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๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ช Russian & Serbian friendly party New Serb Democracy to get three ministries in Montenegro's government

#Montenegro @balkan_grad
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๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด๐Ÿช–๐Ÿ”ซ 2024 is a big year for the Romanian Army. Here are the most important acquisition to be made in 2024:

๐Ÿ”ธ Romania should forward a Letter of Request for Letter of Agreement to the Pentagon for the 6.5 billion USD contract for 32 F-35 new generation fighter jets and logistical support.

๐Ÿ”ธ 231 MANPADs (MAN Portable Air Defense) and Mistral-3 missiles (SHORAD - Short Range Air Defense) worth 662 million EURs

๐Ÿ”ธ 60 AIM-9X "Sidewinder" short-range air-to-air missiles used by aircraft such as the F-16 worth 40 million USD

๐Ÿ”ธ 66 AIM-120 AMRAAM Beyond-visual-range air-to-air missiles/surface-to-air missiles also compatible with the F-16 worth 150 million USD

๐Ÿ”ธ 400 GBU-39B/SDB glide bombs, compatible with the F-16 worth 60 million USD

๐Ÿ”ธLaser-guided missiles for the Watchkeeper X UAVs

๐Ÿ”ธ 25 SwitchBlade 300 loitering munitions (suicide/kamikaze) drones worth 176 million Romanian lei (RON)

๐Ÿ”ธ More SwitchBlade 600 loitering munitions (suicide/kamikaze) drones

๐Ÿ”ธ 33 FGM-148 "Javelin" anti-tank missile worth 66 million USD

๐Ÿ”ธ Unspecified number of ATACMS missiles for the HIMARS system worth 82.8 million USD

Other acquisitions which will be finalised in the coming years are:

๐Ÿ”น 218 units of sapping equipment, of various kinds, with a budget of 17.5 billion RON

๐Ÿ”น 3 unspecified CRAM (Counter Rocket, Artillery and Missile) Systems designed to detect and destroy, or deflect incoming enemy projectiles with a 2.5 billion RON budget

๐Ÿ”น Mobile electronic warfare system with a 4.7 billion RON budget

๐Ÿ”น Two SBAMD-TC anti-missile and aircraft command centers with a 730 million RON budget

๐Ÿ”น Modernisation (or acquisition?) of 19 Gap-Filler radars (Detection & Search radars) with a 1.8 billion RON budget

๐Ÿ”น 12 passive radars for airspace surveillance with a 441 million RON budget

๐Ÿ”น Two Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPV) worth 300 million EURs for the Romanian Navy

๐Ÿ”น 17 Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence (C4I) systems, 4 such systems for 4 brigades and 13 others for 13 battalions worth 1.5 billion RON
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๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ทโ—๏ธ 5 killed, 5 wounded in shooting at nursing home in eastern Croatia

#Croatia @balkan_grad
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๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ทโ—๏ธ The author of the shooting is said to be a veteran from Croatian war of independence

#Croatia @balkan_grad
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๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Croatia, Greece, Slovenia and other European countries ask Brussels to reach an agreement with Assas and return Syrian refugees to their country

#Croatia #Greece #Slovenia @balkan_grad
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๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธ Bosnian MoD of Bosnia and Herzegovina blocked Serbian helicopter from assisting in extinguishing a fire, saying that its aim is "to undermine the stateโ€™s institutions"

Do you agree with this decision?

#Bosnia #BiH #Serbia @balkan_grad
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๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธ (๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฆ) Republic of Srpska's Dodik assures that no sanctions will be imposed on Russia

"The Republic of Srpska will persist in ensuring that sanctions are not imposed on Russia. Otherwise, Srpska would lose both its honor and a great friend."


Do you think the Republic of Srpska is closer to Russia than Serbia actually is?

#Bosnia #BiH #SrpskaRepublic @balkan_grad
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๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ OSINT Community notes Serbian aircraft suspected of transporting arms and ammunition to Israel #Serbia #Israel @balkan_grad
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธ OSINT Community claims 4 Israeli military/cargo planes have recently landed in Serbia to pick up arms and ammunitions

#Israel #Serbia @balkan_grad
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๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธ Spy group dismantled by Serbian Security Service for leaking military secrets from state-owned defense company "Kruลกik"

#Serbia #Military @balkan_grad
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๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธ Chetniks leader was honored in London on July 21st in a religious ceremony

๐Ÿ”— Predrag Koluvija
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๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธ (๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฆ) Bosnia and Herzegovina's Constitutional Court temporarily invalidates Republic of Srpska's Election Law

#Bosnia #BiH #SrpskaRepublic @balkan_grad
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If elected, would Donald Trump end NATO's mission in Kosovo?
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๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ถ๐Ÿ‡ฆ โ‚ฌ11M Qatar-funded project in Tirana is building "Qatar Square," in the heart of the Albanian capital

#Albania #Qatar @balkan_grad
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๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ช Croatia declared Montenegrin politicians Andrija Mandiฤ‡, Milan Kneลพeviฤ‡ and Aleksa Beฤiฤ‡ "undesirable"

#Croatia #Montenegro @balkan_grad
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๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Largest Albanian party to draft proposal for creating a region grouping Albanian-majority municipalities #NorthMacedonia @balkan_grad
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Largest Albanian party's proposal to federalise North Macedonia for creating an Albanian-majority region caused outrage among North Macedonians and the ruling party

#NorthMacedonia @balkan_grad
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๐Ÿ‘€ Look at this map!

If you see, most Montenegrins ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ช are ethnic Serbs ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธ

What do you think about both countries forming a Federation?

#Montenegro #Serbia @balkan_grad
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Liberty of expression or shame?
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