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White Paper on Defence of the Republic of Serbia Editorial Board Major General Božidar Forca, PhD Stanislav Stojanović, PhD Lt.Col. Zoran Putica Katarina Terzić Media Center “ODBRANA” Director Lt.Col. Slavoljub M. Marković Editor-in-Chief Dragana Marković Editor Slavica Djerić-Magazinović 2 R E P U B L I C O F S E R B I A MINISTRY OF DEFENCE DEFENCE POLICY SECTOR Strategic Planning Department WHITE PAPER ON DEFENCE OF THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA Belgrade, 2010. 3 Defence is one of the most important functions of each state, because all other spheres of human activity aimed at cre- ating basic preconditions for the overall development and prosperity overlap there. The Republic of Serbia, being an independent state since 2006, builds up its defence system tailored to meet its needs in the conditions characterizing the totality of relationships at the global, regional and local level. Year 2010 is a milestone in the reform of defence system, which is demonstrated through adoption of strate- gic-doctrinal and legal-normative documents, in the long and medium term planning and programming of the defence system development, professionalization of the Serbian Armed Forces, the reform of the military education and military health care system, systematization and rationalization of the Ministry of Defence, re- vitalization of the defence industry and encouragement of partic- ipation of the Armed Forces and other defence forces members in building and maintaining peace in the world and the region. White Paper on Defence is developed for the first time in the Re- public of Serbia as an independent state. This is a document which transparently presents to the wide domestic and international pub- lic the processes, achievements and projections regarding the de- velopment of the defence system of the Republic of Serbia. Based on the right of each citizen of the Republic of Serbia to be in- formed on the defence system, the White Paper is a kind of text suitable for all generations of our people. At the same time, it rep- resents a reasonably structured set of information for the interna- 4 tional public and the countries with which we have been devel- oping cooperation. The content of the White Paper on Defence offers a historical thread connecting the past to the present, provides a realistic de- scription of the present situation and the projection of future de- velopment of the defence system. By preserving our traditions while using experiences of the most advanced systems, we are lay- ing foundations for the vision and the projections of our defence system. The vision of the defence system is based on the vision of a con- temporary and modern Serbia, Serbia as an European Union mem- ber country, integrated into collective security systems, with the Armed Forces powerful enough to guarantee peace and stability in the region and participate with their capabilities in regional and global peace maintenance, with soldiers who can live on their work, committed to their job, and free from worries about their family’s existence. Such a defence system enables us to join the community of responsible states and, as an equal, take a seat at the table with the countries and organizations to which we seek to become a member, as it will make a contribution to the efforts to transform the Republic of Serbia from a user to an exporter of se- curity. Modernization of Serbia and its defence system is our chance in the 21 century. MINISTER OF DEFENCE Dragan Šutanovac 5 CONTENTS 1. DEFENCE POLICY OF THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA .........................11 1.1. Security environment of the Republic of Serbia.................11 1.2. Interests of the Republic of Serbia in the defence area......13 1.3. Strategic defence concept of the Republic of Serbia..........15 2. DEFENCE SYSTEM REFORM ..........................................................19 2.1. Strategic and doctrinal documents.....................................19 2.2. Normative prerequisites.....................................................22 2.3. Defence planning ..............................................................23 2.4. Organizational and functional changes..............................26 3. MINISTRY OF DEFENCE ................................................................29 3.1. Main, special and internal units.........................................31 3.2. Bodies within the Ministry of Defence...............................34 4. SERBIAN ARMED FORCES.............................................................41 4.1. Serbian Armed Forces General Staff ..................................46 4.2. Army ..................................................................................59 4.2.1. Special Brigade...........................................................61 4.2.2. Army Brigade .............................................................64 4.2.3. Mixed Artillery Brigade...............................................65 4.2.4. River Flotilla ...............................................................67 4.2.5. Independent Battalions ..............................................68 4.3. Air Force and Air Defence .................................................69 4.3.1. Air Bases.....................................................................71 4.3.2. 250th Air Defence Missile Brigade...............................74 4.3.3. 126th Early Warning Centre ........................................75 4.3.4. Independent Battalions ..............................................76 4.4. Training Command ............................................................80 4.4.1. Basic Training Centres ................................................81 4.4.2. Specialist Training Centres .........................................82 6 5. HUMAN RESOURCES....................................................................87 5.1. Personnel Management .....................................................87 5.2. Education and Training ......................................................90 5.3. Training............................................................................100 6. МАТЕРИЈАЛНИ РЕСУРСИ ..........................................................105 6.1. Logistic Support of the Serbian Armed Forces .................105 6.2. Equipping and Modernization of the Serbian Armed Forces......................................................109 6.3. Military Infrastructure......................................................110 6.4. Defence industry .............................................................112 7. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT................................................117 8. DEFENCE FUNDING ...................................................................127 9. INTERNATIONAL DEFENCE COOPERATION..............................133 9.1. Multilateral cooperation..................................................134 9.2. Bilateral cooperation .......................................................139 9.3. Members of the Serbian Armed Forces in international missions..................................................141 9.4. Arms control by international treaties .............................144 10. ARMED FORCES AND SOCIETY................................................149 10.1. Democratic and civil control .........................................149 10.2. Civil-military cooperation ..............................................151 10.3. Institutions of cultural and historical significance ..........154 11. A LOOK INTO THE FUTURE .....................................................165 7 DEFENCE POLICY OF THE REPUBLIC 1OF SERBIA 10 1. DEFENCE POLICY OF THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA Defence policy of the Republic of Serbia (RS) is based on strength- ening of its own defence capacities, cooperation with democratic and peace-loving nations, the European orientation in foreign policy and the ability to play an active role in the processes of cooperation and joint ef- forts with other countries and actors in the international relations in building national, regional and global security. The objectives of the defence policy of the Republic of Serbia are creation of an effective defence system, peace and favourable security environment, and integration into European and other international se- curity structures. In order to achieve these objectives the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has undertaken the reform aimed at building an effec- tive defence system, ensuring a stable operation of that system and cre- ation of conditions for its interoperability with the systems of other countries included in European security structures and NATO Partner- ship for Peace programme. 1.1. SECURITY ENVIRONMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA The security environment of the Republic of Serbia is character- ized by a number of factors. The changes in the international relations that took place in the last decade of the 20th century were reflected in the global architecture of the world at the beginning of the new century and millennium. These changes became visible primarily in reconfigu- ration of relations between states and geostrategic regrouping at the global scene, which has contributed to a multipolar world building. In spite of the fact that in such conditions the risk of outbreak of a war at the global level almost does not exist, huge differences in the lev- el of economic development, an ever increasing deficit of resources, im- pacts of climate changes, violation of the basic principles of internation- al legal order and other challenges, risks and threats can still create a po- tential basis for emergence and spreading of local and regional conflicts. The
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