an armed conflict in Europe may break out suddenly, which significantly shortens the warning time for armed forces to attain operational capabilities. Therefore, wartime capabilities will be progressively built up, including the procurement of sufficient stock of materiel and stockpiles which will provide for attrition and wartime losses. Reserve forces will be enhanced, and supplies contracted, along with other additional measures. In this context the deferred need concept will be re-assessed and, if necessary, revised. h. Competent personnel. In order to fulfil the specified tasks, conditions will be created to recruit and retain qualified and motivated personnel. An integral part of building wartime capabilities is competently managed, broad-based cooperation with legal entities and individuals, including schools and educational institutions, to provide educational programmes to prepare citizens in adequate scope and form, as well as direct cooperation in employing military professionals discharged from service upon completion of their military contracts, which enables them to join the reserve force or the active reserves. 25. In order to continue to deliver the required standards of political-military ambitions, it is essential to create relevant structures, capabilities and capacities for the Czech Armed Forces to ensure those ambitions are met. Based on the evaluation of security threats and the ensuing risks, it is essential, in the long term, to develop new units in order to enhance the combat capabilities of the Land Forces in particular, and thus increase the Czech Armed Forces personnel numbers by additional 5,000 military professionals5 while maintaining the priority to provide adequate manning, equipment, armaments, training standards, and achieving full operational capabilities of the two existing brigades, one being a heavy brigade. Upon rearmament of units, the existing equipment will be used in reserve for the mobilisation build-up of forces. 26. The Czech Armed Forces can perform its missions autonomously as well as in partnership with its Allies, including the provision of Host Nation Support on Czech territory and its use abroad. 27. The Czech Republic uses its resources to build common defence capabilities within the NATO and EU frameworks, particularly if their acquisition and operation falls outside the Czech Republic’s resource and technology capabilities. 28. The Czech Republic, individually, or in cooperation with Allies, actively develops its capabilities in the area of cyber security and defence. 29. The Czech Armed Forces may support civilian authorities on national territory within the Integrated Emergency System (IES), particularly in consequence management following large-scale natural or anthropogenic disasters. In the case of serious threats to the internal security of the state and its citizens, forces and assets of the Ministry of Defence may be assigned to reinforce the Police of the Czech Republic (PCR). The forces are assigned for those tasks as necessary and based on their availability. In principle, any component of the Czech Armed Forces, including the active reserve force can be used to support the IES and the PCR. 5 That involves an increase as opposed to the objective number of 24,162 military professionals provided for under the 2025 Czech Armed Forces Development Concept (p. 22, chapter 5.1, public release version). The 2025 Czech Armed Forces Development Concept was endorsed by the Government Resolution No. 1094 dated 21 December 2015. 13