Azerbaijani army ranks high among post-Soviet countries
By Rashid Shirinov
The National Army of Azerbaijan was rated one of the best among the post Soviet countries, according to Russia's Oruzhiye Rossii news agency.
“Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan Armies are in the best conditions among the former USSR countries after Russia,” the report said.
Russian analytics believe that these countries possess enough funds for purchasing modern weapons in required quantity thanks to their natural resource export. "They buy from Russia, Israel and Western countries," they stressed.
Both Baku and Astana have their own defense industry, and, what is very important, staff of enough number in order to explore modern weapons, that is to say, both for production and exploitation, the report underlined. "For example, Azerbaijan produces its own Marauder vehicles, an armored, mine-protected vehicle that was originally released by a South African military company."
Oruzhiye Rossii accents that the micro war of April confirmed that the technical abilities of Azerbaijan Armed Forces have risen significantly.
The Military of Azerbaijan possesses the latest technology equipments, which are constantly bought and produced. It ranks as the 60th of 126 explored countries’ Armies worldwide. For example, it includes more than 300 tanks, tank destroyers, 127 fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircrafts from all branches of service, helicopters and helicopter carrier vessels. Total naval strength includes all known auxiliaries as well, according to the Global Fire Power.
Over the past few years, Azerbaijan has succeeded to stay in the top-three ranking of the post-Soviet countries’ Armed Forces, made by different news and analytical agencies. This indicates the strength of Azerbaijan and its readiness to resist any external invasion and liberate its occupied lands from the enemy.
The Navy of Azerbaijan Republic also enjoys high capabilities, enabling to be listed the second strongest navy on the Caspian after the Russian fleet.
Azerbaijani Navy keeps implementing its exercises and its volumes are growing constantly. Moreover, Russian and Azerbaijani Navies have held their joint naval exercises repeatedly and plan to continue that experience in future.
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