How Romania is Preparing for Full Scale War Against Russia

Eastern Europe stands at a critical juncture as the Ukraine war intensifies. Romania, once overshadowed, is emerging as NATO’s potential ace. With strategic Black Sea access and shared borders with Ukraine, Romania is transforming its defenses. From cutting-edge naval strike systems to acquiring F-16s and F-35s, and expanding NATO’s largest air base, Romania is bolstering its military capabilities.

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[StrategicWorldview]

As someone living in Romania, this title is completely misleading and unnecessarily alarmist. Romania is a NATO member focused on defensive preparedness and cooperation with our allies, not preparing for any 'full scale war' against anyone. Such clickbait headlines only create fear and misrepresent our country's actual military stance and strategic position. We are strengthening our defense capabilities as part of our NATO commitments, but characterizing this as preparation for war is both irresponsible and false.

[razvanmazilu]

Clickbait title aside, the video contains a number of inaccuracies and missing bits of information. I haven't kept track of them all, but some that stood out:
- Romania doesn't have 3 corvettes. It has 3 frigates and a number of corvettes.
- no mention of the large gas reserves in the Black Sea and the need to protect them.
- it mentions the 32 F-16s from Norway, but doesn't state they join an already existing squadron of 17 F-16s.
- also on the air combat side, no mention of the Patriot acquisitions, other programs to expand SHORAD capabilities, no mention of drone acquisitions.
- MK base is shown on the map as being in the west of the country. It's actually on the other side of the country, near the Black Sea.
- it makes no mention of the acquisitions meant to re-equip the land forces (tanks, self-propelled artillery, IFVs, APs), nor of the intention to increase the size of the standing army.
- no mention of the allied contingents that have taken position in Romania, perhaps most importantly the French led NATO battle group.

Where the video is accurate is that Romania doesn't plan to go balls out spending like Poland and its defence posture relies more on stand off defence air and sea capabilities and greater integration with allied NATO countries.

[Light-at-Dawn]

🇷🇴💪 I wish a bright and prosperous future for the Romanian people

[NothernNate]

Merry Christmas Romania!
💛from Michigan.

[brandonnibbe]

A majority of the F16 România acquired were upgraded and have very low flight hours. They were basically taken out of boxes from long term storage.

[cezar.xixi]

What the hell is this title? We're not preparing for anything

[tjartik]

Romania was NEVER part of the Soviet block. Maybe Warsaw pact.

[KARADJORDJIJE]

Support for Romania and people there... Greetings from Serbia

[Wargasm]

“A direct confrontation between Russia and Romania would be heavily in Russia’s favor”….uh, did you forget that Romania is in NATO?

[florintrandafir]

My friend, are you crazy?! What kind of title is this?! Since 2016, Romania has 17 F16 fighter jets and at the end of the year it will have a total of 49 F16 planes ! Plus, in Moldova, 90% of citizens speak Romanian !

[boko]

I work with a guy from Romania. Pretty cool guy. 😎

[alinaanto]

All the countries who have been under the Soviet occupation at one time or another have serious reason to get ready - be prepared for anything and everything

[iuliandragomir]

We Romanians are a peacefull nation! We don't want war! Russia is a country leaded by a man who is insane! We not prepare a war against Russia. But RUSSIA! don't subestimate Romania. Will be hard for you!

[raymondg]

Sounds like Vlad does not want to let that cold war loss go.

[tempestvideos]

Romania is on the rise in many ways not just militarily.

[michaelmorris]

Our Romanian friends won't let Putin take their freedom this time

[seramerika]

Not to mention that Moldova has predominat Romanian population, was part of Romania, till Russian’s boots invaded it, bringing Russians in, moving Romanians into Siberian gulags. It was their politics for 100 years to conquer territories and relocate populations, replacing them with Russians.Moldova will, at one point rejoin the rightful borders with Romania. They just voted to be part of EU, to move as fast as they can from Russian influence. The sentence “The Russians are coming” it is more like a death sentence for any Eastern European country.

[ioanciumasu]

Just a small big observation: Romania cannot and will not allow Moldova to fall to the Russians (Moldova itself is a former Romanian territory occupied by USSR after the Ribbentropp-Molotov agreement during WWII), so there is no "re-enforcing the border with Moldova". The situation is harder-tougher than that: Romania cannot allow Russia to come anywhere close to Moldova (Transnistria included) and WILL NOT.

[popacristian]

The Romanians made the only true revolution in communist countries to escape communism, in December 1989. *The Revolution of December 16-21, 1989.* 0:35