I saw a video of Armenia's air force a while back and decided to investigate our military power and that of our neighbors. Because of certain agreements to which these countries are party, there is a lot of available information on the internet. However, some sources gave differing numbers, so I've had to make certain estimates for your reading pleasure.
Armenia
Active Troops: 60,000
Aircraft: 16
Tanks: 110
Expenditure, 2005: $162 million
Azerbaijan
Active Troops: 126,400
Aircraft: 172
Tanks: 270
Expenditure, 2005: $300 million
Turkey
Active Troops: 1,043,550
Aircraft: 430
Tanks: 4,265
Expenditure, 2005: $9.8 billion
Russia
Active Troops: 1,037,000
Aircraft: 3,200
Tanks: 22,800
Expenditure, 2005: $18 billion
As I said above, these may not be completely accurate due to different sources. However, the message is clear: even though our forces are more experienced and will compensate for lack of some very important military equipment, it is in our absolute best interest to remain very close friends with Russia.
Sources:
ArmeniaNow
U.N. Disarmament Web Site
WikiPedia
3 comments:
Hello,
Do you know that the founder of Turkish Republic Mustafa Kemal once said " peace at home, peace in the world".
You don't need to be afraid of Turkey...
Too funny! after what the turks did to Armenians we will always fear hatred from turks.
I Think We have more Aircrafts than that
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