In a press release by DSCA it became known that Romania will acquire up to 95 more M1278A1 Heavy Gun Carriers JLTVs. Originally Romania was cleared to buy up to 34 vehicles of that type, with then contract being valued at $43.73 million.Now, Romania wants to bring the total number of the vehicles…
As a response to Russia, NATO plans to send Early Warning and Control (AWACS) planes to Romania.The planes are due to arrive on January 17, 2023. Their job will be to strengthen NATO's presence in the area and keep an eye on what the Russian military is doing.In immediate response to Russia's involvement…
On Wednesday, March 2, 2022, at 20:00, a MiG-21 LanceR fighter jet probably crashed in a currently unknown coastal area of Romania.Photo by CNE CNA C6FAn IAR-330 Puma helicopter that took off to find the plane also crashed 11 kilometers from Mihail Kogalniceanu Airport.In the helicopter, all five soldiers who were the…
According to Bulgarian media reports, Bulgarian President Rumen Radev, US Ambassador to Sofia, Defense Minister Georgy Panayotov and Chief of General Staff Emil Eftimov attended the "Strike Back 21" exercise held near the city of Haskovo in Bulgaria.The exercise is involving about 800 soldiers of the Bulgarian Land Forces with up to 210 units…