Tour of SAF Forces during Exercise at Pešter
Wednesday, 17.4.2024 | Training
Today, Minister of Defense Miloš Vučević and Chief of the Serbian Armed Forces General Staff General Milan Mojsilović have visited the Serbian Armed Forces that are conducting tactical drills at the temporary training ground “Pešter” as part of the joint live-fire tactical exercise “Whirlwind 2024”.
The exercise is carried out on the basis of the directive of Supreme Commander of the Serbian Armed Forces and President of the Republic Aleksandar Vučić, with the aim of improving further the skills and capabilities of the commands and units of the Serbian Armed Forces to carry out tactical and fire missions in preparation and execution of combat operations.
On this occasion, Minister Vučević has pointed out that he is very proud of all members of the Serbian Armed Forces and grateful for everything they do every day, week, month and year, protecting their homeland Serbia.
— I hope that we will have the opportunity and that the weather conditions will allow us to see on Friday what members of the Serbian Armed Forces prepared to show us as part of their skills and all they have at their disposal. Many systems will be presented for the first time; more than 2,000 members of the Serbian Armed Forces, more than 500 weapon systems, among which the most complex, the most important, the most expensive, the most lethal ones. Something that has not been seen before - said the Minister of Defense and thanked the Chief of the General Staff and his colleagues for everything they did every day.
The Chief of the Serbian Armed Forces General Staff has said that the contents at Pešter are being implemented in a planned and organized manner, taking into account the weather conditions.
— We learn from everything. We analyze, there will be new solutions in doctrinal sense that will be presented to the Serbian Armed Forces in the future, not only in terms of training, but also in terms of capability building. I would like to express satisfaction with and pride in what this, so to speak, tactical group on Pešter has achieved so far; hopefully, the weather on Friday will allow us to show everything we conceived in the planning process - said General Mojsilović.
Assistant Minister of Defense for Material Resources Nenad Miloradović, PhD, has emphasized that during the exercise, they had the opportunity to test the latest technology systems, especially unmanned aerial vehicles of various types, reconnaissance and “Killer” drones of the latest generation in rather difficult weather conditions.
The exercise, which is being carried out at several permanent and temporary training grounds of the Serbian Armed Forces, involves the ground and air component and special force units, and in terms of number and variety of the engaged combat forces, it is one of the largest and most comprehensive that the Serbian Armed Forces have ever conducted.
Among the assets participating in the exercise are tanks and other armored combat vehicles, combat and transport aircraft, air defense missile systems, anti-armor missile systems, artillery weapons, UAVs and remotely piloted aircraft, multi-sensor reconnaissance systems and modern small arms.
