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Out of consideration for national defense security and corresponding trade relations, Serbia has decided to reach a corresponding cooperation with the French side in the previous development and purchase French Rafale fighters.
However, judging from the funds and related military equipment involved in this order, Serbia's arms trade order this time is very likely to cause a loss in the country's finances.
In the subsequent development, the Serbian economy may also fall into a more difficult state.
After all, the Rafale fighter on the French side is also relatively expensive among fighters of the same class.
But who knows what happened to Serbia not only did not lose money in buying fighters this time, but also made a big profit?
1. Aircraft orders from Serbia and France
Just some time ago, Serbian President Vučić announced the relevant arms trade order agreement, indicating that Serbia has reached corresponding trade cooperation with France and signed a contract for the purchase of fighter jets.
The order involves 12 French Rafale aircraft, while the Serbian side will spend around $3.22 billion.
The amount involved in this order is extremely large, and presumably the French side can also earn high foreign trade income through this order.
The Serbian side is also able to get the expected 12 fighters to augment the defense force.
You must know that in the past few years of development, the political situation in Serbia is actually not stable.
Having experienced the division of Yugoslavia and the change of regime, Serbia naturally has a national crisis.
What's more, last year, Serbian residents also clashed with Kosovo police, resulting in deaths.
Some people may wonder about this, isn't Kosovo an autonomous province of Serbia?
Why do the police in Kosovo clash with the inhabitants of Serbia? In fact, it has to do with the corresponding ethnic issue.
The Kosovo region is located on the Balkan Peninsula in southeastern Europe, with a total area of 10,887 square kilometers.
More than 90 per cent of the population in Kosovo are Albanians, with only a few Serbs and Montenegrins.
The main ethnic groups in Serbia are Serbs and Hungarians, which also makes the ethnic question prominent.
Kosovo was indeed an autonomous province of Serbia in its early years, but declared its independence in 2008.
Although Serbia has always maintained its sovereignty over Kosovo, more than 100 countries have recognized Kosovo's independence at the international level.
Of course, it is a number of Western NATO countries that recognize Kosovo's independence and provide international support for it.
As for the meaning behind why these NATO countries are doing this, it is also self-evident, after all, Serbia has a special geographical location.
It also involves the geopolitical boundaries drawn by NATO countries in order to limit Russia's strategic depth.
Therefore, these NATO countries must recognize the independence of Kosovo, and want to use this to restrain Serbia and oppress Serbia accordingly.
In any case, with the intervention of these Western countries, the geopolitical problems of Serbia and Kosovo have become increasingly prominent.
This has also caused Serbia's industrial market development and political stability to suffer great challenges.
Under such circumstances, Serbia must strengthen the replenishment of its national defense forces, but due to the impact of the epidemic, Serbia's economic development in recent years has been relatively weak.
The main thing is that Serbia's industrial system is not perfect, and it is still difficult to create a fighter with excellent quality and full functionality.
For this reason, Serbia must choose to cooperate with other countries in the purchase of fighter products.
However, after Serbian President Vučić openly admitted to the media that he had reached a corresponding strategic cooperation with France, the international level also believed that Serbia's arms trade cooperation with France this time was very likely to lead to a loss in the country's finances.
Second, Serbia loses?
If you look at the content of the order, Serbia needs to pay $3.22 billion to the French side, and the French side is to provide 12 Rafale fighters.
Although this solves the relevant needs of both parties, whether the order is cost-effective still needs to be considered in detail.
The French Rafale is a twin-engine delta-wing fighter designed by Dassault Aircraft Manufacturing Company of France, equipped with the M88 series engine produced by Snakma and has extremely high maneuverability.
The basic type of military thrust can reach 50kN, and after adding aftercombustion thrust, it can exceed 75kN.
Compared with the same type of fighters, the power system of the French Rafale fighter is still very good.
It is also at the forefront of the entire world market, and more importantly, this fighter is also called the most versatile fighter in the world.
It can take into account both sea and air operations, and also has a certain reconnaissance and nuclear attack capabilities, with extremely balanced performance and a wide range of uses.
The Serbian side can reach an order with France to buy such a fighter, otherwise it will greatly enrich its national defense forces.
However, we can not proceed only considering the performance of the fighter, and the price is also an important issue.
Based on the amount of money involved in the order, each Rafale fighter could cost more than $250 million.
This price is obviously not very cost-effective, you must know that although the Rafale fighter is of excellent quality and powerful, compared with the same type of fighters, this price is still too high.
You must know that the J-10 fighter manufactured in China is completely comparable to the Rafale fighter in terms of performance, but as for the price, it is much lower than the Rafale fighter.
A few years ago, our country reached a corresponding trade cooperation with Pakistan and sold 20 J-10 fighters.
However, according to the exchange rate at that time, the price of each J-10 fighter on the mainland was only about 100 million US dollars.
This means that the unit price of the French Rafale fighter is about 1.5 times higher than that of the J-10 fighter in our country.
The 3.2 billion spent by Serbia is fully enough to buy thirty-two J-10 fighters.
Doesn't this mean that Serbia has lost a lot? Serbian President Vučić is a very shrewd person, why would he make such an absurd decision?
In fact, considering it comprehensively, Serbia did not lose any money in this order, but made a lot of money.
Third, not only did he not lose, but he also made a lot of money
Judging from the price of this order, it may indeed be a bit unfair for Serbia.
However, if we look at political and geopolitical factors, Serbia's order this time is also the result of detailed considerations.
It is important to note that the current ethnic issue in Serbia is tense and that there are frequent armed confrontations on the border between Serbia and Kosovo.
This is not only due to the national question in Serbia, but also due to the involvement of those Western NATO countries.
As mentioned earlier, Serbia has a special geographical location, so those Western countries have to increase their oppression of Serbia.
After all, the conflict between Russia and Ukraine has been raging for two years.
And judging by the current situation, Russia is still in a state of comparative advantage.
If the corresponding state of affairs continues, Ukraine may eventually have no choice but to surrender, which will also lead to a gradual expansion of Russia's territory, and even break the geopolitical boundaries set by NATO countries for Russia.
Naturally, this is something that NATO countries do not want to see, and in this context, they are also in a hurry to find allies, and they must draw Serbia into the same camp.
For this reason, these countries are inclined to create a crisis in Kosovo and put significant pressure on Serbia.
Under such circumstances, it is naturally impossible for Serbia to buy cheaper fighters from Russia or China.
In order to better maintain national defense and security and economic and trade relations with those Western countries, Serbia must converge with their ideas.
That's why Serbia bought expensive Rafale fighters from the old European country of French Tree.
But for Serbia, is this really not any good?
The answer is no, since Serbia has chosen France, it naturally means that Serbia has expressed its corresponding attitude.
Although Serbia has not expressed a clear position on the issue between Russia and Ukraine, the choice of trade cooperation with France has proved that Serbia can indirectly participate in the trade decisions of these NATO countries.
Considering in this direction, the oppression of Serbia by those Western countries will inevitably be reduced in the future.
It is also possible that the geopolitical problems of Kosovo and Serbia will be resolved as a result.
In addition, Serbia may also receive certain benefits and preferential treatment when it reaches economic and trade cooperation with those European countries in the future.
brief summary
Serbia has recently reached a corresponding trade cooperation with the French side and purchased French Rafale fighters.
Although from the price point of view, Serbia's deal is not cost-effective, but if you consider it comprehensively, Serbia not only did not lose money but made a big profit.
It is important to know that Serbia's order is considered due to political and geopolitical factors.
In the future, because of this order, Serbia will certainly receive preferential treatment from those Western countries, which may become an opportunity to solve the Kosovo issue.
However, there are also those who say that Serbia's decision may affect relations with our country in the future, but such considerations are obviously too subjective.
You must know that our country's attitude is very clear, absolutely will not interfere in the internal affairs of other countries, Serbia's purchase of fighter planes is also out of its own internal affairs considerations, and has nothing to do with our country, so the mainland will not have any problems with Serbia because of this matter, and will definitely maintain friendly trade relations in the future.
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