Czechia Military - 2021

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Military and security forces

Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces: Land Forces; Air Forces; Cyber Forces; Special Forces Directorate (2021)

Military expenditures

1.34% of GDP (2020 est.)

1.16% of GDP (2019)

1.13% of GDP (2018)

1.04% of GDP (2017)

0.96% of GDP (2016)

Military and security service personnel strengths

the Czech military has approximately 26,000 active personnel (20,000 Army; 6,000 Air Force) (2021)

Military equipment inventories and acquisitions

the Czech military has a mix of Soviet-era and more modern equipment, mostly of European origin; since 2010, the leading suppliers of military equipment to Czechia are Austria and Spain (2020)

Military service age and obligation

18-28 years of age for male and female voluntary military service; conscription abolished 2004 (2019)

Military - note

Czechia joined NATO in 1999; Czechia, Hungary, and Poland were invited to begin accession talks at NATO's Madrid Summit in 1997, and in March 1999 they became the first former members of the Warsaw Pact to join the Alliance

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