DefenceTalkHungary accused Sweden of “stupidity” Tuesday over an extremist incident in Stockholm that led Turkey to suspend NATO accession talks with the Nordic country and its neighbor Finland. Turkey and Hungary remain the only members of the 30-nation Western defence alliance to have failed to ratify the membership bids by Sweden and Finland. But a […]https://www.defencetalk.com/hungary-blasts-swedens-stupidity-on-nato-row-with-turkey-79809/

DefenceTalkEuropean Union foreign ministers insisted on Sunday they expected good relations with Donald Trump, after a crisis meeting that Britain, France and Hungary snubbed in a move that exposed rifts over the US president-elect. The ministers said they wanted more details about Republican Trump’s plans following his shock election win, which has sparked anxiety in […]https://www.defencetalk.com/eu-ministers-seek-strong-partnership-with-trump-68580/

DefenceTalkKECSKEMET AIR BASE, Hungary: Four F-15 Eagle fighter aircraft and support personnel, assigned to the 123rd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, completed a forward deployment to Kecskemet, Hungary, from Campia Turzii, Romania, Sept. 15. The 123rd EFS is part of the 142nd Fighter Wing located in Portland, Oregon, and is deployed as part of the European theater […]https://www.defencetalk.com/usaf-f-15s-complete-hungarian-deployment-65450/

DefenceTalkThe Hungary army said on Wednesday it would ground and review its fleet of Jas-39 Gripen fighter jets, made by Swedish manufacturer Saab, after a second crash-landing within a month. The announcement came after a Hungarian pilot was forced to eject himself from a jet near the town of Kecskemet, in central Hungary. Saab said […]https://www.defencetalk.com/hungary-army-to-ground-all-gripen-jets-after-second-crash-landing-64460/

DefenceTalkFour former Soviet satellites in Central Europe signed a military pact Friday to coordinate defence planning and to create a joint combat unit to operate under NATO and EU auspices, in response to the Ukraine crisis. “The current situation in Europe shows that unfortunately a military conflict, previously considered unthinkable, could happen,” Polish Defence Minister […]https://www.defencetalk.com/former-soviet-satellites-sign-joint-military-pact-59053/

DefenceTalkThe Hungarian Defence Forces were lent 12 Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) armored fighting vehicles for training purposes by the US Forces European Command. The vehicles were taken over by the Minister of Defence of Hungary from the Chargé d’Affaires, a.i. of the US Embassy in Budapest on Tuesday, 26th November. At the ceremony, combined with […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-lends-mraps-to-hungary-49820/

DefenceTalk“We must generate the national rotary-wing capability, which means the creation of an economically operated and modern fleet meeting the challenges of the 21st century” – Minister of Defence Csaba Hende said in Budapest on May 22. In the morning of Wednesday, May 22, upon Minister of Defence Csaba Hende’s initiative a four-party consultation was […]https://www.defencetalk.com/hungary-to-buy-new-airlifters-helicopters-mod-47879/