Historical record Record 2020-003

2020 World Events · Pandemic shock, supply-chain compromise, and high-intensity war

Second Nagorno-Karabakh War

Azerbaijan retook territory using drones, artillery, and combined operations before a Russian-brokered ceasefire.

Evidence-led reading

What is stated, why it matters, and what remains uncertain

What this is

A specific-event record selected from the protected World Events source ledger for cross-year research. It is not an exhaustive account of 2020.

Why it matters

It demonstrated drone-enabled battlefield transformation.

What is established here

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What remains uncertain

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Record narrative

Source-bounded summary

Azerbaijan retook territory using drones, artillery, and combined operations before a Russian-brokered ceasefire.

Why the ledger includes it

It demonstrated drone-enabled battlefield transformation.

Structured fields

Record at a glance

Stable record ID
2020-003
Date or period
2020-09-27 to 2020-11-10
Type
Interstate / drone war
Focus
Military
Impact scope
Continental
Priority
5 of 5
Location label
Nagorno-Karabakh / Stepanakert, Azerbaijan / Armenia
Coordinate precision
City-level coordinate
Actors named by the source record
Azerbaijan; Armenia; Turkey; Russia
Verification state
source-start-point; sensitive details require independent verification

Geographic context

A coordinate locator, not a surveyed event footprint

The submitted record supplies 39.8156, 46.7527 with the precision label “City-level coordinate.” Multi-location events, disputed borders, campaigns, and broad regions cannot be reduced to one point.

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Global coordinate grid for Second Nagorno-Karabakh War An abstract longitude and latitude grid marking the record coordinate. It is not a political map or a surveyed event boundary.
180°WPrime meridian / equator grid180°E

Source and verification boundary

This remains a starting-point record

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Citation and correction

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Suggested citation

2IA — International Intelligence Archive. “Second Nagorno-Karabakh War.” World Events record 2020-003. Reviewed July 27, 2026. https://2ix.org/world-events/2020/2020-003/