Defence and strategy

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Investment strategies of the armed forces related to their equipment is a strategy of investing financial resources into development of their operational capabilities, reproducing their weapon and technical systems and the growth of production per soldier. These strategies differ between individual countries resulting in different defence capacities of each country. The article treats of investment strategies of the US Armed Forces, which led to their technological growth, and compares it to the investment strategies of the armed forces of Czech Republic, bound to respond to obligations of Czech Republic towards the NATO Defence Capabilities Initiative.