The Czech Republic has announced that they have decided to buy 24 F-35 Lightning II 5th generation fighters for 85M USD each. This makes Czech Republic the 16th nation to buy into the Joint Strike Fighter program.
?? F-35 na ?eském nebi! Jsme rádi, že si ?eská vláda vybrala stíha?ku F-35, která bude bránit ?? a #NATO vzdušný prostor po desetiletí. pic.twitter.com/ck6PvznkZb
— U.S. Embassy Prague ???? (@USEmbassyPrague) July 20, 2022
The Civic Democratic Party of the Republic made the announcement last night that they would make the historic negotiations for the American made F-35 and Swedish CV-90 Infantry Fighting Vehicles in order to bolster its own military and meet NATO requirements for collective defense.
The Czech Republic cancelled a 2.1B USD deal with BAE for a tracked IFV and decided to purchase the Swedish vehicle for an unnamed price.
Budou zahájena jednání s americkými partnery o po?ízení nadzvukových víceú?elových letadel páté generace F-35.
Budeme také jednat se Švédskem o po?ízení nových bojových vozidel p?choty.
— Petr Fiala (@P_Fiala) July 20, 2022