ArmInfo. Large-scale operational and tactical exercises will be held in Azerbaijan from September 17 to 22 involving various types, general and special forces, associations and formations of the Azerbaijani army.
As reported by haqqin.az with reference to the press service of the Ministry of Defense, the exercises will involve more than 20,000 military personnel, more than 200 tanks and other armoured vehicles, more than 120 rocket and artillery mounts of different caliber, multiple launch rocket systems, and mortars, up to 30 fighter jets and bomber aircraft, army aviation units for various purposes.
''In the course of the exercises, the issues of the tank breakthrough of the enemy's echeloned defence in several directions, the crushing defeat of armed groups and forward units of Armenia in the territory of Karabakh will be worked out, tasks will be fulfilled for the liberation of the occupied territories by the destruction of military and strategic facilities located on the territory of the enemy by rocket-artillery and air strikes''. the Defense Ministry of Azerbaijan informed.
The Defense Ministry notes that during the exercises the newest military equipment and weapons will be used, which were obtained by the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan for the last ten years.