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Serbia’s defense industry faces layoffs as export ban halts deliveries and factories fill with unsold ammunition

A new wave of layoffs that began this fall in Serbia’s private manufacturing sector is now spreading to the state-owned defense industry, where factories are preparing lists of workers to be declared redundant, according to Ranka Savić, president of the Association of Free and Independent Trade Unions (ASNS). Military analyst Aleksandar Radić confirmed that the situation in Serbia’s weapons and ammunition factories is dire, with no funds available due to the ongoing export ban, despite warehouses being full. “Layoff programs…