"From the political viewpoint Azerbaijan is not ready for war, though we could liberate some territories by force long ago," Azeri military expert and psychologist Azad Isazade told Zerkalo newspaper. In his words, the risk of resumption of hostilities is not big. "International structures will not let this happen. To resume operations Azerbaijan should ground the necessity of conducting anti-terror operations in Nagorno Karabakh. It in a way resembles Israel's operations against Hezbollah. But this will demand time and information struggle while the statements that Azerbaijan should not ask anyone to start military operations are inappropriate. In this case international structures could apply severe sanctions against the republic," Isazade said. On the other hand, the expert considers that the population of Azerbaijan is not ready for large-scale military operations. "No war was won thanks to patriotic spirit only. The servicemen and the population should receive professional and psychological training," he said.

For his part military expert Alekper Mamedov remarked that corruption, bribery and unnecessary expenses do not allow the Azeri army to become the strongest in the region. In his words, it's incorrect to evaluate the efficiency of the army by the level of the troops guarding the BTC oil pipeline. "The leadership just wishes to raise the authority of the Azeri military and create a wrong image of the army," he said.

According to another military expert Uzeir Jafarov, if earlier the Turkish army took active part in the formation of the Azeri military forces, so now this interest has considerably faded. "I think the Turkish top military saw Azerbaijan's unwillingness to move towards NATO and cut the number of instructors sent to Azerbaijan," Jafarov said.