Czech defence ministry to sign contract on Israeli radars on Dec 5

The Czech Defence Ministry will sign a long-prepared contract on the purchase of eight MADR 3D mobile radars from Israel worth 3.5 billion crowns (EUR 136.9m) on December 5, ministry spokesman Jan Pejsek has told CTK. An independent expert opinion has approved the price, Filip Riha, the deputy defence minister for armament, said. The new radars will replace the outdated Russian ones whose lifespan has expired. "The purchase of the MADR radars is one of our key upgrading projects. I am glad we are approaching a successful end of a long road," Defence Minister Lubomir Metnar said.