Serbian president confirms his country owns Chinese supersonic missiles after photo leak

South China Morning PostEN 1 min read 100% complete by Agence France-PresseMarch 12, 2026 at 11:47 PM

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Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic confirmed that Serbia owns Chinese supersonic surface-attack cruise missiles after photos of the weapons mounted on Serbian fighter jets appeared online earlier this week. The missiles, believed to be Chinese-made CM-400AKG cruise missiles, were seen attached to Serbia's Russian-made MiG-29 planes. Vucic stated that Serbia possesses a "significant number" of these "extremely expensive" and "extremely effective" missiles and plans to acquire more. Experts believe these missiles are the export version of China's YJ-12 and can travel close to hypersonic speed. The confirmation follows the circulation of the leaked photos on social media and defense blogs.

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Andrej Plenkovic 40% Croatia 40% YJ-12 50% MiG-29 60% Russia 60% CM-400AKG 70% China ×280% Aleksandar Vucic ×290% Serbia ×395%

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supersonic missiles 100% cruise missiles 90% serbia 80% china 70% cm-400akg 60% military technology 60% mig-29 50% defense 40%

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Serbia

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