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In terms of military balance, the Armenian side has always had an advantage over the Azerbaijani one.

Armenian Ex-Minister of Defense Vagharshak Harutyunyan said the aforementioned to Armenian News – NEWS.am.

According to him, during the first Karabakh war (in 1990-94), the Azerbaijani side had advantage in military equipment, aviation and ammunition by 2-5, 60 and 25 times respectively.

“But what did they achieve? They lost Karabakh and seven areas. This is also the case now. The issue here is whether the army is combat-capable or not, and combat readiness is not only the amount of equipment, but also its types.  We have what they don’t. We have tactical systems Iskander and strong air defense system,” Harutyunyan stressed.

In his words, the Armenian side has trained officer staff. “Our officers are trained in Russia and the equipment is [also] Russian. Whereas part of their equipment is Russian, the other one being Israeli, still the third being Turkish. They are trained in Turkey. What can Turkey teach them if the equipment is Russian? For this very reason the preparation level of their officers is low,” Harutyunyan noted, adding that the war proved this.

“Thus, we have advantage according to these criteria, as a result of which our army is more combat-capable,” the ex-Minister said. 

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