The Romanian Ministry of National Defense earlier this month requested Parliament’s approval for the procurement of several weapons systems for a total cost of over 10 billion euros, according to local media reports. Most of the details have been released in several interviews given by Lt. Gen. Teodor Incicaş, the defense ministry’s Director-General of Armaments and Romania’s National Armaments Director.
The bulk of the funds are initially planned to finance the acquisition of 41 short- and very short-range missile systems (SHORAD /VSHORAD) worth 4.2 billion euros. The plan is to buy 16 integrated short- and very short-range systems for the Air Force and nine short-range and 16 very short-range systems for the Land Forces.
In the initial stage, which will be launched this year and continue until 2031, the defense ministry intends to buy six integrated V/SHORAD systems for the Air Force and six short-range and six very short-range systems for the Land Forces. This initial phase will cost an estimated 2.1 billion euros.