Czech Republic shopping for new GBADS to replace SA-6

The Czech Republic has approached Western defense companies to inquire on air defense missile systems that can replace its existing SA-6 system.

Soviet made Iraqi SA-6b Gainful
By SSGT Cherie A. Thurlby, U.S. Air Force [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Defence Ministry spokesman Vladimir Lukovsky told daily Pravo that the effective range of the missiles should be 20-50 km.