Posted on 04/10/2022 9:27:14 AM PDT by devane617
Russian ally Serbia took the delivery of a sophisticated Chinese anti-aircraft system in a veiled operation this weekend, amid Western concerns that an arms buildup in the Balkans at the time of the war in Ukraine could threaten the fragile peace in the region.
Media and military experts said Sunday that six Chinese Air Force Y-20 transport planes landed at Belgrade’s civilian airport early Saturday, reportedly carrying HQ-22 surface-to-air missile systems for the Serbian military.
The Chinese cargo planes with military markings were pictured at Belgrade’s Nikola Tesla airport. Serbia’s defense ministry did not immediately respond to AP’s request for comment.
The arms delivery over the territory of at least two NATO member states, Turkey and Bulgaria, was seen by experts as a demonstration of China’s growing global reach.
“The Y-20s’ appearance raised eyebrows because they flew en masse as opposed to a series of single-aircraft flights,” wrote The Warzone online magazine. “The Y-20′s presence in Europe in any numbers is also still a fairly new development.”
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And the winner of our rage against Russia is...
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Doesn’t sound like anybody was up for shooting down Chinese aircraft, does it?
Semi secret?
LOL!
Good thing it was only a semi-secret
I’ve always heard the only way two or more people can keep a secret is for all but one to be dead.
The bombing of Serbia by Bill Clinton, to get Monica out of the headlines, trashed our relations with Russia so badly, we still haven’t recovered.
It was to get Jaunita Broaddrick and Chinagate off the front pages, total disgrace....
Gasoline . . meet fire.
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