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<div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.1</span> <span>Ground Forces</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Ground_Forces-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Air_Force_and_Air_Defense" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Air_Force_and_Air_Defense"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2</span> <span>Air Force and Air Defense</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Air_Force_and_Air_Defense-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Military_of_Artsakh" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Military_of_Artsakh"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Military of Artsakh</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Military_of_Artsakh-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Personnel" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Personnel"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Personnel</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Personnel-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Personnel subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Personnel-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Educational_institutions" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Educational_institutions"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1</span> <span>Educational institutions</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Educational_institutions-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Contract_service" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Contract_service"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2</span> <span>Contract service</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Contract_service-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Conscription" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Conscription"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3</span> <span>Conscription</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Conscription-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Women_in_the_armed_forces" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Women_in_the_armed_forces"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.4</span> <span>Women in the armed forces</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Women_in_the_armed_forces-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Minorities" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Minorities"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.5</span> <span>Minorities</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Minorities-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Equipment" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Equipment"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Equipment</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Equipment-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-International_military_cooperation" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#International_military_cooperation"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>International military cooperation</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-International_military_cooperation-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle International military cooperation subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-International_military_cooperation-sublist" 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id="toc-France" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#France"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.4</span> <span>France</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-France-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Greece" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Greece"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.5</span> <span>Greece</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Greece-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Baltic_States" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Baltic_States"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.6</span> <span>Baltic States</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Baltic_States-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-United_States" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#United_States"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.7</span> <span>United States</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-United_States-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-European_Union" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#European_Union"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.8</span> <span>European Union</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-European_Union-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Peacekeeping_operations" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Peacekeeping_operations"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Peacekeeping operations</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Peacekeeping_operations-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Peacekeeping 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class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Lebanon"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.4</span> <span>Lebanon</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Lebanon-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Mali" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Mali"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.5</span> <span>Mali</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Mali-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Kazakhstan" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Kazakhstan"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.6</span> <span>Kazakhstan</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Kazakhstan-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span 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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hyw mw-list-item"><a href="https://hyw.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%80%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%A1%D5%BD%D5%BF%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%AB_%D4%B6%D5%AB%D5%B6%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A1%D5%AE_%D5%88%D6%82%D5%AA%D5%A5%D6%80" title="Հայաստանի Զինուած Ուժեր – Western Armenian" lang="hyw" hreflang="hyw" data-title="Հայաստանի Զինուած Ուժեր" data-language-autonym="Արեւմտահայերէն" data-language-local-name="Western Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Արեւմտահայերէն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuercies_Armaes_d%27Armenia" title="Fuercies Armaes d'Armenia – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Fuercies Armaes d'Armenia" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erm%C9%99nistan_Silahl%C4%B1_Q%C3%BCvv%C9%99l%C9%99ri" title="Ermənistan Silahlı Qüvvələri – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Ermənistan Silahlı Qüvvələri" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%85%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AD%D9%84%DB%8C_%DA%AF%D9%88%D8%AC%D9%84%D8%B1%DB%8C" title="ارمنیستان سیلاحلی گوجلری – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="ارمنیستان سیلاحلی گوجلری" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%80" title="আর্মেনিয়ার সশস্ত্র বাহিনী – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="আর্মেনিয়ার সশস্ত্র বাহিনী" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%B7%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%8B%D1%8F_%D1%81%D1%96%D0%BB%D1%8B_%D0%90%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%96%D1%96" title="Узброеныя сілы Арменіі – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Узброеныя сілы Арменіі" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%8A%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%8A%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8_%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%90%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F" title="Въоръжени сили на Армения – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Въоръжени сили на Армения" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streitkr%C3%A4fte_Armeniens" title="Streitkräfte Armeniens – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Streitkräfte Armeniens" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a 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<div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Combined military forces of Armenia</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) 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title="Armenian-language text"><span lang="hy" style="font-style: normal;">Հայաստանի զինված ուժեր</span></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid #aaa;line-height:1.5em;"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_Arms_of_the_Armenian_Armed_Forces.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Coat_of_Arms_of_the_Armenian_Armed_Forces.png/220px-Coat_of_Arms_of_the_Armenian_Armed_Forces.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="283" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Coat_of_Arms_of_the_Armenian_Armed_Forces.png/330px-Coat_of_Arms_of_the_Armenian_Armed_Forces.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/22/Coat_of_Arms_of_the_Armenian_Armed_Forces.png 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="514" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Emblem of the Armenian Armed Forces</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">28 May 1918; <span class="currentage"></span>106 years ago</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Current form</th><td class="infobox-data">28 January 1992; <span class="currentage"></span>33 years ago</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Military_branch" title="Military branch">Service branches</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_Armenia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Armenia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_Armenia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Armenia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_Armenia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Armenia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Armenian_Ground_Forces" title="Armenian Ground Forces">Armenian Ground Forces</a><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_Armenia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Armenia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_Armenia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Armenia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_Armenia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Armenia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Armenian_Air_Force" title="Armenian Air Force">Armenian Air Force</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Headquarters#Military" title="Headquarters">Headquarters</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Yerevan" title="Yerevan">Yerevan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.mil.am/en">www<wbr />.mil<wbr />.am<wbr />/en</a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;"><a href="/wiki/Category:Military_leadership" title="Category:Military leadership">Leadership</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Commander-in-chief" title="Commander-in-chief">Commander-in-chief</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Flag_of_the_President_of_Armenia.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_President_of_Armenia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Flag_of_the_President_of_Armenia.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_President_of_Armenia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Flag_of_the_President_of_Armenia.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_President_of_Armenia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/President_of_Armenia" title="President of Armenia">President</a> <a href="/wiki/Vahagn_Khachaturyan" title="Vahagn Khachaturyan">Vahagn Khachaturyan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Armenia" title="Prime Minister of Armenia">Prime Minister</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_Armenia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Armenia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_Armenia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Armenia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_Armenia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Armenia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Nikol_Pashinyan" title="Nikol Pashinyan">Nikol Pashinyan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Defence_(Armenia)" title="Minister of Defence (Armenia)">Minister of Defence</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_Armenia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Armenia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_Armenia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Armenia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_Armenia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Armenia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Suren_Papikyan" title="Suren Papikyan">Suren Papikyan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Armenia)" title="Chief of the General Staff (Armenia)">Chief of the General Staff</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_Armenia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Armenia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_Armenia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Armenia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_Armenia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Armenia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> Major General <a href="/w/index.php?title=Edvard_Asryan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Edvard Asryan (page does not exist)">Edvard Asryan</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Personnel</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Military age</th><td class="infobox-data">18–27<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Conscription" title="Conscription">Conscription</a></th><td class="infobox-data">24 months</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Available for<br />military service</th><td class="infobox-data">809,576 males, age 15–49, <br />870, 864<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> females, age 15–49</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Fit for<br />military service</th><td class="infobox-data">637,776 males, age 15–49, <br />729,846 females, age 15–49</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Reaching military<br />age annually</th><td class="infobox-data">35,774 males, <br />35,182 females</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Active personnel</th><td class="infobox-data">70,000 (65,000 army, 5,000 air forces and air defense) + 5,000 paramilitary (<a href="/wiki/International_Institute_for_Strategic_Studies" title="International Institute for Strategic Studies">IISS</a> estimate)<sup id="cite_ref-MIlBal2024_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MIlBal2024-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Military_reserve" title="Military reserve">Reserve personnel</a></th><td class="infobox-data">210,000 former service personnel with service in last 15 years<sup id="cite_ref-MIlBal2024_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MIlBal2024-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Military_deployment" title="Military deployment">Deployed personnel</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_Kosovo.svg/21px-Flag_of_Kosovo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_Kosovo.svg/32px-Flag_of_Kosovo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_Kosovo.svg/42px-Flag_of_Kosovo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="840" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Kosovo" title="Kosovo">Kosovo</a> (58 in <a href="/wiki/Kosovo_Force" title="Kosovo Force">KFOR</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Flag_of_Lebanon.svg/23px-Flag_of_Lebanon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Flag_of_Lebanon.svg/35px-Flag_of_Lebanon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Flag_of_Lebanon.svg/45px-Flag_of_Lebanon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2880" data-file-height="1920" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Lebanon" title="Lebanon">Lebanon</a> (33 in <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Interim_Force_in_Lebanon" title="United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon">UNFIL</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Expenditure</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Military_budget" title="Military budget">Budget</a></th><td class="infobox-data">$1.70 billion (2025)<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33136331.html">[2]</a><br />Percent of GDP= 6% (2025)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;"><a href="/wiki/Military_acquisition" title="Military acquisition">Industry</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Domestic suppliers</th><td class="infobox-data">Scientific-Production Association Garni-Ler<br />Aspar Arms<br />Avtomatika Plant<br />UAVLAB<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Foreign suppliers</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /> <p><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a><sup id="cite_ref-IndFra_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IndFra-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a><sup id="cite_ref-IndFra_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IndFra-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a><sup id="cite_ref-arms_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-arms-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Bulgaria" title="Bulgaria">Bulgaria</a><sup id="cite_ref-arms_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-arms-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Serbia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Serbia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Serbia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Serbia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Serbia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Serbia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1350" data-file-height="900" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Serbia" title="Serbia">Serbia</a><sup id="cite_ref-arms_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-arms-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/45px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Ukraine" title="Ukraine">Ukraine</a><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /> </p> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Flag_of_Belarus.svg/23px-Flag_of_Belarus.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Flag_of_Belarus.svg/35px-Flag_of_Belarus.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Flag_of_Belarus.svg/46px-Flag_of_Belarus.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Belarus" title="Belarus">Belarus</a><sup id="cite_ref-arms_10-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-arms-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/23px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/35px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/45px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece">Greece</a><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png 2x" data-file-width="69" data-file-height="39" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Related articles</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">History</th><td class="infobox-data"><b><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_Armenia" title="Military history of Armenia">Military history of Armenia</a></b><br />1918–1920 <a href="/wiki/Armenian%E2%80%93Azerbaijani_war_(1918%E2%80%931920)" title="Armenian–Azerbaijani war (1918–1920)">Armenian-Azerbaijani War</a><br /> 1918 <a href="/wiki/Armenian-Georgian_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Armenian-Georgian War">Armenian-Georgian War</a><br />1920 <a href="/wiki/Turkish%E2%80%93Armenian_War" title="Turkish–Armenian War">Turkish–Armenian War</a><br />1920 <a href="/wiki/Red_Army_invasion_of_Armenia" title="Red Army invasion of Armenia">Red Army invasion of Armenia</a><br />1921 <a href="/wiki/February_Uprising" title="February Uprising">February Uprising</a><br />1988–1994 <a href="/wiki/First_Nagorno-Karabakh_War" title="First Nagorno-Karabakh War">First Nagorno-Karabakh War</a><br />2020 <a href="/wiki/Second_Nagorno-Karabakh_War" title="Second Nagorno-Karabakh War">Second Nagorno-Karabakh War</a><br /><a href="/wiki/September_2022_Armenia%E2%80%93Azerbaijan_clashes" title="September 2022 Armenia–Azerbaijan clashes">September 2022 Armenia–Azerbaijan clashes</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Military_rank" title="Military rank">Ranks</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Military_ranks_of_Armenia" title="Military ranks of Armenia">Military ranks of Armenia</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Armed Forces of the Republic of Armenia</b><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (<a href="/wiki/Armenian_language" title="Armenian language">Armenian</a>: <span lang="hy">Հայաստանի Հանրապետության զինված ուժեր</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Armenian" title="Romanization of Armenian">romanized</a>: </small><span title="Armenian-language romanization"><i lang="hy-Latn">Hayastani Hanrapetut’yan zinvats uzher</i></span>, abbreviated ՀՀ ԶՈՒ, <i>HH ZU</i>), sometimes referred to as the <b>Armenian Army</b> (<span title="Armenian-language text"><span lang="hy">հայկական բանակ</span></span>, <span title="Armenian-language romanization"><i lang="hy-Latn">haykakan banak</i></span>), is the national military of <a href="/wiki/Armenia" title="Armenia">Armenia</a>. It consists of personnel branches under the <a href="/wiki/General_Staff_of_the_Armenian_Armed_Forces" title="General Staff of the Armenian Armed Forces">General Staff of the Armenian Armed Forces</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which can be divided into two general branches: the <a href="/wiki/Armenian_Ground_Forces" title="Armenian Ground Forces">Ground Forces</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Armenian_Air_Force" title="Armenian Air Force">Air Force</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although it was partially formed out of the former <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Army" title="Soviet Army">Soviet Army</a> forces stationed in the <a href="/wiki/Armenian_SSR" class="mw-redirect" title="Armenian SSR">Armenian SSR</a> (mostly units of the <a href="/wiki/7th_Guards_Army" title="7th Guards Army">7th Guards Army</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Transcaucasian_Military_District" title="Transcaucasian Military District">Transcaucasian Military District</a>), the military of Armenia can be traced back to the founding of the <a href="/wiki/First_Republic_of_Armenia" title="First Republic of Armenia">First Republic of Armenia</a> in 1918. Being <a href="/wiki/Landlocked_country" title="Landlocked country">landlocked</a>, Armenia does not have a <a href="/wiki/Navy" title="Navy">navy</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Commander-in-Chief" class="mw-redirect" title="Commander-in-Chief">Commander-in-Chief</a> of the military is the <a href="/wiki/President_of_Armenia" title="President of Armenia">President of Armenia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vahagn_Khachaturyan" title="Vahagn Khachaturyan">Vahagn Khachaturyan</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_of_Armenia" title="Ministry of Defence of Armenia">Ministry of Defence</a> is in charge of political leadership, headed by <a href="/wiki/Suren_Papikyan" title="Suren Papikyan">Suren Papikyan</a>, while military command remains in the hands of the <a href="/wiki/General_Staff_of_the_Armenian_Armed_Forces" title="General Staff of the Armenian Armed Forces">general staff</a>, headed by the Chief of Staff, who is <a href="/wiki/Major-General" class="mw-redirect" title="Major-General">Major-General</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Eduard_Asryan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Eduard Asryan (page does not exist)">Eduard Asryan</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B7%D5%A4%D5%BE%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A4_%D4%B1%D5%BD%D6%80%D5%B5%D5%A1%D5%B6" class="extiw" title="hy:Էդվարդ Ասրյան">hy</a>]</span>. Border guards subject to the Ministry of Defence until 2001,<sup id="cite_ref-RA_LAW_ON_BORDER_TROOPS_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RA_LAW_ON_BORDER_TROOPS-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> patrol Armenia's borders with <a href="/wiki/Georgia_(country)" title="Georgia (country)">Georgia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a>, while <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russian</a> troops continue to monitor its borders with <a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a> and <a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since 2002, Armenia has been a member of the <a href="/wiki/Collective_Security_Treaty_Organization" title="Collective Security Treaty Organization">Collective Security Treaty Organization</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Armenia signed a military cooperation plan with <a href="/wiki/Lebanon" title="Lebanon">Lebanon</a> on 27 November 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_Forces_of_Armenia&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_Armenian_Army">Early Armenian Army</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_Forces_of_Armenia&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early Armenian Army"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/First_Republic_of_Armenia" title="First Republic of Armenia">First Republic of Armenia</a></div><p>An Armenian military corps was established to fight against the Ottomans during the <a href="/wiki/Turkish%E2%80%93Armenian_War" title="Turkish–Armenian War">Turkish–Armenian War</a> in early 1918. In accordance with the <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Batum" title="Treaty of Batum">Treaty of Batum</a> of 4 June 1918 the Ottoman Empire demobilized most of the Armenian army.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ethnic Armenian conscripts and volunteers in the <a href="/wiki/Imperial_Russian_Army" title="Imperial Russian Army">Imperial Russian Army</a> would later become the core of the military of the First Armenian Republic.</p><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Armenian_Fedayees_1890-1896.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Armenian_Fedayees_1890-1896.jpg/220px-Armenian_Fedayees_1890-1896.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="130" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Armenian_Fedayees_1890-1896.jpg/330px-Armenian_Fedayees_1890-1896.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Armenian_Fedayees_1890-1896.jpg/440px-Armenian_Fedayees_1890-1896.jpg 2x" data-file-width="626" data-file-height="369" /></a><figcaption>An <a href="/wiki/Armenian_fedayi" title="Armenian fedayi">Armenian fedayi</a> group fighting under the <a href="/wiki/Armenian_Revolutionary_Federation" title="Armenian Revolutionary Federation">Armenian Revolutionary Federation</a> banner, ca. 1890s</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Soviet_era">Soviet era</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_Forces_of_Armenia&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Soviet era"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/7th_Guards_Army" title="7th Guards Army">7th Guards Army</a> was based in Yerevan from 1946 to 1992. In the late 1980s the Army consisted of: </p> <ul><li>Directorate – Yerevan</li> <li>15th Motor Rifle Division – <a href="/wiki/Kirovakan" class="mw-redirect" title="Kirovakan">Kirovakan (now Vanadzor)</a></li> <li>75th Motor Rifle Division – <a href="/wiki/Nakhchivan_(city)" title="Nakhchivan (city)">Nakhichevan</a><sup id="cite_ref-Zerbaijan_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Zerbaijan-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/127th_Motor_Rifle_Division_(Soviet_Union)" class="mw-redirect" title="127th Motor Rifle Division (Soviet Union)">127th Motor Rifle Division</a> – <a href="/wiki/Leninakan" class="mw-redirect" title="Leninakan">Leninakan (now Gyumri)</a></li> <li>164th Motor Rifle Division – Yerevan</li></ul> <p>On 1 June 1992, <a href="/wiki/ITAR-TASS" class="mw-redirect" title="ITAR-TASS">ITAR-TASS</a> reported that General <a href="/wiki/Fyodor_Reut" title="Fyodor Reut">Fyodor Reut</a> said that some units of the 7th Guards Army would begin leaving Armenia in 10–15 days.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The army was disbanded later that summer.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The former <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Air_Defence_Forces" title="Soviet Air Defence Forces">Soviet Air Defense Forces</a> in Armenia were drawn from the 14th Air Defense Corps of the 19th Separate Air Defense Army. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1988–1992"><span id="1988.E2.80.931992"></span>1988–1992</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_Forces_of_Armenia&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 1988–1992"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Armenian_volunteer_units_during_the_First_Nagorno-Karabakh_War" title="Armenian volunteer units during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War">Armenian volunteer units during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War</a></div> <p>The modern Armenian military entered its first stage at the beginning of the <a href="/wiki/Nagorno-Karabakh_conflict" title="Nagorno-Karabakh conflict">Nagorno-Karabakh conflict</a>, when Armenian militias were formed to combat <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan">Azerbaijani</a> units in Artsakh.<sup id="cite_ref-MinDef_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MinDef-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 20 September 1990, the first military unit was created, the Yerevan Special Regiment, with the first oath being held in the Republican Assembly Point and was attended by the first President of Armenia <a href="/wiki/Levon_Ter-Petrosyan" title="Levon Ter-Petrosyan">Levon Ter-Petrosyan</a>, Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Vazgen_Manukyan" title="Vazgen Manukyan">Vazgen Manukyan</a>, and defence minister <a href="/wiki/Vazgen_Sargsyan" title="Vazgen Sargsyan">Vazgen Sargsyan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Five battalions were also formed in Ararat, Goris, Vardenis, Ijan and Meghri. In 1991, by the decision of the government, the State Committee of Defense under the Council of Ministers, which facilitated the task of coordinating the defense operations of Armenia, becoming the basis on which the Ministry of Defense was to be established later on.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Post-1992">Post-1992</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_Forces_of_Armenia&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Post-1992"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Armenia" title="Armenia">Armenia</a> established a Ministry of Defence on 28 January 1992. The first military unit of the defence ministry to be formed was the 1st Airborne Regiment, where the first Armenian soldier took the oath to the nation that March.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since a significant part of the officers of the Armed Forces were fighters of the self-defense volunteer detachments, a center for raising the qualification of officers was established for their qualification and training, which during its activity it provided about 1,500 officer-graduates. The School of Non-Commissioned Officers produced about 1,000 graduates.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Treaty_on_Conventional_Armed_Forces_in_Europe" title="Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe">Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe</a> was ratified by the Armenian parliament in July 1992. The treaty establishes comprehensive limits on key categories of military equipment, such as tanks, artillery, armored combat vehicles, combat aircraft, and combat helicopters, and provides for the destruction of weaponry in excess of those limits. <a href="/wiki/Armenia" title="Armenia">Armenian</a> officials have consistently expressed determination to comply with its provisions and thus Armenia has provided data on armaments as required under the CFE Treaty. Despite this, Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of diverting a large part of its military forces to <a href="/wiki/Nagorno-Karabakh_Republic" class="mw-redirect" title="Nagorno-Karabakh Republic">Nagorno-Karabakh</a> and thus circumventing these international regulations. In March 1993, Armenia signed the multilateral <a href="/wiki/Chemical_Weapons_Convention" title="Chemical Weapons Convention">Chemical Weapons Convention</a>, which calls for the eventual elimination of chemical weapons. Armenia acceded to the nuclear <a href="/wiki/Non-Proliferation_Treaty" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-Proliferation Treaty">Non-Proliferation Treaty</a> as a non-<a href="/wiki/Nuclear_weapon" title="Nuclear weapon">nuclear weapons</a> state in July 1993. </p><p>In addition to the branches of services listed above, Armenia established its own <a href="/wiki/Internal_Troops" class="mw-redirect" title="Internal Troops">Internal Troops</a> from the former Soviet Interior Troops after the dissolution of the Soviet Union.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Up until December 2002, Armenia maintained a Ministry of Internal Affairs, but along with the Ministry of National Security, it was reorganized as a non-ministerial institution. The two organizations became the <a href="/wiki/Police_of_Armenia" title="Police of Armenia">Police of Armenia</a> and the <a href="/wiki/National_Security_Service_(Armenia)" title="National Security Service (Armenia)">National Security Service</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Organization_and_service_branches">Organization and service branches</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_Forces_of_Armenia&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Organization and service branches"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/General_Staff_of_the_Armenian_Armed_Forces" title="General Staff of the Armenian Armed Forces">General Staff of the Armenian Armed Forces</a></div><p> The Armenian Armed Forces are Headquartered in <a href="/wiki/Yerevan" title="Yerevan">Yerevan</a>, where most of the general staff is based. The general staff is responsible for operational command of the Armenian Military and its two major branches.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The armed forces also has the following personnel branches:<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style></p><div class="div-col"> <ul><li>Department of Military Preparedness</li> <li>Department of Military Apparatus</li> <li>Department of Aviation</li> <li>Department of Missile Troops</li> <li>Department of Air Defence</li> <li>Department of Rear Services</li> <li>Department of Signal Troops</li> <li>Department of the Engineer Troops</li> <li>Department of Armaments</li> <li>Department of the RNBC Defence Troops</li> <li>Medical Department</li> <li>Personnel Department</li> <li>Intelligence Department</li> <li>Strategic Planning Department</li> <li>Mobilization Department</li> <li>Operative Department</li> <li>Department of Military Service Security</li> <li>Department of Military Commissars</li> <li>Financial Department</li> <li>Human Resources Department</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ground_Forces">Ground Forces</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_Forces_of_Armenia&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Ground Forces"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Armenian_Ground_Forces" title="Armenian Ground Forces">Armenian Ground Forces</a></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:NKR_war.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/NKR_war.JPG/240px-NKR_war.JPG" decoding="async" width="240" height="162" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/NKR_war.JPG/360px-NKR_war.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/NKR_war.JPG/480px-NKR_war.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1818" data-file-height="1228" /></a><figcaption>Armenian soldiers in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Armenian_sniper_field_exercises.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/47/Armenian_sniper_field_exercises.jpg/240px-Armenian_sniper_field_exercises.jpg" decoding="async" width="240" height="159" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/47/Armenian_sniper_field_exercises.jpg/360px-Armenian_sniper_field_exercises.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/47/Armenian_sniper_field_exercises.jpg 2x" data-file-width="388" data-file-height="257" /></a><figcaption>Snipers during a field exercise (2004)</figcaption></figure> <p>According to IISS 2010, Armenia has 30 <a href="/wiki/T-80" title="T-80">T-80</a> tanks,<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 390 <a href="/wiki/T-72" title="T-72">T-72</a> tanks, 14 <a href="/wiki/T-54/55" class="mw-redirect" title="T-54/55">T-54/55</a> tanks and 80 <a href="/wiki/BMP-1" title="BMP-1">BMP-1</a>'s, 7 BMP-1K, 55 <a href="/wiki/BMP-2" title="BMP-2">BMP-2</a> and 12 <a href="/wiki/BRM-1K" class="mw-redirect" title="BRM-1K">BRM-1K</a>. Wheeled APCs reported included 11 <a href="/wiki/BTR-60" title="BTR-60">BTR-60s</a>, 21 <a href="/wiki/BTR-70" title="BTR-70">BTR-70s</a>, 4 <a href="/wiki/BTR-80" title="BTR-80">BTR-80s</a>, 145 <a href="/wiki/MT-LB" title="MT-LB">MT-LBs</a>, 5 <a href="/wiki/BMD-1" title="BMD-1">BMD-1</a>S, and 120 <a href="/wiki/BRDM-2" title="BRDM-2">BRDM-2</a> scout vehicles. </p><p>Although the Russians have supplied newer equipment to Armenia over the years, the numbers have never been sufficient to upgrade all ground force formations and many of the lower readiness units still have older, Soviet-legacy systems that have not been upgraded or in many cases effectively maintained. These older systems are placing great demands on the logistics system for service, maintenance, replacement parts and necessary upgrades, costing the army both financially and in overall readiness. The ground force is engaged in an effort of reassessment, reorganisation and restructuring, as the future of Armenia's defence needs a revised force structure and unit mix. The army sees the need to maintain much of its traditional mechanised formations, but is looking to lighten and make more mobile and self-sustainable a small number of other formations. It must develop these newer formations to support its international requirements and effectively operate in mountainous and other rugged terrain, but it must do this without affecting the mechanised capability that is needed to confront Azerbaijan's conventional forces.<sup id="cite_ref-eskiyaordusu1_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eskiyaordusu1-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Since the fall of the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a>, Armenia has followed a policy of developing its armed forces into a professional, well trained, and mobile military. In 2000, the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Centre_for_International_Studies_and_Research&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Centre for International Studies and Research (page does not exist)">Centre for International Studies and Research</a> reported that at that time the Armenian Army had the strongest combat capability of the three <a href="/wiki/South_Caucasus" title="South Caucasus">South Caucasus</a> countries' armies (the other two being <a href="/wiki/Georgia_(country)" title="Georgia (country)">Georgia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/CSTO" class="mw-redirect" title="CSTO">CSTO</a> Secretary, <a href="/wiki/Nikolay_Bordyuzha" title="Nikolay Bordyuzha">Nikolay Bordyuzha</a>, came to a similar conclusion after collective military drills in 2007 when he stated that, <i>"the Armenian Army is the most efficient one in the post-Soviet space"</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was echoed more recently by <a href="/w/index.php?title=Igor_Korotchenko&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Igor Korotchenko (page does not exist)">Igor Korotchenko</a>, a member of the Public Council, <a href="/wiki/Russian_Ministry_of_Defense" class="mw-redirect" title="Russian Ministry of Defense">Russian Ministry of Defense</a>, in a March 2011 interview with <a href="/wiki/Voice_of_Russia" title="Voice of Russia">Voice of Russia</a> radio.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Army is functionally divided into <i>Active</i> and <i>Reserve Forces</i>. Their main functions include deterrence, defense, <a href="/wiki/Peace" title="Peace">peace</a> support and <a href="/wiki/Crisis_management" title="Crisis management">crisis management</a>, humanitarian and rescue missions, as well as social functions within Armenian society. </p><p>The Active Forces mainly have peacekeeping and defensive duties, and are further divided into Deployment Forces, Immediate Reaction, and Main Defense Forces. The Reserve Forces consists of Enhancement Forces, Territorial Defense Forces, and Training Grounds. They deal with planning and reservist preparation, armaments and equipment storage, training of formations for active forces rotation or increase in personnel. </p><p>During peacetime the Army maintains permanent <a href="/wiki/Combat" title="Combat">combat</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mobilization" title="Mobilization">mobilization</a> readiness. They become part of multinational military formations in compliance with <a href="/wiki/International_treaties" class="mw-redirect" title="International treaties">international treaties</a> Armenia is a signatory to, participate in the preparation of the population, the national economy and the maintenance of wartime reserves and the <a href="/wiki/Infrastructure" title="Infrastructure">infrastructure</a> of the country for defense. </p><p>In times of crisis the Army's main tasks relate to participation in operations countering <a href="/wiki/Terrorism" title="Terrorism">terrorist activities</a> and defense of strategic facilities (such as <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_power" title="Nuclear power">nuclear power</a> plants and major industrial facilities), assisting the security forces in proliferation of <a href="/wiki/Weapons_of_mass_destruction" class="mw-redirect" title="Weapons of mass destruction">weapons of mass destruction</a>, illegal armaments traffic and international terrorism. </p><p>In case of low- and medium-intensity military conflict the Active Forces that are part of the Army participate in carrying out the initial tasks for the defense of the <a href="/wiki/Territorial_integrity" title="Territorial integrity">territorial integrity</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sovereignty" title="Sovereignty">sovereignty</a> of the country. In case of a high intensity conflict the Land Forces, together with the Air Force, Air Defense and Border Guards, form the defense group of the Armenian Armed Forces aiming at countering aggression and protect the territorial integrity and sovereignty of the country. </p><p>Experiments in developing small arms have been undertaken in Armenia, producing the <a href="/wiki/K-3_(rifle)" title="K-3 (rifle)">K-3</a> assault rifle, but Jane's Infantry Weapons estimates that the program has ceased, and the rifle is not in widespread service with the army. The <a href="/wiki/AK-74" title="AK-74">AK-74</a> is the standard-issue rifle of the Armenian Army with older <a href="/wiki/AKM" title="AKM">AKMs</a> in reserve use.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Beside AK rifles Armenian forces use mostly Russian small arms like the <a href="/wiki/Makarov_pistol" title="Makarov pistol">Makarov pistol</a>, <a href="/wiki/Snayperskaya_Vintovka_Dragunova" class="mw-redirect" title="Snayperskaya Vintovka Dragunova">SVD</a> sniper rifle, and the <a href="/wiki/PK_machine_gun" title="PK machine gun">PKM</a> general purpose machine gun. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Air_Force_and_Air_Defense">Air Force and Air Defense</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_Forces_of_Armenia&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Air Force and Air Defense"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Armenian_Air_Force" title="Armenian Air Force">Armenian Air Force</a></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Armenian_Air_force_(896484593).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Armenian_Air_force_%28896484593%29.jpg/190px-Armenian_Air_force_%28896484593%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="190" height="132" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Armenian_Air_force_%28896484593%29.jpg/285px-Armenian_Air_force_%28896484593%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Armenian_Air_force_%28896484593%29.jpg/380px-Armenian_Air_force_%28896484593%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="347" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Armenian_Air_Force" title="Armenian Air Force">Armenian Air Force</a> <a href="/wiki/Su-25" class="mw-redirect" title="Su-25">Su-25</a>'s during a military parade in <a href="/wiki/Yerevan" title="Yerevan">Yerevan</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Armenian_Air_Force" title="Armenian Air Force">Armenian Air Force</a> consists of 15 <a href="/wiki/Sukhoi_Su-25" title="Sukhoi Su-25">Su-25</a> ground attack planes, 18 <a href="/wiki/Sukhoi_Su-30" title="Sukhoi Su-30">Su-30</a> jet fighters, 1 <a href="/wiki/Mig_25" class="mw-redirect" title="Mig 25">Mig 25</a>, 16 <a href="/wiki/Mil_Mi-24" title="Mil Mi-24">Mil Mi-24</a> helicopter gunships, 6 <a href="/wiki/Aero_L-39_Albatros" title="Aero L-39 Albatros">L-39</a> trainer and attack aircraft, 16 <a href="/wiki/Yakovlev_Yak-52" title="Yakovlev Yak-52">Yak-52</a> trainer aircraft, 3 <a href="/wiki/Ilyushin_Il-76" title="Ilyushin Il-76">Il-76</a> cargo planes, 18 <a href="/wiki/Mil_Mi-8" title="Mil Mi-8">Mil Mi-8</a> transport helicopters, and 10 <a href="/wiki/Mil_Mi-2" title="Mil Mi-2">Mil Mi-2</a> light utility helicopters. There are an additional 18 <a href="/wiki/Mikoyan_MiG-29" title="Mikoyan MiG-29">MiG-29</a> fighter jets of the <a href="/wiki/Russian_102nd_Military_Base" title="Russian 102nd Military Base">Russian 102nd Military Base</a> stationed in <a href="/wiki/Gyumri" title="Gyumri">Gyumri</a>. </p><p>The Armenian anti-aircraft branch was equipped and organized as part of the military reform program of Lieutenant-General <a href="/wiki/Norat_Ter-Grigoryants" title="Norat Ter-Grigoryants">Norat Ter-Grigoryants</a>. It consists of an anti-aircraft missile brigade and two regiments armed with 100 anti-aircraft complexes of various models and modifications, including the <a href="/wiki/SA-8" class="mw-redirect" title="SA-8">SA-8</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lyulev_9M8_Krug" class="mw-redirect" title="Lyulev 9M8 Krug">Krug</a>, <a href="/wiki/S-75_Dvina" title="S-75 Dvina">S-75</a>, <a href="/wiki/S-125" class="mw-redirect" title="S-125">S-125</a>, <a href="/wiki/SA-7" class="mw-redirect" title="SA-7">SA-7</a>, <a href="/wiki/SA-10" class="mw-redirect" title="SA-10">SA-10</a>, <a href="/wiki/SA-13" class="mw-redirect" title="SA-13">SA-13</a>, <a href="/wiki/SA-16" class="mw-redirect" title="SA-16">SA-16</a> and <a href="/wiki/9K38_Igla" title="9K38 Igla">SA-18</a>. Russia has <a href="/wiki/SA-6" class="mw-redirect" title="SA-6">SA-6</a> and <a href="/wiki/S-300_(missile)" class="mw-redirect" title="S-300 (missile)">S-300</a> long range surface-to-air missiles at the Russian 102nd Military Base. There are also 24 <a href="/wiki/Scud" class="mw-redirect" title="Scud">Scud</a> <a href="/wiki/Ballistic_missile" title="Ballistic missile">ballistic missiles</a> with eight launchers. Numerical strength is estimated at 3,000 servicemen, with plans for further expansion. </p><p>In late December 2010, the Armenian Defense Minister, Seyran Ohanyan, officially acknowledged that the army are equipped with the Russian-made <a href="/wiki/S-300_(missile)" class="mw-redirect" title="S-300 (missile)">S-300</a> surface-to-air missiles. The statement was made while the Minister was inspecting a new air-defense command point that maintains "state-of-the-art equipment" built specifically for the operation of the S-300's. Russian specialist started to train Armenian teams on sophisticated Missiles and Defensive Systems. The <a href="/wiki/S-300_missile_system" title="S-300 missile system">S-300</a> was paraded for the first time in the 2011 Parade and the only <a href="/wiki/S-300_missile_system" title="S-300 missile system">S-300 missile system</a> (<a href="/wiki/S-300_missile_system" title="S-300 missile system">SA10 Grumble</a>) which likes mobility. The <a href="/wiki/S-300_missile_system" title="S-300 missile system">S-300</a> is the main Air Defensive system that protects Armenia's air security. In the 2016 Armenian Parade celebrating the Armenian Independence <a href="/wiki/Buk_missile_system" title="Buk missile system">BUK-M2</a><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Air Defense Systems were shown. These systems were not part of the 200 million dollar contract agreement between Yerevan and Moscow but an agreement between CSTO partners. Other devices such as stem of electronic warfare (EW) "Infauna" and P-325U consist in the Armenian Armed Forces. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Military_of_Artsakh">Military of Artsakh</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_Forces_of_Armenia&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Military of Artsakh"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Artsakh_Defense_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Artsakh Defense Army">Artsakh Defense Army</a></div> <p>In addition to forces mentioned above, there were around 20,000 active soldiers defending <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Artsakh" title="Republic of Artsakh">Nagorno-Karabakh</a>, a disputed territory which seceded from Azerbaijan from 1991 to 2023. They were well trained and well equipped with the latest in military software and hardware.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Karabakh army's heavy military hardware included: 316 tanks, 324 armored vehicles, 322 artillery pieces of calibers over 122 mm, 44 multiple rocket launchers, and a new anti-aircraft defense system.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition, the Artsakh Defence Army maintained a small air-force of 2 <a href="/wiki/Su-25" class="mw-redirect" title="Su-25">Su-25s</a>, 5 <a href="/wiki/Mi-24" class="mw-redirect" title="Mi-24">Mi-24s</a> and 5 other helicopters.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2016)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The Artsakh Defence Army was disbanded on 21 September 2023 under the terms of <a href="/wiki/2023_Nagorno-Karabakh_ceasefire_agreement" title="2023 Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement">Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement</a> following the <a href="/wiki/2023_Azerbaijani_offensive_in_Nagorno-Karabakh" title="2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh">2023 Azerbaijani military offensive on the territory</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personnel">Personnel</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_Forces_of_Armenia&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Personnel"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Military_ranks_of_Armenia" title="Military ranks of Armenia">Military ranks of Armenia</a></div> <p>The Armed Forces of Armenia is constitutionally a conscript force, but there is also a growing number of professional officers. There were roughly 19,000 conscripts and 23,000 professionals serving in 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Enlistment, which is performed twice a year, is handled by military commissariats. Male draftees between the ages of 18 and 27 are obliged to present themselves in the commissariats for registration. People who have changed their citizenship or have dual citizenship are also subject to conscription, unless they have already served in the armed forces of another country. Since 2003, <a href="/wiki/Conscientious_objector" title="Conscientious objector">conscientious objectors</a> can apply for alternative service. <a href="/wiki/Draft_evasion" title="Draft evasion">Draft evaders</a> can not be appointed to public service positions. Citizens who have completed military service are registered in the reserve and are divided into rank and file, non-commissioned and commissioned staff of the reserve. Reservists can be called up to training <a href="/wiki/Muster_(military)" title="Muster (military)">musters</a> and exercises in peacetime. Reserve obligation lasts up to the age of 50.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Educational_institutions">Educational institutions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_Forces_of_Armenia&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Educational institutions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Armenia_in_parade_2015.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Armenia_in_parade_2015.jpg/220px-Armenia_in_parade_2015.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Armenia_in_parade_2015.jpg/330px-Armenia_in_parade_2015.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Armenia_in_parade_2015.jpg/440px-Armenia_in_parade_2015.jpg 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>Contingent from the Armed Forces of Armenia on <a href="/wiki/Red_Square" title="Red Square">Red Square</a> in 2015.</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Defense_Research_University" title="National Defense Research University">National Defense Research University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vazgen_Sargsyan_Military_University" title="Vazgen Sargsyan Military University">Vazgen Sargsyan Military University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monte_Melkonian_Military_Academy" class="mw-redirect" title="Monte Melkonian Military Academy">Monte Melkonian Military Academy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenak_Khanperyants_Military_Aviation_University" title="Armenak Khanperyants Military Aviation University">Armenak Khanperyants Military Aviation University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yerevan_State_Medical_University" title="Yerevan State Medical University">Yerevan State Medical University</a> Military Faculty</li> <li>Foreign institutions for Armenian soldiers<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Military_Academy_of_Modena" title="Military Academy of Modena">Military Academy of Modena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%89cole_sp%C3%A9ciale_militaire_de_Saint-Cyr" title="École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr">École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hellenic_Military_Academy" title="Hellenic Military Academy">Hellenic Military Academy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_University_of_the_Ministry_of_Defense_of_the_Russian_Federation" title="Military University of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation">Military University of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation—College of Military Finance</a></li></ul></li></ul> <p>Higher military education is provided by the National Defense Research University in Yerevan. It was established in 2016, on the basis of the Institute for National Strategic Studies.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <i>I Have the Honour State Program</i> is an educational program of the ministry of defence that serves conscripts in the army. Participants of the program are given the right to defer conscription in favor of education in post-secondary institutions with full reimbursement of tuition fees, after which the conscript is awarded the rank of lieutenant and is appointed to the service for a period of 2 years and 3 months.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Contract_service">Contract service</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_Forces_of_Armenia&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Contract service"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A contractual military service is a service last for 3–12 months, or for a term of three or five years. Males under 36 who have not previously served as contract servicemen and are registered in the reserve, can be enrolled in contractual military service as privates. Felons and those not fit for service are ineligible for contract service. Since 2008, sergeant training courses for contract servicemen have operated in the Armed Forces and since 2013, the duration of the courses has three months. The courses are open to reservist privates under the age of 25.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Conscription">Conscription</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_Forces_of_Armenia&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Conscription"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Military service in Armenia is mandatory.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Citizens aged 27 to 50 are registered in the reserve and may be drafted if a national mobilization was declared. The enlistment process is handled by the military commissariats in January and May. Dual citizens are not be exempt from the draft.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> If one fails to follow through with their obligations, a criminal case is then instituted, which could lead to 3 years in jail.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The following military commissariats operate in Armenia:<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Yerevan" title="Yerevan">Yerevan</a> <ul><li>Conscription and Mobilization Service</li> <li>No.1 territorial subdivision</li> <li>No.2 Territorial Subdivision</li> <li>No.3 Territorial Subdivision</li> <li>No.4 Territorial Subdivision</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashtarak" title="Ashtarak">Ashtarak</a> <ul><li>Aragatsotn Regional Subdivision</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Artashat,_Armenia" title="Artashat, Armenia">Artashat</a> <ul><li>Ararat Regional Subdivision</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armavir_Province" title="Armavir Province">Armavir</a> <ul><li>Armavir Regional Subdivision</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martuni,_Armenia" title="Martuni, Armenia">Martuni</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gegharkunik_Province" title="Gegharkunik Province">Gegharkunik</a> Regional Subdivision</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abovyan" title="Abovyan">Abovyan</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kotayk_Province" title="Kotayk Province">Kotayk</a> Regional Subdivision</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vanadzor" title="Vanadzor">Vanadzor</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lori_Province" title="Lori Province">Lori</a> Regional Subdivision</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gyumri" title="Gyumri">Gyumri</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shirak_Province" title="Shirak Province">Shirak</a> Regional Subdivision</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goris" title="Goris">Goris</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Syunik_Province" title="Syunik Province">Syunik</a> Regional Subdivision</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ijevan" title="Ijevan">Ijevan</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tavush_Province" title="Tavush Province">Tavush</a> Regional Subdivision</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yeghegnadzor" title="Yeghegnadzor">Yeghegnadzor</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vayots_Dzor_Province" title="Vayots Dzor Province">Vayots Dzor Province</a> Regional Subdivision</li></ul></li></ul> <p>The armed forces also sport the following volunteer units: </p> <ul><li>Sisakan Regiment<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erato_Detachment" title="Erato Detachment">Erato Detachment</a></li> <li>Vanadzor Volunteer Detachment<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homeland_detachment" class="mw-redirect" title="Homeland detachment">Homeland Detachment</a><sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>ARF Battalion<sup id="cite_ref-asbarez_57-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-asbarez-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tigranes_the_Great" title="Tigranes the Great">Tigran the Great</a> International Military Regiment<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Women_in_the_armed_forces">Women in the armed forces</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_Forces_of_Armenia&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Women in the armed forces"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the <a href="/wiki/First_Nagorno-Karabakh_War" title="First Nagorno-Karabakh War">First Nagorno-Karabakh War</a> in the early 90s, at least 115 Armenian women were known to have taken part in combat operations.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_61-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many women from the diaspora arrived to serve in non-combat missions.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first woman to have been given a significant position in the military was Zhanna Galstyan, who was appointed deputy commander of the Central District Defensive Unit after the formation of the Artsakh Defense Army.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>More than 2,000 women currently serve in the army, with most working in administrative positions or in liaison and medical units. In October 2016, a program, approved by the <a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_(Armenia)" title="National Assembly (Armenia)">National Assembly</a>, committed the military to "creating additional opportunities" for women serving in the army or seeking military service. Defense Minister <a href="/wiki/Vigen_Sargsyan" title="Vigen Sargsyan">Vigen Sargsyan</a> at the time told the MPs that "It would be wrong not to let them (women) reach their full potential."<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Erato_Detachment" title="Erato Detachment">Erato Detachment</a> was the first all-women military unit in the Armenian Armed Forces,<sup id="cite_ref-:0_61-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> being created after of clashes between the <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Azerbaijani Army">Azerbaijani Army</a> and <a href="/wiki/Armenia" title="Armenia">Armenia</a> occurred in July 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_61-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Anna_Hakobyan" title="Anna Hakobyan">Anna Hakobyan</a>, the wife of the current <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Armenia" title="Prime Minister of Armenia">Prime Minister</a> of <a href="/wiki/Armenia" title="Armenia">Armenia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nikol_Pashinyan" title="Nikol Pashinyan">Nikol Pashinyan</a>, underwent a week long combat readiness program with women from the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Artsakh" title="Republic of Artsakh">Republic of Artsakh</a> who joined the unit.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Minorities">Minorities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_Forces_of_Armenia&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Minorities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the 2020 war, a group of <a href="/wiki/Yazidi" class="mw-redirect" title="Yazidi">Yazidi</a> reservists formed a reserve military unit that joined the frontline in Karabakh. The unit was led by Rzgan Sarhangyan and is composed of 50 soldiers aged between 18 and 55.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Equipment">Equipment</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_Forces_of_Armenia&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Equipment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_equipment_of_the_Armenian_Armed_Forces" title="List of equipment of the Armenian Armed Forces">List of equipment of the Armenian Armed Forces</a></div> <p>The Armenian Army operates a wide variety of older equipment, mostly of <a href="/wiki/Soviet" class="mw-redirect" title="Soviet">Soviet</a> origin. There is also some newer equipment from <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a>. In 2015, a US$200m loan was ratified by Russia for the purchase of modern weapons between 2015 and 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Armenia produces its own combat helmets and body armors through the works of a joint Armenian-Polish company. Some personal equipment used by special units (<a href="/wiki/Future_Assault_Shell_Technology_helmet" title="Future Assault Shell Technology helmet">Future Assault Shell Technology helmets</a>, plate carriers and special pouches) is imported. <a href="/wiki/Armenia" title="Armenia">Armenia</a> also produces most of its small arms, with only specialised units being imported. </p><p>Following the <a href="/wiki/2016_Nagorno-Karabakh_clashes" class="mw-redirect" title="2016 Nagorno-Karabakh clashes">2016 Nagorno-Karabakh clashes</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Helsinki_Citizens%27_Assembly" title="Helsinki Citizens' Assembly">Helsinki Citizens' Assembly</a> released a report, which detailed the circumstances of death of Armenian servicemen. Among the contributing factors were stated to be malfunctioning equipment and lack of necessary materiel, especially ammunition.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was followed by plans to increase Armenian defense spending to purchase more weapons and ammunition.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Armenia is not a significant exporter of conventional weapons, but it has provided support, including material, to the <a href="/wiki/Armenian_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Armenian people">Armenians</a> of Nagorno-Karabakh during the <a href="/wiki/Nagorno-Karabakh_conflict" title="Nagorno-Karabakh conflict">Nagorno-Karabakh conflict</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="International_military_cooperation">International military cooperation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_Forces_of_Armenia&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: International military cooperation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Russia">Russia</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_Forces_of_Armenia&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Russia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Armenia%E2%80%93Russia_relations#Military_union_and_cooperation" title="Armenia–Russia relations">Armenia–Russia relations § Military union and cooperation</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Vladimir_Putin_in_Armenia,_December_2013_(2236-20).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Vladimir_Putin_in_Armenia%2C_December_2013_%282236-20%29.jpg/220px-Vladimir_Putin_in_Armenia%2C_December_2013_%282236-20%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="136" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Vladimir_Putin_in_Armenia%2C_December_2013_%282236-20%29.jpg/330px-Vladimir_Putin_in_Armenia%2C_December_2013_%282236-20%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Vladimir_Putin_in_Armenia%2C_December_2013_%282236-20%29.jpg/440px-Vladimir_Putin_in_Armenia%2C_December_2013_%282236-20%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1100" data-file-height="678" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Putin" title="Vladimir Putin">Vladimir Putin</a> during his visit to the 102nd Russian military base in Armenia.</figcaption></figure> <p>Russia is one of the closest allies of Armenia. The <a href="/wiki/Russian_102nd_Military_Base" title="Russian 102nd Military Base">Russian 102nd Military Base</a>, the former 127th Motor Rifle Division, is stationed in <a href="/wiki/Gyumri" title="Gyumri">Gyumri</a>. The military alliance of the two nations and, in particular, the presence of Russian troops on Armenian soil has been a key element of Armenia's national security doctrine since Armenia gained independence in 1991.<sup id="cite_ref-asbarez.com_72-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-asbarez.com-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Russia stations an estimated 5,000 soldiers of all types in Armenia, including 3,000 officially reported to be based at the 102nd Military Base. In 1997, the two countries signed a far-reaching friendship <a href="/wiki/Treaty" title="Treaty">treaty</a>, which calls for mutual assistance in the event of a military threat to either party and allows <a href="/wiki/Russian_border_guard" class="mw-redirect" title="Russian border guard">Russian border guards</a> to patrol Armenia's frontiers with <a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a> and <a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a>. In early 2005, the 102nd Military Base had 74 tanks, 17 battle infantry vehicles, 148 armored personnel carriers, 84 artillery pieces, 18 <a href="/wiki/MiG-29" class="mw-redirect" title="MiG-29">MiG-29</a> fighters, one battery of <a href="/wiki/SA-6" class="mw-redirect" title="SA-6">SA-6</a> and two batteries of <a href="/wiki/SA-10_Grumble" class="mw-redirect" title="SA-10 Grumble">S-300</a> anti-aircraft missiles. However, in 2005–2007, following an agreement on the withdrawal of two Russian military bases from Georgia, a great deal of military hardware was moved to the 102nd Base from the Russian <a href="/wiki/12th_Military_Base" title="12th Military Base">12th Military Base</a> in <a href="/wiki/Batumi" title="Batumi">Batumi</a> and the 62nd Military Base at <a href="/wiki/Akhalkalaki" title="Akhalkalaki">Akhalkalaki</a>, <a href="/wiki/Georgia_(country)" title="Georgia (country)">Georgia</a>. Russia also supplies weapons at the relatively lower prices of the Russian domestic market as part of a collective security agreement since January 2004.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to unconfirmed reports by the Azeri media, Russia has supplied $1 billion worth of arms and ammunitions to Armenia in 1996; and handed over an additional $800 million worth of arms to Armenia in 2008–2009. According to AzerNews, the weapons in this latest transfer include 21 tanks, 12 armored vehicles, five other battle machines, a great number of rocket launchers, over 1,050 cases of grenades, nearly 7,900 types of ammunition, 120 grenade launchers, over 4,000 sub-machine guns, TNT fuses, mines of various types, 14 mine-launchers, 9 Grad launchers, five cannons, and other weapons.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Officer_(armed_forces)" title="Officer (armed forces)">Officer</a> <a href="/wiki/Military_education_and_training" title="Military education and training">training</a> is another sphere of Russian-Armenian military cooperation. In the first years of <a href="/wiki/Sovereignty" title="Sovereignty">sovereignty</a> when Armenia lacked a military educational establishment of its own, officers of its army were trained in <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a>. Even now when Armenia has a military <a href="/wiki/College" title="College">college</a> on its own territory, the Armenian officer <a href="/wiki/Corps" title="Corps">corps</a> honors the tradition and is trained at Russian military educational establishments. In 1997, 600 Armenian servicemen were being trained at Russian Military Academies: the training was conducted by the Marshal Bagramyan Training Brigade.<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the first meeting of the joint Russian-Armenian government panel for military-technical cooperation that took place during autumn 2005, Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Mikhail_Fradkov" title="Mikhail Fradkov">Mikhail Fradkov</a> reported that, Russian factories will participate in the Armenian program of military modernization, and that Russia is prepared to supply the necessary spare parts and equipment. In accordance with this agreement, Armenia and Russia agreed to work together in exporting weapons and other military equipment to third countries in December 2009. The export agreement was signed by Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan and a visiting senior Russian official, Konstantin Biryulin, during a meeting of a Russian-Armenian inter-governmental commission on bilateral military-technical cooperation. The agreement envisages the two countries' interaction in exporting military production to third countries, which will help to strengthen the armed forces of the two states, and further cement the already close Russian–Armenian military cooperation.<sup id="cite_ref-asbarez.com_72-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-asbarez.com-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A Russian-Armenian defense agreement signed in August 2010 extends Russia's military presence in Armenia till 2044 and commits Russia to supplying Armenia with modern and compatible weaponry and special military hardware at reduced prices.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the beginning of 2009, Azerbaijani media published allegations that Russia had made extensive weapons transfers to Armenia throughout 2008 costing about $800 million. On 12 January 2009, the Russian ambassador was invited to the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Azerbaijan)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Azerbaijan)">Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs</a> and asked about this information. On 21 January 2009, Russian ministry of foreign relations officially denied the transfers.<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to <a href="/wiki/United_States_diplomatic_cables_leak" title="United States diplomatic cables leak">US diplomatic cables leaked</a> in December 2010, Azerbaijani defence minister <a href="/wiki/Safar_Abiyev" title="Safar Abiyev">Safar Abiyev</a> claimed that in January 2009 during his visit to Moscow, his Russian counterpart <a href="/wiki/Anatoly_Serdyukov" title="Anatoly Serdyukov">Anatoly Serdyukov</a> unofficially had admitted to weapons transfers "after the second bottle of vodka" that evening, although officially it was denied.<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 2013 it was revealed that Russia has deployed in Armenia several <a href="/wiki/Iskander-M" class="mw-redirect" title="Iskander-M">Iskander-M</a> ballistic missiles systems, which are stationed at undisclosed locations in the country.<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Collective_Security_Treaty_Organisation">Collective Security Treaty Organisation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_Forces_of_Armenia&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Collective Security Treaty Organisation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Armenia%E2%80%93CSTO_relations" title="Armenia–CSTO relations">Armenia–CSTO relations</a></div> <p>On 7 October 2002, the Presidents of <a href="/wiki/Armenia" title="Armenia">Armenia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Belarus" title="Belarus">Belarus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kazakhstan" title="Kazakhstan">Kazakhstan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kyrgyzstan" title="Kyrgyzstan">Kyrgyzstan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tajikistan" title="Tajikistan">Tajikistan</a>, signed a charter in <a href="/wiki/Tashkent" title="Tashkent">Tashkent</a>, founding the <a href="/wiki/Collective_Security_Treaty_Organisation" class="mw-redirect" title="Collective Security Treaty Organisation">Collective Security Treaty Organisation</a> (CSTO) (Russian: Организация Договора о Коллективной Безопасности (ОДКБ/ODKB)) or simply Ташкентский договор (The <a href="/wiki/Tashkent_Treaty" class="mw-redirect" title="Tashkent Treaty">Tashkent Treaty</a>). <a href="/wiki/Nikolai_Bordyuzha" class="mw-redirect" title="Nikolai Bordyuzha">Nikolai Bordyuzha</a> was appointed secretary general of the new organisation. On 23 June 2006, <a href="/wiki/Uzbekistan" title="Uzbekistan">Uzbekistan</a> became a full participant in the CSTO and its membership was formally ratified by its parliament on 28 March 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Furthermore, the CSTO is an observer organisation at the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_General_Assembly_observers" title="United Nations General Assembly observers">United Nations General Assembly</a>. </p><p>The charter reaffirmed the desire of all participating states to abstain from the use or threat of force. Signatories would not be able to join other military alliances or other groups of states, while aggression against one signatory would be perceived as an aggression against all. To this end, the CSTO holds yearly military command exercises for the CSTO nations to have an opportunity to improve inter-organisation cooperation. The largest-scale CSTO military exercise held, to date, were the "Rubezh 2008" exercises hosted in <a href="/wiki/Armenia" title="Armenia">Armenia</a> where a combined total of 4,000 troops from all 7 constituent CSTO member countries conducted operative, strategic, and tactical training with an emphasis towards furthering the efficiency of the collective security element of the CSTO partnership.<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Ministry of Defense of Armenia has repeatedly stated that it would expect direct military assistance from the CSTO in case war with Azerbaijan resumes, as recently as December 2009, Defense Minister Ohanyan made the same statement. In August 2009, Nikolay Bordyuzha, the CSTO's secretary-general, confirmed that official <a href="/wiki/Yerevan" title="Yerevan">Yerevan</a> can count on such support.<sup id="cite_ref-asbarez.com_72-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-asbarez.com-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 4 February 2009, an agreement to create the Collective Rapid Reaction Force (KSOR) was reached by five of the seven CSTO members, with plans finalized on 14 June 2009. Armenia is one of the five member states. The force is intended to be used to repulse military aggression, conduct <a href="/wiki/Anti-terrorist" class="mw-redirect" title="Anti-terrorist">anti-terrorist</a> operations, fight <a href="/wiki/Transnational_crime" title="Transnational crime">transnational crime</a> and <a href="/wiki/Drug_trafficking" class="mw-redirect" title="Drug trafficking">drug trafficking</a>, and neutralize the effects of <a href="/wiki/Natural_disaster" title="Natural disaster">natural disasters</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="NATO">NATO</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_Forces_of_Armenia&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: NATO"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Armenia%E2%80%93NATO_relations" title="Armenia–NATO relations">Armenia–NATO relations</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Major_non-NATO_ally#Armenia" title="Major non-NATO ally">Major non-NATO ally § Armenia</a></div> <p>Armenia participates in <a href="/wiki/NATO" title="NATO">NATO</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Partnership_for_Peace" title="Partnership for Peace">Partnership for Peace</a> (PiP) program and it is in a NATO organization called <a href="/wiki/Euro-Atlantic_Partnership_Council" title="Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council">Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council</a> (EAPC). Armenia is in the process of implementation of <a href="/wiki/Individual_Partnership_Action_Plan" title="Individual Partnership Action Plan">Individual Partnership Action Plans</a> (IPAPs), which is a program for those countries that have the political will and ability to deepen their relationship with NATO. Cooperative Best Effort exercise (the first where Russia was represented) was run on Armenian territory in 2003. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="France">France</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_Forces_of_Armenia&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: France"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 5 October 2023, following the <a href="/wiki/2023_Azerbaijani_offensive_in_Nagorno-Karabakh" title="2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh">2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh</a>, <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a> announced that it would send defense aid to the Armenian military.<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Greece">Greece</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_Forces_of_Armenia&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Greece"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece">Greece</a> is Armenia's closest ally in NATO and the two cooperate on multiple issues. A number of Armenian officers are trained in Greece every year, and military aid/material assistance has been provided to Armenia. In 2003, the two countries signed a military cooperation accord, under which Greece will increase the number of Armenian servicemen trained at the military and military-medical academies in Athens. </p><p>In February 2003, <a href="/wiki/Armenia" title="Armenia">Armenia</a> sent 34 peacekeepers to <a href="/wiki/Kosovo" title="Kosovo">Kosovo</a> where they became part of the <a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece">Greek</a> contingent. Officials in <a href="/wiki/Yerevan" title="Yerevan">Yerevan</a> have said the Armenian military plans to substantially increase the size of its peacekeeping detachment and counts on Greek assistance to the effort. In June 2008, Armenia sent 72 peacekeepers to Kosovo for a total of 106 peacekeepers. </p><p>In November 2024, several sources claimed that Greece was planning to transfer all Russian-made air defences it possessed to Armenia. The equipment includes S-300 long-range SAMs, acquired by Greece after the <a href="/wiki/Cypriot_S-300_crisis" title="Cypriot S-300 crisis">Cypriot Missile Crisis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tor_missile_system" title="Tor missile system">Tor-M1</a> short-medium range SAM, and <a href="/wiki/Osa-AKM" class="mw-redirect" title="Osa-AKM">Osa-AKM</a> short-range systems. The claim has not been confirmed by the Greek MoD yet.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Baltic_States">Baltic States</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_Forces_of_Armenia&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Baltic States"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Lithuania" title="Lithuania">Lithuania</a> has been sharing experience and providing consultations to the Armenian Defense Ministry in the field of democratic control of armed forces, military and defense concepts and public relations since 2002. Since 2004, Armenian officers have been invited to study at the <a href="/wiki/General_Jonas_%C5%BDemaitis_Military_Academy_of_Lithuania" title="General Jonas Žemaitis Military Academy of Lithuania">Lithuanian War Academy</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Baltic_Defence_College" title="Baltic Defence College">Baltic Defence College</a> in <a href="/wiki/Tartu" title="Tartu">Tartu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Estonia" title="Estonia">Estonia</a>. Lithuania covers all study expenditures. In early 2007, two Armenian officers for the first time took part in a Baltic lead international exercise, Amber Hope, which was held in Lithuania.<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="United_States">United States</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_Forces_of_Armenia&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: United States"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Armenia%E2%80%93United_States_relations#Military_cooperation" title="Armenia–United States relations">Armenia–United States relations § Military cooperation</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Kansas%E2%80%93Armenia_National_Guard_Partnership" title="Kansas–Armenia National Guard Partnership">Kansas–Armenia National Guard Partnership</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Armenian_army_Capt._Avetisyan_Slavik,_a_platoon_leader,_gives_a_safety_briefing_to_his_troops_before_loading_onto_a_U.S._Army_UH-60_Black_Hawk_helicopter_during_a_training_exercise_March_12,_2014,_at_Camp_140312-A-QK348-046.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Armenian_army_Capt._Avetisyan_Slavik%2C_a_platoon_leader%2C_gives_a_safety_briefing_to_his_troops_before_loading_onto_a_U.S._Army_UH-60_Black_Hawk_helicopter_during_a_training_exercise_March_12%2C_2014%2C_at_Camp_140312-A-QK348-046.jpg/220px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Armenian_army_Capt._Avetisyan_Slavik%2C_a_platoon_leader%2C_gives_a_safety_briefing_to_his_troops_before_loading_onto_a_U.S._Army_UH-60_Black_Hawk_helicopter_during_a_training_exercise_March_12%2C_2014%2C_at_Camp_140312-A-QK348-046.jpg/330px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Armenian_army_Capt._Avetisyan_Slavik%2C_a_platoon_leader%2C_gives_a_safety_briefing_to_his_troops_before_loading_onto_a_U.S._Army_UH-60_Black_Hawk_helicopter_during_a_training_exercise_March_12%2C_2014%2C_at_Camp_140312-A-QK348-046.jpg/440px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3888" data-file-height="2592" /></a><figcaption>Armenian troops before loading onto a U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during a training exercise</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> has been steadily upping its military clout in the region. In early 2003, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Defense" title="United States Department of Defense">United States Department of Defense</a> announced several major military programs in the <a href="/wiki/Caucasus" title="Caucasus">Caucasus</a>. <a href="/wiki/Federal_government_of_the_United_States" title="Federal government of the United States">Washington's</a> military aid to Armenia in 2005 amounted to $5 million, and in April 2004, the two sides signed a military-technical cooperation accord.<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In late 2004, Armenia deployed a unit of 46 soldiers, which included bomb-disposal experts, <a href="/wiki/Physician" title="Physician">doctors</a>, and transport specialists, to Iraq as part of the American-led <a href="/wiki/Multi-National_Force_Iraq" class="mw-redirect" title="Multi-National Force Iraq">Multi-National Force Iraq</a>. In 2005, the United States allocated $7 million to modernize the military communications of the Armenian Armed Forces. </p><p>Since 2003, Armenia and the <a href="/wiki/Kansas_National_Guard" title="Kansas National Guard">Kansas National Guard</a> have exchanged military delegations as part of a <a href="/wiki/National_Guard_Bureau" title="National Guard Bureau">National Guard Bureau</a> program to promote better relations between the United States and developing nations. The program has largely consisted of mutual visits to each other's countries in an effort to share "ideas and [the] best practices for military and emergency management."<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Eagle_Partner_2023" title="Eagle Partner 2023">Eagle Partner 2023</a> was a military exercise which took place in Armenia from 11 September to 20 September 2023. The main goal of the exercise was the fortifying of the alliance between the <a href="/wiki/Armenia%E2%80%93United_States_relations" title="Armenia–United States relations">United States with Armenia</a> and also the training of the <a href="/wiki/12th_Peacekeeping_Brigade_(Armenia)" title="12th Peacekeeping Brigade (Armenia)">12th Peacekeeping Brigade</a> of the Armed Forces of Armenia for future peacekeeping missions.<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Eagle Partner 2024 began on 15 July 2024. The exercises were scheduled to last through July 24.<sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 6 December 2024, Armenian Defense Minister <a href="/wiki/Suren_Papikyan" title="Suren Papikyan">Suren Papikyan</a> held a high-level meeting with United States Secretary of Defense <a href="/wiki/Lloyd_Austin" title="Lloyd Austin">Lloyd Austin</a> at <a href="/wiki/The_Pentagon" title="The Pentagon">The Pentagon</a>. The two leaders met to discuss the strategic relationship between the United States and Armenia. Austin stated, "Your visit is historic. Armenia extended its hand to the United States and I'm proud to host you here today" and "the U.S. supports a sovereign, independent, and prosperous Armenia and that relationship between the two nations continues to grow closer."<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Papikyan highlighted the priority of transforming the Armenian Armed Forces and enhancing interoperability with the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Armed_Forces" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Armed Forces">U.S. Armed Forces</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="European_Union">European Union</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_Forces_of_Armenia&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: European Union"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Armenia%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="Armenia–European Union relations">Armenia–European Union relations</a></div> <p>On 22 July 2024, the <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a> approved the allocation of 10 million euros to the Armed Forces of Armenia from the <a href="/wiki/European_Peace_Facility" title="European Peace Facility">European Peace Facility</a>. This marked the first ever funding assistance to the Armed Forces of Armenia from the EU. The funding will be used to increase the material and technical capabilities of Armenia's army. The EU's Foreign Affairs chief, <a href="/wiki/Josep_Borrell" title="Josep Borrell">Josep Borrell</a> stated "Security is an important element of bilateral relations with Armenia. The EU has a mutual interest in further expanding dialogue on foreign and security policy, also looking into Armenia's future participation in EU-led missions and operations." Armenia's Foreign Minister <a href="/wiki/Ararat_Mirzoyan" title="Ararat Mirzoyan">Ararat Mirzoyan</a> stated "We salute the historic decisions of EU <a href="/wiki/Foreign_Affairs_Council" title="Foreign Affairs Council">Foreign Affairs Council</a> on providing assistance to Armenia under the European Peace Facility. This is a very important milestone in the Armenia-EU partnership based on shared values and principles as well as the vision for stability, peace and prosperity." While the Armenian <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Defence_(Armenia)" title="Minister of Defence (Armenia)">Minister of Defence</a>, <a href="/wiki/Suren_Papikyan" title="Suren Papikyan">Suren Papikyan</a> stated "This initiative will give a new charge to closer cooperation with our partner EU member countries in both bilateral and multilateral formats."<sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Peacekeeping_operations">Peacekeeping operations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_Forces_of_Armenia&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Peacekeeping operations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of 2022, Armenia is involved in peacekeeping operations in Kosovo, Afghanistan, Lebanon, Mali and Kazakhstan<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Kosovo">Kosovo</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_Forces_of_Armenia&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Kosovo"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are 70 Armenian soldiers serving in <a href="/wiki/Kosovo" title="Kosovo">Kosovo</a> as peacekeepers. </p><p>Armenia joined the <a href="/wiki/Kosovo_Force" title="Kosovo Force">Kosovo Force</a> in Kosovo in 2004. Armenian "blue helmets" serve within the <a href="/wiki/Greek_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Greek Army">Greek Army</a> battalion. The relevant memorandum was signed on 3 September 2003, in <a href="/wiki/Yerevan" title="Yerevan">Yerevan</a> and ratified by the Armenian Parliament on 13 December 2003. The sixth deployment of Armenian peacekeepers departed for Kosovo on 14 November 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2008, the Armenian National Assembly voted unanimously to double the peacekeeping force in Kosovo by sending an extra 34 peacekeepers to the region, increasing the total number of peacekeepers in the region to 68.<sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Armenia temporarily withdrew its peacekeepers from Kosovo in February 2012 as a result of the reduction of the Greek subdivisions.<sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Armenia redeployed them in July to serve alongside American soldiers in Kosovo.<sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Iraq">Iraq</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_Forces_of_Armenia&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Iraq"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After the end of the <a href="/wiki/2003_invasion_of_Iraq" title="2003 invasion of Iraq">invasion of Iraq</a>, Armenia deployed a unit of 46 peacekeepers under <a href="/wiki/Poland" title="Poland">Polish</a> command. Armenian peacekeepers were based in <a href="/wiki/Al-Kut" class="mw-redirect" title="Al-Kut">Al-Kut</a>, 100 km (62 mi) from the capital of <a href="/wiki/Baghdad" title="Baghdad">Baghdad</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-101" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 23 July 2006, the fourth shift of Armenian peacekeepers departed for Iraq. The shift included 3 staff commanders, 2 medical officers, 10 combat engineers and 31 drivers. Throughout the length of the deployment, there was one Armenian wounded and no deaths. The Armenian government extended the small troop presence in Iraq by one year at the end of 2005 and 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-102" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 7 October 2008, Armenia withdrew its contingent of 46 peacekeepers. This coincided with the withdrawal of the Polish contingent in Iraq.<sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_Forces_of_Armenia&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Afghanistan"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Armenia deployed 130 soldiers in <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a> as part of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF). They were serving under <a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">German</a> command protecting an <a href="/wiki/Airport" title="Airport">airport</a> in <a href="/wiki/Kunduz" title="Kunduz">Kunduz</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-105" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Lebanon">Lebanon</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_Forces_of_Armenia&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Lebanon"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2014, Armenia deployed 33 peacekeepers to <a href="/wiki/Lebanon" title="Lebanon">Lebanon</a> as part of <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Interim_Force_in_Lebanon" title="United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon">UNIFIL</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-106" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since then, they have served under the <a href="/wiki/Italian_Army" title="Italian Army">Italian contingent</a> and fulfill headquarter security functions.<sup id="cite_ref-107" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-107"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mali">Mali</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_Forces_of_Armenia&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Mali"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2015, one peacekeeper was dispatched to <a href="/wiki/Mali" title="Mali">Mali</a> on a monitoring-peacekeeping mission.<sup id="cite_ref-108" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-108"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Kazakhstan">Kazakhstan</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_Forces_of_Armenia&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Kazakhstan"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2022, Armenia sent around 100 servicemen to Kazakhstan as part of the <a href="/wiki/Collective_Security_Treaty_Organization" title="Collective Security Treaty Organization">Collective Security Treaty Organization</a> peacekeeping forces. <a href="/wiki/Nikol_Pashinyan" title="Nikol Pashinyan">Nikol Pashinyan</a>, who serves as the <a href="/wiki/Collective_Security_Treaty_Organization" title="Collective Security Treaty Organization">CSTO</a> chairman, confirmed that the alliance will send 'peacekeepers' to Kazakhstan for a limited period given the threat to national security and the sovereignty of Kazakhstan, due to the <a href="/wiki/2022_Kazakh_protests" class="mw-redirect" title="2022 Kazakh protests">2022 Kazakh protests</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-109" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-109"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_Forces_of_Armenia&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output 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Protection</a></li> <li>Military Band Division (which sports the <a href="/wiki/Band_of_the_General_Staff_of_the_Armed_Forces_of_Armenia" title="Band of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Armenia">Band of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Armenia</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/12th_Peacekeeping_Brigade" class="mw-redirect" title="12th Peacekeeping Brigade">12th Peacekeeping Brigade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Army_Chaplaincy_Program_of_the_Armenian_Church" title="Army Chaplaincy Program of the Armenian Church">Army Chaplaincy Program of the Armenian Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BKMA_Yerevan" class="mw-redirect" title="BKMA Yerevan">BKMA Yerevan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Honour_Guard_Company_(Armenia)" title="Honour Guard Company (Armenia)">Honour Guard Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erato_Detachment" title="Erato Detachment">Erato Detachment</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Armenian_Ground_Forces" title="Armenian Ground Forces">Armenian Ground Forces</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_Army_Corps_(Armenia)" title="1st Army Corps (Armenia)">1st Army Corps</a> <ul><li>HQ <a href="/wiki/Goris" title="Goris">Goris</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2nd_Army_Corps_(Armenia)" title="2nd Army Corps (Armenia)">2nd Army Corps</a> <ul><li>HQ <a href="/wiki/Khachaghbyur" title="Khachaghbyur">Khachaghbyur</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3rd_Army_Corps_(Armenia)" title="3rd Army Corps (Armenia)">3rd Army Corps</a> <ul><li>HQ <a href="/wiki/Vanadzor" title="Vanadzor">Vanadzor</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4th_Army_Corps_(Armenia)" title="4th Army Corps (Armenia)">4th Army Corps</a> <ul><li>HQ <a href="/wiki/Yeghegnadzor" title="Yeghegnadzor">Yeghegnadzor</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/5th_Army_Corps_(Armenia)" title="5th Army Corps (Armenia)">5th Army Corps</a> <ul><li>HQ <a href="/wiki/Nubarashen" class="mw-redirect" title="Nubarashen">Nubarashen</a> in <a href="/wiki/Yerevan" title="Yerevan">Yerevan</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1st_Special_Forces_Regiment_(Armenia)" class="mw-redirect" title="1st Special Forces Regiment (Armenia)">1st Special Forces Regiment</a> <ul><li>HQ <a href="/wiki/Nubarashen" class="mw-redirect" title="Nubarashen">Nubarashen</a> in <a href="/wiki/Yerevan" title="Yerevan">Yerevan</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Group_of_Forces" title="United Group of Forces">United Group of Forces</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Armenian_Air_Force" title="Armenian Air Force">Armenian Air Force</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Erebuni_Airport" title="Erebuni Airport">Erebuni Airport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shirak_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Shirak Airport">Shirak Airport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arzni_Airport" title="Arzni Airport">Arzni Airport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Armenian_Mil_Mi-24_shootdown" title="2014 Armenian Mil Mi-24 shootdown">2014 Armenian Mil Mi-24 shootdown</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Chain of Command</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Armenia" title="President of Armenia">President of Armenia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Armenia" title="Prime Minister of Armenia">Prime Minister of Armenia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defence_minister_of_Armenia" class="mw-redirect" title="Defence minister of Armenia">Defence minister of Armenia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Armenia)" title="Chief of the General Staff (Armenia)">Chief of the General Staff</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Affiliated security forces</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Security_Service_(Armenia)" title="National Security Service (Armenia)">National Security Service</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Armenian_Border_Guard" title="Armenian Border Guard">Armenian Border Guard</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Education</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Defense_Research_University" title="National Defense Research University">National Defense Research University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vazgen_Sargsyan_Military_University" title="Vazgen Sargsyan Military University">Vazgen Sargsyan Military University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monte_Melkonian_Military_Academy" class="mw-redirect" title="Monte Melkonian Military Academy">Monte Melkonian Military Academy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenak_Khanperyants_Military_Aviation_University" title="Armenak Khanperyants Military Aviation University">Armenak Khanperyants Military Aviation University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marshal_Baghramyan_Training_Unit" title="Marshal Baghramyan Training Unit">Marshal Baghramyan Training Unit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yerevan_State_Medical_University" title="Yerevan State Medical University">Yerevan State Medical University</a> Military Faculty</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Wars and conflicts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/First_Nagorno-Karabakh_War" title="First Nagorno-Karabakh War">First Nagorno-Karabakh War (1991–1994)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Nagorno-Karabakh_conflict" title="2016 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict">Four-Day War (2016)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Nagorno-Karabakh_War" title="Second Nagorno-Karabakh War">Second Nagorno-Karabakh War (2020)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Related articles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_Armenia" title="Military history of 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