Penguin explained most of it. I would also add, that this way we are preserving at least some of our air force capabilities. If we lose even that, than in the future it would be really hard to build those capabilities from zero. This way we are at least keeping some core, that can be expanded in...
He also confirmed that Serbia is more interested in BUK and Tor missile systems. S300 is too expensive for us, there are some possibilities for acquiring a second hand S300 from Belarus, but that is under question.
It's a modernization of M77 Oganj, with subsystems developed for Morava MLRS, and the similar armored cabin used on PASARS 16:
Chassis used in both cases is original FAP 2026 chassis.
Another possible area for cooperation with Serbia is ALAS. Development phase is near the end, and just recently ALAS demonstrated ability to hit a moving target at distance of 12.5km (which is maximum range on that training field, ALAS max range is 25km):
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Some a bit older (last month or so) news about Serbian defence industry, i didn't already posted here:
Visit by a High Level Delegation of the Belarusian State Military Industrial Committee
The goal of the visit is to look into the following steps to be taken for the establishment of the...
Dmitry Peskov confirmed that there are talks on the highest level, but that is it for now. Serbia is also negotiating with Russia and Belarus about acquisition of BUK and Tunguska missile systems. In all this cases they are talking about second hand older generation systems, which they could...
West liked Russia the best, when Russia was powerless, bankrupt and all around unimportant in the world stage. Putin changed that. It was not a fast change, and Russia will never have the reach and influence of the Soviet union, but i believe that they understood that they don't even need that...