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"The NASAMS is set to provide Hungary with a significant boost to its
MRAD capabilities, but at present the acquisition only consists of two
batteries."
Kettő, baszki. KETTŐ.
"Gaps Remain for the
Time Being
Despite a good start, Hungary still has some important areas left to address, with some of the more crucial gaps being in the very short-range and short-rangea ir defence (VSHORAD/SHORAD) niches, as well as in rocket artillery.
Currently, in Hungarian service, the VSHORAD/SHORAD range niches are currently served more or less exclusively by the MBDA Mistral-2 missile mounted ont he Atlas vehicle-mounted twin-missile launcher, in Hungary’s case mounted on the Unimog 1350L 4×4 Truck platform.
The Mistral is a fairly capable short-range missile, notably possessing a proximity fuze – which is not always a given for MANPADS missiles, notably this feature was absent from Stinger variants prior to the FIM-92J/K models as well as Igla variants prior to Igla-S. As such, it would be more suited to engaging UAVs than some other MANPADS, but even so, the weapon system as a whole isn’t suited to dealing with large quantities of small UAVs and loitering munitions, which is
where the battlefield is trending currently. However, Hungary appears to already be indicating that it intends to further flesh out its GBAD capabilities, having joined NATO’s ‘Modular GBAD’ initiative in 2020, which provides a multinational
framework for the development and procurement of air defence systems in the VSHORAD/SHORAD/MRAD spectrum.
Rocket artillery is another crucial sector where Hungary could benefit from investment into, as it currently lacks any such systems. The war in Ukraine has repeatedly highlighted the immense impact which can be made by artillery on the modern
battlefield, particularly guided artillery.
The war has further shown how important it is to have meaningful quantities of both tube and rocket artillery when the airspace is heavily contested by GBAD, as they become some of the only reliable means to conduct long-range strikes deeper behind the frontlines. Hungary has a wide range of options to choose from in this sector, with modern examples available from Brazil, India, Israel, Korea, Serbia, Turkey, and the USA. Here too, Hungary has been signalling its interest in obtaining such a system, with local press reporting in February 2022, that Lieutenant General Romulusz Ruszin-Szendi, the Commander of the Hungarian Defence Forces, and Gáspár Maróth, the Government Commissioner for Defence Development, had observed a firepower demonstration for a rocket artillery system in the United States.
While the papers did not name the system specifically, it has been widely understood to refer to HIMARS.
As a whole Hungary’s modernisation programme appears to be broadly moving in the right direction, and the leadership seems to already be in the process of resolving some of its armed forces’ most pressing capability gaps. Alongside procurements, the country has been investing in its industrial base, and as it begins to integrate its new systems, it will be interesting to see how the country manages to sustain momentum on the domestic industrial side as well."
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