Before the prime minister’s message on Defense Romania, Luca Niculescu stated at the beginning of his term that “peace can no longer be taken for granted” and announced three modernization priorities for the Romanian Army: predictable modernization, strengthening alliances with NATO/EU/USA, and improving conditions for military personnel, with investments to support the defense industry through technology transfers and jobs.
In the same context, the prime minister called for intensified security measures following the sabotage at the Carfil industrial platform in Brașov, while security institutions announced that they had documented a sabotage network coordinated from the Russian Federation, involving three foreign nationals in the explosion at a Romarm subsidiary.
On the subject of allied support, Nicușor Dan recently announced a meeting of the North Atlantic Council concerning developments in the Black Sea, with Romania requesting additional counter-drone, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities. Along the same lines, the incident of October 17 was also noted, when two F-16 aircraft belonging to the Romanian Air Force allegedly intercepted and shot down two drones that had illegally entered national airspace over the territorial waters in the Sulina area.
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