>Armenia-U.S. military exercise
>Armenia and the United States began a joint military training exercise on Monday, a U.S. army spokesperson said, at a time of high tension in Armenian relations with neighbouring Azerbaijan. The 10-day "Eagle Partner" exercise involves 85 U.S. and 175 Armenian soldiers and is designed to prepare the Armenians to take part in international peacekeeping missions. It is taking place at two training grounds near the capital Yerevan.
>Though small in scale, the drill has irked Russia, which has a military base in Armenia and regards itself as the prime security guarantor in the region. Armenia and neighbouring Azerbaijan have fought two wars in the three decades since the collapse of the Soviet Union, and each side has accused the other within the past week of building up troops near the border.
https://www.reuters.com/world/armenia-us-military-exercise-kicks-off-near-yerevan-us-spokesperson-2023-09-11/
Will US training and weapons be able to turn the tide?
>US training
Yes, I'm sure 175 Armenians jumping around with 85 Americans for a week and a half will destroy Azerbaijan.
>and weapons
>ctrl-f "weapons" = phrase not found
>military training
>not relevant on a board dedicated to weapons AND militarily subjects
Autists like you are why abortion is considered a necessary medical procedure.
Nta but I think he meant he searched that article and found no proofs of the US sending weapons; not that the thread is off topic
jesus fucking christ what a fucking retard you are
Just that, no.
Full integration into the US' style of military, yes. That doesn't necessarily mean joining NATO, but it does mean becoming aligned with the US.
See how Ukraine reformed their military between 2014 and now.
and the United States began a joint military training exercise on Monday
what's the point? mentally torture the armenians? or will the US intervene before they kill everyone in NK?
The Americans thought Armenians was a misspelling or Americans and decided to help.
Honestly just to troll Russia
They look cool but doesn't mean because drones did them in last time.
it’s a symbolic gesture meant to get the azeris to stop going crazy. The US wants Turkey (and thus their pet Azerbaijan) on their side regarding Russia and Syria, so they can’t directly threaten the Azeris.
>to get the azeris to stop going crazy.
that's a considerable misunderstanding of the caucasian mindset. "ethnic cleansing" cleansing is not "crazy", it's a bad tuesday morning.
Their conflict is so unsophisticated and primitive, no better than two troops of chimps mindlessly tearing each other apart.
WAIT A SECOND
Isn't Armenia in russian CSTO or how is that third world analog of NATO called?
I think so, but they're in a border war with Azerbaijan, and Russia has failed to keep the peace. Armenia is losing, so they've been turning to the US.
A smaller border war also broke out between two of the 'stans.
The Central Asian 'stan countries are going to be fighting one another in the coming decades over water and ethnic nonsense. Fuckin' Soviets really did a number in that part of the world with drawing borders and catastrophic agri-business projects.
This, Uzbekistan will be the key player as they have the manpower to absolutely dominate any of the other Stans 1-on-1.
The only chance the Tajiks or Kyrgyz have is to go to the mountains and raid. Kazakhs have some strategic depth to exhaust the Uzbeks, but the Turkmen will have a hard time fending them off.
Though that isn't taking into account equipment, and the overall competence of each army
>CSTO
yes, collective shithole treaty organisation, only the most irrelevant countries may enter
forgot to mention:
>collective
they just had to use commie speak
>2.1 trillion gdp combined
>1.8 trillion is from russia alone
>still about half of germany at 4.26 trillion
>tajikistan and kyrgyzstan combined lower gdp than fucking albania
Yeah, they are, but a CSTO membership and $3.50 will get you a cup of coffee. It's the NATO from wish.com.
>Battle of Glendale (2026)
>military intervention? uh... sorry, but we believe in peace talks. please settle the dispute among yourselves...
>WTF? YOU'RE TRAINING WITH RACIST HATO NAZIS?! REEE!!!
Russia did send peacekeepers. The US would have to offer a permanent resolution for this to be worth it
Russian peacekeepers have proven completely worthless over the last 10 years
What do they even do?
After an unfavourable negotiation with Artsakh cut-off from Armenia, RU peacekeepers prevented Azerbaijan from presuming the war in bad faith, but since then Nagorno-Karabakh has been left with a tiny corridor to supply itself. That corridor has been under siege since the start of this year leaving the Armenians there starved of essentials
>dashed lines, ru patrols
>dashed traingles, positions
Mostly funneled weapons into Russia.
ah yes, russia does nothing as the azeris drone them into the ground and then gets butthurt when the us tries to strengthen peacekeeping efforts
Nato should just up their budgets to 3% minimum and support all the nations that yearn for freedom, democracy. Basically agency.
Damn George. Didn't know you posted in this armpit. How's retirement?
It's a blow to Azerbaijan I guess. Other than that, purely symbolic.
No but it would be a bad idea to start a war while US troops are in country. Could get messy
Turks, and even Azeris somehow, are notably whiter than Armenians, so I can't support them.
So I got it right with my Azeri character in my second novel.
i am confused is she turkish or armenian
Azeri
The hint is in the writing in the background.
If you see Turkish but with silly looking upside down e's like that, that's their script instead.
source
That's a child
I'd say she's like 17 or 18 so perfectly legal
>russia pisses of a member of their version of nato
>us moves in to make friends with them
kek
Hasn’t Armenia abandoned the CSTO? I believe membership is for life and if a member doesn’t show they just pretend that the absentee is still there.
Anyway, no one is going to help Armenia. It’s a poor country with nothing to offer anyone trying to maintain a territory which doesn’t historically belong to them (NK). Even when Russia was supposedly protecting them they had to PAY Russia for it. They should just give up, negotiate with Azerbaijan to let go of NK and at least get something for it. I’m guessing the reason they won’t and are desperate to find a big daddy is because some oligarch is cashing in on NK and his money runs their government.
Armenia is fucking retarded for pushing what was left of their relationship with Iran. Now they're going to get gang banged by Iran, Azerbaijan, Russia, Turkey if she hits the fan. You get what you deserve.