Minister of Defence Lubomír Metnar visited the General Staff of the Czech Armed Forces - The Communist Party (KSČM) agreed to support the minority cabinet led by Prime Minister Andrej Babiš - The expertise on the current price of the RBS-70 NG recently ordered by the Ministry of Defence is not available yet - Minister Metnar has …
One particular pending acquisition project by the Czech Ministry of Defence raised interesting questions recently: purchase of new RBS-70 NG Very Short Range Air Defence (VSHORAD) Systems produced by the Swedish SAAB company. It appears the Czech Ministry of Defence is willing to pay a considerably higher price than other users. …
Until 2020 the soldiers of the Strakonice air defence regiment which forms the core element of the Ground Air Defence Task Force are attached to the NATO Response Force headed by the German 9th Armoured Brigade. In 2019 they will join the Very High Readiness Joint Task Force (VJTF).