The Turkish press has issued a new version of what happened in connection with an unmanned aircraft that exploded in the sky over the Nagorno-Karabakh. The report noted that in the images distributed by the Armenians there is no distinguishing mark belonging to Azerbaijan. The newspaper "Sydzhak Gyundyam" notes that unmanned aerial vehicles were presented in Azerbaijan at a military parade in Baku on June 26 this year. They displayed the flag of Azerbaijan.
According to a source close to the Turkish diplomatic service, the downed drone belonged to the armed forces of Israel.
"The drone took off from a military base in Armenia or on the territory close to the occupied Nagorno-Karabakh region and carried out a reconnaissance flight in connection with Iran. So on the occupied lands of Azerbaijan, the Armenians have begun to not only establish a transit area for drug trafficking and a terrorist base, but also a base for conducting covert operations and military intelligence", the source said.
The same source said that Israel has conducted reconnaissance drones over all the countries of the Middle East. However, on this subject some questions remain. For example, why was an incident which occurred on 12 September announced two days later?
It should be noted that the Armenian side claimed that the drone belonged to Azerbaijan. However, the images of the plane does not look as if it was hit. There is no trace of fire or being hit by a projectile. But seen in another way, the device was destroyed only due to collisions on the ground.
Another assumption is the fact that in the video of the crashed vehicle an emblem is visible of the company "NovAtel", operating in Canada. The newspaper reports that "NovAtel" produce systems with greater precision. Israel has purchased from this company DGPS systems for a new generation of "Hermes 1500", "Hermes 900" and "Hermes 180" unmanned aircraft. Israel only sold to Azerbaijan devices such as the "Hermes 450". They, in turn, do not use the system of "NovAtel".
The Azerbaijani Armed Forces use UAV Hermes 450 (1994) drones of Israeli production. The downed drone in Nagorno-Karabakh was a Hermes-180.
The press service of the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry earlier reported that the crash of the unmanned aircraft on the occupied lands has nothing to do with Azerbaijan.
