Let's Talk About The Chinese Y-20 Delivering Weapons To Serbia Recently

The six Y-20 cargo aircraft landed in Belgrade to deliver FK-3 surface-to-air missiles as the Serbian military continues to rearm. At the time of their landing, the reason of the Y-20s' presence in Belgrade was not officially known, with the Chinese Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian saying that the cargos delivered unspecified systems as part of the annual cooperation between Serbia and China. Montenegrin President Milo Djukanovic and Kosovo's Prime Minister Albin Kurti each raised concerns the weapons systems could endanger their countries, saying Serbia is buying weapons from countries that "Appear to be open enemies of Europe and NATO". The Serbian president once again rejected criticism its Chinese surface-to-air missiles could pose a threat to its neighbors and described the purchase as "Legitimate, completely regular and transparent". The HQ-22, from which the downgraded FK-3 export variant is derived, has been widely compared to the American Patriot and the Russian S-300 surface-to-air missile systems, but with a shorter range. The missiles have semi-active radar homing composite guidance, with a secondary radio-command guidance capability, and can reportedly engage ballistic and cruise missiles, aircraft, helicopters and UAVs both at high and low altitude. Initially, the missile will use semi-active radar homing guidance and in the case that it encounters strong electronic interference, will automatically change to radio-command guidance.