I am not 100% sure, but I think army budget for 2008 iswas big as the budged for 2007 and 2006 together, and for 2009 is supposed to be even bigger.
I think gov. agree to keep the budged big as planed, despite economy crisis.
+ army planed to sell all needless, empty, half destroyed buildings which are in exclusive locations, and for which army paying huge amount of money. . .
Cepotine base is now finished, and bigger part of army costs went there, now army can put investments somewhere else. . .
I dont know precise numbers, dont take this post flighty because of that. . .
There are numbers, I am just to busy now to search for it, if you want I will
post them for few days, anyway this are all facts, which points that army will probably have money in the recent future for such expensive projects, as getting new jets (well, its obvious
) but no Gripens or Fs , first
because that will be still to expensive ( to buy, to maintain, to train pilots on, to fly ) , and second because of state policy, history, tradition (braca rusi
) and etc...
In the time when Serbia will probably announce tender notice, 2013 most probably, Russia will have much bigger role in the Serbian military than now,
because of many factors like: economic and political rise, stronger and
stronger Serb-Russian relation by every day, new projected Russian pipeline throughout Serbia, selling Serbian oil industry to Russian Gazprom, military strengthening of Russia, every day bigger and bigger political and also economic support from Russia, and most probably soon arriving of 200 btr-90s, and dozens of other modern Russian armored cars (like t-98 )
and many many other factors. . .
So, I will say there is around 75 % that Serbia will get some Russian jets, rather than U.S or E.U . . .
The point is which one ? Su-30s are great, but army have more experience
with Migs, my opinion is that army should buy more Mig-29s (modernized off course ) or if is anyhow possible several Mig-35s . . .
Now, we need here someone who really now everything about Migs, pilots maybe, to discuss which one and why ?
And also, what are you think about Mig-27 variants, or even Mig -31 var.
