Armenia unveils photos of debris from downed Azerbaijani dronesJuly 20, 2020 - 12:49 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia has unveiled pictures of debris from Azerbaijani drones shot down during the recent escalation on the border between the two countries. "Beautiful, aren't they?" head of Armenia's Crisis Information Center Artsrun Hovhannisyan captured the pictures on Facebook. Harutyunyan said in comments that none of the drones in the images is the Hermes-900 UAV downed by Armenian troops. Throughout the five days of border unrest, the Armenian side has downed a total of 14 Azerbaijani drones, including a super expensive Hermes-900 drone, produced by Israel's Elbit Systems, while Nagorno Karabakh troops have downed an Orbiter-3, made by Aeronautics Systems, another Israeli firm. Also in recent days, the Armenian Armed Forces have come into possession of a Skystriker drone produced by Israel and operated by the Azerbaijani military.
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