SEAS 2021: Modernised Vrabac mini-UAV enters serial production
24 May 2021
by Igor Bozinovski
An upgraded version of the hand-launched Vrabac (Sparrow) mini-unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has entered serial production in Serbia, Nenad Miloradović, the assistant minister for material resources in the Serbian Ministry of Defence (MoD), revealed during a presentation on the opening day of the online/hybrid Southeast Europe Aviation Summit (SEAS 2021) in Belgrade on 18 May.
The day-and-night-capable Vrabac is designed for reconnaissance and surveillance missions and is developed by the the MoD’s Military Technical Institute (Vojnotehnički Institut, VTI). The UAV has been extensively tested by the Serbian Armed Forces’ Technical Test Center (Tehnički Opitni Centar, TOC).
Посол Чехии потребовал разъяснений от Москвы по работе посольства iz.ru - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from iz.ru Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Village Caught in Czech-Russia Spy Case Just Wants Things to Stop Blowing Up
Was a huge blast at a Czech weapons depot sabotage by Russian spies? The villagers where it happened aren’t sure, but they do know they only want to watch James Bond films, not live inside one.
The entrance to a weapons depot in a village in the Czech Republic.Credit.Akos Stiller for The New York Times
May 9, 2021
VLACHOVICE-VRBETICE, Czech Republic For nearly a century, local residents have wondered at the strange comings and goings at a sealed-off camp ringed by barbed wire and dotted with keep out signs on the edge of their village.
Что власти Чехии говорят о взрывах во Врбетице в 2014 году 5-tv.ru - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from 5-tv.ru Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
SEVERAL EASTERN EUROPEAN STATES announced plans to expel Russian diplomats this week, as Moscow declared an Italian diplomat
persona non grata in a tit-for-tat dispute with Rome over espionage allegations. Earlier this month, the Czech Republic expelled 18 Russian diplomats in protest against an explosion that totaled a remote munition depot in the east of the country, which Prague claims was part of a Russian intelligence operation.
The explosion, which occurred in October of 2014, killed two people and destroyed a munitions storage facility belonging to the Military Technical Institute of the Czech Ministry of Defense. Czech investigators recently concluded it was perpetrated by Unit 29155, a Russian elite spy outfit that operates under the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, commonly known as GRU. The Kremlin responded to the expulsions of its diplomats by ordering 20 Czech diplomats to leave Russia, and condemning Prague’s move as an “unprece