Armenia Vs Azerbaijan Military Comparison
Military Comparison
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| Armenia Vs Azerbaijan |
Armenia and Azerbaijan are fighting for control of nargono karabakh which is a disputed territory internationally recognized as a part of Azerbaijan and a strip of land between the province and the Armenia n border fighting in and around this disputed enclave shows signs that a local ethnic dispute could spiral into a regional conflict.
So as the two neighbors have seen frequent flare-ups this has prompted fears that tensions could escalate further so is the war between Azerbaijan and Armenia a real possibility and if these two countries ever face against each other who do you think will win let's compare the current population of Azerbaijan is 10.169 million which ranks at 90 in the list of countries by population while the current population of Armenia is 2.965 million which ranks number 137 in the world the total area of Azerbaijan is 86 000 kilometers square which is three times bigger compared to Armenia defense spending is one of the most direct ways of measuring a country's potential military capability the latest defense budget of Azerbaijan is 2.8 billion us dollars while Armenia is 1.38 billion us dollars which is two times lesser compared to Azerbaijan.
The armed forces of Azerbaijan consist of three professional uniformed services that is the Azerbaijan i land forces the Azerbaijan i air and air defense force and the Azerbaijan i navy since the fall of the soviet union Azerbaijan has been trying to further develop its armed forces into a professional well-trained and mobile military the answer by Johnny land forces is the largest components of the armed forces of Azerbaijan having 56 850 ground force troops with additional paramilitary forces of 15 000. while the Armenia n armed forces comprised of only two services the army and the air force and air defense the Armenia n land forces is the largest component of the armed forces of Armenia the smallest component that is the Armenia n air force has only three thousand active personnel so totaling all this together the armed forces of Armenia has 45 000 active personnel while the armed forces of Azerbaijan comprises of 126 600 active personnel as for reserve personnel the armed forces of Armenia is a hundred thousand lesser than the armed forces of Azerbaijan.
The mig-29 has been designated as the standard aircraft for the Azerbaijan i air force it is the only multi-role aircraft used by this country the final aircraft used by them is the mig-21 fished which is also an interceptor aircraft while the sukhoi su-25 serves as an attack aircraft for the Azerbaijan i air force they have one transport aircraft that is the illusion ill-76 the only attack helicopter used by this force is the mil mi-24 which are 17 in numbers they also have four cam of ka-27 which is an anti-submarine warfare helicopter two bell 412 which is the utility helicopter and 17 numbers of mil mi 17 which is a medium twin turbine transport helicopter the answer by Johnny air force used the airway l-39 which is a light ground trainer aircraft the pcl mi2 which is a rotorcraft trainer and the pac-mfi-17 mushack which is a light attack trainer aircraft the country also operates the ucavs which are mainly surveillance drone imported mainly from Israel this includes the hermit 450 iai heron ii searcher orbiter aerostar and baratar tv2 which is a Turkish drone as for Armenia the sukhoi su-30 is the only multi-world aircraft for this country having only four numbers and eight more are in order the sukhoi s225 served as an attack aircraft and they have 13 in numbers like Azerbaijan they also use the same transport aircraft which is the illusion il-76 but they have only three in numbers the Armenia n air force have 15 mil mi24 attack helicopter and 12 mil mi-8 utility helicopter trainer aircraft include the mil mi2 which is a lightly armed turbine-powered transport helicopter and the airway l-39 which is imported from czechoslovakia.
The total trainer is only 12 whereas Azerbaijan have 29 numbers Armenia n air force have more numbers of transport aircraft but as for helicopters they are three times lesser than the Azerbaijan i air force even fighter multirole and attack aircraft the Azerbaijan i air force have more numbers compared to its rival they also have 46 ucavs in total while Armenia have none so this gives a total of 193 numbers of aircraft for the Azerbaijan i air force versus 59 for the Armenia n air force talking about naval powers the answer by johnny navy have four submarines that is the soviet triton 2m and triton 1 submarines they operate only one frigate named the patea class aircraft again of soviet origin they do not operate destroyers aircraft carriers and corvettes but they do operate quite a number of patrol boats the stenka class patrol boat is the main boat which is an anti-submarine patrol boat they also have a large torpedo boat called the eosa-class missile boat and the Azerbaijan i navy also operate the savatelya class patrol boat which is again an anti-submarine patrol boat the ab25 class patrol craft which is a class of large patrol craft and a point class cutter being a landlocked country Armenia has no navy so the total patrol boats operated by Azerbaijan i navy is 13 and they have seven mine warfare.
One submarine frigates and its total fleet strength is 31. the heavy equipment and weaponry of the Azerbaijan i land forces is of mostly foreign manufacturer like from Russia the main battle tanks are t-90s which is a third generation Russian battle tank the t-72 which is a family of soviet main battle tanks and t-55 which is again a series of soviet main battle tanks apart from tanks they have many armored fighting vehicles as well the main rocket artillery used by this army include the b-21 granby m-30s merge lynx and t-122 Zachariah not just the Azerbaijan but even the Armenia n army also use the same main battle tanks as them as for multiple launch rocket systems they use the Chinese wm80 soviet bm-21 grand soviet bm 30s merge Russian tos-1a and their own n2 so talking about quantity wise they have over a total of 110 numbers of tanks versus 570 to that of Azerbaijan the armored fighting vehicles of the Azerbaijan i land forces doubles than that of the Armenia n army they even have more self-propelled artillery rocket projectors and field artillery as well anyway that was the military comparison between Azerbaijan and Armenia even with the current situation that is going on as there has been frequent flare-ups let's hope both the countries won't blunder into war with each other so it won't end in a catastrophe thank you so much.