Serbia Increases Air Power with Purchase of 12 Rafale Fighter Jets from France

Serbia has officially purchased 12 Rafale fighter jets from France in a deal worth €2.7 billion. The contract includes nine single-seat and three two-seat Rafale units, including logistics packages and spare parts. The move replaces Serbia's MiG-29 fleet, marking a strategic shift away from close ties with Russia and China.
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[@Kibanozza]

For ones that actually pay attention. Rafale purchase is nothing new, that idea existed since 1984 when former Yugoslavia entered cooperation with Dasult Aviation with the aim to produce domestically an indigenous fighter, which was by design an Rafale but with singe engine. Project was abandoned when Yugoslavia fell apart but Dassult or France for that matter, build an very powerful industrial lobby within Serbian science community that kept "the fire going" regarding Dassult interests. So again, this is not nothing new, its an end of an effort started 40 years ago.

[@kiabtoomlauj6249]

Not sure about y'all... but I still fondly remember those little YUGO cars (from the former Yugoslavia).... they were barely starting to arrive, in a few units here in the US...before Yugoslavia and most of the USSR's Eastern Bloc nations splintered. No wonder both Comrade Trump and his Moscow friend, Comrade KGB Col. Putin, from Eastern Germany..... yearn so much to return America and Russia back to those "better, ole' days" when both the US and the USSR were mighty and awesome empires, each controlling much of the world, in their own ways... with China and the Chinese still eating tubers, roots, grasshoppers, & tree barks, all thanks to crazy and crooked John F- Kenney and other Liberals and their love for Communism... If Trump had been in power, in the 1960s, he could have used his BIG GENIUS BRAIN and just do some mental telepathy act and we would never have seen or known the spread of Russia's Red Hammer & Sickle Flag all over the world...

[@truthful3777]

Serbia should buy J10C for defense.

[@robertstimac2428]

Neće biti opremljeni kao NATO Rafali, niti avionikom ni naoružanjem. To je politika NATO pakta i Francuske koja ih prodaje drugim zemljama. OK?

[@sasailic9511]

Neko budala pa će da kupi gole avione i plati tri milijarde za prazan avion.Srpski rafali će biti naoružani najboljim raketama vazduh vazduh. Možda neće dobiti skalp rakete ovo sve ostalo da. Hrvati hoce izjednačio f3 i f4 kao da je to isto. Izvinite ali nas avion će biti bolji od svih u okruženju iako mislim da je to preskup avion koji nama nije potreban za te pare ima i boljih aviona u svetu. Rafal nikad neće moći sa Ruskim i Američkim avionima.

[@user-et3xr5ed7b]

To non informed like the author(seems like at least...),this is only a new positive chapter in relations after bombing in 1999. We had a lot of history and bad experiences considering french weaponry(amoo in the first world war was of bad caliber for the cannons) but for example one our first minister of defence(war back in the 19th century) of eastern provinces was French.We hope that this also will be better than during the 20th century,no matter we were allies and comrades. Fraternité toujours! ;)❤ Even the Notre Dammes ring the bells in honouring the Serbian victory of 1389. against the Ottomans.

[@truthful3777]

Serbia should buy J10C tor defence.

[@miodragmajkic1836]

nothing change serb love rusia china and newer change. period

[@mikebuck1897]

Probably good value

[@ДалиборЧевизовић]

No, we do not agree... But, we are a country occupied by NATO and no one asks us anything....

[@Red-ding-Ton]

kazu da im je zapad neprijatelj a kupuju avione od istog tog zapada haha

[@srdjanandjelic9091]

Ko kaze i koji zapad brkas babe i zabe jer neke zemlje zapada nisu sav zapad.A zna se koje dve zemlje jesu nasi neprijatelji narocito oko KIM.

[@Red-ding-Ton]

@@srdjanandjelic9091 francuska bajo moj kada su hrvati uzimali rafale srbi su se rugali nabavci rekli jos da su 29-ke bolje i novije a sada iste te avione uzimaju od iste te drzave i jos se vecina stanovnistva koja to prati slozila i rekla da se nikada naoruzanje ne kupuje od neprijatelja aludirajuci na francuze

[@aleksandarstix3097]

@@Red-ding-Ton Srbija je pre Hrvatske pregovarala o rafalima 3,5 godina ,ali Hrvati nemaju para za nove dok SSrbi kao elitna nacija ima para

[@srdjanandjelic9091]

@@Red-ding-Ton Ti drugar izmislis svoju stvarnost i onda dajes kometare na to sto si izmislijo pa se pitam da ti nisi korisnik nekih poznatih ustanova za lecenje mozga.Niko u Srbiji ko ista zna o avijaciji ukljucujuci i samog precednika to sto si ti lupijo nikad nije reko za rafale i fala bogu zivimo u 21 veku i imamo internet pa mozemo se vratit i pogledat izjave zvanicnika i strucnih portala o avijaciji tako da si smesan drugar.A to sto desnicarske stranke u Srbiji vise vole Ruse to nije nista novo i ja bi volijo da mozemo uzet od Rusa nove avijone i zbog cene tih avijona a i vise verujem Rusima nego zapadu ko i vecina Srba.Samo sto realnost kaze da je to nemoguce zna se i zasto ko i da braca Kinezi jos nisu na tom nivou zapada i ostaje ti samo Fracuz jer USA nama prodat nece avijone tog tipa.Tako da je to jedino moguce iznudjeno resenje u ovom momentu sto ne znaci da je naj bolje i po ceni i po kvalitetu sto je uvek naj vazniji faktor kad se tako skupa roba kupuje.I to je glavna primedba u Srbiji po pitanju rafala ko avijona a ne tvoja lupetanja.A sto se tice vas HR i vasih avijona primedbe su bile iste one sto su govorili recimo vasi junaci ko Selak i slicni da je glupo dat tolke pare za 12 avijona a da nemas ni jednu jedinu bateriju modernog PVO da brani te avijone dek sede na zemlji ko ih brani i stiti.

[@aramisone7198]

To je oko Kosova Ako nisi shvatio.

[@zorantepsic181]

Vučić bi ih kupio i samo da je trup s oznakama, ne mora čak niti letjeti.

[@dejanoreski1427]

Now Russia will also find out what are the qualities and flaws of the Rafale and how to finally make an aesa radar for a fighter plane. One goes to Moscow!

[@jovanbrkic9154]

Nonsense

[@dejanoreski1427]

@jovanbrkic9154 You have a Russian base in Niš, who did the remains of the downed F117 go to?

[@user-ye2kp9dk9l]

E da hoće, prvi bih to pozdravio, ali ništa od toga. Bila bi to bar neka korist od kupovine ovih preskupih aviona. Pre će ovaj ovde što se predstavlja kao predsednik Srbije ( a nije inače) uraditi suprotno kada bi imao priliku.

[@aramisone7198]

​@@dejanoreski1427Russian base 😅😅😅 yeah right one plane for humanitarian work and the US ambassador was there

[@arsenijearsen3041]

Dejane Rusija ima bolje aesa radare od izvikanog Rafala koji ima 240km domet dok Su57 ima 500km domet što znači može da ga gađa sa R37M pre nego što ga rafal i vidi.​@dejanoreski1427

[@miloradkarafilovski5394]

Jednog dana cuvacemo nebo u miru zajedno sa Hrvatskom i imacemo manje troskove .Srecna kupovina novih rafala.❤

[@ДалиборЧевизовић]

шта рећи на овакав идиотизам...

[@zg8661]

Mistral = rafal