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31 January 2025
Romania’s military spending and infrastructure investment have radically increased over the past half-decade, which could lead to Bucharest and Warsaw becoming the southern and northern poles of NATO’s Eastern Flank defence strategy.
While all eyes are on Poland’s impressive military shopping list, there are things happening on NATO’s southeastern flank that are just as interesting.
Slowly, without making too much noise, Romania is reforming its army and has already equipped itself with military capabilities that allow it to feel safer in the face of aggression coming from the east.
However, instead of focusing on mechanised infantry and heavy equipment as Poland did, Romania focused more on first acquiring the basic elements of medium- and long-range defence, favouring missile defence and long-range artillery. It also has a much slower and more gradual approach than the spectacular big contracts announced by PiS in Poland.