Drones won the war for Azerbaijan. India must spend military modernization money wisely

https://www.msn.com/ ^ | 11/20/2020 | Snehesh Alex Philip

[RomanSoldier19]

Where are you, b*******?” an Armenian soldier shouts as fellow compatriots look up at the sky and fire randomly. Seconds later, a drone strikes a nearby bus.

The video of this incident, available on Twitter, gives us an insight into the new age of warfare where human beings are trying to fight off machines that can easily track them from the sky and rain down on them, bringing along complete destruction.

The spectacular and crushing defeat of Armenia in its conflict with Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh is a good lesson for all countries, especially India, which is focussing on revamping and modernising its military

[RomanSoldier19]

human beings are trying to fight off machines that can easily track them from the sky and rain down on them, bringing along complete destruction.

[Zhang Fei]

Armenian aviation was lacking in quantity. Without control of your own airspace, you get plinked by your adversary. Guerrilla warfare doesn't work against non-Western armies, whose response is to kill everyone they encounter.

Armenian inventory

 

Aircraft	Origin	Type	Version	In service	Notes
Combat aircraft
Sukhoi Su-30	Russia	Multirole	Su-30SM	4[32]	8 more are on order
Sukhoi Su-25	Russia	Attack	Su-25K	13[33]	All to be modernized to the Su-25SM3 variant[33]
Transport
Ilyushin Il-76	Russia	Heavy transport		3[34]
Helicopters
Mil Mi-8	Russia	Utility	Mi-8/17/171	12[34]
Mil Mi-24	Russia	Attack	Mi-24/35	15[34]
Trainer aircraft
Aero L-39	Czechoslovakia	Jet trainer		6[34]
Mil Mi-2	Poland	Trainer / utility		6[34]

Azeri inventory

Aircraft	Origin	Type	Variant	In service	Notes
Combat aircraft
MiG-29	Russia	multirole		12[30]
Sukhoi Su-25	Russia	attack		12[30]
Transport
Ilyushin Il-76	Russia	transport		1[30]
Helicopters
Bell 412	United States	utility		2[30]
Mil Mi-17	Russia	utility / transport		65[30]
Mil Mi-24	Russia	attack	Mi-35	17[30]
Kamov Ka-27	Russia	utility	Ka-32	4[30]
Trainer aircraft
Aero L-39	Czech Republic	jet trainer		12[30]
PZL Mi-2	Poland	rotorcraft trainer		7[30]
PAC Super Mushshak	Pakistan	trainer		10[30]
UAV
Antonov An-2	Soviet Union/Poland/Azerbaijan	Unmanned kamikaze aircraft		60	[31]
Bayraktar TB2	Turkey	Attack			[32]
Hermes 450	Israel	surveillance		12[33]	two are Hermes 900[33]
IAI Heron	Israel	surveillance		5[33]
IAI Searcher	Israel	surveillance		5[33]
Orbiter	Israel	surveillance		10[34][33]	produced in Azerbaijan
Aerostar	Israel	surveillance		14[33]	produced in Azerbaijan[34]