Defence and strategy

Ladislav IVÁNEK

The article presents some factors, based on the data from the history of defense industry in the Czech Republic (former the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic) that accompanied the attenuation of the defense industry and their impact on the conversion and structural changes of the Czech and Slovak economy. Further, it mentions methods how to provide for alternative manufacturing programs in the free market economy and indicates factors and conditions of the future development of the Czech Republic defense industry.