Forbes

Last Saturday, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic touted the delivery of six Chinese-built CH-92A combat drones (UCAVs) for service with the Serbian military in a ceremony at a military airfield at Batajnica.

Serbia’s acquisition of the CASC CH-92 makes it the first European state to deploy Chinese combat drones, reflecting Belgrade’s deepening relationship with Beijing and its plans to domestically manufacture its own armed drones.

Already, armed drones like the Chengdu Wing Loong II drone and CASC CH-4 have proliferated in Africa, the Middle East and Asia, and played a significant role in armed conflicts in Iraq, Libya, Nigeria and Yemen.

The Cai Hong (Rainbow) drones arrived on July 1 via an Il-78 cargo plane, along with eighteen FT-8C laser-guided missiles. The six drones constitute two complete systems or batteries. Each three-drone battery is controlled via remote video terminals and operators stations installed in a domestic six-wheel FAP-2228 trucks

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