Gülablı

Gülablı
Vazgenashen
Gülablı
Vazgenashen
Coordinates:
Country
Unrecognized country
 Azerbaijan (de jure)
 Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (de facto)
Province Agdam Rayon
Martuni Province
Time zone AZT (UTC+4)
 • Summer (DST) AZT (UTC+5)

Gülablı (Armenian: Գյուլափլը, also spelled Gyulably and Gyulaply) or Vazgenashen (Armenian: Վազգենաշեն) is a village in the province of Martuni in the de facto independent Nagorno-Karabakh Republic and a de jure part of the Agdam Rayon of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Its population as of 2005 stood at 226.[1]

Drone shootdown

On September 12, 2011, an UAV was reportedly shot down by the air defense arm of the Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army (NKDA) over the airspace of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, near Vazgenashen, previously known as Gulably.[2] Preliminary investigations carried out by the NKDA have determined the model to be a Hermes 450 type.[3]

The Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense initially denied losing any drones. But several days later the state news agency APA, citing a Turkish tabloid newspaper, came out with an elaborate explanation that the UAV was supposedly operated by Israel and making reconnaissance flights from Armenia to spy on Iran.[4]

Notes

  1. ^ De Facto and De Jure Population by Administrative Territorial Distribution and Sex, Results of 2005 census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic.
  2. ^ "Armenia: Military Downed Drone Plane Operated By Azerbaijani Armed Forces." Armenian Reporter. September 16, 2011. Retrieved September 27, 2011.
  3. ^ Mortimer, Gary. "Armenian military shoot down Israeli made drone operated by Azerbaijani armed forces." sUAS News. September 15, 2011. Retrieved September 19, 2011.
  4. ^ Kocera, Joshua. "Azerbaijani Media: That Drone Wasn't Ours -- It Was Israel's!." Eurasianet. September 20, 2011. Retrieved October 30, 2011.

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