Talk:Siege of Stepanakert

Sources and NPOV
Neither reference 1 ( Bloodshed in the Caucasus: escalation of the armed conflict in Nagorno Karabakh) nor 2 ( Human rights and democratization in the newly independent states of the former Soviet Union) are not instantly verifiable. The good-faith acceptance of offline sources in such cases is insufficient, they should be checked closer or swapped to online sources. Also temporarily tagging for NPOV until addition of other views, particularly Azerbaijani. Brand meister talk  21:57, 28 March 2012 (UTC)
 * The sources are from third party sources, this article is about the Shelling in Stepanakert, I don't see why its not neutral unless you can provide a reason to why it is unbalanced. Human Rights Watch documentation is explained about the event. Nocturnal781 (talk) 00:45, 29 March 2012 (UTC)
 * There is not a requirement for sources to be online. You have to say why you think you suspect sources are being misused. Just saying that you suspect they are not being used in good faith is not enough to justify inserting a npov tag. Meowy 20:49, 30 March 2012 (UTC)

Flying Telephone Poles
"Essentially, GRAD is designed to deliver anti-personnel devastation on an open battlefield, while the Azerbaijani Army used it to shell civilians in a densely-populated capital of Nagorno-Karabakh. Dubbed "flying telephone poles" due to their long, shaped charges, the missiles caused devastating damage to buildings including the destruction of residential houses, schools, the city's silk factory, maternity hospital and at least one kindergarten"

Sorry, but this is nonsensical. In context, a shaped charge is a warhead using the Monroe Effect to focus the explosive pressure on a very small area of armour. In other words, a shaped charge is what a rocket carried or delivers. Few GRAD rockets were fitted with anti-tank warheads; most carried a blast-fragmentation warhead. Shaped charge warheads would not cause major damage to buildings. Blast-frag warheads would.

The GRAD rockets are on the other hand long and thin. The rocket itself, regardless of the warhead, look very much like a flying telephone pole. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hilde27 (talk • contribs) 14:34, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

Fixed. Periwinklewrinkles (talk) 22:52, 15 November 2020 (UTC)

Azerbaijani name
, really? Removing the Azerbaijani name for the phenomenon? --► Sincerely:  Sola Virum  08:47, 13 February 2021 (UTC)
 * It isn't the Azerbaijani name of the event. This article isn't about the long running Armenian control of the city, which the article references. It is about the siege of the city. Maidyouneed (talk) 08:55, 13 February 2021 (UTC)


 * Huh, I got it. Thanks for the clarification. --► Sincerely:  Sola Virum  09:24, 13 February 2021 (UTC)