04.03.2020.
New Issue of “ODBRANA” magazine published
IN THE MARCH ISSUE OF “ODBRANA” MAGAZINE READ ABOUT THE FOLLOWING:
- Why Serbia moved up to rank 13 when it comes to its military strength and capacities in the recently published rankings of the “Global Fire Power” military portal which ranks countries according to their military strength and military capabilities.
- What it means for the defence power of Serbia to purchase a battery of “Pantsir-S1” Air Defence System.
- Serbia is the first country Shoygu has visited since he was reappointed the Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation, and during his visit to the Serbian capital the two ministers met for the ninth time since Aleksandar Vulin has been appointed the Minister of Defence of the Republic of Serbia.- The two-day visit of the Minister of Defence Aleksandar Vulin to Belarus in February confirmed that the cooperation between the two countries in the field of defence has made significant progress since 2012 and that it will continue to develop.
– Find out about all the things that have been woven into an officer’s profile in the course of 170 years of the existence of the Military Academy in the interview with Major General Bojan Zrnic, the Commandant of the Military Academy.
- THE STANDING POINT section deals with the experiences with the total defence concept from recent history.
- In the SYSTEM section, read about current topics in the defence system, but also about the not so widely known march for the liberation of Kabaš in 1999, in memory of the NATO aggression whose 21st anniversary will be marked in March. Days of the Military Geographical Institute and the Military Medical Academy were marked. The Defence Industry of Serbia Group is a complete entity, and after the amendments to the Law on the Armed Forces were adopted in December, a serviceperson can be admitted to an adequate position in the defence system at the proposal of the superior under a full-time employment contract without formal job application and without age limitations.
- What the results of the comparative analysis of helicopter procurement in the region are, why Andrić is often quoted by Maria Lina Veca, the Italian journalist who first raised the question of the victims of depleted uranium in Kosovo and Metohija among Italian soldiers and warned about the trafficking of organs of kidnapped Serbs from Kosovo.
- In the GLOBAL section find out how the Special Operations Forces of the Russian Federation worked their way to the top based on the actions they have carried out and are considered one of the most elite special formations in the world today.
- In the HEALTHCARE section, find out all that you need to know about corona virus, in the article written by an expert from the Military Medical Academy.
– In the CULTURE section you can find out how photographs from the book “For the Serbian Army – the forgotten story” published by the Media Centre “Odbrana” ended up on Serbian postage stamps. In this section you can also read about the concert “Our Children” and the announced promotion of the book written by General Pavković.
– In the HISTORY section you can read about the reminiscences of the Toplica Uprising through the life story of Dimitrije Begović, one of the most significant leaders, while in the SPORTS section you can find the latest successes of our cadets.
Among the authors of articles in the March issue of “Odbrana” are also Dr Mile Bjelajac, Dr Mila Mihajlović, retired Brigadier General Stojan Konjikovac, Prof. Dr. Elizabeta Ristanovic, PhD, Prof. Dr Dragan Simeunović, Colonel Dr Slaviša Vlačić…
