On October 2 morning, the Azerbaijani military targeted a bridge in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh with an Israeli-made missile.
The bridge, which links Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh near the village of Asagi Sus, was struck with what appears to be a LORA theater quasi-ballistic missile. The pinpoint strike resulted in the complete destruction of the bridge.
Azerbaijan using LORA
Photos from this strike and from testing footage for comparison. via lostarmour https://t.co/2do27aJdi1 pic.twitter.com/ihz2aU83JJ— monitoring (@warsmonitoring) October 2, 2020
Developed by the Israel Aerospace Industries, LORA is a 600 mm missile with a range of 400 km. The missile is guided by a GPS-aided inertial navigation system with a terminal optical seeker. The advanced guidance system gives LORA a circular error probable of 10 meters only.
In 2018, it was confirmed that the Azerbaijani Armed Forces had purchased a number of LORA missile systems from Israel.
This was likely the first ballistic missile attack since the start of the battle in Nagorno-Karabakh on September 27. The Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan accused Armenian forces of launching OTR-21 Tochka tactical ballistic missiles on several occasions. However, Yerevan continues to dismiss these claims.
Despite the fact that for several days now #Azerbaijan has been targeting the settlements around the town of Vardenis (#Armenia) with UAVs and artillery assets of various calibers, no rocket has been fired YET in the direction of Az. from the territory of the Rep. of Armenia.2/3
— Shushan Stepanyan (@ShStepanyan) October 2, 2020
The Ministry of Defense of #Armenia strongly urges the #Azerbaijani side to refrain from such provocations and not to instigate the RA Armed Forces to carry out actual missile strikes with all its repercussions. 3/3
— Shushan Stepanyan (@ShStepanyan) October 2, 2020
The ongoing battle in Nagorno-Karabakh will not likely end anytime soon. Both sides appear to be unwilling to reach a ceasefire agreement.
