Baku/21.09.2016/Turan: The Azerbaijani Defense Minister Zakir Hasanov gave the order to be prepared, if necessary, to the destruction of important strategic and military objects of the enemy, the official website of the Ministry. According to Turan, the order was given on Wednesday at a meeting of the governing Ministry of Defense staff.
The meeting drew attention to the identification of new enemy targets by enhancing all types of intelligence, evaluating the significance of the goals, and the definition of priority destruction. The need to strengthen the interaction of forces and ground connections, the air, missile and artillery troops, special forces, as well as other kinds of troops.
Defense Minister Hasanov considering possible military threat to Azerbaijan instructed to tighten control over strategic and military facilities on the territory of the enemy, and be ready, if necessary, to destroy them.
The Minister stressed that the rocket and artillery units and systems at the disposal of the Azerbaijani army, allow us to carry out these orders accurately. -71D-
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