Serbia arms industry boom time detonates Nato debate

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By Mark Lowen BBC News, Belgrade  10 June 2011
Weapons are rapidly becoming Serbia’s most valuable export
It is sealed off with rusty old gates, some of the buildings still in ruins after Nato air strikes twelve years ago. But inside the Krusik arms factory in Valjevo, western Serbia, the ammunition produced is of the highest quality – used in theatres of war around the world.From mortars to anti-tank rockets, these are weapons made to destroy, but they are slowly rebuilding Serbia’s economy. Under President Tito, Yugoslavia was a major arms exporter to its allies in the Middle East and North Africa. As the country broke apart in the wars of the 1990s, sanctions halted sales. Many of the weapons factories, such as Krusik, were heavily bombed by Nato during the Kosovan war in 1999. The irony is that today, the arms produced here are used in Nato missions in places like Afghanistan.....more....

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