23.01.2025.
ASEWG units boast outstanding level of training and technological advancement
At the radar stations of the 126th ASEWG Brigade units, professional service members are undergoing intensive training on GM-400 long-range air surveillance radars and GM-200 medium-range tactical radars, which have recently entered service in the Serbian Armed Forces.
The training programme includes theory lessons on how these state-of-the-art air surveillance and control systems function and practical lessons in handling and maintaining them.The training instructor, Lieutenant Stefan Filipović, underlines the positive experience in working with the long-range radar and the good features of the GM-400 model the 126th ASEWG Brigade units are equipped with. He says that prior to becoming part of a duty combat team within permanently engaged forces, the unit members need to complete comprehensive training in radar operation and each individual must become well versed in radar performance and basic maintenance of a specific radar.
— A combat team is essentially responsible for monitoring the situation constantly and detecting aerial targets, and unit members are specially trained to detect not only the targets with specific flight paths, low altitudes and low speeds, but also low-reflection targets, says Lieutenant Filipović.
Second Lieutenant Nataša Marković, radar squad leader, explains that the GM-200 radar is used to complement the GM-400 radar’s air surveillance and that this system, mounted on a high-mobility off-road vehicle, is particularly effective in detecting low-reflection targets, primarily remotely piloted aircraft.—Specialized training in the use of GM-200 radars does not differ much from the GM-400 radar training, because the same or similar technological solutions are utilized. Therefore, the GM-200 radar training focuses specifically on radar emplacement, the change from march to battle formation and preparation for operational work. Compared to the radars the unit was equipped with before, this change is much simpler now, because all the equipment is now integrated in one vehicle - concludes 2LT Nataša Marković.
The procurement of state-of-the-art radars has considerably enhanced the spatial and information-related capabilities of ASEWG units, but it has also improved their ability to guide fighter aircraft and direct air defence missile units towards assigned aerial targets. By putting GM radars into operational use, the highest airspace control standards have been met and the overall ability of the Serbian Armed Forces to address the challenges of modern warfare has been increased.