Forbes: Azerbaijan's missiles can't necessarily hit a specific building

PanARMENIAN.Net - The missiles Azerbaijan possesses are not necessarily accurate enough to hit something as small as a specific building, Forbes said in an article, after Azerbaijan's military threatened to strike the Metsamor nuclear plant in Armenia.

"While Azerbaijan does possess a handful of long-range ballistic missiles — with 30-meter CEP (the size circle they can hit 50% of the time) these are not necessarily accurate enough to hit something as small as a specific building," the article says.

"LORA ballistic missiles supplied by Israel are claimed to be more accurate (10 meters) but finding an exact target may be challenging."

Precision attacks on strategic targets have hitherto been confined to the world’s more advanced air forces, the article says.

The most alarming development in the recent escalation on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border is the threat of nuclear “catastrophe” made by Azerbaijani Defense Ministry spokesman Vagif Dargyakhly, Forbes says.

Dargyakhly stated that their weapons “are capable of hitting the Metsamor Atomic Energy Station with high accuracy, which will turn into a catastrophe for Armenia.”

The situation on the border between the two countries escalated on July 12, with Azerbaijan having launched three unsuccessful infiltration attempts since that day. The Azerbaijani military has also been firing on the Armenian positions, and using large caliber grenade launchers and combat drones to target civilian homes in several border settlements. Four servicemen of the Armenian army have been killed, while Azerbaijan has reported 12 deaths.