Yeah, the Azeri-Armenian war is incredibly interesting to study. I'm really lamenting being National Guard as I'd love to see the classified reports and conclusions on the fighting.

The biggest point of victory on the Azeri side though was their successful use of all assets together in good combined armed warfare. UCAV destroyed enemy equipment, vehicles, and platforms as well as providing accurate and timely intelligence allowing for effective use of artillery coordinated with infantry/armor assaults on defensive positions.

From the outside though UAVs definitely give countries an ability to have a cheap airforce, the Azeri victory was crushing against the Armenians which essentially stuck with the same outdated equipment and tactics that worked so well for them in the '90s. This is one of the reasons the US is rapidly reversing its stance on air defense systems. Air Defense Artillery (ADA) battalions are once again being stood after their rapid decline post-gulf war. This together with the ADA assets used to defend FOBs from mortars and rockets mean the US can have a decent defense against UCAV in the future.

Major militaries will be far less vulnerable to UCAV so long as they actually invest and deploy the air defense systems together with whatever electronic warfare can take advantage of the requirement for GPS navigation and communication with operators. This vulnerability is exactly why investment in AI is so prolific among all major militaries as any 'drones' that can fight and kill without the umbilical cord to home base will be a huge advantage and can greatly offset shedding of blood with massive shedding of hardware.

Like I always say, Turkey is the wild-card of NATO. They're in a dangerous neighborhood but they like to play equally dangerous games too. Russia is a potent threat that mostly needs to be contained. They're only a threat to NATO if they think NATO or the US won't act to defend each other or the 'partners' with NATO like Sweden, Finland, or the Ukraine.
Turkey on the other hand has no shortage of beef with all of its neighbors including the NATO ones and is very prickly when criticized on the Armenian genocide or its actions against the Kurds domestically and abroad. The recent Erdogan course of opposing Israel also puts it at odds with the US policies there too.
For historical laughs about NATO issues with Turkey and Cyprus:
NATO Is Viewed as Weakened by the War on Cyprus
Aug. 13, 1974
The Greeks wonder if Washington can put leverage on Ankara to make concessions in this conference to Greek interests on Cyprus. The Turks appear to think this is the time to press for an old goal—the formal partition of the island between the Turkish Cypriote community of 140,000 and the Greek Cypriote community of 500,000.
https://www.nytimes.com/1974/08/13/a...on-cyprus.html

There's also the historical and current issue of Turkey holding US nuclear weapons hostage whenever we put too much pressure on them:
Members of Congress Worried in 1960 That Leaders of a Coup “Might Seize Control” of Weapons
Other U.S. Officials Feared Risks of Accidental War or Overreaction to Local Crises
During Mid-1960s Turkish Officials Were Interested in Producing an “Atomic Bomb”
https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-b...ns-turkey-1959

I do miss Lefteyenine's input on Turkish issues. My viewpoints of course are very biased.