Artsrun Hovhannisyan

Since 1997, Hovhannisyan has served in the Armenian Armed Forces. After graduating from the University in 2001 and being promoted to a Lieutenant, he was appointed as the Commander of Platoon of an anti-tank weapon in one of the Military Bases of the Ministry of Defense of Armenia.

The machine gun developed by Artsrun Hovhannisyan

In 2002 Hovhannisyan was appointed as the Commander of the same anti–tank device. In 2004 he was appointed as the Guard Commander of Battalion of an airport's technical support. From 2010 to 2011 he worked at the Institute of Political Research of Armenia's President's Staff as a military expert. In 2002 he worked at Public Relations Center of President of Armenia's. In 2012 Artsrun Hovhannisyan became the press secretary of the Ministry of Defense of Armenia. From 2010 to 2012 he studied at the International scientific-educational center of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) with a major in history. In 2013 was an applicant of the Institute of History of NAS of RoA. Since September 2013 he has been lecturing at Yerevan State University, faculty of International Relations and from January 2014 teaches command courses at the Military Institute (MI) after V.Sargsyan. In 2014 he received the title of a candidate of history.[3][4][5]

While studying at the Military University after V. Sargsyan, he developed a machine gun, which is currently housed in the University Museum.[6]:

In his studies Artsrun Hovhanisyan tries to bring a new viewpoint into the theory of wars and military operations of the 20th century, and to dispel widespread myths and stereotypes in order to keep the Armenian soldiers away from the danger of having heavy losses as a result of blindly following these myths and stereotypes, which can have serious consequences in real life. Many experts insist that Artsrun Hovhannisyan is one of the first military theorists of Armenia's independence period, whose activity is directed to use the military theoretic achievements of the 21-st century in the Armenian army. The author consistently approves the following theses in his works.
* Generally the imperial and especially Soviet military doctrine should not be blindly applied to the newly created Armenian army simply because they are designed for being practiced in a country with unlimited resources and does not suit the Armenian reality.[7]
* In the future at the strategical level, the preference will be largely given to irregular military operations, At the operational level, electronic devices of defeat will dominate and at the general level the role of the air force will be primary. It was Artsrun Hovhannisyan who, the first in our reality back in 2010, insisted that we need a powerful air force, and specifically mentioned the need to acquire Su-30 fighters.[8]
* Particularly in his recent work Artsrun Hovhannisyan tries to analyze and coordinate the role of Air Supremacy, the need for unification of air force and air defense forces, theoretical and practical components of irregular military operations and the so-called "hybrid war" of the twentieth century, issues of air superiority and the strategical features of the use of small armies.
* Artsrun Hovhannisyan insists that future wars will be "Network Platform Centred"

Artsrun Hovhannisyan is considered to be one of the new military scholars of the independence period, who refrains from the molded military stereotypes and who tries to understand and make an approximate realistic image of the future war.[9] He emphasizes the importance of quality attributes, the accomplishment of great tasks with small forces, digital management, high-precision weapons, truculent strategy and other factors.

• Since 2013 - Lecturer, YSU departments of International Relations and Journalism.
• Since 2014 January - Lecturer, Vazgen Sargsyan Military University, Command and Staff Courses.

• Regional military review․ Hovsepyan L. Hovhannisyan A. Minasyan S. Yerevan 2016, -203 p.
• Military Journalism. Educational-Methodological Handbook. A. Hovhannisyan. Yerevan 2018, -188 p.

• "The most famous military aircraft" 2005, Yerevan[10][11]
• "Aviation in Artsakh War" 2006, Yerevan[12]
• "A few questions about aviation" 2009, Yerevan[13]
• "Air superiority" 2010, Yerevan[14][15]
• "Tsoghamarg". Yerevan 2010 [16]
• "Militarization of the region and the Armenian army" 2013, Yerevan[17][18]
• The creation of army of the Thirds Republic of Armenia. IH NAS 2015. Yerevan[19]
• Warfare. T1. Air Superiority - Yer.: Author ed., 2016. -. 792 + 36 p.
• The development of military art in 20th century and perspectives. Brief research - Yer.: Institute of history, NSA RA, 2017, - 661 p.
• "The "Symphony" of Attack, or the Rise of a Crushing War in the Military Art". Yerevan: RA MoD 2019.

1. About strategic plans of modernization of Turkey's anti-air defense and anti-ballistic missiles defense/L. S. Hovsepyan, A. K. Hovhannisyan /Armenian Army 2010[20]
2. Perspectives of application of pilot-less flying objects in our region[21]
3. Should the military air forces and anti-air defence armies be unified? "The 21-st century",# 2, 2010
4. Air cargo transport in Armenia[22]
5. Analysis of actions by Azerbaidjani aviation forces and Armenian anti-air defence in Artsakh war, "The 21-st century",# 4, 2010
6. The militarization of Azerbaijan "The 21-st century",# 3, 2011, pg. 46-60[23]
7. Iran's military potential in case of a war, "Modern Eurasia" (2012)[24]
8. Comparative analysis of military indicators of ROA, NK and Azeri republic. Working notebooks, addendum 1-2, (21-22) 2012 (Secret)
9. The armor of ROA's Armed Forces, Armenian historical questions, 13.2012
10. The new problems of militarization in Asia and the American new militarization, "Modern Eurasia" II (2), 2013, pg.81 - 98[25]
11. Some aspects of the art of war during the Artsakh war 1993-1994, "The 21-st century" 1/2014, pg.33-59[26]
12. A. Ogannisyan, L. Ovsepyan. Turkish Army. Between Stereotypes and reality. 21st CENTURY. 4/2014, I erased 31-47.[27]
13. Certain issues of application of historical-comparative methodology/Armenian Army 3-4,2014, pg.226-234
14. Information attacks by an example of the Ministry of Defence. Conflict communications and information security. Materials of conference of 2015, p. 73-82.
15. The lessons learnt from the latest wars of 20th century. «21st century», # 4, 2015, p. 104-116։
16. Influence of Aerial Combat on the Development of Armoured Fighting Vehicles. Jul-Sep 2015, Vol. 30 (3) Indian defence review. p 110-114.[28]
17. Hybrid Warfare: Traditions and innovations // Paths to peace and security 2016. № 1(50). P. 111-119.
18. Current Phase of Development of Armenian Armed Forces,HISTORY AND CULTURE, Journal of Armenian Studies, Yerevan,YSU, pp 99–112
19. Certain issues of hybrid warfare determination and classification: Armenian Army 2 (88) 2016. P. 62-72:
20. About Wars of the Future; Jul-Sep 2016. Vol. 31.3 Indian defence review, Issue . p.  
21. Strategic analysis of April War. Certain considerations in the "Nation-Army" system of the RA defense system improvement. Armenian Army 1-2 (91-92) 2017. P. 34-47:
22. Assurance of victory by air superiority during irregular military operations in the example of Iraq (2003) and Syrian (2015–2017) warfare. Armenian Army 4 (94). 2017, P. 88-96:
23. On the issue of the blow effectiveness of strategic objects caused by air attack resources. Armenian Army. 1-2 (95-96). 2018, P. 185-203:
24. The role and application of pilot-less flying objects in modern warfare. The strategy 1(I) 2018, P. 49-69:
25. The Role of Information Activities in Modern Warfare. Military journalism. Educational-methodical manual 2018, P. 50-78:
26. Azerbaijani Armed Forces. Assessment of military power. Military journalism. Educational-methodical manual 2018, P 100-131:
27. Issues of Flexible and Static Defense in next generation warfare. Observation of the vision of RA Ministry of Defense. Armenian Army 4 (98). 2018, P. 55-75:
28. A. Hovhannisyan, A. Grigoryan. The advantages of using battalion tactical groups in our region. Armenian Army 4 (98). 2018, Էջ 86-94:
29. Asia-Pacific theater in focus: Comparison of weapons systems of near-peer competitors, current issues. CONTEMPORARY EURASI. Vll(1,2) 2018 p. 4-21.
30. Military art in the Artsakh War. Artsakh in the crossroads of the struggle for the Armenian statehood. International conference. 2018, P 203-211:
31. The Temporary Issues of reinforcement in Modern Warfare. Armenian Army 1 (99). 2019, P. 17-26:
32. The Six rules of breaking air defense tested in the Middle East. The Countries and peoples of the near and Middle East. volume XXXII, part 2. Yerevan. 2019. p. 325-334.
33. Historical Notes on the Armenian-British Military Collaboration. 1918-1920, REVIEW OF ARMENIAN STUDIES. 2019 N 3 (21). p. 17-31.[29]

1. Armen Harutyunyan, Artsrun Hovhannisyan, "The aviation in Artsakh war", "Aviamania", Scientific company, 2006
2. "A few questions about aviation" book, Noravanq foundation
3. M.T.Hakobyan, Artsrun Hovhannisyan, "Militarization of the region and the Armenian army", Journal of Social Sciences 1/2014,pg.304-306

• A. Margaryan "Nelson Stepanyan" documentary film, as an advisor, 2008
• "Armed forces" program's "In the hallways of the sky" documentary film, as an advisor and an author, 2010
• "Noravank foundation", OUR VICTORIES, Volume 4, coauthor, 2012.

• PS. Artsrun Hovhannisyan - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpoDt3MMBg4
• Interview - . Artsrun Hovhannisyan - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCTmdR_PLRo
• Resolution . Artsrun Hovhannisyan part 1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtB3DOKHkhk
• Resolution . Artsrun Hovhannisyan part 2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vdcKmc9TzE
• Assumptions cause panic - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Rn48qujfHw
• "About the important one". An interview with Artsrun Hovhannisyan - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyrKsnkEDv4
• About Artsrun Hovhannisyan, "Lucky youngsters" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=li_zZrGUwi4
• 31 03 P.S. Artsrun Hovhannisyan - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTpgwiQzFAw
• "Militarization of the region and the Armenian army" 2013, Yerevan - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4FdkpN2kcg
• "Artsrun Hovhannisyan. Air superiority as a guarantee of future victories" GITELIQ Creative Forum 2019 Dec Yerevan - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_Px7XB_RsU