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Oct 9, 2025

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Putin admits Russian air defense opened fire at Azerbaijani airliner in 2024

Kyiv Independent Russian President Vladimir Putin admitted that Russian air defenses launched missiles toward an Azerbaijani airliner before it crashed…

Aug 18, 2025

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Russia striking Azerbaijan’s SOCAR oil facilities in Ukraine on purpose, Kyiv says

Reuters KYIV, Aug 18 (Reuters) – Russian drones on Monday intentionally attacked an oil depot belonging to Azerbaijani state oil…

Sep 20, 2023

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Azerbaijani force destroys Armenian air defense system with precision strike

DEFENSE BLOG Azerbaijani ballistic missile system reportedly has precision struck ‘Armenian air defense system’ in the disputed Karabakh region. Click…

Dec 12, 2018

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French Air-Defense Missile Systems Instead of Russian Coastal Missiles for Azerbaijan

The Jamestown Foundation: The Azerbaijani military portal Azerideffence.com recently published information about Baku acquiring French ASTER 30-SAMP/T and VL MICA…

Dec 6, 2018

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Azerbaijan May Buy Missile Defense System From Europe’s № 1 Supplier

Caspian News: MBDA Systems, the only integrated missiles and missile systems supplier in Europe, agreed to sell units of its…

Oct 18, 2018

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Air defense units of Azerbaijani army test-fire OSA anti-aircraft missile system

News.az: Air defense units of the Azerbaijani army have held tactical exercises in various firing ranges, the Defense Ministry reported…

Sep 4, 2018

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Azerbaijan’s Air Defense Forces conducting tactical-special drills

Mena FN: Azerbaijan’s Air Defense Forces are conducting tactical-special exercises in line with the combat training plan for 2018 approved…

Jun 20, 2018

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Azerbaijan’s Acquisitions of New Missile Systems From Belarus and Israel: The Domestic and Regional Context

The Jamestown Foundation: On June 11, Azerbaijan unveiled its newly-acquired Polonez multiple-launch rocket systems (MLRS, with a range of 300…

Dec 26, 2016

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Azerbaijan Successfully Test-fires Israeli-Produced Barak-8 Missile System

Jewish Press: The Azerbaijani Armed Forces have successfully test-fired the newly developed Barak 8 long-range surface-to-air missile, according to a…

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