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European Defence Fund and its impact on Czech industry

European Defence Fund and its impact on Czech industry

The Common Security and Defence Policy, which frames the efforts to create an EU defence identity, targets a wide range of actors and activities, entrusts the relevant competences…

 24. 03. 2024
Gen. Ivo Střecha: NATO, the EU and the whole democratic world now face many security challenges

Gen. Ivo Střecha: NATO, the EU and the whole democratic world now face many security challenges

This year, the Czech Republic celebrates 25 years since it joined the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It happened on 12 March 1999. The Alliance was founded in 1949…

 20. 03. 2024
Tomáš Kopečný: Exuberance is a natural feature of Russian thinking

Tomáš Kopečný: Exuberance is a natural feature of Russian thinking

The Czech Republic is one of the European leaders when it comes to helping Ukraine defend itself. Moreover, it has now succeeded in raising money to start buying…

 18. 03. 2024
Domestic defence industry - what it brings and why support it

Domestic defence industry - what it brings and why support it

Many countries of the European Union and the North Atlantic Alliance did not consider the defence industry as a promising industry and often had a negative and resistant attitude…

 17. 03. 2024
Specifics of the Australian Bushmaster vehicle, a possible new engineer vehicle for the Czech Armed Forces

Specifics of the Australian Bushmaster vehicle, a possible new engineer vehicle for the Czech Armed Forces

The project for the acquisition of engineer vehicles for the Czech Army is now in the pre-acquisition phase and a highly discussed and apparently preferred solution by the…

 16. 03. 2024
Gen. Karel Řehka: We need strong armed forces, we need a resilient society

Gen. Karel Řehka: We need strong armed forces, we need a resilient society

Yesterday, the 11th annual conference entitled Our Security is Not a Given, organized by the Jagello 2000 association, took place in the Spanish Hall of Prague Castle…

 13. 03. 2024
Interview with Czech President Petr Pavel on the North Atlantic Alliance and the current security situation

Interview with Czech President Petr Pavel on the North Atlantic Alliance and the current security situation

This year the Czech Republic is celebrating the 25th anniversary of its accession to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, whose enormous importance is clearly visible…

 11. 03. 2024
Czech gripen pilots trained in-flight refuelling from Airbus A330 MRTT for the first time

Czech gripen pilots trained in-flight refuelling from Airbus A330 MRTT for the first time

Recently, the first ever contact between an Airbus A330 MRTT tanker aircraft from the MMF (Multinational Multi-Role Tanker Transport Fleet) programme and a Czech JAS-39 Gripen supersonic…

 09. 03. 2024
L-410: Exceptionally not by air, but by land

L-410: Exceptionally not by air, but by land

After more than 40 years since its first flight, the L-410 UVP-T transport aircraft with fuselage number 0731 (nicknamed Máňa in the aviation community), which until recently served…

 07. 03. 2024
Gen. Rudolf Straka: Achieving full operational capability of the new helicopters is a matter of up to two years

Gen. Rudolf Straka: Achieving full operational capability of the new helicopters is a matter of up to two years

The 22nd Helicopter Base near Náměšt' nad Oslavou is part of the Czech Air Force. It is intended to provide direct air support and security for ground forces, air transport…

 04. 03. 2024
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