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Military - note Romania, in 6 editions.

The entry for Romania published Military - note in 6 editions of 36, from 2019 to 2025. The text changed in 5 editions. Each is shown as published. Military - note in every entry.

editions changed the text
5
the first edition with it
2019
the latest edition with it
2025

Published as “Military - note” (2019 to 2025).

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  • the Romanian Armed Forces are responsible for territorial defense, fulfilling the country's commitments to European security, and contributing to multinational peacekeeping operations;
  • the military has a variety of concerns, including Russian aggression against Ukraine, Russia's activities in the Black Sea and in Moldova, cyber attacks, hybrid threats, and terrorism;
  • a key focus for the military is equipment modernization
  • Romania joined NATO in 2004, and its membership forms a key pillar of the country’s defense policy;
  • it hosts a NATO multinational divisional headquarters (Multinational Division Southeast) and a French-led ground force battlegroup as part of NATO's Enhanced Forward Presence initiative in the southeastern part of the Alliance, which came about in response to Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine;
  • NATO allies have also sent detachments of fighters to augment the Romanian Air Force since 2014 because of aggressive Russian activity in the Black Sea region;
  • the Romanian military trains with NATO and its member states and has participated in NATO- and EU-led multinational missions in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, and Poland;
  • it also participates in UN peacekeeping missions (2025)

the Romanian Armed Forces are responsible for territorial defense, fulfilling the country's commitments to European security, and contributing to multinational peacekeeping operations; the military has a variety of concerns, including cyber attacks and terrorism, but its primary focus is Russian aggression against neighboring Ukraine and Ukraine, Russia's activities in the Black Sea and Romania’s other eastern neighbor, Moldova in Moldova, cyber attacks, hybrid threats, and terrorism; a key focus for the military is equipment modernization
Romania joined NATO in 2004, and the Alliance its membership forms a key pillar of the country’s defense policy; it hosts a NATO multinational divisional headquarters (Multinational Division Southeast) and a French-led ground force battlegroup as part of NATO's Enhanced Forward Presence initiative in the southeastern part of the Alliance, which came about in response to Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine; NATO allies have also sent detachments of fighters to augment the Romanian Air Force since 2014 because of aggressive Russian activity in the Black Sea region; the Romanian military trains regularly with NATO and its member states and has participated in NATO- and EU-led multinational missions in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, and Poland (2024) Poland; it also participates in UN peacekeeping missions (2025)

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Central Intelligence Agency. “Romania: Military - note.” The World Factbook, 2019–2025 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/romania/military-note.

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