The defence budget for this year is CZK 75.5 billion (USD 3.32 billion). It is a 13% increase compared to 2019, when the budget reached 66,7 billion (1.19 % of GDP). Almost a quarter of this year's budget will be invested, ie over 18 billion crowns.On the other hand, it is 780 million behind MoD’s expectations presented in 2018....
Next week the Government will approve a new concept of construction of the Czech Army. In 2030, it should have up to 30,000 professional soldiers and 10,000 Active Reserve soldiers. According to the concept, the budget of the Ministry of Defence should reach two percent of GDP in 2024 (it is 1,19% for 2019). According to current...
Recently the Czech Army changed its requirement for twelve multi-purpose helicopters, and now it demands eight multi-purpose and four attack helicopters. It has chosen the system H1 which comes with a 85% compatibility of parts between Venom and Viper as one of its advantages. However, many experts mention one puzzling dimension...
In August 2018, only a few weeks after the 4th anniversary of the lethal attack against Czech troops in Afghanistan, during which five servicemen have been killed by a suicide bomber in Qalandar Khil, another suicide bomber killed three Czech soldiers in Charikar. In total 27 were killed since 1991, during the operation Desert Storm...