23.06.2025.
President Vučić: We will have one of the most powerful small armies in the world
President of the Republic of Serbia and Supreme Commander of the Serbian Armed Forces, Aleksandar Vučić, together with Minister of Defence Bratislav Gašić, has attended today a session of the expanded Collegium of the Chief of General Staff, at the ‘Banjica 2’ barracks in Belgrade.
President Vučić stated that today's session, chaired by the Chief of General Staff, General Milan Mojsilović, was one of the pivotal and decisive meetings for the upcoming changes in the Serbian Armed Forces.
- Our army must become incomparably stronger. In the previous year, more precisely, more than 10 years, but especially in the previous year, we have done a lot to modernise and advance our army. Today, in the world, we have a situation where law and justice have long ceased to exist, and there are no rules any more, so we must accept and understand that well - the President of Serbia said.
He pointed out that being a member state of the United Nations or having one’s territorial integrity guaranteed by the Charter of the United Nations no longer means anything due to the behaviour of the great powers who “brutally trample on it as needed, inventing non-existent and new principles”.
- And we must get used to that. Accordingly, we must raise the level of our defence capabilities. Everything we do - we do it for the citizens of Serbia. It is not about who is stronger and who is not, but about the highest interests of the citizens of Serbia, to be protected, safe, and secure - President Vučić emphasised.According to him, the good news is that there has been greater interest in various units than expected, and the special units, as he pointed out, will soon reach over 85% capacity. He emphasised that the recruitment campaign has been well promoted in the media and added that a certain number of young people will be admitted to drone and anti-drone units, which will also have the status of special units. In addition, he praised the extremely large number of applicants for pilots at the Military Academy.
- In the next two to three months, you will learn and see everything we have bought and produced. Considering the progress of technology, if the country were attacked by a stronger aggressor today, would it be able to offer incomparably stronger resistance? Those who know best answered that our resistance would be disproportionately or significantly greater than it was in 1999, and some said it would be an absolute deterrent even for the strongest aggressor, President Vučić emphasised, announcing a military parade in Serbia in mid-September to mark the Day of Serbian Unity, Freedom, and the National Flag.
The President said it would be the largest military parade ever organised here, with at least 10,000 soldiers participating in various segments, stressing that few countries, especially in Europe, have the capacity “to deploy 10,000 soldiers and showcase their specialties and level of training”. In this regard, the President of Serbia expressed his belief that citizens will not be ashamed of the progress of their army, the progress of their country.- We have a good, serious army that still has a lot to do and improve. Today we decided to adopt the concept of forming a digital army platform. This means integration. Soon, we will have large and powerful unmanned aerial vehicles with wide and long-range vision, and accordingly - everything seen by those vehicles and people on the ground will also be visible in the command rooms. You will no longer waste time assessing the situation, reports, dispatches and so on - the President of Serbia said, adding that it will take four to five years to put it into practice.
As he emphasised, we will have one of the most powerful small armies in the world and “we will never threaten anyone, but we will know how to protect and defend our country against any potential aggressor”.
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