Military projections by the US have repeatedly suggested that Azerbaijan would lose such a battle, even with newly purchased equipment and Turkish military support. Armenian forces are well dug in and have received a significant boost from Russia’s diversion of heavy weaponry to Armenia from some recently closed Georgian military bases.
美国的军事预测反复表明，即使拥有新近购买的武器和土耳其的军事支持，阿塞拜疆也会在这样的战斗中失败。亚美尼亚军队工事稳固并接受了俄罗斯繁多的重武器支援。这些武器是俄罗斯关闭其在格鲁吉亚的军事基地之后运到亚美尼亚的。