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Missile / precision strike · Short-range ballistic missile

LORA

The Israeli quasi-ballistic missile that gave Azerbaijan a precision deep-strike capability in 2020 — used, on Baku's own footage, against the bridge on the Armenian supply route into Karabakh — and the other half, with the drones, of the Israeli contribution to the 2020 outcome.

LORAIsrael2000s; Azerbaijani acquisition reported 2018, first documented use 2020

Status as of
2020-11
Last reviewed
2026-09-09

AssessmentModerate confidence

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Documented in conflictEvidence: Documented
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Record

FamilyLORA
VariantsLORA (Long Range Artillery)
OriginIsrael
ManufacturerIsrael Aerospace Industries
Era2000s; Azerbaijani acquisition reported 2018, first documented use 2020
Appears inNagorno-Karabakh 2020

Conflict relevance

This is the catalogue's single record for this system. It is relevant to the module below; each module's Force Atlas shows how it is used there.

Caucasus · Force Atlas

Operators

Azerbaijan · Primary operator

Azerbaijan: Reported acquired from 2018; publicly documented in the 2020 war, when Azerbaijan released footage of a strike on a bridge in the Lachin corridor attributed to the system.

Battlefield role

Precision strike against fixed high-value targets at ranges of several hundred kilometres — bridges, headquarters, depots.

Strengths

Accuracy that the Soviet-era systems on the other side lacked, and a range that put every target in the theatre within reach.

Limitations

Expensive per round and few in number; the documented 2020 use is a handful of strikes rather than a campaign. Numbers and basing are not recorded.

Documented conflict use

The October 2020 strike on a bridge in the Lachin corridor, published by the Azerbaijani ministry of defence.

PartialConfidence: ModerateSources: Established historical record · Established international media reporting · IISS Military Balance↗MethodologyCorrections

Assessed as of2020-11Last reviewed2026-09-09