During this and next year, a large amount of military equipment will arrive in the Balkans or its armies will introduce new types of weapons. Warplanes, helicopters, tanks, shells, rifles will arrive... Since this region has the epithet of a powder keg, while the wounds from the not-too-distant past have not yet completely healed, the question arises as to what is the background of these armaments ?
The year began with the warning of the president of the Republic of Serbia, Milorad Dodik, that the Ministry of the Interior of this entity in Bosnia and Herzegovina will buy 2.500 rifles for the members of this ministry, reports Koha.net.
Then, less than a month ago, Croatia made the formal decision to purchase the fighter jets used by Israel, the F-16 C/D Barak, which will cost around 305 million euros.
12 such aircraft will replace the 21 obsolete MiGs.
The flights will also reach Montenegro. One of the first three Bell 412 EP helicopters purchased for the Montenegrin Army has landed at the Podgorica military airport.
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Of course, Belgrade is not far behind. On the contrary.
Serbian Minister of Defense Aleksandar Vulin has stated that Belarus has given Serbia four MiG 29s which will be renewed according to the model of the 6 MiGs received from the Russian Federation. Yes, as the Belgrade newspaper "politika" conveys, Serbia will also be equipped with "H-145M" war helicopters, while "nora 552" self-propelled shells are in the final phase of testing.
In Serbia, the possibility of buying the S-3000 missile system from Russia is also mentioned
Bakir Izetbegović, a member of the Presidency of B and H, has also warned about the supply of weapons.
"We certainly will not spend money to buy missile systems, aircraft to spend millions of euros, but we will round up our weapons production: We will build the moving projectile, we have already produced the rifle, we will produce drones, not for war, but for the market", he said.
According to this Belgrade newspaper, Kosovo has also warned of the supply of weapons.
Kosovo without the support of the Serbs cannot create the Army, as "politics" writes, it can buy heavy weapons. The Security Forces have about 4.000 active members and 2.500 in the reserve composition for which new weaponry has been provided, mainly from America, while anti-aircraft artillery, helicopters and two tanks are also planned to be purchased. The newspaper adds that 40 million euros have been allocated for the Kosovo Security Forces.
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Even Albania, a member of NATO, has recently received weapons equipment from the USA.
Macedonia has also been supplied with tanks, planes and helicopters from several countries of the former Eastern Bloc.
