Analysis: Azerbaijan and Armenian land forces
Hostilities between Azerbaijan and Armenia over the Nagorni Karabakh enclave have re-ignited with exchanges of fire over the border.
According to officially-released data, during the clashes from 1-5 April the Armenian armed forces lost 35 troops and 14 main battle tanks (MBTs). In turn, Azerbaijan acknowledged the loss of 31 troops and one Mi-24 attack helicopter.
The fierce clashes saw a massed use of artillery and Multiple Launch Rocket Systems (MLRS), supported by UAVs widely employed for spotting, targeting and battle damage assessment; and are the worst since a formal truce in May 1994 ended the first war over the
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