Serbian Air Force Needs and Modernization

Pantsir-S1 anti-aircraft missile and gun systems in service in Serbia

On May 2, 2020, President of Serbia Aleksandar Vučić, accompanied by Minister of Defense of Serbia Alexander Vulin and Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Serbia, General Milan Moysilovic, visited the location of the 3rd [anti-aircraft] missile battalion of the 250th missile brigade of the Air Force and Air Defense of Serbia in Yakovo in a suburb of Belgrade. This division reconstructed as part of the brigade received six combat vehicles delivered by Serbia at the end of February 2020 of the Russian anti-aircraft missile-cannon complex 96K6 "Pantsir-S1".

The 3rd missile division, which was part of the 250th air defense missile brigade, was distinguished by the fact that during the NATO military operation against Yugoslavia in 1999, using S-125M1 anti-aircraft missile systems, it shot down the American inconspicuous strike aircraft Lockheed Martin F-117A and Lockheed Martin F-16CJ fighter.
After the reorganization of 2007, only the 1st and 2nd missile divisions remained in the Serbian 250th Air Defense Missile Brigade,equipped with upgraded S-125M1T air defense systems,and the 230th, 240th and 310th self-propelled missile divisions, equipped with 2K12M Kub-M air defense systems. Now the 2nd missile division as part of the brigade has been renamed the "honorary" 3rd missile division, which has been armed with six combat vehicles ZRPK 96K6 "Pantsir-S1".

The contract for the supply of a fire battery set (six combat vehicles) to Serbia by the Pantsir-S1 air defense missile system was concluded by the Russian side in 2019.







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With the introduction of Pantsyr-S1, S-125M1T SAMs will be retired from serbian air defense?

Presentation of Chinese UAVs SN-92A acquired by Serbia

 On July 4, 2020, at the Serbian Air Force Base in Batajnice, President of Serbia Alexander Vučić and Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Serbia, General Milan Moisilović, participated in the presentation of six new reconnaissance and strike unmanned aerial vehicles CH-92A purchased in China for the armed forces of Serbia.

 Chinese UAVs CH-92A (belonging to the well-known Cai Hong series - "Rainbow") are designed and manufactured by the Beijing of the Chinese Academy of Aerospace Aerodynamics (CAAA, also known as the "Eleventh Academy", formerly called NII-701 ), part of China State Aerospace Corporation China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC).

 Together with the UAV, Serbia acquired 18 FT-8C guided missiles with laser semi-active guidance intended for use from these devices manufactured by the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT), a part of the CASC, and Alexander Vucic said at a presentation in Batajnice about the intention to buy "more missiles." The FT-8C missile has a mass of 18 kg and a range at launch from different heights from 6 to 9 km.

 For the first time, the UAV model SN-92 was demonstrated at an exhibition in Zhuhai in 2012, and then it was stated that the UAV was at the test stage. The marketing of this UAV was carried out by the Chinese foreign trade association Aerospace Long-March International Trade Company (ALIT). Serbia became the first known customer of this UAV by signing an agreement on its purchase with the Chinese side in 2018, which also provides for Chinese assistance in the development of the Pegasus UAV created in Serbia. At the exhibition in Belgrade in 2019, the Pegasus variant with the Chinese FT-8D guided missile was demonstrated.

 According to ALIT's early flyers, the length of the SN-92 is 4.1 m, the height is 1.6 m, the wingspan is 9 m, the maximum take-off weight is 300 kg, the payload is 60 kg (for the SN-92A, According to Serbian data, the maximum take-off weight is 380 kg, the payload weight is 75 kg). As a power plant, a 37.25 kW two-cylinder gasoline engine equipped with a two-blade pushing screw is used. UAV SN-92 is not equipped with a satellite communications system and its range is limited by the radio horizon from the ground control station, which ALIT, very optimistic, estimated at 250 km, flight duration 10 hours. The cruising flight altitude is 1980–2500 m, the maximum altitude is 5980 m (for the SN-92A - 5000 m). Typical cruising speed - 120-160 km/h, maximum speed - 180-190 km/h.













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