{"id":33835,"date":"2023-10-05T16:09:47","date_gmt":"2023-10-05T16:09:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2023\/10\/05\/israeli-arms-drones-quietly-helped-azerbaijan-retake-nagorno-karabakh\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:32:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:32:15","slug":"israeli-arms-drones-quietly-helped-azerbaijan-retake-nagorno-karabakh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/battlefield-tech\/2023\/10\/05\/israeli-arms-drones-quietly-helped-azerbaijan-retake-nagorno-karabakh\/","title":{"rendered":"Israeli arms, drones quietly helped Azerbaijan retake Nagorno-Karabakh"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Israel has quietly helped fuel Azerbaijan\u2019s campaign to recapture Nagorno-Karabakh, supplying powerful weapons to Azerbaijan ahead of its lightening offensive last month that brought the ethnic Armenian enclave back under its control, officials and experts say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just weeks before Azerbaijan <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/nagorno-karabakh-armenia-azerbaijan-mines-deaths-477fd82368be90f88163e50a5fcb6353\">launched its 24-hour assault on Sept. 19<\/a>, Azerbaijani military cargo planes repeatedly flew between a southern Israeli airbase and an airfield near Nagorno-Karabakh, according to flight tracking data and Armenian diplomats, even as Western governments were urging peace talks.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/space\/2023\/10\/04\/israel-aerospace-industries-sells-spy-satellites-to-azerbaijan\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"218\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Azeri.jpeg.jpg?w=218\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Israel Aerospace Industries sells spy satellites to Azerbaijan<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">This is the first announced sale of this new model of the satellite, which is different from the OptSat-3000 supplied to the Israel Defense Forces.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The flights rattled Armenian officials in Yerevan, long wary of the strategic alliance between Israel and Azerbaijan, and shined a light on Israel\u2019s national interests in the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/nagorno-karabakh-armenia-azerbaijan-separatists-3a89f27726439e89569af1b77ccef325\">restive region south of the Caucasus Mountains<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFor us, it is a major concern that Israeli weapons have been firing at our people,\u201d Arman Akopian, Armenia\u2019s ambassador to Israel, told The Associated Press. In a flurry of diplomatic exchanges, Akopian said he expressed alarm to Israeli politicians and lawmakers in recent weeks over Israeli weapons shipments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI don\u2019t see why Israel should not be in the position to express at least some concern about the fate of people being expelled from their homeland,\u201d he told AP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Azerbaijan\u2019s September blitz involving heavy artillery, rocket launchers and drones \u2014 largely supplied by Israel and Turkey, according to experts \u2014 forced Armenian separatist authorities to <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/azerbaijan-armenia-explosions-nagornokarabakh-73df9b8b03c3748868e2e358b67bd018\">lay down their weapons and sit down<\/a> for talks on the future of the separatist region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Azerbaijani offensive <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/nagorno-karabakh-azerbaijan-armenia-troops-killed-offensive-1d13668014fac4e44a76c04b54378268\">killed over 200 Armenians<\/a> in the enclave, the vast majority of them fighters, and some 200 Azerbaijani troops, according to officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"5221\" height=\"3481\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23276490491609.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-113113\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23276490491609.jpg.jpg 5221w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23276490491609.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23276490491609.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23276490491609.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23276490491609.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23276490491609.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 5221px) 100vw, 5221px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">FILE &#8211; A convoy of cars of ethnic Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh move to Kornidzor in Syunik region, Armenia, on Sept. 26, 2023. Israel has quietly helped fuel Azerbaijan\u2019s campaign to recapture Nagorno-Karabakh, officials and experts say, supplying powerful weapons to Azerbaijan ahead of its lightening offensive last month that brought the Armenian enclave in its territory back under its control. (AP Photo\/Vasily Krestyaninov, File)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are ramifications beyond the volatile enclave of 4,400 square kilometers (1,700 square miles). The fighting prompted over 100,000 people \u2014 more than 80% of the enclave\u2019s ethnic Armenian residents \u2014 to flee in the last two weeks. Azerbaijan has pledged to respect the rights of ethnic Armenians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has termed the exodus \u201ca direct act of an ethnic cleansing.\u201d Azerbaijan\u2019s Foreign Ministry strongly rejected the accusation, saying the departures are a \u201cpersonal and individual decision and (have) nothing to do with forced relocation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Israel\u2019s foreign and defense ministries declined to comment on the use of Israeli weapons in Nagorno-Karabakh or on Armenian concerns about its military partnership with Azerbaijan. In July, Israeli Defense Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/israel-azerbaijan-iran-nuclear-bomb-gallant-c1c6a84f5926e619ed543eb17a6b3406\">Yoav Gallant visited Baku, the Azerbaijan capital<\/a>, where he praised the countries\u2019 military cooperation and joint \u201cfight against terrorism.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Israel has a big stake in Azerbaijan, which serves as a critical source of oil and is a staunch ally against Israel\u2019s archenemy Iran. It is also a lucrative customer of sophisticated arms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere\u2019s no doubt about our position in support of Azerbaijan\u2019s defense,\u201d said Arkady Mil-man, Israel\u2019s former ambassador to Azerbaijan and current senior researcher at the Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv. \u201cWe have a strategic partnership to contain Iran.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although once resource-poor Israel now has plenty of natural gas off its Mediterranean coast, Azerbaijan still supplies at least 40% of Israel\u2019s oil needs, keeping cars and trucks on its roads. Israel turned to Baku\u2019s offshore deposits in the late 1990s, creating an oil pipeline through the Turkish transport hub of Ceyan that isolated Iran, which at the time capitalized on oil flowing through its pipelines from Kazakhstan to world markets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Azerbaijan <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-iran-europe-dubai-united-arab-emirates-eb59a349e2b55416a863e5304819ec6f\">has long been suspicious of Iran<\/a>, its fellow Shiite Muslim neighbor on the Caspian Sea, and chafed at its support for Armenia, which is Christian. Iran has accused Azerbaijan of hosting a base for Israeli intelligence operations against it \u2014 a claim that Azerbaijan and Israel deny.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s clear to us that Israel has an interest in keeping a military presence in Azerbaijan, using its territory to observe Iran,\u201d Armenian diplomat Tigran Balayan said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Few have benefited more from the two countries\u2019 close relations than Israeli military contractors. Experts estimate Israel supplied Azerbaijan with nearly 70% of its arsenal between 2016 and 2020 \u2014 giving Azerbaijan an edge against Armenia and boosting Israel\u2019s large defense industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIsraeli arms have played a very significant role in allowing the Azerbaijani army to reach its objectives,\u201d said Pieter Wezeman, senior researcher at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, which tracks arms sales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Israeli long-range missiles and exploding drones known as loitering munitions have made up for Azerbaijan\u2019s small air force, Wezeman said, even at times striking deep within Armenia itself. Meanwhile, Israeli Barak-8 surface-to-air missiles have protected Azerbaijan\u2019s airspace in shooting down missiles and drones, he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just ahead of last month\u2019s offensive, the Azerbaijani defense ministry announced the army conducted a missile test of Barak-8. Its developer, Israel Aerospace Industries, declined to comment on Azerbaijan\u2019s use of its air defense system and combat drones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But Azerbaijan has raved about the success of Israeli drones in slicing through the Armenian defenses and tipping the balance in the bloody six-week war in 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u2018Nightmare for the Armenian army\u2019<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Its defense minister in 2016 called a combat drone manufactured by Israel\u2019s Aeronautics Group \u201ca nightmare for the Armenian army,\u201d which backed the region\u2019s separatists during Azerbaijan\u2019s conflict with Nagorno-Karabakh that year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Ilham Aliyev in 2021 \u2014 a year of deadly Azerbaijan-Armenian border clashes \u2014 was captured on camera smiling as he stroked the small Israeli suicide drone \u201cHarop\u201d during an arms showcase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Israel has deployed <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/israel-palestinians-west-bank-investigations-57b3c7c4c43da659481af2239dbf055d\">similar suicide drones<\/a> during deadly army raids against Palestinian militants in the occupied West Bank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re glad for this cooperation, it was quite supportive and quite beneficial for defense,\u201d Azerbaijani\u2019s ambassador to Israel, Mukhtar Mammadov told the AP, speaking generally about Israel\u2019s support for the Azerbaijani military. \u201cWe\u2019re not hiding it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At a crucial moment in early September \u2014 as diplomats scrambled to avert an escalation \u2014 flight tracking data shows that Azerbaijani cargo planes began to stream into Ovda, a military base in southern Israel with a 3,000-meter-long airstrip, known as the only airport in Israel that handles the export of explosives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The AP identified at least six flights operated by Azerbaijan\u2019s Silk Way Airlines landing at Ovda airport between Sept. 1 and Sept. 17 from Baku, according to aviation-tracking website <a href=\"http:\/\/flightradar24.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">FlightRadar24.com<\/a>. Azerbaijan launched its offensive two days later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During those six days, the Russian-made Ilyushin Il-76 military transport lingered on Ovda\u2019s tarmac for several hours before departing for either Baku or Ganja, the country\u2019s second-largest city, just north of Nagorno-Karabakh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In March, an investigation <a href=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/israel-news\/security-aviation\/2023-03-06\/ty-article-magazine\/.premium\/92-flights-from-israeli-base-reveal-arms-exports-to-azerbaijan\/00000185-fd3d-d96e-adef-ff3dc38e0000\">by the Haaretz newspaper<\/a> said it had counted 92 Azerbaijani military cargo flights to Ovda airport from 2016-2020. Sudden surges of flights coincided with upticks of fighting in Nagorno-Karabkh, it found.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDuring the 2020 war, we saw flights every other day and now, again, we see this intensity of flights leading up to the current conflict,\u201d said Akopian, the Armenian ambassador. \u201cIt is clear to us what\u2019s happening.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Israel\u2019s defense ministry declined to comment on the flights. The Azerbaijani ambassador, Mammadov, said he was aware of the reports but declined to comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The decision to support an autocratic government against an ethnic and religious minority has fueled a debate in Israel about the country\u2019s permissive arms export policies. Of the top 10 arms manufactures globally, only Israel and Russia lack legal restrictions on weapons exports based on human rights concerns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf anyone can identify with (Nagorno-Karabakh) Armenians\u2019 continuing fear of ethnic cleansing it is the Jewish people,\u201d said Avidan Freedman, founder of the Israeli advocacy group Yanshoof, which seeks to stop Israeli arm sales to human rights violators. \u201cWe\u2019re not interested in becoming accomplices.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israeli long-range missiles and exploding drones known as loitering munitions have made up for Azerbaijan\u2019s small air 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