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Jan Jireš: Giving up leadership of the ammunition initiative would be very disadvantageous

Jan Jireš: Giving up leadership of the ammunition initiative would be very disadvantageous

He was involved in the establishment of the Center for Transatlantic Relations (PCTR) and worked as a lecturer at what was then the CEVRO Institute. In 2014, he joined…

 12. 12. 2025
Front line without people? The risk of over-reliance on unmanned systems

Front line without people? The risk of over-reliance on unmanned systems

With the rapid acceleration of the development and deployment of unmanned systems—whether ground, air, or sea—on the Ukrainian battlefield, narratives have begun to emerge…

 11. 12. 2025
Czech Army boosts strategic infrastructure resilience against drones

Czech Army boosts strategic infrastructure resilience against drones

A two-day conference entitled RESILIENCE 2025: Increasing Infrastructure Resilience in an Era of New Threats, organized by the Institute for Strategic Infrastructure Security, was…

 09. 12. 2025
SIPRI: Global arms trade at historic highs, CSG sets new records

SIPRI: Global arms trade at historic highs, CSG sets new records

The global defense industry is entering an era of significant growth, surpassing the momentum seen at the beginning of the war on terror at the turn of the…

 08. 12. 2025
Warsaw sets the pace for military modernization, and the rest of the region must respond

Warsaw sets the pace for military modernization, and the rest of the region must respond

Poland is currently becoming the geopolitical champion of Central and Eastern Europe. It is responding to the Russian threat with a determination that other countries…

 07. 12. 2025
Rocket Artillery: Advantages and options for its (re)introduction into the Czech Army

Rocket Artillery: Advantages and options for its (re)introduction into the Czech Army

2010 was the last year that RM vz.70 rocket launchers were used as part of the Czech armed forces. This last "roar" marked the symbolic end of rocket artillery and its relatively…

 05. 12. 2025
Drones, frost, and nights in the trenches: The 72nd Mechanized Battalion trained for modern warfare at Libavá

Drones, frost, and nights in the trenches: The 72nd Mechanized Battalion trained for modern warfare at Libavá

During the last week of November, soldiers from the 72nd Mechanized Battalion "Major General Josef Buršík" from Přáslavice spent time training at the Libavá military training area…

 03. 12. 2025
Slovakia approves funding for nine army modernization projects through SAFE

Slovakia approves funding for nine army modernization projects through SAFE

Increasing defense spending is currently one of the key objectives of the North Atlantic Alliance, as evidenced by its intention to gradually increase defense spending…

 02. 12. 2025
Gen. Karel Řehka: Defense is not just the task of the army, but of society as a whole

Gen. Karel Řehka: Defense is not just the task of the army, but of society as a whole

In an extensive interview, Chief of the General Staff of the Czech Armed Forces, Army General Karel Řehka, talks about security threats, societal resilience, the future of the…

 01. 12. 2025
The Ukrainian battlefield as advertising: How HIMARS changed the arms market

The Ukrainian battlefield as advertising: How HIMARS changed the arms market

When the first salvos from American HIMARS rocket launchers appeared in the Ukrainian sky in the summer of 2022, it was much more than just a new weapon in the hands…

 28. 11. 2025
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