Government’s plan to purchase F-35s “best decision that could have been made”, says expert

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Wed, 22 Jul 2026 20:31:41 +0200Government’s plan to purchase F-35s “best decision that could have been made”, says experthttps://english.radio.cz/governments-plan-purchase-f-35s-best-decision-could-have-been-made-says-expert-8756726© 2026 Radio Prague International The Czech government announced this week that it will be entering negotiations with the United States about the possible purchase of F35 fighter jets. The Ministry of Defence says that it is hoping to secure two squadrons – around 24 aircraft – worth dozens of billions of crowns, which would quite possibly make this the most expensive purchase in Czech Army history. The negotiations are set to be concluded by October next year. I asked defence expert Matúš Halás, from the Institute of International Affairs in Prague, what he makes of this decision. encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/117029ad452d4d46f31197af5fd80cf4.jpg?timestamp=1681735148 Government’s plan to purchase F-35s “best decision that could have been made”, says expert https://english.radio.cz/governments-plan-purchase-f-35s-best-decision-could-have-been-made-says-expert-8756726 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9