New Delhi, Feb. 2 -- At the end of 2016 the Hungarian Government launched the ambitious "Zrinyi 2026" modernisation programme, now called the National Defence and Armed Forces Development Programme, as a response to evolving security dynamics and increasing instability along NATO's eastern borders. Hungary enhanced focus on strengthening defensive capabilities and recognized the need to modernise its largely Soviet-era military equipment and align its capabilities with NATO standards. For the ground forces the programme contained the acquisition of 218 Lynx KF41 Infantry Fighting Vehicles (IFV), 44 Leopard 2A7+ main battle tanks and 24 PzH 2000 self-propelled howitzers. For Air Defence and Electronic Warfare, the Hungarian Government invest...