![]() | About Draft of Croatian Strategic Defense Review |
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| | Draft of Croatian Strategic Defense Review infoSummary in English: Army -Two Guards Brigade remain. -Infantry Regiment will be transformed into Infantry Training Center. -M-84s and M-80s to remain operational until at least 2020 . -M-84s to be modernized after 2016 . -To be able to deploy a motorized battalion of Patria AMVs for 6 months on short notice. Navy -Coast Guard to have priority for the first half of the plan with building of patrol vessels as soon as possible. -Helsinki and Kralj class missile boats to remain in service. -RBS-15s to be withdrawn from service and replaced with another missile system. -Marine Battalion will be disbanded. -To be able to deploy according to capabilities. Air Force -MiG-21s to remain in service for a limited time, to be replaced by a combat aircraft whose primary mission would be air policing. -Strategic transport capability will not be developed. -An-32s will be withdrawn from service and no replacements will be considered until 2020. -Paratroop training and light transport capability will be created with acquisition of light transport aircraft. -Number of PC-9s will be reduced. -To be able to deploy 8 Mi-171s for mid-term and 4 helos for long term operations. General Staff ELINT center and Military Intel Battalion will be merged into a battalion sized unit. .All Military Police units will be transferred to a newly established unit subordinate to the General Staff. -Cyber warfare capability will be established in newly formed Center for Communications and Information Systems, to be created by elements of Communications Regiment and MoD's Communications and IT service. -Armed Forces to be cut to 15,000 men. |
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| armed, croatia, forces, plan, transformation |
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