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Plukovník Majerčiak víta príchod novej delostreleckej tech-niky 155 mm samohybnej kanónovej húfnice Zuzana 2 a po-kračujúci rozvoj delostreleckých spôsobilostí v prospech ťaž-kej mechanizovanej brigády. „Máme aj raketometný oddiel, disponuje raketometmi Modular, plánuje sa nákup špeciálnej raketometnej munície, ktorá by mala mať dosah až do 80 – 150 km. Raketomet musí byť kompatibilný s touto muníciou, bude môcť plniť úlohy, ničiť ciele na oveľa väčšie vzdialenosti.“

Slovakia can boast of fulfilling one of its most important obligations under international humanitarian law (IHL) – the destruction of its cluster munitions stockpiles – to which it committed itself in the past. As a signatory to the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM), Slovakia belongs to a group of countries which have rejected the use of this type of weapons that pose a serious risk to civilian populations.

SVK MOD officials made this announcement during today's meeting of States Parties to the Convention on Cluster Munitions in Geneva. Slovakia met the obligation ahead of the deadline – 31 December 2023.

Slovakia's disposal of stockpiled cluster munitions included several types of artillery-fired and air-deployed cluster munitions, including 300,000 submunitions. These were destroyed by the Slovak Armed Forces in line with the Action Plan for Cluster Munitions Destruction. The process had been in progress since before Slovakia's accession to Convention – since 2013, with the help of EOD specialists.

Some of the cluster munitions were destroyed at the sites of the Slovak Armed Forces, while others were disposed of abroad. The disposal of the M26 artillery cluster munitions was undertaken through the NATO Support and Procurement Organisation (NSPA) at NAMMO NAD (Norwegian Ammunition Disposal Company) in Norway, thanks to U.S. funding provided for this purpose on the basis of the Memorandum of Understanding between the U.S. Department of State and the Ministry of Defence of the Slovak Republic regarding Conventional Weapons Destruction (CWD) Assistance.