Vojenské rozhledy / Czech Military Review Nr. 2/2013: 59-68

Air Defence: 20 Years after the Split of CzechoslovakiaReviewed - Review

Ing. Miroslav Krátký, Ph.D., doc. Ing. Vojtěch Májek, CSc.

The defence of air area was always of vitally importance, both for fighting off an aggressor or enforcing our own goals in offensive operations. The article deals only with one of "pillars" of air defence (AD), namely by active means of its land elements. We do not deal with active elements of flying segments, reconnaissance means and command and control systems of Air Force. The authors not only recapitulate the development of active means of land AD elements on the territory of the Czech Republic with the emphasis on the past 20 years, but at the same time they would like to highlight the importance of this arms for effective country defence.

Keywords: Air defence, AD, anti-aircraft defence, surface-to-air-missile system, anti-aircraft artillery, split of Czechoslovakia, ACR.

Published: June 15, 2013  Show citation