Czech passive radar offer for Hormuz gains support from France and UK

France and the United Kingdom have expressed interest in a Czech proposal to deploy a passive radar system to help secure the Strait of Hormuz, Czech Foreign Minister Petr Macinka said after talks in Luxembourg.

Prime Minister Andrej Babiš announced last week that the Czech Republic would offer the DPET (Deployable Passive ESM Tracker) system, designed to detect and track air, ground, and maritime targets, including drones. Deployment would depend on stabilization of the regional security situation, he said.

The system consists of a central station, three side stations, a processing unit, and an operator workstation. It has a range of up to 400 kilometers and can monitor as many as 500 targets in real time.