Air Defence Missile Development Directions Related to the Zrínyi Defence and Armed Forces Development Program

Abstract

Thirty years have passed since the dissolution of the Warsaw Pact, which Hungary was also a member of, while more than twenty years passed since we joined another  military alliance the NATO. Up to the present day, no substantial modernisation has taken place in the Hungarian Defence Forces. A significant part of the ground-based air defence equipment used today was already in service before the change of regime. During the past few decades, the means of threat coming from the air have seriously  developed globally, so the improvement of Hungary’s air defence cannot be postponed any longer. Recognising the era and the international security trends, the Hungarian Government has committed to launch the largest program since the change of regime. The Zrínyi Defence and Armed Forces Development Program provides the framework  within which the anti-aircraft missile branch will be renewed.