Azerbaijan’s Growing Drone Arsenal May Have Led It To Believe It Has Edge Over Armenia

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Azerbaijani Drones

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“I believe Azerbaijan was inspired by Turkey’s innovative and decisive drone strikes in Syria (in late February/early March) and Libya (last May),” Matthew Bryza said. He noted that those strikes in Syria’s Idlib earlier this year were “so innovative and effective” that the Royal United Services Institute in London went so far as to state that it called into question the utility of the main battle tank. In the future, main battle tanks will require advanced electronic warfare and short-range air defense systems to defend themselves against such attacks.