National and International Perspectives of the Hungarian Ground-Based Air Defence Forces (1)

Considering the current strategic and operational environment, it is obvious that conventional war in Europe became a reality again after a long time through the Russian aggression in February 2022. Robust air defence capabilities obviously play a key role in countering traditional as well as new emerging threats. This article serves as the starting point to discuss the national and international perspectives of the Hungarian ground-based air defence forces in a short series of publications, which intend to reflect this topic area from different perspectives. This part (1) examines the current strategic environment for Hungary – in general as well as from an air defence perspective – and explores first generic options for managing and further developing air defence capabilities in the near future.