There is a lot of questions about upgrading the T-72M4 CZ tanks. The most actual one is that the Ministry of Defense, checking the planned orders, finds that the estimated price for upgrading thirty tanks does not match the actual price, and the scenario known from the acquisition of VERA NG systems or STARKOM jammers, could be repeated …
Czech Army needs to rearm its forces, and at the start of the third decade of the 21st century one of the arms which needs to see its technology changed from the Soviet concept is the armored force, tank battalion. We will totally reject the absurd considerations that the army does not need tank troops. On the contrary: the modern …
One of the acquisitions of the Ministry of Defence, which attracts the attention of experts and the public is the acquisition of VERA-NG passive surveillance systems from ERA company from Omnipol Group. From CZK 645 million, the price went suddenly to CZK 1.5 billion because someone at the ministry didn't realize they were buying …
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. …