Serbia agrees to produce combat drones with Israel

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AnotherCuppaTea@reddit

I'm surprised that Israel trusts Serbia -- traditionally an ally of Russia -- with respect to whatever current or future sensitive IP might be involved, but considering Netanyahu's far-right ideology and the large number of Soviet and specifically RF-era Russian naturalized Israeli citizens, maybe that's a feature and not a bug.

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RocKyBoY21@reddit

It's more along the lines of: Serbia's dictator Pussylips wants money, Israel has money but needs weapons for their planned annexations. Guess who has state-run weapons factories and doesn't care about saving face anymore?

Vučić is very much a self legalised criminal who garners money and political support from any side, let's not forget that he has sent aid/weapons to both Russia and Ukraine in their war, and would be more than glad if he could arm Iran if given the chance.

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Guaire1@reddit

Israel and Russia have been buddies for a long long time

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ycnz@reddit

They've been friends a long time, Israel has a long history of refusing to call Srebenica a genocide, boiling down to "it's only for when it happens to me"

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Fickle-Message-6143@reddit

But Israel did recognize Kosovo. Not calling or calling Srebrenica as genocide in theory means nothing for Serbia because ICJ concluded that Serbia wasn't responsible. Recognizing Kosovo on other hand does a lot more against Serbia.

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Chipay@reddit

Makes sense. Unlike Ukrainian drones, Israeli drones are also battle-tested on women and children.

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FederalSandwich1854@reddit

"who are your allies?"

"Russia and Israel"

Is there something in the water supply in Belgrade?

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barc0debaby@reddit

The friend of my friend is also my friend.

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Luka77GOATic@reddit (OP)

The goal is 80,000 combat drones within 2 years. The Balkan country’s Yugoimport SDPR state arms producer will open a drone plant with Elbit Systems, according to Serbia’s BIRN news service. The report said the Israeli company will own 51% of the future plant.

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