Photo: Miloš Milivojević/TanjugAll in all, literally nothing new or modernized could be seen at the weapons review, which is actually being introduced into the Serbian Army. All of these are known means, already in use, or those that have not been tested and who knows when they will be accepted
"Shoot the guns," said Assistant Minister of Defense for Material Resources Nenad Miloradović, aka Baća, commanding an army exercise at the training ground in Nikinci, in front of the head of state. The generals salute Miloradović, a civilian, the members of the Army listen to him unquestioningly, that's how it used to be, the same way today, they submit to a person who is an authorized representative of the arms dealer, the loser state company Jugoimport SDPR.
After ten years, the same situation on Monday - at the training ground of the Military Academy in Banjica, civilian Miloradović is again in command and explains, instead of the Chief of General Staff, General Milan Mojsilović, which assets are used by the army.
From a cinematic and theatrical point of view, the main characters of the play are Aleksandar Vučić and Miloradović, in other roles Mojsilović and his collegium, generals from the top of the Serbian Armed Forces, and extra officers, non-commissioned officers and professional soldiers.
The event was officially announced as "a display of newly produced weapons and military equipment from the domestic dedicated industry for the needs of the Army units"... However, at that weapons review, literally nothing new or modernized could be seen, let alone being introduced into the Serbian Army. All of these are known means, already in use, or those that have not been tested and who knows when they will be accepted...
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