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Encyclopedia > Azerbaijan Air Defense Force

SAM missiles used by the Air Defense Forces of Azerbaijan.
SAM missiles used by the Air Defense Forces of Azerbaijan.

The Azerbaijan Air Defense Force has about 3,500 personnel under service. There are some installations of the Cold War era left by the Soviets in 1990. The Gabala OTH Radar in Azerbaijan is able to track aircraft to the range of Lebanon. Here, Azeri Air Defense has their ground based early warning capability. Image File history File links Azerbaijan_Military_76. ... Image File history File links Azerbaijan_Military_76. ...


The U.S. also provided Azerbaijani military with the latest radar technology in 2006. In the same year, plans were announced for the U.S. to modernize one radar station near the Iranian border at Lerik and another near the border with Georgia at Agstafa. Joint work has also commenced on two radar stations on the Russia-Azerbaijani border and Iran-Azerbaijani border to monitor Caspian Sea traffic. [1][2] Lerik is a town and rayon located near the Iranian border in southern Azerbaijan, between tall mountains and the agricultural plain. ... Agstafa is a rayon in northwestern Azerbaijan. ...


Azerbaijan has also a wide missile system covering the Azeri Aerospace. The NATO designated SA-2 Guideline (original name S-75) has been installed in and around Baku and additional installations are near the border with Iran and Dagestan. Some are installed to defend against Armenian aircraft. Among them are the medium range SA-4, for short range SA-8 and the SA-13 mobile SAM vehicles.


The Azeris also have a lot of lighter AA guns and shoulder launched SAMs.


References

  1. ^ Azerbaijan & U.S. joint installations
  2. ^ U.S. radars in Azerbaijan

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