it modeled several strikes on Azerbaijan's oil and gas facilities,
a top Armenian general has told local media.
The two-week "strategic" exercises took place in undisclosed locations
in Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh between Oct. 1 and 13, utilizing a
mostly "command-and-staff" format, according to Armenian Azatutyun
radio.
"In particular, I can stress that we modeled several strikes on oil and
gas infrastructures, energy carriers that would affect the economy,"
Major-Gen. Artak Davtian, head of the operational department at the
Armenian army's General Staff, said. "We simulated strikes against
both army units and military facilities of the probable enemy and
... economic facilities that influence, in one way or another, the
military capacity of its armed forces." "There would be no strikes on
the civilian population, we are not planning or playing out such a war
scenario," Davtian said at a press conference after the conclusion of
the exercises. "We do not plan any strikes on cities. Our targets are
military and economic facilities that are essential to a particular
state."
According to the Armenian military, 40,000 troops and thousands
of pieces of military hardware were involved in the exercise. The
participating personnel included a record-high number of army
reservists.
300-km range missiles
Davtian avoided naming the weapons used in the exercise, but said that
the country's missiles had a firing range of more than 300 kilometers,
putting virtually all strategic facilities in Azerbaijan within
their reach. The Armenian Defense Ministry has said that the latest
"unprecedented" war exercises were planned in advance.
October/19/2012
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/armenia-simulates-strike-at-azeri-oil-gas.aspx?pageID=238&nID=32748&NewsCatID=355
Hurriyet Daily News
Oct 19 2012
Turkey
An officer looks at a machine gun at an exercise in Armenia. 'We do
not plan any strikes on cities,' says a top Armenian general referring
to an exercise. AFP Photo Armenia recently held an exercise in which
it modeled several strikes on Azerbaijan's oil and gas facilities,
a top Armenian general has told local media.
The two-week "strategic" exercises took place in undisclosed locations
in Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh between Oct. 1 and 13, utilizing a
mostly "command-and-staff" format, according to Armenian Azatutyun
radio.
"In particular, I can stress that we modeled several strikes on oil and
gas infrastructures, energy carriers that would affect the economy,"
Major-Gen. Artak Davtian, head of the operational department at the
Armenian army's General Staff, said. "We simulated strikes against
both army units and military facilities of the probable enemy and
... economic facilities that influence, in one way or another, the
military capacity of its armed forces." "There would be no strikes on
the civilian population, we are not planning or playing out such a war
scenario," Davtian said at a press conference after the conclusion of
the exercises. "We do not plan any strikes on cities. Our targets are
military and economic facilities that are essential to a particular
state."
According to the Armenian military, 40,000 troops and thousands
of pieces of military hardware were involved in the exercise. The
participating personnel included a record-high number of army
reservists.
300-km range missiles
Davtian avoided naming the weapons used in the exercise, but said that
the country's missiles had a firing range of more than 300 kilometers,
putting virtually all strategic facilities in Azerbaijan within
their reach. The Armenian Defense Ministry has said that the latest
"unprecedented" war exercises were planned in advance.
October/19/2012
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/armenia-simulates-strike-at-azeri-oil-gas.aspx?pageID=238&nID=32748&NewsCatID=355