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N O 1 8 YEAR 9 T O BOECR 2 0 1 8 AS AN EXPORT BRAND KIOWA WARRIOR LIVE FIRING AND ROCKET LAUNCHING interview Mike DURANT, helicopter pilot U.S. Air Force (Ret.) THE RETURN OF THE DEFENCE INDUSTRY BLACK HAWK MULTINATIONAL CROATIA’S cover_Cromil_18.indd 1 EXERCISE SABER GUARDIAN 17 12/10/2017 09:44 02-03_sadrzaj.indd 2 12/10/2017 09:59 Cover by Tomislav Brandt IN THIS ISSUE conference Author Domagoj VLAHOVIĆ, Photos by Stjepan BRIGLJEVIĆ croatian military magazine The Conference entitled “Croatian Defence Industry as an Export Brand” took place in Zagreb in early September 2017 under the auspices of the Presi- dent of the Republic of Croatia, supported by the 200 MILLION EUR Ministry of Defence. IN EXPORTS Alongside private sector representatives Croatian The defence industry is of strategic and international state, economic, military and aca- importance to any country and the demic institutions together with experts in the de- Republic of Croatia is no exception, fence industry, the Conference was also attended by where its industry has seen a growth the Prime Minister Andrej Plenković, Deputy Prime of 20% annually. In 2016 exports of Minister and Minister of Defence Damir Krstičević, weapons and military equipment from Interior Minister Davor Božinović, President of the Croatia totalled circa 200 million EUR. Croatian Chamber of Commerce Luka Burilović, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of Croatian Armed The growth of defence exports continues, Forces Lieutenant General Drago Matanović and as evident from comparison of the many others. industry’s 2015 export fi gures, which exceeded the 2014 CROATIA’S total by 36.8%. DEFENCECROATIAN SOLDIERS ARE EQUIPPED ENTIRELY WITH INDUSTRY WEAPONS AND MILITARY EQUIPMENT MADE IN CROATIA. INVESTING IN EQUIPMENT AND MODERNISATION OF THE AS AN EXPORT BRAND NATION’S DEFENCE SYSTEM IS THE FOCAL POINT OF CROATIA’S INCREASINGLY SOPHISTICATED industry was an important factor in the county’s over- DEFENCE INDUSTRY... all economic development, promoting further innova- tion within the industry’s complementary sectors. Praising the fact that Croatian soldiers were equipped entirely with Croatian-manufactured The Conference featured lectures, presentations and products, the Minister stated that investment in expert panels covering the growth and importance The Ministry of Defence and defence the equipping and modernisation of the country’s of the defence industry to Croatia for its security industry - a vital partnership defence system was at the core of the development and wellbeing, the Armed Forces and other defence/ As with any industrialised nation, Croatia’s Ministry of Defence is intrinsically of Croatia’s defence industry. security institutions, to the economy as a whole linked to its defence industry and has co-operated successfully with many of its Minister Krstičević cited the example of the multi- as well as the research and academic communi- indigineous defence fi rms for years. Earlier this year the Ministry signed contracts purpose fi ghter aircraft as an excellent opportunity ties. Delegates analysed the current situation and for the purchase of defence equipment to meet the needs of the Croatian Armed for the industry. “One of the main choice parameters potential for future development and achieving a Forces worth 230 million Kuna (about 31 million EUR), encompassing the pro- concerning the fi ghter aircraft will be our future better export balance, discussed progress in the curement of over four hundred diff erent types of footwear, clothing, equipment, business and economic co-operation package with R&D (research and development) sector and re- services and related works. Such contracts represent a signifi cant contribution new partners, who will be expected to upgrade the ceived presentations on the experiences of other to the nation’s economy, particularly with regard to manufacturing military level of technology and promote the economy, Croa- countries and defence industry-related projects in equipment and other defence systems-related activities. This co-operation tian businesses and to create new jobs“. the EU and NATO. establishes the Ministry of Defence and the Croatian Armed Forces both as “The Ministry of Defence aims to be the key part- consumers and, more importantly, signifi cant generators of development within Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence ner in the development of the defence industry, to the industry and most eff ective promoters of the top-quality defence products Damir Krstičević stressed that the dynamic and develop new capabilities and invest in research and 4 CONFERENCE currently manufactured in Croatia. high-tech profi le of today’s Croatian defence development“, Minister Krstičević concluded. 4 OCTOBER 2017 CROMIL CROMIL OCTOBER 2017 5 CROATIA’S DEFENCE INDUSTRY AS AN EXPORT BRAND 04-09_Conference_Interview.indd 4-5 PAGE12/10/2017 4 09:55 6 INTERVIEW ROMAN MIKULIĆ, ASSISTANT DEFENCE MINISTER multinational exercise Author: Mirjana Kiš, Photo credit: Siniša Ciglenečki, Goran Latinović, Cristian Surugiu, Romanian Armed Forces croatian military magazine FOR MATERIAL RESOURCES 10 MULTINATIONAL EXERCISE SABER GUARDIAN 17 DEMONSTRATES COLLECTIVE DEFENCE 14 MULTINATIONAL EXERCISE SABER GUARDIAN 17 GETICA SABER 17 EVERYONE WORKING AS A TEAM MULTINATIONAL EXERCISE SABER GUARDIAN 17, CONDUCTED FROM 25 JUNE TO 25 JULY 2017 DEMONSTRATES COLLECTIVE DETERENCE ACROSS HUNGARY, ROMANIA AND BULGARIA ENGAGED MORE THAN 25,000 SOLDIERS OF THE U.S. ARMY’S EUCOM, TOGETHER WITH 22 ALLIED AND PARTNER COUNTRIES, INCLUDING 258 MEMBERS OF The multinational military exercise Saber Guardian 17 THE CROATIAN ARMED FORCES. THE OBJECT WAS TO DEMONSTRATE COLLECTIVE DETERENCE THROUGH 16 INTERNATIONAL MILITARY EXERCISE (SG17) formally opened at NATO Headquarters Mul- A CLUSTER OF SMALLER EXERCISES, TOBRUQ LEGACY, PEACE SENTINEL, EAGLE SENTINEL, DACIAN tinational Division Southeast in Novo Selo, Bulgaria GUARDIAN, RESOLUTE CASTLE, GETICA SABER, SZENTES AXE, BLACK SWAN, BRAVE WARRIOR, on 11 July 2017. Led by the U.S. Army’s European SWIFT RESPONSE AND DRAGOON GUARDIAN. CROATIAN ARMED FORCES WERE ENGAGED IN Command (EUCOM) and the Bulgarian Armed Forces, EXERCISES GETICA SABER, BRAVE WARRIOR AND BLACK SWAN... CAF ARMOURED SQUADRON ENGAGED IN EXERCISE the Exercise was hosted by the land components of the armed forces of Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania. The Exercise was conducted at various locations, with a casualty simulation at Borduşani, also in Romania. Exercise Command included four Croatian repre- logistical hubs based at the Novo Selo training range Mass Casualty (MASCAL) exercises were conducted sentatives headed by National Representative of the in Bulgaria and Kogălniceanu Air Base, Romania. at the country’s Kogălniceanu Air Base, field exer- Croatian Armed Forces at SG17, Major Samir Mršić “BRAVE WARRIOR“ Headquarters Multinational Division Southeast served cises (FTX) at Novo Selo and Koreno in Bulgaria, a of the Croatian Army’s Guards Motorised Brigade, as the Exercise command and control centre and was joint combined arms live-fire exercise (CALFEX) and who co-ordinated the operations of all Croatian based at Novo Selo. The object of Exercise SG17 was live-fire artillery fire support co-ordination exercise components engaged in the Hungarian and Roma- to demonstrate allied and partner nations’ prepared- (FSCEX) on the Cincu training area, as well as special nian exercises. ness for collective deterence, through a command operations field exercises (SOFEX) on the Újdörögd The object of all these combined activities was to post exercise (CPX), computer-assisted exercise (CAX) training range, Tata military base and Szolnok Air underline the United States’ commitment to the Dacian Guardian at Novo Selo, Bucharest, Cincu train- Base in Hungary. collective defence and prosperity of the Black Sea ing range Romania and Postojna, Slovenia. This was Meanwhile, Exercise Getica Saber 17, conducted region, enable the Alliance’s command and control followed by a live firing Air Defence Exercise at Šabla, on the Cincu training ranges focussed on the dem- functions, and to put into practice the deterrence Bulgaria, a live-fire exercise on the Capu Midia training onstration of collective defence capabilities in the measures agreed by NATO allies at the 2016 War- 18 EUGEN KVATERNIK MILITARY TRAINING RANGE range in Romania, several river crossing exercises and event of an agression into the region. saw Summit. 10 OCTOBER 2017 CROMIL CROMIL OCTOBER 2017 11 KIOWA WARRIOR LIVE FIRING AND ROCKET LAUNCHING 10-15_Saber_Guardian.indd 10-11 PAGE 05/10/1710 09:02 21 EUGEN KVATERNIK MILITARY TRAINING RANGE THE SELFPROPELLED PzH 2000 HOWITZER SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETING A FIRING TEST the eugen kvaternik military training range Authors: Željko Stipanović, Marinko Karačić, Photos by: Tomislav Brandt croatian military magazine 24 INTERNATIONAL MILITARY EXERCISE KIOWA WARRIOR CROATIAN ARMED FORCES TAKE PART IN U.S. EUCOM’S LIVE FIRING AND SABER STRIKE 17 ROCKET LAUNCHING CROATIAN PILOTS HAVE CONDUCTED THE FIRST LIVE FIRING EXERCISE WITH 12.7MM MACHINE GUNS AND 70MM HYDRA UNGUIDED ROCKETS LAUNCHED FROM THEIR NEW KIOWA WARRIOR HELICOPTERS ON THE EUGEN KVATERNIK TRAINING RANGE, MARKING THE SUCCESSFUL 28 INTERVIEW COMPLETION OF FLYING TRAINING… MIKE DURANT, HELICOPTER PILOT U.S. AIR FORCE RET. On 1 and 2 August 2017 crews of the Helicopter Squadron of the Croatian Air supported by the United States. and Air Defence Force’s 93rd Air Base at the Mirko Vukušić garrison near U.S. Army instructors will remain at the Zemunik