ITEC 2015: Collective training only way forward for Czech army
The Czech army will increase training with countries both inside and outside of NATO to meet its future training requirements as it did not have the capacity to unilaterally conduct large scale exercises, according to Gen Petr Pavel, Chief of the General Staff of Armed Forces of the Czech Republic.
Delivering the keynote speech at the ITEC 2015 exhibition in Prague on Tuesday, Pavel said that collective training was the way forward in combating future threats. The Army of the Czech Republic already participates in NATO schemes such as the Collective Forces Initative (CFI).
Pavel said that until recently the country had
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