An alarming lesson from the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh concerns drones’ transformation of battlefields, and shows China needs a carefully considered counter-strategy, according to an article published by a firm that supplies the People’s Liberation Army (PLA). Despite their superiority in conventional ground forces, including tankers, radars and armoured vehicles, the Armenian army were easy prey for armed drones from Azerbaijan, notably Bayraktar TB2 drones that mounted precise attacks against targets in trenches and moving vehicles. Dr Michael Raska, an Assistant Professor with the RSIS in Singapore, said that despite use of drones in warfare dating back to US drone strikes in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Armenian political and military leadership had failed to react to technological advances.