Wreckage of an Azerbaijani military drone shot dow by the Karabakh army, September 25, 2019

STEPANAKERT — Nagorno-Karabakh Air Defense units have shot down an Azerbaijani military drone on Tuesday.

In a statement, the NKR Defense Army said the Israeli-made drone was hit by one of its air-defense units early in the afternoon immediately after entering its airspace over a southern section of the Armenian-Azerbaijani “line of contact” around Karabakh. It promised to release photographs of the wreckage the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) “later on.”

The statement also said that Azerbaijani warplanes, combat helicopters and UAVs have carried out more frequent flights near the heavily fortified frontline of late. It claimed that Azerbaijani drones have also repeatedly attempted to cross into Armenian-controlled territory “for intelligence-gathering purposes” and urged Baku to avoid such “provocative steps.”

An Israeli company, Aeronautics Defense Systems, manufactures several types of Orbiter UAVs, including light-weight systems designed for reconnaissance missions and heavier attack drones.

The Karabakh army did not specify which one of them it shot down. It had destroyed an Orbiter 2 reconnaisance drone in September 2019.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Sign Up for Our Newsletters

Get notified of the latest updates from MassisPost.

You May Also Like

Study Points to Armenian Origins of Ancient Crop with Aviation Biofuel Potential

ST LOUIS — New research from Washington University in St. Louis points…

UN Human Rights Council Adopts Resolution on Genocide Prevention

GENEVA — On March 27, 2015 the “Prevention of genocide” resolution initiated…

From Genocide to the Getty House: Celebrating 100 Years of Armenian-Americans in Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES — On the evening of Thursday, November 6, 2014, the…

Iranian Government Endorses Visa-Free Regime with Armenia

TEHRAN — A session of Iran’s Cabinet made decisions on abolition of visa requirements…