Photo: TanjugThe flight of MiG-29 fighters, outdated "Orlov" and even more outdated "Supergalebov G-4" could not fascinate anyone. However, this did not prevent Aleksandar Vučić from opening a barrage of promises on the acquisition of expensive rockets, airplanes, helicopters
As with Aleksandar Vučić, everything must be "historical" and "the best in the region", so the public promotion of the Chinese anti-aircraft system FK-3 had to go that way. It was accompanied by the engagement of all types of aircraft, helicopters and combat systems that the Serbian Army owns, all in front of dignitaries, including the "congratulation" of the Serbian member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Milorad Dodik.
The FK-3 system is something that Serbia needs, and the regime's media have already forged it into stars; after the presentation of "Shield 2022" - yet to come.
The only question that remains is what all the technical force on display will do, apart from the satisfaction of vanity and propaganda. For six days, members of the Army prepared that display and brought equipment from various sides. Why? Practically only for the television broadcast and for the audience arriving at the military airport in Batajnica.
The flight of MiG-29 fighters, outdated "Eagles" and even more outdated "Supergalebov G-4", have been seen so many times that they could fascinate anyone. And especially not the foreign military attachés who came to see and take pictures of the Chinese FK-3 system up close.
The display was also an opportunity to promote the assets of Jugoimport SDPR. They are presented as military, although they have not yet been put into use. Those that are, then it is semi-illegal, by order of SDPR representative Nenad Miloradović Baća, gray eminence in the Ministry of Defense.
Vučić, of course, used his address to journalists to announce new investments in aviation: 12 Rafales, 12-14 Typhoons, new FK-3 batteries, modernization of the Eagle, the possibility of buying a Chinese plane, acquiring more helicopters... Promises never end, even though it's all on a long stick.
When the "spontaneous" questions of journalist Pinka started, Vučić talked about going to Berlin, Kosovo, the prices of gasoline and food, the number of citizens who traveled abroad for the Easter holidays.
However, he avoided commenting on Putin's statement (the independence of Luhansk and Donetsk based on the analogy with Kosovo) and some other issues related to the attitude towards the war in Ukraine. He promised to do so in a speech on May 6, as well as to answer some other questions. What will change by May 6?
The officials left, and the army remained to pack equipment and resources. All she got from the exercise was an increase in the number of hours of flight or jumps of pilots and paratroopers. And they could have acquired that much cheaper.
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