ArmInfo.Opportunities to shoot down missiles of Iskander complexes are not only in Azerbaijan, but also in leading countries. Minister of Defense of Artsakh, Lieutenant-General Levon Mnatsakanyan said on the Public Television of Armenia in response to the statement of his Azerbaijani colleague Zakir Hasanov that the Azerbaijani armed forces possess anti- missile weapons capable of shooting down missiles from the Iskander complexes deployed in Armenia.
He said that at present no weapons have been created that could shoot down the Iskander missiles. As for anti-missile complexes THAAD, about which Hasanov spoke, then, according to Mnatsakanyan, the maximum height of the missile trajectory of the Iskander missile system is more than 100 km, the angle of attack of the missile at the final segment is close to 90 +.
In this context, Mnatsakanyan also referred to another statement by Hasanov that in the April war Azerbaijan used no more than 15-20% of its army. "Let's try to understand what these 15-20% of Azerbaijani Armed Forces are: tanks and infantry fighting vehicles, up to 250-300 units, artillery and mortars - up to 45-500 units. MLRS - modern and large-caliber - up to 60 units, anti-tank weapons - up to 600-700 units, personnel - up to 20,000. And he speaks of this with pride. That is, they used all this during the April hostilities and achieved success comparable to the success in the performance of a combat mission by just one company, "Mnatsakanyan said.
In response to a question about what will happen if the Armenian side uses 15-20% of his army, Levon Mnatsakanyan said: "If we involve 15-20% of our army, the result, definitely, several times better than registered by us ago - the zone will expand and deepen security. If we use 15-20%, we will have different reality: I think that within about 5-10 years, and maybe more, the adversary will not seek to resume any hostilities. "