
Jiang Bin Photo: China's Ministry of National Defense
China and Serbia enjoy friendly relations between their two countries and militaries. Normal military trade cooperation between the two sides complies with international law and common international practice, and is not targeted at any third party, Jiang Bin, spokesperson for Chinese Ministry of National Defense, said on Thursday in response to a question regarding that Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said in a live broadcast that Serbia had recently purchased Chinese CM-400AKG air-to-surface missiles for its air force, and critics claimed the move fuels a regional arms race.
In a live broadcast by Serbia’s state RTS TV, Vucic said that “We have a significant number of those missiles, and we will have even more,” days after the first images of the missiles mounted on a Serbian plane leaked online, according to Reuters.
Vucic added that the Serbian air force had adapted its Soviet-made MiG-29 fighter jets to carry the CM-400AKG.
The CM-400AKG air-to-ground missile is a supersonic missile meant to strike buildings and radar sites, and it was previously publicly displayed at the air show in Zhuhai, South China's Guangdong Province, Global Times reported previously. The missile, manufactured by China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation, can carry either a 150 kg (330 lb) blast warhead or a 200 kg (440 lb) penetrator warhead and has a range of up to 400 km (248 miles), per Reuters.
Global Times