Colonel Milan Nykodym: Air superiority is crucial today
What does a modern air operation look like from a pilot’s perspective? In this interview, Colonel Milan Nykodym, the current acting commander of the 21st Tactical Air Base…
20. 04. 2026
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Recruitment Is Rising, but Departures Continue: Personnel Challenges Facing the Czech Armed Forces
When the Russian Federation annexed Crimea in 2014, the Czech professional army had a strength of just 21,000 soldiers. This was the result of a long era of budget cuts, but…
19. 04. 2026
Vulnerabilities of Critical Infrastructure in the Czech Republic: Energy, IT, and National Defense
Critical infrastructure is becoming one of the primary targets in modern conflicts. For the Czech Republic, this is not a hypothetical risk, but a concrete security…
18. 04. 2026
Lt. Gen. Ivo Střecha: We are entering an era of permanent strategic instability
The resurgence of high-intensity interstate conflicts, hybrid operations, and rapid technological advancements are reshaping the security environment. NATO is therefore strengthening…
17. 04. 2026
Lt. Col. Peterek and Lt. Col. Knapek: The key to maintaining momentum is modularity, openness, and rapid technology testing
The rapid pace of technological development in the field of unmanned and autonomous systems presents the Czech Armed Forces with a fundamental dilemma: how to ensure that…
15. 04. 2026
The Czech defence industry as a leader in European defence
The rapid growth of the Czech defence industry, which has accelerated particularly since 2022, is perhaps the biggest story in the Czech economy in recent years. In a short…
14. 04. 2026
When car manufacturers become arms manufacturers: the quiet transformation of European industry
European industry is entering a phase that resembles a structural turning point comparable to the energy transition following 1973 or the onset of globalization after…
12. 04. 2026
80 years of VOP CZ: from a post-war distillery to a strategic state-owned enterprise
When a military repair facility was established in February 1946 in the building of a former distillery in Šenov near Nový Jičín, no one could have imagined that…
10. 04. 2026
Defence Minister Jaromír Zůna: Without close cooperation with industry and a change in approach to procurement, we cannot keep pace with technological developments
At the recent DronyX conference, co-organized by CZ DEFENCE magazine and Defence Consulting, topics related to drones and layered anti-drone protection, artificial intelligence, and…
08. 04. 2026
CV90: From an armament program to a strategic backbone of NATO
Europe has entered a period unlike any seen since the end of the Cold War. Defense budgets are growing at a pace that would have seemed unrealistic just a few years ago. NATO…
07. 04. 2026
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