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ARTSAKH ARMY CAN SOLVE GREAT ISSUES WITH SMALL FORCES
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Monday, 25 August 2014 11:54
On August 19, NKR Defense Minister, Defense Army
commander, Lieutenant-General Movses Hakobian convened a press
conference for representatives of the mass media of Armenia and
Artsakh.
The meeting followed the visit of the twoArmenian Republics'
reporters to different sections of the Defense Army front line, where
they could learn the situation on the border, get in touch with
soldiers, and familiarize with their daily life.
Welcoming the participants, the Minister noted that such events had
become a tradition, and their goal was to inform reporters about the
activities of the Defense Army for making a clear idea of our armed
forces and informing the society about this.
The Artsakh armed forces commander briefed the journalists
about the process of army building and the works conducted in the
first half-year of 2014, then answered their questions.
The NKR Defense Army is the largest union of the Armenian
armed forces, which performs the most important task of defending the
Nagorno Karabakh Republic from the enemy's incursions. In its recent
statements, the Azerbaijani leadership has claimed for Zangezur and
Armenia's capital city of Yerevan, which, according to the Artsakh
armed forces commander, is absurd. "The Azerbaijani authorities have
never given up the idea of resolving the Karabakh conflict in their
favor. Although two decades have passed since the cease-fire, which
was established at the request of Azerbaijan, yet the situation is
getting worse every year at the front line. The OSCE Minsk Group has
made efforts for these years towards the peaceful settlement of the
conflict, making various proposals to the conflicting parties, but
Azerbaijan has always rejected all the proposed options. Thanks to the
petrodollars, the rival has increased its military potential for the
recent years, purchasing up-to-date military equipment in different
countries. In this way too, it tries to blackmail Armenia and Artsakh,
as well as international organizations", said Movses Hakobyan.
In the postwar years, a new stage started for the Artsakh
Army. On the one hand, the Army building was directed to the
preparation of the younger generation's mobilization, on the other
hand, to the modernization of the armaments and military equipment, to
the military training, and improving the living conditions of
soldiers. While in 1992 the ratio between the Artsakh and Azerbaijani
armed forces was 1 to 20 in favor of Azerbaijan, currently it makes 1
to 2, again in favor of Azerbaijan, which is the result of last year's
armament. Based on this comparison, the NKR Defense Minister noted
that the resumption of war was always predictable for the Artsakh
armed forces, so the Army's activities are aimed at preventing it. The
Defense Army Commander presented all the events implemented during the
past half-year and aimed at this. A special place among them is
occupied by the field exercises, the communication system improvement,
and mobilization readiness. Constant works are conducted towards the
armed forces' combat readiness. A sufficient number of night-vision
devices have been purchased, and all the front-line positions are
provided with them. But, this is not all. Soon, thermal monitoring
devices, which have more advantages, will be purchased. As for the
monitoring in the daytime, there is no problem, and it is easily
conducted by the Artsakh soldiers. The recent subversive-intelligence
operations undertaken by the enemy have once again proved the level of
our armed forces' preparedness. In addition, in all types of
competition the Artsakh Army has always occupied primary places. This
means that being at the frontline, the Army must constantly increase
its combat readiness. Along with this, daily works are conducted to
increase the soldiers' morale and to improve the moral and
psychological state of the staff, which are no less important factors.
There is a special order of accepting recruits to the Army, which
helps easily adapt to the military life. Also, there is a special
order for the visits of soldiers' parents, providing possible meetings
with their children.
Works on providing the ammunition and logistics are
underway. The assortment of food products at the frontline is
improved. The recent exercises have demonstrated once again that all
the structures of the NKR Defense Army are able to perform their
tasks. As a bright proof of the above mentioned, Major-General Movses
Hakobyan recalled with obvious pride the Biathlon Championships held
recently in Russia, where all the three teams, which had occupied a
prize-winning places, were soldiers of the Artsakh Defense Army. It is
noteworthy that the teams are not 'prefabricated', or gathered from
different divisions, they are the personnel of the same tanks.
According to the Defense Minister, all the teams of the NKR Defense
Army tank division are highly qualified.
Generally, the current year has been specific with regards
of the tension on the contact-line - the enemy undertook 16
diversion-intelligence attempts, and they all failed. Our soldiers,
fulfilling successfully their duty, threw the enemy back to their
initial positions. Such countermeasures were undertaken by the NKR
Defense Army 7 times, 5 of which were quite successful. In late July
and early August, Azerbaijan's subversive activities were specific,
because they were undertaken in several directions and several days.
One of the 7 operations undertaken during a week was an obvious
attack, as diversion cannot be undertaken by 40-50 people. According
to the Defense Minister, the enemy was aimed at seizing some
positions, thus trying to justify its losses before its own society.
All of these actions were carried out by only one unit, via the
Azerbaijani Army special forces, which was retrained in Northern
Cyprus and for which Azerbaijan paid a lot of money to Turkey. It was
also an exam - a report to the Turkish trainers, as if the subdivision
is ready to implement such operations. According to the information of
the NKR DA, the enemy suffered 36 losses those days, with specific
names and ranks. Unfortunately, during the defensive operations our
army also suffered losses - 6 people, 3 of which were officers and 3 -
soldiers. This testifies that our commanders are along with the
soldiers any moment.
Answering the quest5ion whether the Commander of the NKR
Defense Army a war, Mr. Hakobian said,
From: A. Papazian
http://artsakhtert.com/eng/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1552: artsakh-army-can-solve-great-issues-with-small-forces&catid=1:all&Itemid=1
Monday, 25 August 2014 11:54
On August 19, NKR Defense Minister, Defense Army
commander, Lieutenant-General Movses Hakobian convened a press
conference for representatives of the mass media of Armenia and
Artsakh.
The meeting followed the visit of the twoArmenian Republics'
reporters to different sections of the Defense Army front line, where
they could learn the situation on the border, get in touch with
soldiers, and familiarize with their daily life.
Welcoming the participants, the Minister noted that such events had
become a tradition, and their goal was to inform reporters about the
activities of the Defense Army for making a clear idea of our armed
forces and informing the society about this.
The Artsakh armed forces commander briefed the journalists
about the process of army building and the works conducted in the
first half-year of 2014, then answered their questions.
The NKR Defense Army is the largest union of the Armenian
armed forces, which performs the most important task of defending the
Nagorno Karabakh Republic from the enemy's incursions. In its recent
statements, the Azerbaijani leadership has claimed for Zangezur and
Armenia's capital city of Yerevan, which, according to the Artsakh
armed forces commander, is absurd. "The Azerbaijani authorities have
never given up the idea of resolving the Karabakh conflict in their
favor. Although two decades have passed since the cease-fire, which
was established at the request of Azerbaijan, yet the situation is
getting worse every year at the front line. The OSCE Minsk Group has
made efforts for these years towards the peaceful settlement of the
conflict, making various proposals to the conflicting parties, but
Azerbaijan has always rejected all the proposed options. Thanks to the
petrodollars, the rival has increased its military potential for the
recent years, purchasing up-to-date military equipment in different
countries. In this way too, it tries to blackmail Armenia and Artsakh,
as well as international organizations", said Movses Hakobyan.
In the postwar years, a new stage started for the Artsakh
Army. On the one hand, the Army building was directed to the
preparation of the younger generation's mobilization, on the other
hand, to the modernization of the armaments and military equipment, to
the military training, and improving the living conditions of
soldiers. While in 1992 the ratio between the Artsakh and Azerbaijani
armed forces was 1 to 20 in favor of Azerbaijan, currently it makes 1
to 2, again in favor of Azerbaijan, which is the result of last year's
armament. Based on this comparison, the NKR Defense Minister noted
that the resumption of war was always predictable for the Artsakh
armed forces, so the Army's activities are aimed at preventing it. The
Defense Army Commander presented all the events implemented during the
past half-year and aimed at this. A special place among them is
occupied by the field exercises, the communication system improvement,
and mobilization readiness. Constant works are conducted towards the
armed forces' combat readiness. A sufficient number of night-vision
devices have been purchased, and all the front-line positions are
provided with them. But, this is not all. Soon, thermal monitoring
devices, which have more advantages, will be purchased. As for the
monitoring in the daytime, there is no problem, and it is easily
conducted by the Artsakh soldiers. The recent subversive-intelligence
operations undertaken by the enemy have once again proved the level of
our armed forces' preparedness. In addition, in all types of
competition the Artsakh Army has always occupied primary places. This
means that being at the frontline, the Army must constantly increase
its combat readiness. Along with this, daily works are conducted to
increase the soldiers' morale and to improve the moral and
psychological state of the staff, which are no less important factors.
There is a special order of accepting recruits to the Army, which
helps easily adapt to the military life. Also, there is a special
order for the visits of soldiers' parents, providing possible meetings
with their children.
Works on providing the ammunition and logistics are
underway. The assortment of food products at the frontline is
improved. The recent exercises have demonstrated once again that all
the structures of the NKR Defense Army are able to perform their
tasks. As a bright proof of the above mentioned, Major-General Movses
Hakobyan recalled with obvious pride the Biathlon Championships held
recently in Russia, where all the three teams, which had occupied a
prize-winning places, were soldiers of the Artsakh Defense Army. It is
noteworthy that the teams are not 'prefabricated', or gathered from
different divisions, they are the personnel of the same tanks.
According to the Defense Minister, all the teams of the NKR Defense
Army tank division are highly qualified.
Generally, the current year has been specific with regards
of the tension on the contact-line - the enemy undertook 16
diversion-intelligence attempts, and they all failed. Our soldiers,
fulfilling successfully their duty, threw the enemy back to their
initial positions. Such countermeasures were undertaken by the NKR
Defense Army 7 times, 5 of which were quite successful. In late July
and early August, Azerbaijan's subversive activities were specific,
because they were undertaken in several directions and several days.
One of the 7 operations undertaken during a week was an obvious
attack, as diversion cannot be undertaken by 40-50 people. According
to the Defense Minister, the enemy was aimed at seizing some
positions, thus trying to justify its losses before its own society.
All of these actions were carried out by only one unit, via the
Azerbaijani Army special forces, which was retrained in Northern
Cyprus and for which Azerbaijan paid a lot of money to Turkey. It was
also an exam - a report to the Turkish trainers, as if the subdivision
is ready to implement such operations. According to the information of
the NKR DA, the enemy suffered 36 losses those days, with specific
names and ranks. Unfortunately, during the defensive operations our
army also suffered losses - 6 people, 3 of which were officers and 3 -
soldiers. This testifies that our commanders are along with the
soldiers any moment.
Answering the quest5ion whether the Commander of the NKR
Defense Army a war, Mr. Hakobian said,
From: A. Papazian