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Turns out its not Poland after all..
- After 1.8 years of war Romania’s ammo factories still working in 3 shifts
- Refineries still provide 40% of Ukraine’s oil
- Ports still shipping 60% of Ukraine’s wheat
No blackmail, no pressuring,no TV
Ukraine needs more friends like this
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BREAKING: New law in Romanian parliament - the military will come to aid Romanian citizens abroad which find themselves in danger.
(In Moldova 53% have Romanian citizenship, including all the government & the president)
The risk of messing around with Moldova changed today🇲🇩🇷🇴
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Gifts for Putin: Finland decided to send 30-ton assault boats for Ukraine and asked Romania for logistical help.
We’ll host the training in port and place them in the Black Sea. From then, Ukraine is given the keys and may use them how they wish!
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🇷🇴🚨Rheinmetall has said it in the press release so its no reason anymore to hide it
There is a military vechile repair center in Satu Mare, Romania on the border with Ukraine🇺🇦
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‼️BREAKING NEWS: Romania decided to send a Patriot system to Ukraine🇺🇦
100% approved by today's National Security Council meeting. It's done deal!!
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The Dutch minister of Defense came to Romania on an F-16! The flight comprised of 3x F-16 that were donated operate in our European F-16 training center for Ukraine 🇺🇦
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News from Romania’s second front: a huge agabaritic transport from us heads to
#Moldova
with 4x 210MVA 400KW transformers from Siemens
They will be the final nail in the coffin for Transnistria. Once Moldova connects them will end electricity blackmail.
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Good news🇺🇦🇷🇴 The monolithic, oversized cold-war Artilery factory that reopened in Romania (Arsenal Resita) has licenses Ghepard air-defense
Oerlikon GDF003 (Ghepard on wheels) is in the product catalog. Aswell as 25mm to 152mm and soon hope 155mm cannons
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Romania has boots on the ground in
#Moldova
: it was announced directly by their president.
The special forces are offering military assistance in training and reforming the Moldovan army since the beginning of the full-scale war
@DefenseRomania
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It will be 17% larger than Ramstein. Romania builds the largest base in NATO Europe, $2.5 billion project, an unsinkable carrier at the Black Sea. Two! sister base is built in the middle of a mountain plateau, that will be the control centre of S-E Europe.
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BREAKING: Transnistrian deputies Congress on 28th February will ask Moscow to annex Transnistria to Russia
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BREAKING: The French-led NATO battlegroup Romania will be raised to brigade level (4000 troops) and 50x extra Leclerc tanks will be deployed
@DefenseRomania
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BREAKING: Progress on the issue of 100 BTRs bound for Ukraine but stuck in Bulgaria. A Romanian company has offered to take them, operation commences soon.
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🚨🇲🇩BREAKING: Romania’s TRANSGAZ signs the takeover of Gazprom’s infrastructure in Moldova and Transnistria ⬇️1/2
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‼️🇷🇴Romania’s ongoing military modernisation program is i n s a n e
2.5% GDP spending (Top 5 in NATO)
Megathread 🧵1/25
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We help Ukraine with as much as we can. Our arms production quadrupled. Factories working in 3 shifts. Retired technicians brought back on the assembly line.
It is the effort of our aging Romarm manufacturer. Reinforcements will arrive, new plants openining. Please aid Ukraine🇺🇦
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How in the world did we miss that? On 7th November Romania🇷🇴-Bulgaria🇧🇬- Greece🇬🇷 announced a sea2sea highway. Bulgaria accounted already for $6 billion to be locked up for the construction. Deadline 5 years.
The mind blowing part.. it connects all balkans US🇺🇸 military bases⬇️
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🚨its completely official 🇷🇴Romania surpassed 🇭🇺Hungary in GDP Per Capita - source: Eurostat
All that russian gas, chinese companies and Bruxells bashing didnt help you this time, Orban🤦♀️
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⚡️BREAKING: Romania prepares to send a PATRIOT system to Ukraine🇺🇦⬇️
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The news I was waiting the most: Arsenal Resita manufacturer for artillery equipment reopenes. With technology from UK (BAE?) will produce in the first phase shells and restart gun barrels soon after.
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🇷🇴Romania: the deicsion on the number of tanks to be purchased for now, was confirmed: 6 battalions ~ 326 tanks. Of which 54 Abrams🇺🇸 and 276 likely K2 🇰🇷
This is not a little, it’s alot. considering we did not (could not) send our existing tanks to Ukraine
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Romanian military aid to Ukraine 🇺🇦
Air Defense: X number of Patriot missiles, 100.000s Ghepard munitions
Rockets: X number of HIMARS rockets, 10.000s of 122mm grad rocket plus launchers
Vehicles: Likely 30x T-72 tanks, 100s BTRs
Ammo: 10.000s to 100.000s shells of 152mm,
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Piranha V “made in Romania”. About ~75% is produced by us, mainly except for transmission. Armor plates, turret, optics, command and control, software here. 377x units are now in production at a rate of 90 per year. Without exageration this product revived our defense industry.
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List of countries producing Patriot missiles
🇺🇸Raytheon - ongoing
🇯🇵MHI - ongoing
🇩🇪MBDA - starting soon
🇷🇴Electromecanica - starting soon
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🇺🇦🇷🇴 Why was Romania chosen to train Ukrainian F16 pilots?
1. Only Romania converted MIG pilots to F-16 recently and instructors are experienced in this
2. Clear airspace, recognition for help and our need for more simulators
3. Discretion (Poland is covered by russian radars)
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Romania🇷🇴 sunk the russian flagship Moskva in WW2
Ukraine🇺🇦 sunk the Moskva in 2022
🇷🇴🤝🇺🇦
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BREAKING: Sources in Romanias defense industry have told the press that only Otokar remained in the 4x4 competition. The conditions were harsh, but the Turks won! An order of 1059x Cobra II awaits them. Turkish-Romanian tandem production
@DefenseRomania
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So a Russian useful idiot/ agent tried to organise a 50.000 strong protest in Bucharest, Romania. Nobody showed up
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⚡️Its a done deal! Economy Minister confirms Beretta ARX160 starts local production this August. No more east calibers, no more AK.
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In 2024 Romania rises to Europe’s 10th largest economy in PPP terms, surpassing Switzerland🇨🇭($820 billion vs $828 billion)
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EU ammo production gets a boost. Massive gunpowder factory built in Romania. Will have a colossal 300 hectares and cost $400mln.
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Winner: invited in Romania for contract negotiations. Cobra II 4x4 passed all field tests, technical requierments and commercial evaluations. 1059 units + factory⬇️ (details)
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🚨BREAKING: Its completely official - 🇷🇴Romania goes for 48x F-35s
The document sent today by the MoD in the parliament requests approval for F-35 program split in 2 phases. Phase I: 32 F-35 now and Phase II: 16 F-35 in few years
Official unclassified document⬇️1/3
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6th July 2023
🇭🇺Hungary:
- russian official arrives for visit🤡
- EU funds still frozen 🤡
🇷🇴Romania:
- 3rd largest suspension bridge in Europe done✅
- 678 km of highways in construction both w/ EU funds✅
Any doubts who is going to be the leader of South-East Europe? 😹👌
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🚨🇷🇴 First IAR 99 SM trainer/attack aircraft for Romanian Air Force rolled out of factory.
F-16-style avionics, and improved attack capabilities. Designed & Made in Romania.
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Europe will have a new Patriot missile factory in 2026. The 3-year investment into PAC-4 SkyCeptor factory in Romania will yield the first missile soon. Since the start of the war Romania invested $160m in new defense production lines - Reuters⬇️
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#Schengen
Our government needs to take actions sadly, to kick out OMV from the gas project worth 75 billion €. we’re not nobody’s toys especially the twice smaller and artificially seeing itself as too important Austria
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Boom! new item added on Romanian shopping list. The Navy set its eyes on P-8 Poseidon aircraft for ASW (anti-submarine warfare). Now we're becoming a serious country. The Counter-Admiral of Navy himself gave the announcement
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20 months until the first SkyCeptor PAAC-4 missiles for PATRIOT roll out of Electromecanica-Raytheon factory in Romania.
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🚨🚨MAJOR INCIDENT in Black Sea🚨🚨
Just 30 minutes ago Romanian MoD released info that Russian forces tried to down a Polish aircraft 5th May over the Black Sea. Romanian🇷🇴Air force was ready to intervene⚔️🤬
Polish plane landed safely in Romania🇷🇴🙏
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K2 Black Panther to begin tests in Romania from 10th of May - Korean Media
Good news to Romania. 🇷🇴🇰🇷
South Korean K2 Black Panther will conduct live fire demonstration in Romania before the massive contract.
The tests will begin on the 10th of next month and will be attended by senior military officials, government officials and businesses from South
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🇷🇴Romania: the second batch of HIMARS was delivered. Of a total of 54 pieces ordered.
Now 38 units were operationalized, including the ammo package. We’re by far the largest operator in Europe as we speak. Watch out🇪🇺🔥
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Romania has the coolest F-16 color scheme in NATO
Its called ‘Carpathian ghost’🏔️👻
Like if you agree👍😉
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🇵🇹🇪🇺🇷🇴Keel laying ceremony for the first drone-carrier built in Europe made today at Damen Romania. NRP Joao II built for Portugal
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BREAKING: "White smoke" came out. Big step for equipping Romania with the latest generation K9 Thunder howitzers. Koreans said yes to all conditions (tight delivery calendar and monster penalties 0.1% a day) This, says
@defenseromania
few companies can do so..
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Romanians will be able to travel visa-free for up to 3 months in the USA starting from October like the rest of civilized Europe
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BREAKING: Romania starts an ambitious purchase: Maritime surface drones and submarine drones. Lessons taught by Ukraine in the Black Sea, learned. Maritime drones - priority zero
@DefenseRomania
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Defense industry of Romania is booming: many products capable of local production by 2030, individual equipment, shells and rounds of all types, 4x4, 8x8 vehicles, tracked IFV, SPG, light aircraft & F-35 parts, Patriot and unguided missiles, Ships, midget-subs, helicopter H215M⬇️
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‼️BREAKING: Romania has training spots for 10 Ukrainian🇺🇦 F-16 ✈️pilots. They arrive soon.
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🇺🇦Zelensky confirms recieving the PATRIOT from Romania
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In 2016 Romania was fully surrounded by Russia. Putinists and war zones 360 degrees. Our economy grew 4.8% and we purchased our first Patriot, HIMARS, F-16s.
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🚨BREAKING: Romania cancelled the contract with the French for the corvettes
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🚨🚨BREAKING: Aerial Interdiciton area was declared in Romania over the Dabube Delta🚨‼️‼️
Everything flying will be shot down 🚨‼️🚨
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First portable Anti-Drone system prototype created by a company in Romania was approved by the army
It has a 2km range at this stage, and can shoot down all commercial drones. It doesnt jam friendly communications
A huge development from Bluespace Technology Romania🇷🇴
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The contract for 1059x Cobra II is around the corner, lets review the technological deal:
- 278 made in 🇹🇷
- 781 assembly in 🇷🇴 chasis, weapons, tablets, armor, windows, sensors etc local, but not all
- Otokar moves its EU trade company 🇫🇷-> 🇷🇴 (goodwill but we have lower tax)
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In Austria🇦🇹 there is a national scandal on the topic that their new army boots are manufactured in Romania🇷🇴
But the fact that their gas comes from Russia🇷🇺, with the price of Ukrainian🇺🇦 blood, does not seem to bother anyone. Hypocritical idiots!🤓
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Those countries are neighbours
Romania🇷🇴: President is in Washington DC to discuss F-35 contract, Patriot to Ukraine and $2b Google datacenter
Hungary🇭🇺: Prime minister hosts Xi Jinping, is forbidden from US military tech, maybe will get a Chinese car battery assembly
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Quick recap for European Parliament elections
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Good news for Turkish🇹🇷🇷🇴 friends, the Otokar Cobra II deal for 1059x units is single and now in the phase of negotiations with Romania
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BREAKING: Romania will submit a law in European Parliament obliging Austria to pay 10-25 bln € for each year they keep us out of Schengen
#Romania
#counteroffensive
#Schengen
#WesternFront
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“sorry to inform you, half of the Black Sea is closed”
Range of 🇷🇴naval assets equiped with NSM stealth 5th generation missile. And when you think that for some, jetskis packed with TNT are a problem..
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2024 will see a major bid of around $3 billion for supplying Romania with 298 tracked IFVs. Local industry production. So far K21 Redback🇰🇷, Lynx🇩🇪, ASCOD🇺🇸have expressed interest.
Which one is your favorite📊⬇️
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🇪🇺The average salary in Romania went over $1000 in June. 🇷🇴is now a high income country. Who would have thought?
Press❤️to support Romania & 🔃RT to thank EU
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BREAKING: Romania and Moldova hold joint military exercises 14th-25th Jan in Smardan (RO)
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The champagne flows at Avioane Craiova. The first flight of Romania's in house built IAR-99SM took place. It's a trainer for F-16/F-35 with options for light attack. Not many countries can put together a plane.
@DefenseRomania
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Wow, garage sale of Romanian defense industry: according to a new law, defense companies in financial trouble get their debts forgiven and are sold to reputable manufacturers. This should trigger the revival of our cold war defense industrial base🇺🇦
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How was F-16 center born in record time: actually it was moved to Romania from the USA. Ukraine’s luck was Netherlands had its own facility in Tucson, Arizona and didnt need it anymore since they switch to the F-35
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News is that Italy will produce its new 250 Leopard 2 tanks locally. We aim to buy more tanks than that, thus it proves that's feasible for a country like us to produce too. I think that was the main reason we havent bought all-Abrams. Because we want to revive our tank industry
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Any nuclear war will end with the demise of Russia. 80% of the population is concentrated in two areas that can be neutralized using only half of France's nuclear arsenal. and Putin knows.
The US knows that Putin knows.
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Winter in Romania on the mountain crests at 2544m
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Romania🇷🇴 and Bulgaria🇧🇬 unite their special forces in a regional headquarters, (HQR-SOCC). To form a larger, synchronized NATO force at Black Sea⬇️
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🇷🇴Rayetheon made the final decision to build SkyCeptors in Romania. Our country will produce its own Patriot munitions & sell worldwide ⬇️1/3
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🇷🇴🇭🇺 “Who could have predicted 30 years ago that after the fall of communism in Europe, Romania the most brutal repressive dictatorship becomes a pro-american democracy… and the very liberal communist Hungary ends up a xenophobic pro-russian regime”
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Sources in Romanias defense industry told
@DefenseRomania
the agreement signed with South Korea involves also a potential purchase of Chunmoo K239
With at least 180 Grad-style launchers to replace it can offer a 4x cheaper alternative to the export price of HIMARS bought in 2017
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🇷🇴🇪🇺What they THINK Romania is VS what Romania ACTUALLY is
Sound ON🔊
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We will have the largest gunpowder factory in EU. The 'first shovel' on 1st of August
@RheinmetallAG
#VictoriaFactory
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BREAKING:
First official detials of Romania’s heavy lifting to help neighbouring Ukraine
Romania became the
#1
Disel supplier to Ukraine, surpassing Poland
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This year is decisive for Romanais 54x tracked 155mm program representing only Phase I. Local industry. Which bid should win? PZH 2000🇩🇪, T-155 Firtina🇹🇷, K9 Thunder🇰🇷
You can vote below📊⬇️
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We're in the K9 club! Last minute negotiations in Korea during state visit taking place. It will be a split order of 90x in Phase I-II. Sizeable ammount of support vehicles discussed, paving the way for 'made in Romania' program. Wheeled artillery is next.
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Michelin announced it will leave Poland and move to Romania with its production of tires for heavy machinery. So we may finally have fixed a soft spot in the supply chain for our localised armoured vehicles
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🚨BREAKING: Ukrainian🇺🇦 F-16 pilots will be trained in Romania 🇷🇴
‼️🔥🔥The Supreme Defense Council of Romania authorised training of Ukrainian F-16 pilots at Romanian Military Facilities 🔥🔥‼️
Meet your new Romanian F-16 instructor🇪🇺🇷🇴🫡
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Romania and Poland are Europe’s best defended countries
Each have on their teritory instalations capable of shooting down nukes ☢️
(Photo, Aegis Ashore system launching a nuke interceptor from South-West Romania 🇷🇴)
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Ok so hear me out: Romania sends🇺🇦 1 to 7x latest gen Patriot PAC-3 systems
But German chancellar
@OlafScholz
goes to Vienna and mops the floor with 🇦🇹chancellar
@Karlnehammer
, until he stops blocking our
#Schengen
entry, which does us $30bln damages anually (worth 25x Patriots)
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Getting off Chinese monopoly: Romania will supply 50% of EU consumption of Magnesium. US mining company Verde announced a $1 bln investment - Financial Times
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⚡️Romania starts the fight against drones with jammers manufactured near Bucharest. The system costs 9.000 € and is 3x cheaper than imports. Military placed already orders.
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Romanias Army plans to be a top-tier European power. In the next years the highest technology will be added plus 50% size increase.
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🚨BREAKING: MoD of Romania requested parliament approval for 32 F-35 worth $7.5 billion
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EU arms industry moral bankrupcy example
🇷🇴: France, we want to buy $0.7 billion worth of manpad, do you offer any tech?
🇫🇷: Yes my EU bros, you can wash the missile! We offer you maintenance rights
🇷🇴: Hmm.. Korea? Can we buy manpads from you?
🇰🇷: Sure, sign this tech doc here
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🇭🇺Hungary is now the second poorest country in the EU. The European neighbours of both Slovakia🇸🇰 and Romania🇷🇴 live better than in Orbán's illiberal fiefdom. That's what the "patriot" Orbán's done for his people
Source: Eurostat 👉
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⚡️Overview of current and near future capabilities of Romanian defense industry on Air Land and Sea
Land
IFV🟩(local production requierment for selected)
APC🟩(Pirahna V)
MRAP 4x4🟩(local production requierment for selected)
Trucks🟩(Iveco m250)
Artillery🟩(own howitzers plus
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🇷🇴Romanian special forces signed a deal today with US Gov🇺🇸 for Polaris vehicles
Abrams, F-35, F-16, Stryker (developed from Pirahna), Polaris, Patriot, Himars..to be continued
Romania is becoming the 53rd US state, and an emerging european power in the process
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BREAKING: Romanias Military to increase to >100.000 active duty professional soldiers. There are plans to attract 20.000 more.
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🇷🇴Romania: 4 out of 7 PATRIOT systems were delivered in the country, was announced days ago
Its going further up to the delivery of the 7th battery. The systems will ensure coverage for the entire country are of the latest upgrade. For now it’s densest network in NATOs Flank🔥🇪🇺
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⚡️Romania will get as bonus for Abrams tank, production line for all its munitions. So far we don’t know of anyone else producing this in Central Eastern Europe.
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Add this to our war effort: 1 Billion dollars goes to Constanta for increasing capacity of the port.
The move will add two more docks with 17 Berths for high-capacity freighters.
The Black Sea largest port will get bigger. And Ukraine supplied better.
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🚨🇷🇴BREAKING: Romania dislocates military forces to counter Russian drone threat‼️🚨
- Air defense moved on the Danube
- Increased number of soldiers in the region
- EoD (bomb defuse) teams 24/7 on stand by
- Sensors and observation outposts
- Danube patrol with river fleet‼️🚨
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