Stronger on land, water, and air: Hungary expands military with new river craft!

Hungary’s armed forces are assuming a new capability with special operations river craft, the defence minister said at the handover of the Special Operations Craft – Riverine (SOC-R) in Budapest on Wednesday.

Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky said the acquisition of the river craft added a long-awaited and important capability to the forces “which is continuously developing on land, water and in the air”.

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He said “a quiet revolution is unfolding” behind the walls of the barracks, with broad-scale transformation leading to training enhancements and equipment replacements. All types of equipment are being changed and replaced with modern, NATO-compatible equipment with high-tech and digital capabilities, he added.

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