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Lebanon’s security has crucial significance from the perspective of the security of the Middle East as a whole. The security of the Middle East is essential to the Hungarians, too, because through illegal migration and terrorism, such threats are posed to both Hungary and Europe that must be dealt with by all means, emphasized Defence Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky after the first day of his visit to Lebanon in a video uploaded to his social media page.Read more

The International Live Fire Tactical Exercise Breakthrough 2025 has started. The training event is taking place in the Central Shooting Range and Training Area, and will end on 23 November. The objective is to allow tankers and artillerymen of the HDF 1st Armored Brigade to exercise operational planning while being augmented with foreign subunits in a combined-arms environment under real-world circumstances.Read more

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó and MoD Parliamentary State Secretary Deputy Defence Minister Tamás Vargha recently paid a visit to Hungarian servicemembers serving in the Baltics. During their visit to the Hungarian Defence Forces Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) Detachment of the Baltic Air Policing (BAP) Mission, the minister acknowledged with satisfaction that the Hungarian airmen have demonstrated their ability, professional preparedness and dedication already on the fourth occasion, which earns good reputation for Hungary and the Hungarian Defence Forces within NATO.Read more

The strengthening Hungarian–American political relations provide a good framework for the development of defence and military cooperation between the two countries and opens the door to further investments in the field of defence industry – stated Defence Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky in Washington, where he had discussions with U.S. Under Secretary of War for Policy and Cooperation Elbridge A. Colby on Friday, 7 November.Read more

Defence Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky also discussed the purchase of High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) and rockets at the Pentagon, as he himself announced on Saturday, 8 November in an interview to public media, adding that the purchase may be considered to be made over a three-to-five-year period, following authorization by the U.S. Congress.Read more

There are many interesting details about the first medium-size military transport aircraft developed in full compliance with 21st century requirements, the KC-390 produced by Brazilian company Embraer. Hungary has purchased two planes, of which the second is scheduled to be delivered to the Kecskemét-based HDF 101st Aviation Wing in late November.Read more

Interoperability, honesty, risk-taking – this was how Deputy Chief of Defence (Territorial Defence) Lieutenant General Zoltán Mihócza summed up the most important keywords of the NATO Industry Forum 2025 that took place last week. The general emphasized that speeding up acquisitions is currently one of the most important goals of the Alliance.Read more

In early November, the Hungarian Defence Forces Medical Centre is hosting the internationally accredited Hospital Major Incident Medical Management and Support (HMIMMS) course, which focuses on the efficient organization of hospital care for mass casualties in a standardized approach.Read more

On Thursday, 6 November, General Dr. Gábor Böröndi, Chief of HDF Defence Staff paid a visit to Hungarian servicemembers serving in Cyprus. Besides meeting the personnel of the mission, the goals of his daylong visit were to obtain first-had information about operational lessons learned and to hold a discussion with the military leaders of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP).Read more