Hungary is on the map of the world’s military industry and is also an elite club in NATO in terms of force development

– emphasized Gáspár Maróth in an interview with the PestiSrác, noting that the results of the last five or six years, which amounted to more than HUF 12,000 billion, are truly spectacular.

The government commissioner for defense procurement recalled that in 2016, force development was launched with a very narrow body under the direction of an emblematic officer, and in the meantime the professional program was three to four times what was initially decided. – We were able to produce the first results in 2018, it was the purchase of helicopters and the purchase of heavy armored vehicles.

The next big leap in force development is the harmonized creation of the backbone of the Hungarian Armed Forces, ie the command control and digital data transmission control software and radio equipment, and to make this system the most efficient for the operation – explained Gáspár Maróth.

The successes include the fact that the Hungarian Air Force’s Gripen C / D fighter jet will soon be armed with modern air-to-air missiles, so that the nation’s combat fleet will be able to meet the 21st century. century, he added.

The government commissioner pointed out:

it is far from ready to build defense capabilities important to the country’s sovereignty, we are not yet prepared for everything in history that may await us in the years to come.

“Apparently,” he continued, “we are a constant Hungarian at the moment of our presence. In ten years’ time, I would like to see straight away that today, when we could have done everything in peacetime, for the greatest security and the country’s sovereignty. “He underlined.”

The full interview HERE access is available.

Cover image: JAS-39 Gripen fighter jets of the Hungarian Army at the air parade over the Danube on the occasion of the founding ceremony on August 20, 2021.